Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-05-28
THE OLD DOS 0RIS MINE NEAR PRESCOTT IS SOLD FOR
 S25,000 CASH.
Two Other Sales are COnsumma- ted Involving an Outlay of
 $5O,O00.
The Old Blue Dick is Being Profit ably Operated and is Now of
 Excellent Rating.

A good piece Of mining news, we are permitted today to chronicle, that is in keeping with the general activity of this section. these days, is that of the sale of the old Dos Oris mine, but ten miles south of Prescott. The sale was made to Percy Williams and was for S25,000 cash, Mayor R. H. Burmister being the person who disposed of the same. The Dos Oris was a companion in the silver days of long ago to the Tiptop, the Peck, the Prince and scores of other white metal properties, and when worked was considered a bonanza. The de- cline of silver, however, the cost of transportation, and numerous other
 ills of that dear and distant past, compelled its abandonment, and the longer it was permitted to lays idle the more dilapidated and insecure did its workings become. The new pur- chaser, however, who is located just across the gulch from it on the Blue Dick, evidently appreciates its value, and has given it a thorough examina tion, and from his rating of it, de- cided to close the sale. The Dos Oris has been always considered an excel lent property for capital and prac- tical ideas to handle, and with silver at but 50 cents on the dollar, it must under these conditions have a great deal of merit to warrant the expendi- ture of additional money and the payment of the above sum. MT. Burmister says that up to the time the Dos Oris closed down, its gross output was S2l6,0O0.
 The Buffalo-Arizo Gold Mines company, newly organized corpora tion, has just purchased the property of Thomas Hill, located on the head waters of Turkey creek, and about three miles from the Poland mine. This project is financed by Buffalo people and the company is now in a position to do extensive development work. A force of men will be put to work on June l. The property sold is gold mine somewhat well opened, and is high grade in value. The deal was made through the efforts of J. c. Forest, the attorney, and the consid- eration was S20,000 of which a good percentage of the above sum is to be paid in ninety days.
 M. L. Shackleford and associates, some fourteen in number, yesterday disposed of the group of six claims laying in the foothills northeast of Granite mountain to Buffalo capital ists, the consideration being S30,000. The property is well developed and the ore dump on the properties is said to warrant the erection of a plant. As far as developed the ore is free, but with development to greater depth. this mineral feature will change in character. The new pur- chasers are somewhat elated over the deal and have already en route to the mine new ten-ten steam stamp pros pecting mill that will be placed on the ground as soon as it can be brought here. The above deal was made with parties through the recom- mendation of J. c. Forest of this city.
 The best of reports come from the Blue Dick mine, but ten miles south of Prescott, property under opera ton by Percy Williams, who has but lately taken charge. Four teams are daily engaged in hauling ore to Pres colt, and it being a silver producer, in addition to employing a force of twenty men, is indicative of the good showing this property makes in its silver output that brings but 50 cents an ounce. MT. Williams is spoken very highly of as a miner and his career as a practical operator es- pecially on the Blue Dick that was supposed to be long years ago a played out proposition, demonstrates that very often new ideas prevail suc- ceessfully on old and abandoned properties. The work being done to- day on the Blue Dick is in the old workings of a generation ago, and new ground is being opened up, in each of which the good showing to- day is made.