Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1902-07-20

Other mines produced small amounts
that ran as high as $4,000 to the ton.
The OLD Mississippi mine. Walapai
mountain, produced nuggets of silver
81 per cent fine. At Rawhide ore that
ran $4,000 was found and $40. 0O0 worth
of il was picked up in float in the hill
side. no ledge ever having been found.
1t was for this rich ore that the pion-
GERS of the country risked their lives
among treacherous Indians and bIazei
the way for the advancement of civil
Observation-Disclosures Miner
A Hoover. superintendent of the
Santa Rita Consolidated Mining COM
pany. is in the city. He reports a re-
cent strike at the mines and says there
is now plenty of water for all purposes.
-Nogales Vidette.
Harry Barnett. eX-sherif of Santa
cruz county. and general manager of
the Happy Jack Mining company. is
in the city from Patagonia. Extensive
development work is now being done
on the company's mines which are
looking acknowledgements Vidette.
John w. Sharpe. of Los Angeles came
to Florence Tuesday and went out to
inspect the Wonder and Caledonia
groups of mines. which he recently pur-
chased.
y part Of the machinery for the ex-
perimental snelter at Newberry
camp passed through Florence July
5th. and the balance will be taken I'D
in a few days so that we may hear
from results in ten or fifteen DAYS. Mr..
Graf is already on the ground to to put
it up.-Florence Blade
Work on the Empire mine. Groom
Creek district. was resumed last Satur-
day The mine will be pumped out and
couple of hundred feet of sinking
commenced. The mill will be started
up in September. Supt Dan Brooks
will commence sinking on the Gold
Basis as soon as the boiler is placed.
Mr.. Rice, Of Los Angeles. is here and
is highly pleased with the showing
made in the Alma. which is a side
claim to the Empire. Mr. Rice is one
of the main owners of the Empire
Arizona sandstone is famous and is
in large demand as a building material
on the Pacific coast. Some of the fin
est buildings in California. notably the
California hotel and theater in San
San Francisco, were built with it.
Supt. J. J. Brooks is in Prescott from
the Bannie camp. He says the working
shaft is going down at the rate of ten
I feet every three days: the shaft is on
the ore body. The property is prom
! Using one. and takes front rank as I
preferred prospect.
Charles Keller the freighter. is load
ing up q new boiler to be TRANSPORTED
to the Last Chance mine for E A
| Haggott. There is also a carload OF
| lumber and a carload of other machin-
| cry for the same destination. Keller
will also haul new hoist 70 the Catoc-
/ tin mine Courier.
! ice Howell is in Pre-. colt from tins
Santa Maria. He reports development
in progress on the Sultan group: five
or six men are at work: the ledge is
! from = TO S feet wide on surface tho
average width is three feet. The ore
/ is said to average 81 gold ton. most
! iy free milling.
| At the kingnlan Fourth of July cele-
| bration two teams We're entered for
the drilling contest. Clark and Hop
kins, and owen and Reed. The rock
was the hardest granite boulder that
could be found in that section. Owens
and Reed made 1885 inches in Is min
utes. but Clark and Hopkins cut 291z
! inches in the same period of time
( The purse was $50.
Bill Rudy and James Stapps of Kirk
land have been taking out from then
Mammoth lead to the Sharpneck mill
which proved quite satisfactory. mitch
OF the ore going s16 and ST. ton. They
are still getting out ore for milling.
Mark Bradley, superintendent of the
Lion Gold Mining company, is pushing
work on the company's property o..
| Cherry creek. He is working three
shifts in the shaft. which is now down
210 feet of which fifty-six feet has been
sunk this month. A body of free mill
| ing gold ore two feet wide. and which
assays S12 per ton, was struck in the
| shaft.-Journal-Mi
| a large boiler and hoist has arrived
on the ground at the Modern Copper
company camp and is being placed in
position as rapidly as possible. The
Modern shaft has now reached a depth
of 200 feet and as soon as the hoist is
in place sinking and driving will be
resumed. Sixteen men are now en-
plCyed.-Bisbce Review.