Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-01-03
MINES AND MINING.
In the Field of Mining Activity
 Of Arizona and Elsewhere.
What is GOing on in the Line of Recent Sales, Strikes And Development
 of New ClaimS.

The recently reported sale of the
 Red Rock property, MT. Little says,
 IS premature. No such sale has
 been made or even contemplated.
 John Brrggreen and his partner,
 MT. Harrison. have struck copper
 vein c;''s.- Ia the banks of the Has .savamp1 rHver from which they are taxing out ore for shipment.
 A. E. Haggott, who came in from
 the Blue Bell mine for Chris tmas,
 says he has bis ar compressor in
 position ant vill now pusl work in
 developing the prnperly.
 R. pnrs com, from Stanton that
 rich sjT;kr ni ore has been made in
 the JobusnH mine. Weaver district.
 It was made in 6 ,lr;it i'll the ; j.
 foot tunnel.
 J. K. Hall and son. who have
 leased the Lynx creeK hydraulic
 wofks. have had the ditches cleaned and have put every thing in readiness
 tor successful run as soon as water supply is obts ned. These works have never yet faHed to give goOd returns when operated.
 O. the Hassaya nm na, clo. to Hot Spr; lgs Junction, .. .. Smith, of Phoenix, has a cya"ide plant in operation upon the taiiings dump of the old Vulture He has seven tank ani is crowding the capacity. The tailings are said to be profitable.
 A rumOT was oG the street today that Scotch English syndica,e had cnu,iud"d negotiations for the purchase of the United Verde mines at .Ieromo tnr SlOO,OCO,OOO. The runior cou!i not be traced to any official source, but it was the sub ject Of general talk on the streets,
 P'oi4biy th., 'cirapes, hydraulic miuin@ ever reported" was that at the North Bloomfield. Nevada county, California, some yea. sgn, WI rs. according to tho supPrintend- eu s staten ent, the entire cost averaged 2 cents Der cubic yard of material removed, about l cent per ton.
 Reports state that another great property is now being opened up to the east of the famous Grand Canyon mine, near Pine Springs, that is being operated by Nj. |. | SpamIdIng of this city. The new di. 70 3 ' is Ol ming up hattnr and | shows ni"re Favorable indlcatn,rs of hJns; Ss .,,, st Q. pICdi...,-i : the 0id veiu. ! he Grand Ca1von mine is ShoSing up wonderfully We'll with depth, n fact is bigger and letter than the ext ggeI-t fancy could picture it from surf; ce iudicatin;
 Al rhe banquet in Phenix on We'd | nesday evening Senator ShOup said ~This morning" said ha, ''wa visited | Congress mine. We learned that there were extensive workings, not | mere explorations, on the 2,600-foot | level, and that richer ore was being | taken from that level than from any | nf those above it. l under tlnd that | here are many oti.'r mines iu Ari- | zona which go down to ;eat depths, perhaps nOt tO sp great depths as he CIngr'.SS mine. huI d,,..p enough to prove that Arizona mines do go down.
 There are three men at work at | the Garcia property unde, tine diIec- tion Of President Fitzgerald. A derth of three hundred feet has be- n a,tained m this mine. The | shai- Is ti'ub-red and the, workings are new and of modern design. The property IS Ii shape to handle a bug strike, if sGch Il thing occurs in the further development of the mrne Al present there is not a sufficient quantity of ore to keep tDe l0-stamu mill m operation. Mr. Fitzgerald said that the ore in the lowest work ngs of his mine was richer than any above and Ina felt very much encouraged tI continue sink ng on the property. He hopns to encounter quantity of ore to keep he ulii IT. constant operation. The nine has produced considerable gold in its day. and became we'll lDown through tna f'oh specimens If gold ore 'Ileu from th ,woi kings. In Tho disi ric; It is regarded as 8 good prospect. and Mr. iizgeIald las the hest wishe- uf the uni ing nen.
 A. A. MoCTs wbil,. n town nn Sat lriHy from Wainu; G,oye stated hat his section was rapidly under soins: "a li al change in itS Iu,Iu-- rial conditions, or in other words t was more of a mining center now han an agricultural district. He ags that the spirit of pioneer day, again m mining and that he number Of new c,aiuis to be run 'n'O and the good showing many of hem make, argues favorab!v for the Ibove country as mining center hat recent exploration has brought nto merited prominence. French Creek, which runs into the Grove rom the west. NIT. NJ pore says, is 'ery active and as a result of new discoveries is making a showing that , 5 attracting the mining element. The scene Oi the new discoveries while among the latest to come into , egard, Is one of the oldest trail beaten routes in YaSapai that has : ,een "run over" for a generation, md like so many others of the pio- leer era. is going through the sphere ,f q life that has all the phases of a existence. Mir. Moore ays that the shipments of ore to are not only regular, but weekly are becoming heavier, show ng that development work pro- ,resses satisfactorily. One of the irst smelling plants built in Arizona vas located in Walnut Grove, but owing to the lack of knowledge in operating the same, was early aban- ioned. The above section it seems 8 but the old story of mining being old over again, and why should it oo not prosper as others have that lave lain idle so long7