Mohave County miner., 1901-08-10
General Whining Rews.

w. H. Case, for two years In the EN-.
ploy of the Fortuna mining company,
near Yuma, is In Tucson today, says
the Citizen. Mr.. Case says the For
tuna has attained depth of 1900 feet.
On the 90J foot level II foot body of
free milling gold rock Is being mined,
and from the bottom of the working
shaft drill is being run to cut the ore
body 300 feet lower. Mr.. Case exhib.
tied some specimens from the 900.foot
level that are thoroughly permeated
with gold, and he says they are fair
samples of the ore body. The Fortuna
is the property of G. ID. Lane of Cali
fornia, and has produced during the
last five years, an average OF 75,000s
per month with 20-stamp mill and
while the ore body at the 900.foot level
Is not as extensive as that on the up
per levels, the quality has increased to
that extent that the mine is more pro-
ductive than when the ledge was TWEEN.
ty feet In width. Some people have
been known to assert that Arizona
mines do not "go down." but when a
free milling gold proposition has
reached a perpendicular depth OF 1900
feet, improving as depth is attained,
and giving every Indication that the
ore body will continue to go down,
croakers will have to admit that their
"knocks" were mercenary and not
predicated upon any superior knowl-
edge Of the country or Of mining. In
the vicinity of Fortuna are a great
number of prospectors, and some of
them are being handsomely rewarded
for their energy. Henry Blune, rail
road man who is we'll known In Tue
son, has struck 1t rich. Mr.. Blune
owns property adjoining the Fortuna
group and the other day when he had
sunk shaft to depth of fifteen feet
he ran into red schist that returned
an assay OF 1923 per ton gold. There
is considerable activity in mining cir
cles above Yuma. On tho Colorado
river a Mr.. Barker Of Los Angeles has
just concluded the pnrchas of a group
of gold claims from the Hodges Bros.
of Yuma, the price being 75,0OOs, and
the Stanchfield brothers, who own
mines in the same vicinity, are about
to perfect a big sale.
The sale of the Relief mining prop
critics which are located about twenty
one miles northwest of Phenix, was
consummated yesterday. The deal has
been in progress for the past three
months, but so secretly have the pro-
moters worked that the public was lit
tie aware of the proposed sale, until
the papers were fled for record with
the recorder BY the terms Of the sale
Sam F. Webb transfers his interest in
the property to Geo. Hamlin for the
consideration of 1n,O00$. Geo. Hamlin
then deeds to Geo. A. Treadwell, trus-
tee. the entire property. A company
will Immediately be incorporated,
which will be known as the Relief Gold
Mining Co. with capital stock Of
20O,O0OS Geo. A. Treadwell, trustee,
will then deed to the corporation the
property. The incorporators are Geo.
Hamlin, Geo. A. Treadwell and sschuy-
ler 8. Moore, the latter New York
capitalist. The company will com
mence work on the proposition at once
and by the first Of the year expect to
have twenty stamp mill in operation.
The Relief mine consists Of three
claims which we're located about ten
years ago by Geo. Hamlin and Sam F.
Webb. 1t is gold bearing proposi.
tion and owing to Its location as re-
CARDS tim Der, aud water makes 1t one
of the leading properties of the ter.
ritory. Development work has beer
done only for the purpose Of ascertain
ing the dimensions of the vein of ore
Ten shafts have been sunk; shaft No.
being down 300 feet. A cross cut has
been run between shafts and fee
wide.-Pbenix Enterprise.
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