Arizona republican., 1900-11-27
MINING IN MoHAVE
Extensive Operations Tn the Chloride
 District.

Chloride, Ariz., Nov. B. (Spccia' cc!cls sponience Cf The Republican, Mining in this locality nas taken a jump forward within the past few weeks, and still the demand for labor is growing. Many mines that have not been worked for months past, are now starting up, and among those that will be prominent as big ore pro- ducers and shippers might be men toned the Mobile Gibson. Empire, Bull lion Beck, Goldbuck and number of others.
 Most of these mines will be worked by the companies owning them, but the Bullion Beck. Empire and one or two others will be worked under lease and bond.
 The big body of rich galena-siiver ore opened up in the Hughes and Mitchell mine awhile back is doubtless the largest and richest body of ore ever found in any one mine in the camp. and forms no end of pleasing comment. The ore body is sixteen inches wide with but little variation in size. and gives no signs of any falling off as the shaft is being sunk. The great strata
 is left standing on one side while the shaft is being sunk and will continue to do 90 until water level is reached, when it will be broken down and hoist cd for shipment.
 Deputy Sheriff B. R. Perkins and Jack Bruce have also made a good dis cOvery of rich ore in their Shooily mine up in the mountains near the Payroll mine. The shaft is down only thirty feet. with a pay chute eight inches wide, that assays 300 ounces of silver to the ton. wIl per certages in gold and copper They are resting from their work now to make preparations to go at it with a larger force of men and better facilities for better work.
 The Lucky Boy mine, belonging to T.. B. Scott of Chicago. is the steadiest producer of rich silver ore in camp. and averages 300 ounces in carload lots. They have lately facilitated develop ment work in the mine by supplanting the one-horse whim with a new gaso- line steam hoisting plant.
 F. T. Loy is back from his Philadel- phia trip where he had been to close details in the transfer of the Minne- sota and Merrimac mines into the hands of the new purchasers. and is again at the Juno mine directing the work of development on that valuable property. The shaft is now down 40O feet and a contract let for the sinking of another 100 feet and so far, the work has been done in fine ore. A shipment of this ore went out the past week and another one is being gotten ready. and this in it's crude and natural state. About thirty men are engaged at work on the mine, but this number may b, increased any day, as stoping the llvels is almost ready for work.
 Bob Ferguson brought in some all most pure copper ore from his Mer- chant Prince mine Thursday morning which he has just now begun to de- velop. The ore chute is about four inches wide. and contains native cop per, as it will also undoubtedly contain gold in paying quantities.
 The Occidental mine at White Hills which made such large and rich strike ealCy in the fall is to be sunk GOO feet deep, and new steam hoist has been installed for that purpose. The shaft is now down 700 feet and all the way in rich horn silver ore. and the leads b0th ways aa far as drifts have been run are in ore of like char acter About 150 men are engaged on the mine, but more will be required be- fore the work laid out is done.