Arizona silver belt., 1901-04-25

POO level big body of sulphide ore has been opened up and a great deal of this is being sent to the surface. There are two steam holsters and whim on the mines. The furnaces have just been converted to oil burn CTS and the first load of oil was hauled out from Chloride Wednesday. The company is preparing to put in the 100-ton reduction plant at the mine as soon as arrangements can be made. The mill will put the ore in condition for the jigs, after passing through which process the tailings will be re- turned from regrnding and the pulp carried over concentrators. The shines will be treated by the cyanide process, and in this way it is thought that prac- tically all the values will be recov- cred. From all the shafts ore is being hoisted to the surface and piled up on the dumps awaiting the construction of the new mill, The Merrimac mill ] ID oOibe, iuh pu wv sbt NuPAtiNN IS | too limited for mine of the caliber of the Minnesota-Connor. Mir. Loy, the general manager of the property, has | put the mine in excellent shape dur ing the few months in which he has had it in charge. -Mohave County Miner.
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 l The Prescott Journal Miner says: w, J. Lester X Co. of Fredonia, New York, recently purchased eight placer claims from George fl. Swartz, in Big Bug district, and by location and otherwise have secured thirty other claims, making total of thirty-eight claims in ali. The property is located on the mesa northeast of the Big Bug shelter. Mir. Swartz has worked the claims owned by him for eight years by blowing up the gravel and hauling it by wagon to Big Bug creek and there sluicing it out In this way he has made excellent wages, as the gravel has run all the way from 75 cents to s7 per load. 1t is the purpose of the purchasers to install a steam shovel with an amalgamator attached, on the ground, and then by means of water power placed on Big Bug creek | pump the water upon the mesa to reservoir to be built there for use in washing the gravel. The water will be used over and over again, so it is estimated, that not to exceed twenty miners inches will be required to keep the machine in operation. In prospecting the ground thoroughly before the purchase was made by Mr. Lester, holes were sunk at intervals all over it and the gravel carefully sampled, resulting in obtaining an average of between forty and fifty cents per cubic yard. It is claimed that 1,5O0 cubic yards per day can be worked in the machine at cost of six cents per cubic yard The gravel averages from three to twelve feet deep all over the claims. It ia ex- pected that this new plant will be in operation within sixty days.
 J. ". Collingston of Bradford, Pa, a mining man of long experience, wis ited the Wickenburg district last week and is reported by the Phoenix Ga zette to have made an offer of S3S0, 900 for the Orc Grande property. Mir. Collingston is quoted as saying: 'T have been mining and dealing in gold, silver and copper mines for thirty-two years. l have worked at the bottom Of the shaft in my younger days, but l must confess that the showing of the Gro Grande property surpasses anything l have ever seen for the amount of development work done. The crosscut now is nearly eighty feet. This great chasm is in solid gold ore. l assayed 206 samples taken from various portions of the crosscut. l was careful to get ore not above the average. and the lowest assay I got from the ore samples was SIP to the ton. The ledge as far as prospected l think will average SIG in gold. That is the highest average l have ever known for an extensive ledge. Of course l have no idea how soon it might give out. mine is a peculiar thing. But there is certainly a large quantity of very fine ore in sight. l should say after careful estimate, about $40, 900 worth of ore that can be figured out. noticed several prom ising claims near the Gro Grande, one in particular looked very fine. The country around Wickenburg is to my mind indicative of rich ore deposits and l shall be surprised if great gold camp is not in the uear future estab- lished in or near that old town"
 About six years ago Capt. J. w. Nicholson became interested in min ing property in the strip and went to work to organize company to operate the mines in which he was interested For more than five years he has had an up hill fight for the reason that