Mohave County miner., 1900-05-12

Arizona in the event of Bryan's election
and that is just what is meant by the
bitter fight of the politicians to head the
Arizona delegation to the Kansas City
convention. The factions in the coun.
ties arc lending themselves to the poll.
tician in aid of the fight in the hope
that small sop may be doled out to
them when the happy hour arrives.
] In 1899 the Alaskan country, includ-
ing the Klondike, produced sixteen
millions in gold and over this the
papers of the country are making a
great ado. Engaged in the production
of this big pile of gold it is admitted
that 50.0l0 men were directly or indi-
rectly employed, therefore the individ-
ual labor of each man Is represented by
32JS, a sum not exceeding the yearly
wage of common laborers in the United
States. Simmering the production TO
poor showing. Today there is not
miner in Arizona whose yearly pro-
duction does not exceed by many
,, hundreds the result of the Yukon
miners yearly output, and yet there
is no rush in here and nothing is
thought of the matter. If Arizona
mines shipped their product once a
year to market, the vastness of the
product would astound the world, but
being shipped out as it is daily, no
ripple is created on the financial waters.
The Alaskan production is sent out
every summer and the bullion deposits
at the mint attract attention, that's all.
Within two years more money has been
sent into the Klondike than has been
brought ont, by far. This is not so
with Arizona. The mines are returning
value received every mouth, aud the
yearly balances show big credits on the
right side of the ledger. If you would
be wealthy, invest in Arizona mines.
To those familiar with former Com
stock milling methods more than ordi.
nary interest attaches to the PROPOSE
ton that future treatment of high.
grade Com>tock ore shall be at the
Selby Smelling and Lead Co.'S. works
near Vallejo, Cal, the purchase price
to be based on the average railroad car
sample assay value of the ore upon ar
rival at Vallejo, paying minimum of
l9S per ounce for the gold aud 10 per
cent of the current New York price for
silver. A 300.ton lot is to be given a
test from the Con. Cal. 4 Va. Ii mu-
tually satisfactory, the idea is to send
monthly about 500 tons of ore avera-
aging above 255 per ton, ore below that
value to be worked at the Kinkead mill
at Virginia City, New. Past and pres
ent conditions AS to Comstock costs
afford interesting comparison. In 1868
the cost of running 93S feet of tunnel
on the 400 level of the Gould 4 Curry
was 16S45 per foot and of l465 feet on
the 200foot level 16.0sS per foot. In
the same mine that year the average
cost of extracting ore was S.S2 per ton;
in the Hale & Norcross, 9OSS The cost
of milling Gould Il Curry ore that year
was l3.305 per ton; of Savage ore, I4.04;
of Hale a. Norcross, l426S. The cost of
sinking 6921s feet of the Bonner shaft
in the Gould " Curry was 75,73S.405.-
Mining Il Scientific Press.
+. S. Junior has about recovered
from the effects of injuries sustained
in rather peculiar as well as serious
accident which befell him last Novem-
Der, in the Bradshaw mountains, near
the Crowned King mine, says the Pres
colt Courier. Some years ago while
hunting in those mountains he shot
deer and was following the wounded
animal on foot, when he saw and
picked up piece of free gold float, but
kept on after the deer, which fell some
distance from the point where he
picked up the float. When he left
Prescott last November he decided to
visit the place where he picked mn this |