Mohave County miner., 1901-03-09

l5,OOOs and doubtless, like others who
have been taken in, in the same man
ner, will turn against Arizona and the
mining industry, the innocent victim
of his verdancy. In the mean time
perpetrators of such frauds should be
run down and taught that Arizona is
an unhealthy place in which to locate
their schemes.-Florence Blade.
Col. p. r. Smith arrived in Clifton
last night direct from Hanover, n. NJ,
and reports that the Iron Head mine is
as usual turning out from 50OS to l,0OOS
per day in copper and iron ore, which
is sold direct to the Silver City Reduc.
ton works. The ore body in the Han
over district continues as good as ever,
and in the Emma, also owned by the
Hanover company, new strike was
recently made, of large body of very
high grade ore, which averages from
zoos to l,000S per carload at smelter.
Ed. Baker has made new strike in
his claim west of the Iron Head of 8
feet of high grade ore, which stimu-
lated Ed. to go off on "high lone
some" The Santa Rita company has
sunk three large double compartment
shafts and connected tho same by lev
els at the depth of 300 feet, uncovering
immense bodies of good ore. The
Clifton Copper company at Santa Rita
has encountered another large body of
sulphide ore in the 100 foot level and
has drifted on the contract 50 feet,
blocking out over 10000 cubic feet of
high grade sulphides. The company's
new 100 ton concentrating mill will be
on the ground March 9th and will be
in operation in about six weeks. The
company has ore uncovered sufficient
to run the mill twelve months at the
rate of 100 tons daily, at a net profit
of 30O$ to 50O$ daily. This company
will pay per cent. dividend on the
par value of their stock on July lst.-
Clifton Copper Era.
Traction engines are being used to
haul ore and goods between La Cananea
and Naco in the southern part of Ari.
zona. The Bisbee Review says of them;
"These wagons will answer the purpose
of the railroad for the present and will
carry coke aud coal from Naco going
out to the Cananeas and on the return
trip will be loaded with copper bullion.
The distance is forty-five miles and
the roadway prepared for these en-.
gnes is equal to a city pavement. The
machinery is marked" Overland Freight
ing Outfit" It is the oldest outfit
that was ever seen in this neck of the
woods. 1t consists Of three big steel
wagons and a traction engine to pull
them. The hanling capacity of the
wagons is 1900 pounds each. The
beds are made of steel, about eight
feet in length and five feet deep aud
broad. The rear wheels of the wagon
are eight feet in diameter and the
front ones five, and are built with a
view to combining strength and light
ness. The engine is a monster, about
thirty feet long with drive wheels eight
feet in diameter, heavily cogged with
blocks of iron rivited to the tire, which
is eighteen inches in with. The front
wheels are about six feet in diameter
with band of iron two by four inches
running around in the center Of the
eighteen.inch tire. The engine is pro.
PEELED by three cylinders located on
top Of the middle of the boiler which
are connected with the rear wheels by
system of cog wheels. 1t will be used
in transporting ore from the Green
consolidated and looks to be able to
handle many tons trip.
James McKave was in town during
the week from his Era group of mines
on the Lynx creek divide. Mr.. McKave
and his partner, P. B. Springer, own
three claims in the great gold bearing
section between the Senator mine and
Groom creek, and from present indi-
cations one of their claims, the Era,
bids fair to make big bullion pro-
ducer when developed. A shaft on the
Era has been sunk to depth of 60
feet and is in body of solid ore four
to FIVE feet wide from top to bottom.
Sam pies, carefully taken from the sur.
face, and at twenty, forty and sixty
feet give the following results, which
indicate that the ore improves syste.
matically in value as depth is reached