Mohave County miner., 1900-12-29

The claims are the Mars, Venus, San
George and Goshen, all gold quartz
veins and are located not far from
Yuma and close to the Colorado river
in the famous Picacno gold district.
Senator Dorsey's company will erect
a 100 ton cyanide plant and mill at !
the mines. The plan includes the
building of railroad from the mines
TO the mill, which will be located on
the river When in operation the mines
will be among the heaviest gold pro.
ducers in the southwest.--Tucson Cit.
izen.
Brief mention was made in our last
issue of the sale of the Higdon Il Hav.
erly mines. The Pinal Copper Mining
Company. which owns other property
in this district, is the purchaser, and
the price paid was 20,00OS cash. The
property transferred comprises the
/ Black Copper and another claim, aud
third interest in an adjoining group
u
ready owned two. thirds. The Black
| Copper mine has been large producer,
aud there is said to be large amount
of ore in sight. The Pinal Copper Min
ing Company is st. Louis corporL-
tiou aud the LempS, wealthy brewers,
are stockholders in the company. Geo.
P. Andrews, who conducted the nego.
tations for the purcha -ers, left for St.
Louis this morning. Upon his return
next month active development work
will be begun, aud "a hoist erected on
the Black Copper.
The following extract Is from the
message Of President Diaz to the Mex.
lean Congress: "rhe mining industry
continues to develop without utter
ruptiou. The number of title deeds
issued during the last fiscal year was
2lSi, covering $500 claims OF one bee.
tar each, an increase of 4S9 title deeds
over the previous fiscal year. The
states iC which there are the largest
number of mining properties are in
the order mentioned. Durango, Sonora
aud Chihuahua. The increase of the
exploitation of copper in the republic
is worthy of note, a in the returns OF
exports it appears that the figures for
the last fiscal year almost dOu hle those
of the previous year, amounting to a
little less than / ',000,000S The cOun-
try's industrial development has led 10
greater activity in prospecting for coal
aud to the establishment of new work.
ing5 in the deposits already discovered
As for example, at Las E~peranZas in
Coahuila, where arrangements are IN
progress for initiating he operation OF
the miDes on large scale"
Report comes from Groom Creek in
northern Arizona OF strike of re.
markabe rich gold ore in PickrelPs
Midnight Te-t mine. The Prescott
Courier says that this property is the
northern extension of VIM. Kelley's
Nevada niue, from which great deal
OF rich ore was shipped in the early
days. The Nevada is still good prop
erty, but its workings are filled with
water. rhe Midnight Test has been a
noted mine for over quarter of cen
tury under other names, and has pro-
duced in the ear y days, great deal OF
rich ore which was shipped to San
Francisco at big profit. 1t was owned
by George Curtis and John Akers, aud
was then known AS the Morning Star
1t was later ou owned by George Berry
who called it the Adel. Berry sold it
to the Hon. John S. Jones who also
worked it &C profit. The new strike
il this mine Is only another proof that
with deep workings very large per.
centage of the rich surface workings
of early days will show just as rich ore
aud permanent ore bodies.
A Manila, p. l., corresp spondent of the
} Engineering and Mining Journal says;
The natives have an ing gsnious plan
for getting hold of some of the so.
: called "invisible" gold. The "color'
J may be quite absent aud 1t would seem
J hardly worth while to work the mater.
} ial. Yet by means of hempen net.
ting considerable of the yellow metal
Is secured. The netting is very cheap
being made on the hand looms of the
islands, from hemp, the weavers re-
ceiving only l5 cents per day. This
netting is stretched over wooden
frame and is held in place by means OF
i. cross cords. The affair is then placed