Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-09-03
MINING INTElLIGE kCE.

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 MINING INTELLIGENCE.
 The new mill of the Oriental Min ing company on Big Bug was started up few days since on ore from the Postmaster mine, and works very satisfactorily. There are great quantities of ore in sight and teams are kept busy hauling it from the mine to the mill. which is located about a mile from the mine.
 H. E. Armitage reports the second hole of the Hercules Mining con- pany down over 800 feet now. The last fifty feet have been in breecia formation. Mir. Armitage is using a diamond drill to prospect this pro- perty.
 Sam Hubbard brought in some fine samples of ore today from his Queen mine. The strike was made in a new tunnel which is being run on the ledge and which is now in 40 feet. These samples contained a large amount of free gold
 s. D. Gardom, V.sl1-.Nessinger and A. W. Bennett a5s engaged in devel- oping twenty-six mining claims in the southern part of Yavapai and northern Maricopa county. They are the owners of three groups. The White Cap group in the Vulture dis trict, Dixie Queen groupin the White Cloud district and the Shamrock group in Suarro district. All the claims show up more or less rich ore, and the owners are prospecting them thoroughly and systematically to de-. termine the most feasible locations on them for development work. They are satisfied they have the making of some good mines out of these claims in their power, the only question be- ing where to operate to obtain these results. This question can only be solved by a determined and thorough prospecting of the claims, which they are doing.
 J. R. Aich and F. L. Eddy yester- day transferred to the Eddy Gold, Silver and Copper Mining company the New Year, Mills, Golden Leaf and Copper Butte mining claims, and according to the record at the office of the county recorder the con- sideration was Sl,000,000. George E.. Sanders of WickenbeIg has trans ferred to the Arizona Copper Gold company the Angel, Angel Exten- sion and other mines, the considera- tion being Sl5,0O0. The properties are located near Wickenberg.-Ari- zona Gazette.
 It is reported on good authorit that work will be resumed on the Fools Gulch mine the first of next month. Ed Gillespie has been em- ployed as foreman. The Planet Saturn is a good property, and but for some legal tangle, occasioned by the death of a heavy stockholder, would not have closed down.
 A comprehensive report of the oc- currence of copper in the vicinity of Clifton, in southern Arizona, is being prepared by w. Lindgren, geologist of the United States geological sur vey. The field work on which the report is based was commenced early in November last. The mines near Clifton produce at present approxi mately 2,500 tons of copper a month, and the mining district ranks third among the copper producers of the territory, only United Verde and Bis bee exceeding it. The geological sur vey had previously prepared d detail ed topographic map of the region and the geologic work begun in the au- tumn was completed in the winter. Special attention was given to study of the mines, in which portion of the work four months were spent. The results will be of general interest, as the investigation largely dealt with the secondary concentration so com mon in copper deposits, and also with the character of the original deposits, which are remarkable, inasmuch as they consist of masses of limestone, altered by contact-metaphoric pro- cesses.
 The mines owned by the Planet Saturn company were transferred few days since to new owners and they have placed twenty-eight men at work on them and have also start ed up the ten-stamp mill. It is the intention of the new owners to put in one hundred stamps very soon and work the property on a large scale. The mines are developed to a depth of ll20 feet and are in ore all of that distance although closed down for several years. A mistake was made by the Planet-Saturn company in putting in rolls instead of stamps to crush the ore. Right on the heels of this and before arrangements could be made to remedy the mistake three members of the company died, which added complications from which the company has been unable to escape. Now that the property is in new hands and free of all complications, it will be worked vigorously and sys- tematicalIv. w. A. Clark still re- mains with the new company as su- periutendent. He has had charge of it ever since its purchase by the Planet-Saturn company, and the work done under his supervision is
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