Mohave County miner., 1900-11-03

work In earnest. They have negotiated
for some mining machinery and expect
to startle the camp on their return
There is quartz claim being worked
in the canyon by w. L. johnson of
Perris, which is expected to surprise
the miners of this district. This claim
is the best of its kind being worked
in the canyon, although it is but partly
developed, and as yet its real value is
unknown. Many old miners have failed
to give credit to the stories of the Mis-
sion Indians in regard to gold in large
quantities to be found in our noun
tains, but from the way the San Lucas
canyon is developing their stories may
yet be proven true.
The hills south of Jerome literally
swarm with miners, prospectors and
others interested in mining. There Is
the greatest activity as far south as the
Mingus company, which is EN- mploying
twenty men. At the Burkshyre camp
there are about fifteen men engaged In
sinking shaft, at the Cliff six men are
working by haud. The Iron King has
a full force driving tunnel. The
Copper Chief let 90 the most of their
men, it is said, because of the incom-
plete condition of the plant to reduce
their ore. Mine buildings ut the Cop
Thtnf pn,,nh NJ tnt -
than those at any of the other camps;
unlike other propositions in these hills
its values are carried in what appears
to be fine sand and very soft rock.
! The treatment of this ore has been
made Il study by Mr.. Henry who thinks
he has passed the experimental stage
SO far as getting the best results by
chemical treatment in his labratory.
Vats for treating the pulverized ores
have been filed and treated by chemical
agents and the failing show that a
very small fraction of one per cent Of
the values carried by the ore Is allowed
| to escape. Now that there Is no doubt
of the success of this method. new
vats will be put up aud an increased
force of men put to work.-Reporter.
A. w. McCune was in Butte this week
on his return to Salt Lake City from
his Watseka. In speaking of the prop
erty Mr.. McCune said: "There Is over
80, J0os worth Of fine ore now in sight
in one chute alone. and il there il not
u radical change in the character Of the
vein from what ] now think it is there
will be over s3,O00,000 worth of good ore
in sight when we reach the 400-fOot
level. The Watseka mine has been
worked off aud on with greater or less
regularity for the past thirty five years,
and 1t has been a good paying mine,
been any attempt m ide to control the
water. For that reason the mine has
never been worked below the l00.foot
level-it has been really surface min
ing. The problem we had at the start
was to control the water, and this we
have finally succeeded in doing after
the expenditure of large sum of
money. At first the flow of water was
100 gallons ger minute; now it is 400,
and we have machinery in the mine
sufficient to take care of four times
that amount. We now have our shaft
down to the 200-foot level and are turn
ing out some ore that will run as high
as 2,5OOs to the ton. We expect to be
shipping ton of this ore every day in
short time. In addition to this the
35-ton mill is in fine working order,
ready for the low grade ore, of which
there is an inexhanstible supply. There
are now about seventy men at work at
the mine and more will be put on In a
few days. am confident that the
Watseka is a great ne."-Western
Mining World.
The story how Thomas Walsh became
owner of the Camp Bird mine at Ouray,
which il now held to be worth more
than 1900, ,J00s, is going the rounds of
mining men in the city, says the Dem
YER Repu blican. The famous mine. it
is said, was sold to Mr.. Walsh for 35,-
COOS, after he had made cursory ex-
animation OF the dump, from which he
had made tests of few specimens.
Mr.. Walsh had arrived at the conclu-
sion that there was money to be made
from the dumps in the Ouray district.
He proposed to build concentrating
mill, and getting possession Of the ma