Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-07-17
Mining intelligence

Geo. P. Blair, has been appointed receiver of the Mammoth mine near Tucson. Litigation has begun on the mine just as new machinery was be- ing installed and consequently the outlook is bad for production.
 The Sonora Mining and Milling Co of which Con O'Keefe is presi- dent, is doing extensive work near Altar. It is said that this company has some of the richest silver and copper mines in the state of Sonora. The company is well financed and is officered by real mining men.-Enter- prise.
 J. G. Doty has entered into an agreement to purchase nearly all of the turquoise claims in the Mineral Park country. Monday last he paid $1 900 on an agreement to purchase the claims of c. E. Sherman and Capt. Ike Conkey, and gave notice to the otheIs that he was ready to pur- chase the other claims at an agreed price. The mine owners have practi- cally all agreed to sell and the cash will be paid over within few days. MT. Doty has made market for tur- quoise ornaments in the east and will now be able to meet all demands for this class of gem.-Miner.
 s. E. Brotherton, inventor of the Brotherton's pyritic smelling system, formerly with the Silver City, N. M., smelter, has been engaged to take charge of the Val Verde smelter, when it starts up in September. MT. Brotherton is in the east now secur- ing the necessary machinery for the new process and will arrive here soon to put it in place in connection with the smelter. By the use of this process roasting sulphide ores and concen- trates is done away with. The Val Verde company has already contract ed with the Model Mining company for the product of the McCabe mine.
 A rich strike of ore has been made in the Home Run on Groom creek re- gently. The ore body is four feet wide and is very rich in gold. \e
 William Heimrod returned last Wednesday from the Boundary Cone country, where he has been examin- ing mining properties. He says that the recent strike made by Ben Pad dock is wonder. In places along the ledge the gold sticks out from the rock in big nuggets, while the other parts of the vein show we'll in fine gold. The vein has been run over for years and has been located many times by well known prospect ors, who failed to find the right spot on it. Paddock has taken out about five hundred pounds of the ore that will run about one and half dollars to the pound. Paddock claims that he knows of other veins that he can take equally as rich gold ore as from this one. There is no doubt that there are many very rich gold bear ing veins in the river range, as well as placer deposits, from which the Aztecs obtained their supply of gold, which was used in the manufacture of jewels and tokens of value. They also mined the turquoise of this coun- try and carried it to Mexico, where it was made into all forms of jewels. The Mohaves are aware of the exist ence of gold in that country, but ap- pear to have a superstitious dread of the mines being found by white men. Some of the more enlightened of the tribe are willing to take the whites to the claims, but are deterred by fear of the vengeance of the older mem bers of the tribe. The mines in some cases show the ancient work, but are practically untouched from the stand point of twentieth century view.-Mo- have Miner.
 A News representative visited the property of the Monarch Gold and Copper Mining Company during the past week, and was much serprised at the progress being made there in the way of developing and ore blocking. Tn the Eclipse, Orissa, Gold Jem and Fl Capitan claims Superintendent Wombather has enough ore blocked out to keep their mill pounding stead fly for months to come, in fact which places the mines of the Monarch Gold and Copper company in the div idend paying class from the day work was started on them by the present company. The principal work at present is being done on the Eclipse and the amount of high grade ore be- ing exposed in this claim is great surprise to even the miners who have known the property for years, and who have always held the opinion that the property, with proper devel- opment, would prove one of the great est gold mines in the southwest, and development is proving that the opin- ion of the practical miner can be re- lied upon to great extent, even though he cannot see under ground. In the Eclipse free milling ore is be- ing exposed in every shaft, tunnel, drift and stope. There are tons of ore on the dump, tons of ore in sacks piled in the incline, and tous of it in the lower level ready to be taken to