Mohave County miner. [volume] (Mineral Park, A.T. [Ariz.]) 1882-1918, 1901-05-04
General Whining Rews,


the l0O.foot drift from the 2OO-foot
level. A gentleman who examined the
workings of the Brookshire this week
informs the News that they are drift
ing through eight feet of pay ore, six
feet of which carried good deal of
slate, the other two feet being very
rich ore. This means much to the
Decatur, Black Hills, the G. w. Hull
aud other properties which carry the
Brookshire ledge.
"The Amalgamated Copper Company
has declared its regular dividend of
l.50S per share and so cents extra divi
dend, payable April %, amounting to
l0,5OO,OOOS. On April 20 the Anaconda
will pay dividend of l.25S per share
and an extra dividend of 70 cents per
share. This will amount to 2,400,O00$.
The Anaconda total dividends to date
amount TO 1885 ,0O0S This item is
from one of the Butte daily papers and
alongside of these few lines are several
columns of foreign mining news, of
little or no interest to its readers. We
merely mention the fact that dis
bursement of nearly 4,000O00S by a
Butte mining company is, to these
Butte daily papers, of less moment
than the most trivial affair, and not
one-tenth as much as the daily doings
81 ha ID iVff hn
ings and daily life of the poor uGfor-
tunate human beings who find their
way before his majesty for sentence.
Western Mining World.
A Helena, Montana, dispatch says:
Four million dollars worth of ore is
estimated to be in sight in the Kendall
gold mines near Lewistown, 100 miles
no theast of here. This deposit of gold
is the largest in the northwest. The
figures given are those of experts,
made for Finch IL Campbell of Spo.
kane, who a few months ago took a
bond on this property for 450,OO0s, to
be paid on May LIST next. The com
pany put large force of men at work
and drove tunnel 400 feet into the
deposit Crosscuts made at various
intervals show the deposit to be 40
feet in width, at least 400 feet long and
1870 feet deep. Samples taken show an
average value of l05 a ton and there
are. according to the estimate, 100000
tons blocked out. The ore is in a sedi-
mentary deposit, similar in character
TO that OF the famous Rand mines in
South Africa. 1t is a contact vein
with lime as a footwall and porphyry
hanging wall, very remarkable de-
posit in many ways, which is excit
ing the interest and attention of min
ing men all over the state. The ore is
mined in an open cut on the side of
the mountain and is free milling.
W.. Lester & Co., of Fredonia, New
York, recently purchased eight placer
claims from George ii. Swartz, in the
Big Bug district, and by location and
otherwise have secured thirty other
claims, making total of thirty.eight
claims in all The property is located
on the mesa northeast of the Big Bug
smelter. Mr.. Swartz, who is one of the
most practical placer miners in this
section, has worked the claims owned
by him for eight years by blowing up
the gravel and hauling it by wagon to
Big Bug creek and there sluicing it
out. In this way be has made excel
lent wages, as the gravel has run all
the way from 70 cents to - per load.
1t is the purpose of the purchasers to
install steam shovel with an amalga-
mator attached on the ground, and
then by means of water power placed
on Big Bug creek pump the water upon
the mesa to a reservoir to be built
there for use in washing the gravel.
The water will be used over and over
again.--JournalMiner,
j. M. Collingston, of Bradford, Pa,
who has been visiting the Orc Grande
mine, near Wickenburg, in Yavapai
county, is said to have offered 3S0,00Js
for the property yesterday. In speak
ing of the property, Mr.. Collingston
said; ~ have been mining and dealing
In gold, silver and copper mines for
thirty-two years. l have worked at
the bottom of the shaft in my younger
days; but / confess the showing Of the