Mohave County miner., 1901-01-12
General Mining News

the hammer is the only sound that
breaks the quiet around the works.
This is the annual period for the re.
pairs at the works and will consume
from FIVE to six days says the Review.
Another converter is being placed
which will make five converter stands.
The new Mitchell furnace will not be
ready for operation for at least thirty
days.
Fondren Il Toombs are shipping
from the Proctor, bonded by them
from Crossey. This is their largest
shipment, consisting of 81 tons, now
in Ell Paso. They have shipped three
lots, running respectfully Is, 10 and
3 per cent, sampled in Globe. They
propose to take up the bond, having
cleared enough iu few months to pay
for the property. Mr.. McAtee has re-
Gently discovered and located two
claims in the same locality, which
shows good sized ore bodies running
% per cent copper. Richard Welch
was taking out some excellent ore on
his we'll known properties when last
heard from.-GloLe Times.
An immense amount of work has al
ready been done on eXcavating for the
foundation of the Arizona Copper
Company's new 200-ton concentrator
at the Longfellow. A railroad track
ha' been laid to the ground and large
force of men is engaged in blasting out
the foundation. The location is an
ideal one, as the plant will sit on the
side of a mountain, with drop of sew
eral hundred feet to the gulch below.
The ores of that section will be brought
to the plant by the baby guage rail
road, aud stored for use as it is needed.
From the time it leaves the car until
it Is turned loose in tailings, it will be
handled by gravitatiou. The Longfel-
low concentrator will treat the ores of
the Arizona Copper Compauy's mines
in the neighborhood of Morenci and
will be a great saving in time and ex-
pense to the company. Gas engines
will furnish the power for the plant.
The concentrates will be brought to
the compauy's plant at Clifton and
smeltei.-Copper Era.
Moses W. Taylor returned today
from Il visit to big copper pros pect
near Milford in which A. II. Airs aud
John Dern are heavily interested. The
object Of the visit at this time was to
start a small force on assessment work.
Mr.. Taylor brought number of sam
Piles to town which were taken from
the surface of vein which is 10 feet
wide. A big outcrop some 200 feet
long occurs oD the six claims owned
by Mr.. Taylor aud other parties. An
immense copper zone traverses the
country for over a mile with occasional
outcrops appearing on the surface.
The ore is not high grade, though some
samples show as much as II per cent.
The average will run lower, but, owing
to its close proximity 10 the railroad,
and its vast quantity, the ore could
easily be made to pay a handsome
margin. IL is within a mile of the
railroad and it is possible, Mr.. Taylor
says, to mine and load the ore for 80
cents per ton. Some of the pies
seen today show sulphide ore in spite
OF the fact that they were knocked off
the outcrop. Very little work has yet
been done on the property, but Mr..
Airs says the work on an adjoining
property is showing up better ore with
depth, from which it is concluded that
this property will do the same. A great
deal of assessment work is being done
In the various districts adjoining the
Rocky, aud the Hickory is said to be
looking extremely well.--Nevada News.
The journal Miner has received nu-
merous letters of late asking for de-
tailed information concerning the bus
iness of the Val Verde Copper Com
pany, limited, A great many of these
letters cannot be answered except by
some one connected with the company,
as neither the editor Of the Journal
Miner nor the public generally is pos
sessed Of the desired information. The
following information will answer
many Of the questions, or in fact, all
that informant is possessed of The
Val Verde Company has erected a