The copper era., 1901-02-21
TERRITORIAL MINING NEWS.

/ At the Red Rock mine, near Pata-
gonia, Ariz.. Pete Jensen is taking out
and shipping some very high grade ore
ana it is reported that negotiations are
/ pending for the sale Of the mine for
$50, 900
1t is reported from Gallup that Sena-
tor Clark telegraphed from Butte
that if his coal were confiscated he
would close down his ClarksviIle mine.
He needs all his output for his Jerome
mills and if it were withheld several
thousand men would be thrown out of
employment.-Rep
The turquoise industry of this coun-
try promises to become an important
factor in the upbuilding of our latent
industries. The amount of raw mater
ial that has gone to the lapidaries Of
New York in the past year would as
tonish the people of this country were
it known. The product of 1901 will
exceed the last years product by many
thousand dollars. Miner.
J. n. Cohenour aud a parsy of Col
orado mining men leave this morning
for the Gold Road country where they
go to make an examination OF a mining
property in which Mr.. Cohenour is in
terested The Gold Road country has
received a thorough advertising in
Colorado and it is believed by some OF
81 t,-ill n
second Cripple creek.-Kingman Miner.
All the working mines and mills at
Chloride are to convert their furnaces
over to oil burners. \ big tank is
being installed at the station below
town and II big supply of the fuel is to
be kept on hand. At the Tennessee,
Merrimac and MiunesOta-ConnOr the
furnaces will be turned over at once
aud the threatened shutdown averted.
Owing to the coal famine the mines
have been working short handed.-
Kingman Miner.
The Chloride mem ber, Hon. NJ. G..
Burns, has introduced in his side of
Tue ubuSt lllCc LlltdSbitS vi Sitdt In
portance to the people of Arizona. AT
ter they become law no more will the
dcad-brokc capitalist work his non
payment of salary game on the man
who goes under the ground with his
hammer and drill. Up to the present
time Mohave county had no reason
other than the winner for having Mr..
Burns as law maker.-Our Mineral
Wealth.
The Schuylkill company has depos-
tied in bank funds to cover the installa-
tion of 4 one hundred ton concentrat-
! ing plant on its mire at Chloride and
also to put in all necessary machinery
to operate the mine in an up-to-date
manner. The mine is one of the best
pieces of property on the lode and is
capable Of supplying big milling
! plant with Il world of ore. Mr.. Thies,
/ the superintendent, is thorough miner
aud is capable of putting the company
on a firm financial basis.-Kingman
/ Miner
w. ID. Stevenson. of Hanford Cali
! fornia, an old Pennsylvania oil opera
tor has taken a lease on the OIL prop
erty of the Coarse Gold mining syndi-
cate and will shortly put down a test
well. The surface indications are fav-
CRADLE to the opening up OF big field
of parafiue oil. The terms OF the lease
give Mr.. Stevenson six months time in
which to get his rig on the ground and
begin actual boring. The field in which
operations will be inaugurated is only
seventeen miles below Mellen.-King-
man Miner.
Gus Clark, ex-chief OF police OF Phoe-
nix, returned this week from his Blue
, Jay mine, ten miles from Stafford, say:
Phoenix paper. He has shipped two
and one-half carloads of good grade
copper-bearing ore to FL Paso, the las
six tons showing better than earlicl
: shipments. Mr.. Clark came in pos
session OF three claims last yea
: through the efforts of Attorney Here
ford, who fought for the property
: which formerly was worked by Mr.
= Clarll's father. Gus has been with W