Mohave County miner., 1900-02-24
General Mining News

the Henrietta lO-stamp mill night and
dav on ore from the Henrietta mine.
The ore bins are full of ORE New ma.
chiuery is being put in and water is |
beiug taken from the old shaft.-Pres- |
colt Courier
An American company capitalized |
at lOOO),OOOS mas obtained concessions |
from the Mexican government to erect !
and operate an extensive iron plant at
the city of Monterey. The company's |
chief product will be railroad steel. !
The location is advantageous. as all
materials entering in the product are
close at hand. 1t is estimated that the
cDncern will employ not less than 1000
men in its various departments.
We learn from Mr.. G. d. Henry that
parties are negotiating with him and
Mr.. Ritch for the erection of reduction
works on their large group of copper
claims located in. the vicinity of the
Ripsey mine. The proposition is to
pay some cash and erect the plant for
an interest in the properties. The
Blade hopes the negotiations will de-
termine successfully, as such enter.
prises create business aud put money
into neutrality-suspicious. Blade.
Mr.. Underhill, who had charge of the
Big Bug onyx properties at Mayer, re-
turned last evening from visit to
London and Glasgow and went out to
layer this morning 1t is understood
that work on the above property will
soon be resumed, aud that extensive
machinery will be erected for prepar-
ing the onyx for shipment right at the
quarry. Owing to the large percentage
of waste it was found impracticable to
ship the onyx east as it comes from
the quarry y.-Journal- Miner,
4 syndicate OF American capitalists
purchased the mining properties at La
Colorado apd Minas Prietas, Mexico.
The syndicate is compose sed of capital
lists resident at La Fayette aCd other
Indiana cities, Kansas City aud st. Jo-
seph, Mo-, aud Illinois. 1t i5 intended
to inaugurate operations on a large
scale and erect the best aud most i'm
proved machinery to keep pace with
the work Of development. This change
will, no doubt give tremendous i'm
petus to the great gold camp of So
nora.
Lautaro Roca has returned to this
city from an extended visit to the
mines of Southern Arizona. He spent
some time at Washington camp where
some of the richest mines Of this part
Of the territory are located The Pride
of the West, which was recently sold
to an eastern company, Mr.. Roca says,
has shut down to allow the manage
ment to devote entire attention to Sc.
curing water for the operation of the
concentrating plant. The plant has
been run and it has demonstrated its
ability to handle the ores Of the mine
with the least possible loss. As soon
as water is secured the mine will be
started upon large scale and the
Pride of the West camp will become
one of the most important in southern
Arizona.-Tucson Citizen.
Speaking of the difficulty the mine
owners of British Columbia are having
in procuring miners at 3S per day since
the government reduced the hours OF
labor, the Nelson (B. CO. Economist
says: "The efforts of the mine owners
to secure men for their mines has not
been so far marked with any degree OF
success. No fault can be found with
the mine-owners in their endeavor to
secure men provided they are not for
eigners with vicious habits) to work
their mines at 80 per day. The Gov
ernment, by its reduction In the hours
of labor, forced the mine owners to
this extremity. III 3.5os was regarded
as a fair wage for ten hours day, 81
should be about the right thing for
eight hours. Indeed, the Inine-owners
went further at one time, and appeared
disposed to compromise at 3.25s for
eight hours, which was really all that
could reasonably be expected. Very
likely the trouble would have been set
tied then had the mine owners agreed
to full recognition of the Union. This
they refused to do, which Is phase OF
the situation that demands separate
consideration"