The copper era., 1901-05-16
TERRITORIAL MINING NEWS.

pounds of copper.
 An oil company was organized 1T
 Prescott. The members of the com
 pany have located about 2400 acres O land near Tempe. All except two oi
 three are Prescott men,
 There is a small rush at the land of l fee owing to the oil excitement al Texas Hill. Intending locators arc
 seeking plots of the supposed oil lands
 to guide them in making locations.
 A company has been organized in Tue
 son and has sent man to Texas Hill [ who will locate a number of claims Florence Tribune.
 John N. Isgrig, the well known min-
 ming man, was in Florence last week. He informs the Tribune of rich
 strike in mine seven miles northwest
 of the Quijotoas, recently bonded from
 George Brownell by Charles Addicks.
 At a depth of eighty feet four-foot
 vein of petzite was encountered. This
 is rare mineral, and carries from 60
 to 70 per cent silver and 30 to 10 per cent tellurium The importance of the discovery cannot be overestimated, and
 great excitement exists throughout the district.-Tucson Citizen.
 w. H. Twomey is in the city from the Congress mine, of which he is sup erintendent. He says that the recent explosion in the mine, when seven miners were killed, cost his company s1O,OO0. The workings were badly torn up, and great zeal of work was required to remove the debris. Mir. Twomey says that the Congress camp is as lively as ever, and the usual force Of miners is employed He will take trip to visit some of the mines near Tucson and after that will go east to re- main several weeks.-Tucson Citizen.
 1t is reported that the Silver Queen mine, fifty miles south Of Tucson, has been sold to Colorado and Wyoming men, after an idleness of many years. The mine is said to have produced s. 900, ,0OO in silver. Most of the ore was taken out in the early sixties, and the high grade ore was exhausted. The methods of mining silver then would not permit of profitable treatment in Arizona of average grade silver ore, but although the white metal has de- creased in value there is reason to be- lieve that under improved methods the mine may be profitably operated on a large scale.-Los Angeles Heratd.
 On the west slope Of the Harqua Halas John Martin has lately bonded his gold mines to Colorado people for Sl6O,0O0. The company taking the claims is known as the Mexican Copper company and the sale was made through a Mr. Taft of Denver, Colorado. The same people have also taken under bond the Rogers properties, near the Bill Williams Fork of the Colorado river, and expect to operate heavily in this section of the territory. The cor poration is said to have a large work ing capital and will equip their new purchases with modern machinery for The camps have already been started and q large force of men is being put to work.-Prescott Prospect.
 The McCabe group of mines near Prescott has been sold for $500, 900. The McCabe ledge is true Assure in granite country and dioritic dyke. The vein varies from four to ten feet in width and of uniform value, shipping receipts showing an average of s10O per ton in gold, 15 ounces in silver and four per cent copper, and is so desirable for fuxing purposes that smelters have given reduced charges on all shipments. | The various claims included in the late transfer have development of over l2,000 feet in shafts, drifts, up- raisers, winzes and crosscuts, the ! main shaft being 700 feet deep The | new owner propose sinking to depth | of 1500 feet, and are now straightening and retimbering the old shaft where | the latest improved cages will be ln- serted and everything tending to an expeditions opening of the mine.- Prescott Prospect.
 The districts lying adjacent to Wick enburg are fast taking on new life and 1 capital is being put into number of | mines which have been lying dormant | for a number of years. The strike at | the Gro Grande has been the means of | waking up the inhabitants and of at tracting investors. Almost every bit | of ground between the town and the | new strike that shows indications of | has been located and a consid- | erable number of claims are .beiug | worked. To the west of Wickenburg | there is great deal Of activity in the | HarQua Halas and the Harcuvar mount alns, and several sales are reported | from these districts. Wickenburg be- l ing the natural center of all the sur rounding country the freighting for the new properties that are about to be opened up will be mainly | from this point and will make the town | very active during the coming summer. It is already feeling the effect of the many sales being made and will be one . of the leading supply towns before the year is out.-Prescott Prospect.
 An innovation in mining machinery is the invention of Charles Henry, of | Phoenix, of rotary engine which he |