The copper era., 1901-02-28

ware company, and it is only matte
OF very short time now before activ
work on the mill viii be commenced
Phoebe. Nevada, Record.
VIM. Kirkpatrick, J. d. Jordan ant
Mrs. II. brandt, recently arrived iron
Colorado. and were callers at this offic,
this week. The fame OF our mines
through the medium OF the press, haC
reached their ears and they intend Il
stay while and prospect through the
river range for gold and other precious
metals. May success attend them =
Kingman Arrow.
A new $1,000 hoist has been purch-
ased by the Pride OF Arizona copper
company for its Rebel mine in the
! Big Bug district. 1t has also recently
/ put in an eighty horsepower boiler to
operate the hoist pumps and COM
pressed air drills which will be shortly
/ installed. There is an enormous
amount of tailings on the dump Of the
McCabe mine, ranging 80 to s25 to the
ton, that will be utilized as soon as the
smelter and concentrating plant of the
Standard Smelling aud Refining COM
pany Is in operation jerome News.
a big gold strike is reported from
Eureka district of northern Arizona.
'Tis reported four inch streak of the
vein yields $500 TO the ton, and this in
ia 70
supply the gold OF the gulch from
which many thousands OF dollars have
been taken. To find an illustration Of
what will occur many times, as the
country is carefully prospected. There
are thousands of such finds waiting for
the careful prospector, to find and
stake them out. Not five per cent. of
the mineral territory Of Arizona has
yet been prospected. Star.
Tie Arizona Copper Mountain COM
pany. Il Minnesota corporation, has
commenced extensive operations in
the Harqua Hala district. The com.
pany owns 1000 acres of ground ard
have staked oil fifty-nine claims. Sew
eral diamond drills are on the ground
aud in operation. The groupings can
be traced over several ranges OF noun
tains and down through the Tonic
Basin country. The company is com
posed of very wealthy men, and if the
prove satisfactory it is
their intention to begin work on very
extensive scale.-Tucson Star.
Messrs. J. X. McGee and David Live
ly, of Lowell Mutual Labor Colony and
Mr.. l.. NJ. Wetmore, of Tucson, were
here Saturday anS returned to Tucson
by way Of Silverdale to avoid the mud
flats between here and Red Rock. |
They came to see the editor of the
Blade with "a view to purchasing from
him concentrating machinery for the |
Labor Colony's mining property sit |
uated south of Tucson. They have |
been shipping high-grade ore for some |
time and a large amount of second |
class ore has accumulated on their |
dumps, which could be concentrated at
a profit. The Colony is in tlourishing |
ondition.-Blade.
The Hawthorne (Neyadal Bulletin |
says: Late reports from Tonapah. the |
new camp in the southeastern part OF |
this county continue to be most en-
Arthur George. an eXper-
fenced miner, who spent week at the
mines. says he never saw such a pros
pect. He says there are seven separate
parallel ledges on the surface, POO feet
apart. They run northeast and south
west. The deepest shaft is Ii feet, and
The ledge at that depth is as strong and
rich As on the surface. The average
value of the ore is about SO gold and
zoo ounces silver. About 30 miners
lre at work; nearly all on leases, and
all are sauguine of great results
H. J. West has just made an impor-
ant gold discovery near the SNOWFALL
group of mines. about six miles from
the Gold Road camp, samples from
which gave a result OF 13S 20 ounces
gOld aud 81. 40 ounces silver to the ton,
)r s.. .S05.64. Mr. Hawkins who brought
-he samples To town, says that there is
1 vein of two feet of similar ore aud
that it shows for a long distance on the
surface. The country surrounding
this late find is one of the best miner
allied sections of the Blue Ridge noun
tains. Mr.. West has been prospecting
in tie range for several years past and
in the discovery of mineral has been
quite cessful.-kingman Miner.
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