Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-06-06
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
ton Of Arizona and its Rapid
Advancement.

BurI IL. Collins returned on Monday
night from Stanton Arizona. " here the
Octave cold Mining col.lpauy in
which he is largely Interested. * oper-
ating The forty-stamp mil which
the company is erecting is nearing
complexion lie went out Tuesday
morning To The cole X Goodwin mines
which he has bonded Mr.. Collins is
much encouraged 10y the orl arne ON
this property. and there is reason to-
believe that big mine viii IL opened.
The shaft i going down through Il
body of >ulphide ore. Silve- Belt.
The Octave gold mine which six
months ago was prospect. has given
rise To new camp that is doubling
lis population in short intervals. and in
the course of Il few weeks will sur
round mine constantly feeding
+ forty-stamp mill. The rapid growth of
mining in Arizona. The mine has been
developed 10y wealthy syndicate Of
men extensively interested in mining in
various parts of the country. and large
veins of fair grade rock have been
traced to great depth. disclosing
quantity of ore sufficient to supply
the large mill for years. The plant is
modern and capable Of handling twice
I the amount of ore an ordinary forty
stamp mill can receive Beside the de-
velOpment of the regular veins. pros
pectorS recently have discovered gold
in the porphyry which. according to
the accepted rules of mining. should
he barren. The porphyry carries from
* To u to the ton
The Buffalo. United States and New
Yorl, claims. adjoining the Trilby mine
in the White Picacho district. have
been sold 10y William +. Troy to the
san Domingo Gold and Copper COM
pany for $4,000. The mines are To-
-ated in region which until a year
ago had been neglected by prospec-
tors. 1t furnishes another instance of
she rapid growth of Il mining camp.
The White Picacho district is sur
rounded by ranges Of mountains which
render it almost inaccessible except by
'ne route. An exploring party follow
} ii this route. and Went into a country
/ with every sign of a liberal mineraliza-
lion. bur so isolated that wild game
, was not frightened 10y the approach of
, parties of men. \ wagon road has
+ since been constructed and the intro
duction Of capital has begun the de-
vclopment of a district destined TO be
/ come an important mining center.
Some excitement has been created by
.he announcement of a rich strike near
Charleston on the property of the Pitts
lurg-Arizona Gold and Copper com
pany. The property consists of six
claims which have received liberal de-
velopment in the last few months and
last week trial shipments of free
quartz gave returns which it is said
greatly surprised the owners. although
they refuse to make a statement of
lie actual number of ounces In sight
there * a great deal of rock similar to
thar tested. Mining men agree by
cursory examination that the rock is
Of surprising richness. In the same
property is ore which carries gold, sill
yer. copper and lead and a trace of
= inolybdenum. The mines were once
abandoned when ApacheS made min
. ing in that region hazardous. and when
. prospectors knew little of the theory
of deep mining
The cyanide process for extracting
gold from the tailings is growing in
popularity in Arizona \ number of
orders have been placed for plants to
be used in the southern part OF the ter
ritOry. but it has been shown that in
many instances the character of rock
will not permit the treatment There
are two separate concerns operating
plants near the Mammoth-Collins
mines. and it is estimated each plant
Is netting nearly $500 daily. The
plants were installed at a cost of
something like $15O.0OO. The Nam
MOTH Collins Mining and Milling COM
pany. which is now running a small
cyanide plant, is preparing TO enlarge
the capacity many fold. The company
has just added twenty stamps 10 its
fifty-stamp mill. making the largest
mill in operation in the territory 1t
is announced that the company will
soon put in an electrical generating
plant to cost 100000.
\ meeting of the various delegations
appointed by the commercial organiza-
lions of the city to attend the National
Mining Congress in Milwaukee, June
1923. was held at the Chamber of
/ Commerce rooms yesterday afternoon.
Theodore B. ComstOck of the Elkhart
5 mines. in Arizona. who has been ap-
t pointed delegate at large from this sec
ton. presided. No final arrangements
f were made regarding the time when
the delegation Will leave. Many of
those appointed can not go. and the
organizations will be requested TO ap-
point others. 1t is hoped to lay the
wires so as to secure the congress for
: Los Angeles in the course of two or
5 three years.
The main shaft of the Congress gold
mine will be continued to a depth of
5000 feet. almost doubling the present
measurement The large force of men
now engaged by the company will be
increased twO-fold and sixty stamps
: will he added TO the fortystamp mill
: which has already pounded out enough
gold to place the mine in the first rank
: of ArizOna's gold producers. Add
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