Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-05-16
IN THE FIELD OF MINING
What is Going on in the Line of
Recent Sales, Discoveries
and Development.
The Mineral Zone Of This Particular Sec
tiOn of Arizona and its Rapid
Advancement.

transferring the Yaeger canyon mine.
from Joe Askew. John y. and !. "
HudsenS to W. T. Little. II is under
stood that business in connection witt
this transaction is what called Ntr
Little TO San Francisco He may ~
tend his trip OF New York befort. hi.
return.
g. L. Miner has recently let con
tracts for sinking a sixty-foot Shafl
and driving 100 feet of tunnel in hi,
claims near Skull valley. in search q.
the ledge from where the placer golo
of that section is thought to col.ie
Mr.. Miner is going about the prospect
lng of that section in a very Intelligent
and systematic manner.
q. w. Middleton is one of the busy
mining men of this section being On.
gagged in the development of four proll
critics, all of which are said 10 he
showing up we'll Mr.. Middleton is
working ON the theory that mines can
only exist with depth ana hence he
lieves in thoroughly exploring and de-
veloping property before putting up
a plant for working the ore.
Colonel ]. I. Dougine has inst
bought and bonded a number of min
ing claims in the Santa Maria country
and will start a force of men to work
developing them. Colonel Dougine
has an abiding faith in the outcome
of the Santa Maria country and SAYS
if he can find enough ore TO Justify II
he will run an oil pipe line from
Hillside Station to that district and
will use the oil for fuel for working
the ores.
Manager f. d. Treadwell has start
ed men at work on the property of the
Brookshire Copper company. near Je-
rome. This property is located south
of the Decatur property. y drife is
being run from the 200 foot tunnel in
a westerly direction. The grading of
a road from the Decatur company :
power house to the Brookshire prop
erty has also been begun. Governor
Powers surveyed this property for Il
patent last week.
It is reported that the shaft on the
Congress mine will shortly be sunk 10
depth of 5000 feet. or nearly double
its present depth. The force of the.
mine viii be largely increased if not
doubled and the present forty-Stamp
mill will have sixty more stamps added
TO it. making a total of 100 stamps. J..
W. AIackay. the well known million
aire who amassed his wealth in mining
on the COmstOck. and who knows n
mine when he sees it. was highly
pleased with the congress mine. on
his recent visit there.
ed as a result of this work. as il i
hoped to open up some high grade
ore. Should the work of prospecting
be successful a forty-stamp mill Will
be erected, a three-mi pipe line put
in from. the Parker ranches and the
Iamfit0n ranch. which viii furnish
an abundant and exhaustive supply of
water and the results to Yavapai'S
mining industry in general and that
section in particular. may well be i'm
agined.
c. E. Champie reports a very rich
strike of silver ore in claim about
four miles north of his residence on
Humbug creek. When the ore is nut
under a blOwpipe flame. native silver
appears in beads all over the surface
From piece of rock weighing sixteen
pounds, fourteen ounces of silver We're
extracted. Mr. Champie thinks the
ore carries about 1000 ounces of silver
to the ton. Just how extensive the de
posit is has not been determined.-Rt~
publican.
Reports from the Little Daisy. the
fraction lately located by !. !. Fisher.
near the roast beds of the United Verde
Copper company. say that develop
ment has opened a body of ore Air
Fisher will continue work until his
property is thoroughly explored. He
is confident that he has nice little
bank there. from which he viii be able
TO draw an unlimited income for years
to come.
I. \. Dunshee came in from the Bus
ter mine last evening and reports
things looking more hopeful for the
mining industry in that section since
the recent rains. The mill n the Bus
ter. which has been standing idle for
some time, because of no water. started
up again Tuesday morning and *
out about thirty tons of ore
Il day. with any amount of ore on
the dump to keep the mill running full
force if the water supply only holds
out,
Geo. T. Milner has commenced min
ing operations in Skull valley rs out
lined some time since in the Journal
Miner He is prospecting for ledgeS
there. where it is thought the placer
gold found in the gulcheS comes from
Mr.. Miner was formerly engaged in
dry washing there and made good
wages at it. Other parties did the
same thing. while dirt hauled from
some of the gulches. by wagon. a dis
tance of three or four miles and
washed in rockers paid big profits
Mr.. Miner. after a careful examination
of the country concluded that blind
lodges run through the foothills there
and so thOrougly is he convinced of
this that he has Incorporated com
pany to prospect for il and aS stated
has commenced work on it. He has
already made some very encouraging
discoveries in connection with il.
J. H Hise. who is superintendent Of
a large mining company operating in
the Peoples valley section. came home
a few days ago, threatened with pneu-
monia, but is able TO be around again.
In conversation with Mr. HiSe he in
formed us that the five-Stamp prospect
mill will be ready to start up in 4 few
days. The company has secured some
twenty odd claims in that Immediate
locality and an earnest effort VIII be.
made to develop them for all they are
worth. Assays on some of the ore
taken out of these mines run as high
as 500 and $500 per ton.
while in others the ore so far taken
out is of very low grade. but taking
Il general average the prospects are
quite encouraging for Il prosperous
mining camp at that place. MIR. HiSe
contracted today for running a 500-foOt
tunnel which will tap the MaSSachuS-
etts. Blue Bird and Hillside claims.
and great expectations are entertain
The output of the famous Independ-
ence mine at Cripple Greek Colo, has
Up to May l, 1899. the yield WAS 81.
OIL $50. out of which $2.5T4. It4 was
profit. The production for the first
year of the English company. ending
this month. will re S;i.000.0O0. out OF
which S2.000.000 will be declared in
dividends. Thus the mine has yielded
a grand total of over S7.000.OOO ana a
profit of over $4,500.OOO. This has
been obtained from about Sl.OO0 tons.
so that the average has been only
slightly under four ounces per ton
Few mines have ever eQuaied such
n record. The development during the
past year has been particularly salts
factory, In the report on which the
mine was sold Mr.. Rickard states his
estimates to be 10000 tons having