Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1901-05-25

level place to sit down on, you have TO
make one, If the whole county were
offered TO the poorest or richest man
In the world as gift, but with the
proviso that no mining must be done,
1t would be declined at once. Aside
from its output of gold-with little
silver, copper and lead added-it is
perhaps the most utterly worthless
tract of land on the continent. Yet it
has population of about 5000, a rail.
road, complete water, sewer, tele-
phone and electric light system; three
banks, and churches, hospitals and
other similar institutions to burn.
More than all this the county is not
only out of debt, but has lO,OOOS cash
on hand. Does gold mining as an in.
dustry pay? This looks very much
like it, and lest anyone should imagine
that the region is simply on boom at
present we will add that it was discov-
cred about forty-three years ago, aud
has ever since been engaged exclusive
ly, entirely, solely and only in the
business of gold mining. 1t will be
similarly employed thousand years
from now."-Copper Era.
The machinery for the Tom bstone
mines will soon be in place. The new
| pumps will not be as cumbersome as
the ones detroyed by fire, but will
raise more water by one-third than
both of the pumps used in the Grand
/ Central and Contention mines. The
/ first and main shaft will be sunk on
the old Flora Morrison mine, below
/ the Bonanza mines, where it is thought
the water can be handled with less ex-
| peuse and trouble. When the old
mines closed down by fire the ore be-
ing taken out of the mines carried "A
large percentage of gold and the
deeper the shaft was sunk the greater
the gold percentage. This is good
indication and is one of the incentives
for going into the big scheme of re.
opening the mines.-Gazette.
Yesterday the Courier noted the sale
of the Whale group of mines TO the
Middleton people for 2O,OOO3 Before
the day was over H. X. Mcdonald. one
of the parties who sold the Whale
group, sold another gronp of slightly
! developed claims, in the same neigh,
| borhood. TO Oscar Bergstrom, Of New
York, for 10,0OOS cash. Like the Whale
group, these four claims are copper
properties, carrying some gold and sill.
yer. The claims are contiguous to the
old Peck, the Black Warrior and Silver
Prince. About 800 feet of work has
been done on the four claims.-Pres-
colt Courier.
On the west slope OF the Harqna
HaIas John Martin has lately bonded
his gold mines to Colorado people for
l60,O0O5. The company taking the
/ claims is known as the Mexican Cop.
per Company and the sale was made
| through a Mr. Taft of Denver. The
same people have also taken under
bond the Rogers properties, near the
Bill Williams Fork of the Colorado
river, and expect to operate heavily in
this section of the territory. The cor,
poration is said to have large work.
ing capital and will equip their new
purchases with modern machinery for
development. The camps have already
been started and large force of men
is being put to work.-Prescott Pros
pect.
Last week there was recorded here a
deed from George p. Andrews and wife
to the Pinal Copper Company, con
veying the title to the Black Copper
group of mines in this district. The
consideration is 275OOOs, believed to be
the largest specified amount in any
deed ever recorded in this county,
The cost of the revenue stamps at
tached to the deed was 275S.-Silver
Belt.
An innovation in mining machinery
is the invention of Charles Henry, OF
Phenix, of rotary engine which he is
just placing on the market. He com
menced working the device three years
ago, and has just secured patents. AT
the time of the application in which
the machine was described, the Scien-
tific American made extended com
ments on the merits of the engine
whose purpose is to generate a maxi.