Mohave County miner., 1901-04-20
General Whining Rews.

UldIiS' ~ 10 uhuei tuc ndudRtneul OF
F. VI. Knapp, an experienced mining
man. AT least 5000 worth of ore
has been shipped from this property
within the last eighteen months.
They are now putting in pumping ma
chinery to rid themselves of surplus
water in one of the shafts.-Range
News.
Henry Stoddard, an old time and ex
perienced mining man of Yavapai
county, who resides at Mayer, was in
town yesterday, having just returned
from visit to the big gold strike near
Wickenburg Mr. Stoddard has had
years of experience in mining aud has
seen very many big properties, but he
says this is the biggest one of the kind
he has ever seen. He saws it is an i'm.
msnse auriferous deposit, the extent of
which it is impossible to state at pres
eut.--Prescott Journal Miner
Yesterday sixteen tons of ore from a
new strike in the Copper Basin section
was sampled at the Prescott sampling
works, the value being 1868 per ton.
The ore carries 40 per cent lead, the
balance being silver. w. b. Moore and
Bert Grove are the lucky discoveries
Of the mine, which is situated on Cop.
per Basin rim, on the Skull Valley
stope, aud have worked out twenty
days on il. The vein shows pay streak
from six inches to two feet in width,
ore from which may be seen at the Of
fee of Attorney Forest.-Prescott Cour-
Ter.
Work on the Standard group of
mines is now fairly we'll started, aud
Colonel Casey, the superintendent of
the property, reports that ore has been
struck in all of the openings. Three
shafts are being sunk on the Standard
aud New England, 1000 feet apart.
One of the shafts is in very rich ore,
and ore of good grade has been found
along the lead between the shafts. Mr..
c. A. Ross returned from the property
yesterday highly pleased with the out
look and brought down some fine ore
from the different workings. An APP
plication from banker from the east
for large block Of the stock was de-
clined.-Copper Era.
A carload of rich copper ore from
the Savanna mine in Mohave county,
Arizona. reached the sampler last
week says the Salt Lake Herald, and
Colonel Pickett expects to get the con-
troll today. Reports from the mine are
to the effect that the new within has
been installed, that it works like a
charm aud that the 10 foot level has
been reached. Fine ore is exposed
from top to bottom and cross cutting
Another carload is on the dump await
ing shipment. Colonel Pickett expects
to leave for two or three weeks trip
to the mine soon.
The Gold Coin Mining Company was
Incorporated yesterday for five hun
dred thousand dollars. The company,
is composed mostly of Mesa people,
and the property is said by those who
have looked over the grounds, to be
one of the richest large bodies of gold
ore ever seen in Arizona. The incor-
pOrators are &. w. Barnett, w. w. Bar
nett, G. S. Hover and Thos. Barnum.
The claims are located in the hills
southwest of Mesa and include seven
claims recorded. There are 30 distinct
lodges which have been cut through
which vary in width from six inches to
two feet, all running into the hill
Rock from Is of these was taken yes
terday to assayer z. E. Ford of Phenix,
and after reducing them to one com
olned ounce, the assay indicated one
ounce of gold, value 2O.77s. Other as.
says run from 15s to 250s.-Mesa Free
Press.
News leaks out of rich gold find
nine miles from Kyrene. Burnett Bros,
OF Mesa, are the pioneers and for one
aud half years they have been work
lhg, single handed. Others have been
let into the secret and several new
claims have been located Burnett
Bros, are running tunnel to strike
TIE vein at lower depth and their rea-
son for finally allowing others into the
'hine was because of expense Of tun-