Mohave County miner., 1901-02-09
General Whining Rews,

nhll interest III tne ASnVllie mine, near
Grafton, Sierra county, from John
Petrie, and the one-third interest in
the same mine from James Taylor, the
consideration being l5,00JS, says the
Deming Herald. Ten per cent. of this
amount was paid down and the bal.
ance is to be paid in ninety days. 1t
is reported that Dr. Walker has pur-
chased the Alaska and Montezuma
mines. as we'll as one of the Mcdonald
group, on Wild Horse creek.
ID. G. Chalmers returned from Hell
vetia, Friday, where he has made all
preparations for the installing of the
new plant. 1t is said that the smelter
is expected to be in position and ready
for operation by April l. The new
smelter is to be steel and thoroughly
modern in every respect. There are
seven carloads of lumber at Walls
station now awaiting trans sportation to
the camp. A number of new men have
been placed at work. All the wreckage
aud debris have been removed from
the old smelter site.-Star
Secretary Schofield, of the Grassy
Mountain coalflelds, has made the dis.
covery that the iron pyrites found in
some of the coal carry small per-
centage of gold. In the Scientific
Press of Dec. "a, 1898, the following
l. 4. al
legged to have been discovered in Utah
coal" Over twenty years ago gold was
found in coal at Tallawang, n. S. W.
He also stated besides the three coal
measures already discovered, there are
vast groupings of Ignite, and water at
several springs show a coating of OIL
Nevada Record.
Ii is reported on the streets that
Josiah Champion and his son in-law
have sold the Belle, Columbia and
Martinez mines to the Santa Barbara
company formed by the late Engineer
Norway, for 40,0O0S. The report lacks
confirmation but there is reason to be-
made on these properties, Messrs.
Booth and Tibbets, experts, spent five
or six daya on the ground with Mr..
Champion week before last and took
twenty-five samples which were for
warded to the company. These are
the old Pinal Consolidated properties
aud are situated eighteen miles north.
east of Florence. IL the sale has been
consummated, as reported, active op-
erations will soon commence there
Arizona Blade.
The sale of the Dixie mine and
smelter at st. George having been ac-
complish he'd by him, William f. Sny.
der is scheduled to return to town to-
day, his arrival to be followed by a
transfer of the property to represen-
tative of the purchasing crowd. Mr..
P. I. Farnsworth, who was in receipt
Of a communication from Mr.. Snyder
yesterday, says there is no doubt Of
the sale of the mine, over which there
has been so much sparring by some
very prominent persons at intervals,
and while he did not know the exact
amount involved in the transaction, he
thought it about 25O,0OO$ 1t is under
stood that the new crowd, which Is
ab1ndantly provided with means, will
not only increase the force at the prop
erty, which is one of the most interest
Ing in the west, but that the capacity
of the smelter will be Increased at an
early date.-Tribune.
c. f Eichelberger was in Yuma the
first of the week and made arrange
ments with the Colorado River Steam
Navigation Company for the shipment
OF twenty-five tons of ore from his
Good Enough copper mine in the Ty-
son district to the smelter at Needles.
A large body of high grade copper ore
was recently encountered in the Good
Enough mine and the outlook for
paying property is very encouraging.
II The returns from the first shipment,
which will be made in few days, are
satisfactory the force of miners will be
Increased and regular shipments in
ooat load lots will be made hereafter.
Ihe ore has to be freighted by wagon
uom the mine to the landing near
threnburg, a distance of twenty five
miles, but The road is all down hill,
uaKing 1t possible for an ordinary