Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-04-03
Mining Intelligence.

n. ID. OlluOTu ucNcI pCIul1bS buC grass to grow under his feet in mat ters pertaining to mining. No sooner does he secure a property than he at once commences operations on 1t: Mention was recently made in the Journal Miner of his acquisition of that old time producer of rich ore, the Silver Belt mine. Although the trans fer was made less than two weeks ago, he already has commenced the cree ton of buildings and has started a force of men at work in the mines. It is proposed to sink new shaft en- tirely and reach the old workings in this way, as it is considered not only more economical, but more practical and better in every way.
 Our contemporary quotes a miner who has recently seen the rich strike of gold ore near Wickenburg as con firming reports of its richness, but says it is about the same character of ore which can be found in number of claims around Prescott. The Journal Miner editor would like to meet that miner and get some pointers from him in regard to the claims around Prescott containing ore of the character of the new strike near Wickenburg. He would like to freeze on to a claim of that kind, or if there are not enough to go around, he would be satisfied with half a claim.
 Mir. Monihan, who is developing some good properties on Groom creek has added to his possessions there by the purchase of the Fremont mine. Two decades ago it was a producer of very rich ore on the surface, and as all the mines in that district show up better with depth, there is no good reason to doubt that this new purchase of Mir. Monihan will do likewise.
 When the apparent richness of the property, near Wickcnburg, owned by Upton, Lamb and Hatfield, was dis covered some months ago, Lamb, whose father, in Clinton, Iowa, is very wealthy, proposed to his partners to assume the burden of expense of put ting up smelter. Nothing was nat urally done until the end of the year until they took hold of the property, pending which end the secret of the great treasure was carefully guarded. Work is now going to be actively be- gun. It is said that lumber and ma chinery have been ordered and are on the way.
 The mining expert of the Phenix Republican gets his geography mixed up somewhat in speaking Of the Octave company developing a great gold mine on Rich Hill in Weaver district. The company has already developed great gold mine, from which it is getting enough ore to run a forty stamp mill day and night, and enough in sight to keep it going for years, but it does not happen to be on Rich Hill.
 It is said that a mining man from Cripple Creek made cash offer to Geo. B. Upton and partners of S25O,- 900 for their new mine in Black Rock district, but the offer was refused. ''Rich beyond figures" is the way the Phenix Republican speaks of the new strike. A gentleman who came up from Phenix this morning states that the people of that town have gone wild with excitement over the new discovery. The locators are Geo. B. Upton, the we'll known mining man of Stanton, formerly of Clinton, Iowa; G. E. Lamb, wealthy lumber man of Clinton, Iowa, and B. O. Hatfield, recently from Montana. The claim is located in Yavapai county.