Mohave County miner., 1901-01-12


inches of the location designated by
the surveyors down a depth of nearly
a mile. When hoisting from the lode
commences regularly this shaft will
have one of the most complete and up.
to-date equipments of any in the
world.
The Arizona Copper Mountain Com
pany, a Minnesota company, capital.
lied at 6,OO0O005, has commenced the
development of its property in the
Harqua Halas, says the Arizona Re.
publican. The company has nearly
1000 acres of ground, embracing fifty
nine claims, which were acquired by
location about two years ago, and since
then only assessment work has been
done. Active developments, however,
will commence at once. The claims
will either develop into one of the
most important copper producers in
the country, or they are playing at
game of bluff, as they are covered by
an immense iron Gaping, traceable in
of the immensity of the proposition
the owners have not commenced de-
velopment in the ordinary way, but
have purchased diamond drills, ex.
pending for them alone 3,OOOS, and a
second installment of similar machin-
cry will arrive from Chicago after
/ prospecting has fairly begun. The
/ property lies on the desert and the
outcroppings, the owners say, can be
/ traced over several ranges of noun
tains, down through the Tonto Basin
country, thence through their ground,
/ reaching the AiO district and stretch.
/ ing out to few miles beyond the in
ternational line. This claim supports
theory long entertained by geologists
and mining men in this territory, that
there is one mammoth linear copper
deposit beginning in Arizona at the
Grand Canyon of the Colorado and ex.
tending through this territory to the
Gulf of California. Some of the prin-
cipal copper productions Of Arizona
are included in the route mapped out,
and conspicuous all along the course
! groupings trend in the same general
direction. In some of these regions
| the groupings everything what are be-
lieyed to be mammoth deposits are so
broad and extensive that diamond
drills are used for the preliminary
work in order that some conception
may be gained of the properties be
fore systematic development by sink
| ing is begun. The Arizona Copper
Mountain Company, which has started
this system of development, is backed
by very wealthy people and great
/ deal of money is ready for determining
/ the value of the holdings. If the de-
velopment is satisfactory the claims
will be opened on a large scale. The
president of the company is A. c..
/ Sheldon of Minnesota, and the super
/ intendent il p. =. Parker of this city.
1t is claimed by the Oaxaca papers
that some wonderfully rich mineral
discoveries have been made this
month in the state. These consist of
both quartz and placer gold mines.
There mines are supposed to be in the
I ,at % gfata fhn haal
waters of a mountain stream. They
are, therefore, in a temperate climate.
Moreover there is plenty of water in
the vicinity, according to reports. 1t
is claimed that a strong company is
already being organized to work the
mines.-Oasis.
H. Lemon, the jeweler, is the fortu
peculiar to this section-mines from
which a man can make a good living
by beating the gold from the rock with
an ordinary mortar and pestle Mr..
| Lemons mine is called the Light
weight, and is located next to the Po-
land Hamilton, on the Bigbug divide.
There is a shaft on the property 70 feet
deep, aud pay ore has been taken out
continuously from the grass roots
down. The body of pay ore is IS inches
wide. having increased in width seven
inches during the last 20 feet of de.
velopment work. The ore is free mill
ing and carries an average value of Ass
ton. Such a property in Colorado
would cause a stampede of men with