Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-07-11

silver per ton. The tunnel is now in
 the side of the mountain about $50
 feet and would tap the mountain at a depth of about $50 feet. A stream
 Of water flows from the tunnel that
 would be sufficient to furnish water
 for a ten-stamp mill, and wood and
 water are in abundance. while no pret-
 tier place could be found in the coun-
 try for a mill site. Thus all the na- tural advantages are supplied, and should the expected ore body be en- countered another good producer will
 he added to the already long list in the old favorite county of Yavapai
 So mote it be-
 A. M. Cavell has commenced opera tiOns on Pine creek developing a min ing property there. A wagon load of track iron and other supplies were shipped there today for him.
 A correspondent of the Western
 Miner and Financier, writing from Jerome has the following to say of that section: Mining in this immedi- ate vicinity is experiencing quite a boom. At the Cliff group of mines, comprising seven claims, situated five miles south of Jerome, development work is being prosecuted steadily with tiattering results. White iron. in a slate formation, was encountered this week in a drift being run west from the end of an old tunnel The iron in this locality is one of the best indi- cations of the proximity of a body of copper ore. The Cliff. which is the principal mine in the group. has quite a history. It was located by Captain Boyd in 1876. under the name of the Oak" about the same time MT. Boyd first located the great United Verde mine, and the almost equally valuable Equator, now known as the Copper Chief. The mine was relocated in 1882 under its present name. Last September the George A. Treadwell Mining company took an option on the group of mines for $9O,000, paying a large portion of that amount down. Development proved the property to be good and the remainder of the pur- chase price was paid. The amount paid was $3S, ,750. Considerable pros pecting and development work is be ing done in the Mineral Point district. near where WeedOn and Clune made the rich strike of gold ore in the 1st day of April The ore is free milling on the surface. carrying gold: but as depth is attained the character of the ore changes to copper. After exten- sive experiments with the cyanide process. the superintendent of the Cop per Chief has arranged to put in large cyanide plant. The machinery will arrive in a short time The Cop per Chief lies a few miles south of Jerome. The Copper Queen shelter. half mile below the town of Jerome. has ceased work for a short time. Development work is being pushed in the main shaft as rapidly as possible
 Speaking of the recent sale of the Henrietta mine. the Phenix Gazette says: The Henrietta mine has been the subject of much litigation for a number of years past, trOtting up and down the legal track. until weighted and otherwise handicapped, it finally came in under the wire. and was placed in the hands of it's legal train CTS and riders. Some time since there was a sale made and about $6OOO was paid in of the purchase price On the 1St day of July an additional S14.OOO was to be paid in by the eastern pur- chaSerS. of whom Mir AddickS of New Jersey. was one. Judge Barnes was in Prescott on the 30th of June. and. not having information as to any in tentions the eastern parties might have had as to the second payment. and in order to save his own interests tho he ;nN. of his hip pockets. where he always carries his small change. fiShed out S14.OOO and made payment on his own account Immediately afterward he was offered S2S,O0O for transfer of his rights accruing to him through the payment he had just made. The Hon. Wm. H. knows a good thing a little bit quicker than most persons. and he simply winked at the double offer. filed the deeds above noted and turned to his delightful home in the city of Tucson. The Henrietta is mine of value, without doubt"
 H. D. Kendall and John BurkeS. of Jerome. are said 10 have closed deal recently for some mining claims owned by them In Yaeger canyon. The purchaser is J. W. Dean, of New York. and the purchase price $2OOOOO. small payment down being made. The group is known as the Dewey group and comprises twenty-five claims. The purchaser has six months to make his second payment and in the meantime he will prosecute with vigOr the de velOpment of the claims. a part of which will consist in driving a tun- nel 300 feet into the side of the noun tain. A considerable amount of pros pecting has been done on the property and good showing of ore has been The property lies on the west side of the Black hills. about between Prescott and Jerome.
 Major J. NJ. Watts returned this evening from q couple of days visit ] to his Hanger mine in the Groom creek section. That section is com ing to the front very fast as a mining 1. section and those who have properties ! there are not in a hurry to get rid of l them. While the major does not say . much about his prospects it is reported ] by parties who have seen the property . md are supposed to he good judges. 1 hat the Hanger is q splendid prop . 1rty.