The copper era., 1901-11-14
TERRITORIAL MINING NEWS.

lkRRl URlAl MlNlNG NEWS.
 The American Girl mine, situated 20 miles north of Yuma. has been bonded to an English company for 2,00O, 00O. | The American Girl is one of the rich. est mines on the Pacific coast.-Senti- mel. The English have always had a fondness for rich American girls. | The streets of Kingman have once more taken on a lively appearance, big teams loaded with supplies of all kinds going from here to the mines every day. More freight is being hauled to | the mines now than at any time in the past three years.-Kingman Miner.
 Henry Kemp, former superintendent Of the Rosemont Copper company, is in the city. Mir. Kemp is now operating the old Warsaw mines, thirteen miles from Old Glory, in the Orc Blanco mining district. This property was formerly owned by the Disstons of saw making fame Of Philadelphia. A force Of men are now engaged in develop ment work.-Star.
 It has been estimated that Senator Clark's wealth, including the copper, gold and silver estimated to be in the Verde mines, reaches the enormous total of 5000, ,OOO, 900. This make 2 Clark the CrOesus of the earth, unless w. c. Greene can call him for double that amount, which it is claimed his Cananea mines will measure up. Think of it-Arizona having two of the rich est men in the world, and yet we are denied statehood. Star.
 D. s. Mckee, a Chicago expert, will leave today for the Parnell mine, south ot the Hillside mine, to examine same with view of handling it. The Par nell is quicksilver property, principal ly gold, and is the first south extension of the celebrated Hillside mine. Twenty thousand dollars has been talk en out of the Parnell, with Sl.000 worth of development work. The ledge is four feet wide. The Parnell belongs to F. Frank Dillon.-Courier.
 Asa Walker, an old mining man is here from the Dragoon mountains. Speaking of the mines in that district Mir. Walker said that the Peabody mine was now shipping ore to the shelter at Fl Paso. A shaft is being sunk at the Hooker mine near the Pea body group and it is now down to a depth Of I50 feet. Superintendent Clifford of the Peabody mine is devel- oping soTe claims near Dragoon Sum- init. Gold ore is being taken out of the old Terrible mine and millei at Cochise.-Citizen.
 Last Friday the Blue Bell group of mines, located in the Dragoon district, were sold to Hugh Mackay X Co.,, of Denver, for S30.000 cash. The bene- fciaries were J. II. Vein, $. Vein and $. H. Mitchell, the owners of the mines, who have been working and de- veloping them for sometime. The sale was promoted by Billy Reed, of the Park View hotel, of Tucson, who re- ceived a substantial commission from the sale. The cash was paid Friday, so the sale is closed. The properties are very promising, and will te worked on an extensive scale.-Star.
 c. l.. Constant and Tom Murphy de- parted this morning by team for the Big Sandy county, where they will make an examination Of the recently discovered tin mines. It is stated that the tin ore occurs in quartz seam in the granite and the samples exhibited in Kingman have given as high as so per cent of the metal. If the find is as promising as it was reported Mir. Con- stant will at once put on a force of men to develop the property. Tin is a scarce article in the United States and every reported find of the metal is giv- eu thorough examiuation.-king Miner.
 It is claimed that s saving of about sl00 per ton can be made by Senator w. A. Clark's newly acquired process for the manfacture of hars, sheets and tubes out of the crude copper at the pits mouth. The process is electrolytic and very similar to the electrolytic re- ining method by which 200, 900 tons of copper were refined in the United States last year; it uses the same amount of electrical energy per ton Of metal as the old but it is worked at a rate ten times greater, and is making bar copper for subsequent smelting a rate twenty times greater is said 10 have been successfully employed.-Re- publican.
 $. c. Bagg, superintendent oi the