Mohave County miner., 1900-06-09
General Mining News

The ore from the Tiger mine, sup
posed to carry only silver, plated 5S in
gold when run through the Tiger mill
enough to pay all expenses. A big
body of ore has been exposed. Ten
more stamps will be added to the mill,
making its capacity 20 stamps.-Pres
colt Courier
la the United States the annual con.
sumption of borax is about l2,00) tons
a year. Prior to 1864 consumers we're
dependent on Europe for their sup
plies. In that year the deposits in
California which were discovered in
1856. yielded 1904 pounds, which sold
At 30 cents "a pound. With increased
production prices declined somewhat,
so that when the Nevada deposits were
discovered in 1872 prices had fallen to
32 cents.
Fifty two experienced California
miners will soon sail for Manchuria to
work placer mines in Siberia and Man
churia, for which Victor Grot, we'll
known California expert, obtained con
cessions two years ago. They will take
with them 10000 worth of improved
mining machinery The Siberian mines
are l5l miles from Chitu and in Man
churia the mines are $50 miles from
Tsin Tsin.
A company has been organized with
an authorized capital of 2,500,000S, 10
develop and operate the Sam T. Miller
mining claims at Bi-bee. These claims
nine in number, are situated largely in
the town proper northwest aud west
aud considerable portion of it is &C,
cupied by residences. Considerable
development work has already been
done by Mr.. Miller and he claims it to
have demonstrated gold values suf
fcient to warrant the investment OF
capital on large scale.-Prospector.
The deepest mine in Arizona is the
Congress, now down 2j25 feet. E. b
Gage, president of the Phenix National
Bank, speaking In the Tucson Star oI
this splendid gold property, said there
are three hoiSts on IL, with forty
stamp MILL For two years the com
pany has been operating cyanide
plant, at which the roasting process i.
employed, due to the character of the
tailing-. The plant has a capacity o
10 tons of tailings day. The tailing'
have paid ali average of IS per ton
The company operates a standard
gauge three miles railway from Con
gress junction to the mines, and ha'
400 men on its pay roll.
DIR. Lennox informs the Star that thu
Helvetia mines are producing over II
tons of ore daily, all of good grade
The big strike In the Isle Royal some
days ago on the 1S0foot level, contin
ues to grow in largeness. The eros
cut shows the ore body to be "A fee
wide, which will give average of 15 pc
cent copper. Four feet of this Is blacl
oxides of copper, which is very rich
From this body thirty tons are ex
tracted per day. The coke famine con
tinnes, which prevents them from blow
ing In the furnace. Every place /
choked up with ore, but the outlool
for coke is good. Never in the histor!
of the camp has the outlook been 81
fattering for Helvetia being one Of th'
large permanently producing copper
camps.
Asa Walker came In from the ORA
COON Summit Saturday and called a
our office. He i interested In some o
the wolframite mines that are located
near the Summit. He has a number ol
claims and Is working four men regu
larly. They take out from two to thre'
hundred pounds of wolframite per day
The ore sells in the east for about 45O'
per ton. At present mr. Walker Il
working with a dry washer, but late
when the rainy season begins will be
gin placer operations on larger scale
Besides having several good place.
claims he also owns a number of claims
which show liberal out groupings o
lodges. The wolframite found here Il
of the purest quality and the deposits
are the largest known in the world
Mr.. Walker is making regular ship
ments and these mines are proving |
little mint to him. Range News.
J. Devine came in the latter part o