Mohave County miner., 1901-05-11
General Whining Rews.

composed of wealthy eastern mining
people, lately organized by DR.. King,
,uperintendent of the Verde Queen
Copper company, to work a group of
claims in the Tonic country, the News
i, Informed, will have an S0.ton Jacket
at work on the property in about As
days. The machinery will be taken in
from Flagstaff. They will handle Gus.
ton ore. A Colorado man named Ran
dell will have charge.-Jerome News.
Probate Judge Robertson has several
men working on one of his mines in the
Sierra Ancha mountains near Green
back peak aud will shortly com mence
shipping ore The ore will be packed
about nine miles to the Cellar and will
be hauled to Globe in wagons from
that point 1t is about fifty miles to
the mines, but the richness of the ore
will make it profitable to ship.-Silver
Belt.
L. r. Blewett came over from Drip
ping Springs, where he has some gold
claims located. He reports that work
is being done on a numbe of claims
there. Scottie McEwen and James
Curtis are reported to have reached
the vein on their ground and fou nd
good ore. John Glissan is working
one of his claims and John Kavanaugh
Il Inv fnll
Belt.
A couple Of weeks ago a Mexican in
the employ of the Philadelphia Mining
Company at Dos Cabezas discovered
some ore groupings about one quarter
of a mile south of town on ground that
has been gone over by prospectors for
the last twenty years. shaft being
sunk on it unearthed an ore body
about fifteen inches wide aud widening
as they go down. the ore is rich, as
saying as high as 200 ounces in silver
and some gold. A recent assay of the
average value from samples taken
across the whole vein showed that ii
The strike has caused considerable
comment and old timers are somewhat
chagrined at this ore body having ex-
isted under their very feet for many
years without being discovered
Range News.
DIR. Geer, of Congress junction, who
has been engaged in mining for years,
was in Phenix yesterday on business.
The doctor says there is a regular min
ing boom on now, the hills are full of
experts looking for mining property.
DIR. Geer says he met j. b. Cook. a
noted New York mining man recently
Mr.. Cook said that every broker estab-
lishment in New York was keeping a
sharp lookout for Arizona mining
properties. Let citizen from Arizona
register in New York hotel and at
once he is besieged by men who want
to learn something about the mines in
Arizona. This says DR.. Geer is new
thing for New York, as it has always
been noted as the most difficult city in
the union to approach on mining
deal. Arizona Is now having VERT
able mining boom. Nothing like it has
ever been known in Arizona, and there
are millions of money ready and
anxious to invest i'm Arizona mining
property.-Gazette.
Three new mining companies have
been organized in Bisbee during the
past month for the development of cop
per claims that lie tributary to Bisbee.
Last week we published the articles of
Incorporation of the California and
Arizona Copper Mining company, in
corporated with capitalization OF
100000. The company is composed of
three stockholders--R. G.. Brush B. +.
Shepherd and John G. Pritchard.
The original locator Of the claims, Mr..
+. 9. Broadbeck also retains one
twelfth interest. The group of claims
which the company proposes to de-
velop were located about two years ago |
aud are situated in the Huachuca
mountains about % miles from Bisbee.
The group comprises seven claims and
Is commonly known as the Hillside
property. During the past two years
shaft has been sunk to a depth of sixty
ieet and several small tunnels have
oeen run. Since the organization OF
the COMPANY contract has been let