Mohave County miner., 1900-03-03

~N ~'aPPAS SlVth
Colorado, says: "That no section of
the country contains larger deposits
OF copper, richer silver leads or higher
grades of gold ore than Arizona. Her
magnificent copper mines are the won
der OF the age; her prolific silver bear.
ing leads are of unequaled value; her
immense gold bearing quartz lodges
are of ipestimable worth. No land has
more extensive areas of placer gold
fields than Arizona. The auriferous
gravel beds lying along the Hassay-
ampa and extending to the Colorado
river, in the near future will add more
to the metallic wealth of the world
than the gold fields of South Africa
Gazette. ...
Negotiations were closed yesterday in
Buffalo, N. Y, by which the Trilby
mine, near Wickenburg, passed from
J. II. Costello to Willis B. Troy of New
York. The consideration has not been
made known but it is cash. The pur-
chase includes the five claims en-
braced in the Trilby property, all the
teams, wagons and machinery at the
mine and the machinery belonging to
the Golden Wave mine near Congress.
The machinery consists of five stamp
mill, five wanna concentrators, three
hoists, air compressors aud Burley
power drills. The Trilby property will
be managed in connection with the
Belle gold mine, purchased by Mr..
Troy some weeks ago, and the whole
will be under the general management
of II. William Stevens, who has had a
great deal TO do with bringing the ne
gotiations to successful conclusion.
The Trilby is a comparatively new
mine, having been opened two years
ago. About 400 feet of work has been
done on 1t. There are two incline
shafts. One is about It's feet and the
other about 1876. The Trilby is classed
as one of the promising gold proper
ties of the territory. 1t is now in the
hands of man with money and the
disposition to operate it. Mr.. Troy
has had considerable experience in
mining and has made study of it in
Arizona.-Phenix Republican.
NJ. Pfeufer, one of our most substan-
tial merchants, received letter from
Elk City, dated the 4th inst, stating
that a rich strike had been made on the
ledge adjoining the Blue Dragon,
about p miles from the town. 1t is
estimated that the pocket contains 80
0o0s in gold. In IL minutes six ounces
of that precious metal was separated
with hand mortar. Later several par.
ties interested came in from Elk City
with several samples of ore from the
rich strike, if anyone could call it ore,
as every sample had the appearance of
the pure metal, sprinkled over with
fine quartz. The find is SO rich that
person can scarcely believe his own
senses of sight and hearing. The par
ties claim that the ledge in which the
ore was found Is about six feet wide
and the pay streak about eight inches,
but of course, no one can estimate the
amout of rich ore the pocket contains.
The samples exhibited are undou btedly
the richest we have ever seen on this
coast. Further we can only hope that
there may be a good quantity of the
same kind, and if so, Elk City will
again experience the lively times of the
sixties.-Grangeville Standard.
DR.. w. E. Nichols of Huntington,
Ind, is back from British Columbia,
where at the headwaters of the Peace
river, he discovered a great vein of
mica. DIR. Nichols in 1897 penetrated
100 miles into the unexplored north.
He cured the Indians with his medi-
cines, and they in gratitude told him of
gold deposits. He made his way across
the mountains and on the slope of one
ran across the great vein Of mica. The
next year he went in again with part
ner, G. w. Norris of Chicago, and staked
off claims. He and Norris have brought
with them five tons of mica, valued at
over 2O0.OO0s. They claim they can
produce cubes of mica four feet square.
Heretofore the largest sheets have been
in inches. The doctor will
claim the prize of 25,O00E offered by the
British government for piece of mica
four feet sOuara He saws hia shaats