Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-08-28
Mining Intelligence.

growing brighter.
 A deposit of alumina has been di.
 covered in Kern county, California, i
 ledge from 100 to 600 feet wid,
 which has been traced nearly 26,50
 feet. At depth of POO feet the ore
 still as wide as at the surface. Tn
 property is located about seventee
 miles west of Mojave, on the Souther
 Pacific Railroad. The ore is of a de
 composed metallic nature, containin,
 iron, magnesia and silica. Withil
 these 600 feet is confined ledge, fou
 feet thick, of fuchsite and wernolite
 adjoining which is deposit of kaolin
 ized porpyritic rock. In the deposi
 are located several lodges of quart
 matter. Assays secured from the or
 have run as high as 31 to 35 per cen
 alumina. Besides the values of alum ina quartz lodges have assayed iron S2 to S39 in gold per ton. Sample. of the alumina have been sent to tn, refinery for test, and short time will tell whether California can pro duce aluminium for the markets of tho world.
 The great western mineral belt, be ginning in Mexico and extending into British Columbia, has no equal on the face of the globe, Although its area in the United States is but one-sixth of that of the whole country, this min. eral region produced ore last year to the value of S23O,OOO,OOO. The total mineral production of the United States was S1, ,366,OOOOOO, of course mainly of coal and iron, lead and cop per. The western belt, which pro- duces gold, silver, copper and lead, is on an average about 800 miles wide and 1000 miles long. Of course it has been developed only in spots, and but little of it has been thoroughly prospected.
 The strike at the Dividend mine, brief mention of which was made a few days ago turns out to be quite important. The shaft is 260 feet deep and at this depth body of ore five feet in width has been encountered. The ore is very high grade, much of it running S100 per ton. This is the property being operated by NJ. C.. Parmley, and is owned by Pasadena and Los Angeles capitalists. A mill has been completed recently which is being run twelve hours per day with satisfactory results, and the general outlook of the property could not be more satisfactory than at present. The Dividend produced some very rich ore near the surface and the de- velopment work done by Mir. Parmley demonstrates that all the rich ore in the mine was not punched on top.
 At the property of the Venture Hill Mining company work is being pushed as rapidly as possible, says the Jerome News. In tunnel No. 2, on claim 102, rich ore is being driven through continually. The Socrates tunnel is looking exceptionally well, one half of its face being in rich sul- phides. This company is now work ing seven men, and will increase the number next week. The same paper also states that the company has been offered large price in cash for their property. The company will refuse the offer, and continue the develop ment of the property.
 The Coconino Sun reports the sale of the Last Chance group of copper mines located in the Grand Canyon, and better known as the Cameron copper mines. The owners of the property were R. H. Cameron, Ed. I. Gale, Niles Cameron and P. D. Berry and the purchaser was Henry T. Bar bour, a representative of an eastern syndicate, the price paid being S35,- GOO. Of this amount S2,500 was paid Thursday. Payments are to be made every four months, the final payment to be made in eighteen months. The property is patented, and work will begin at once on the mine for develop ment.
 C. W. French of the Ideal Mining company has twenty men to work in theGladstone mine. He hasalso placed an order for two car loads of lumber for improvements to be placed on the property.
 The Denver News says that the mining men of Denver accept as true the reports that a world wide copper combine has been formed between the Amalgamated, Calumet and Hecla, Senator Clark and the Rothschilds. Papers have beeen signed for long term of years.
 A big strike is reported to have been made recently in the Dividend mine, but no particulars was obtained of it. This is the property that is be- ing operated by M. c. Parmley of Pasadena and it is gratifying news to learn that he has struck it rich"
 Since the heavy rains have subsid- ed, report has reached us that sev- eral large nuggets of gold have been found in some of the dry washes that empty into the Little Colorado, not far from Winslow. We hope this may be true and that the placers can be located. We always had an idea that placers would some day be found in this section near the foothills of the mountains which surround us. We do not vouch for the truth of this, at this time, but it would do no harm to do a little prospecting Winslow Mail.
 Francis B. Morgan, head of the Francis B. Morgan Mining and Con struction Co. of Cleveland, O., paid a flying visit to Los Angeles this week. arriving Thursday afternoon and de- parting yesterday afternoon. MT. Morgan is one of the most prominent mining brokers and promoters of Cleveland, and his trip to the south west was in consequence of his nego- tiation of saleof the Profusion group of mines near Wickenburg, Arizona, to the United Copper, Gold Mining and Extraction Co. of Cleveland; MT. Morgan coming out accompanied by the president of the company to make an inspection of the property The Profusion group consists of five claims located fourteen miles north of Wick enburg. Their development will be for gold and copper. Only superf- cial work has thus far been done on them, some 300 feet of shafts and several test holes having been put in NIT. Morgan sold the property about six weeks age for S420,OOO, part ir cash and the remainder in stock oi ] the purchasing comnanv.-OI Cnn