Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-07-09
MINING INTELLIGENCE.

| The McCabe Extension mine which has been closed down for a short time on account of the lack of water, has been started up again, and development work will be pushed as rapidly as formerly. The Gopher mine, owned by the same company, has been kept in operation right along, as it furnishes a sufficient amount of water to supply the boil CTS of the two hoists in operation on it.
 John Berrie. superintendent of the Hudson Mining company, will start work at once on the Lincoln mine, owned by the company. This mine has considerable development work already done on it and is show ing up well.
 Semi-official figures show that over S9,000,000 was paid in dividends by the various mines of Arizona during the last twelve months. This does not include the United Verde, which pays, so it is estimated, more than this amount every six months.
 A scarcity of water is reported from several mining camps.
 The Lion Gold Mining company, operating in Cherry Creek district, is said to be pumping 100000 gallons of water a day from its shaft.
 The largest silver producing coun- try in the world is Mexico and not one third of the available silver pro- ducing sections have even been pros pected. The output has been largely increased within the past five years with indications the next five years will witness a still greater increase.
 A special topographic map of the Globe mining district in Gila county, Arizona. has just been issued by the United States geological survey. The map is drawn on a scale of some thing less than 5 inches to the mile, and shows in great detail the featurss of the topography and the locations of the mining interests of the region shown, as also the mines, smelters, and numerous prospects scattered over the region. The map is now available for five cents per copy.
 Three shifts are being worked on the Bannie Gold Mining company's properties The shaft is now down sixty feet and the bottom of the shaft is all in ore. John J. Brooks is su- perintendeut of the mine.
 The Dunkirk Gold and Silver Min ing company has an advertisement in this paper. The company starts out | by offering its stock at two and half cents shere, giving the first pur- chasers the big odds in case of sue cess with small losings in case of failure, a contingency which is al ways among the possibilities in q filming venture. The Dunkirk pro- perties though are very promising and have yielded considerable good ore in the past, and if they keep up their reputation with depth as other mines have done, they will prove.very valuable.
 Pumping machinery will shortly be installed in the Gladstone mine at McCabe. At a depth of 800 feet, which has been reached with the shaft, a larger volume of water was encountered than could be handled in the usual way. Now the Glad tone has water as well as ore to sell.
 Eastern parties have purchased a group of mines near McCabe from Henry Bevering and have incorpor- ated the Burlington Mining Go. to operate them. John Stocks has been selected as superintendent of the pro perty, and work will be pushed ac- lively in developing the claims.
 Last night CThursday) the new Aiken furnace was tried for the first time, and was worked for about six hours, when it was shut down. The U. V. management did not expect the furnace to work smoothly at the first trial and when it was shut down six hours after blowing in, no one had lost confidence in the new method. The furnace, with a few changes, it is thought, will do all that it's inventor claims for it. Old employees of the U. ", who watched the furnace at work gener- ally, thought well of the new fur mace. The trial was made on the grey copper ore as it was taken from the mine; this the intense heat of the oil melted readily. Whether or not all the values will be saved by the furnace remains to be seen after a more thorough test. The principal advantage claimed for the Aiken is that it smelts the ore without having to send it to the roast first; heat is supplied by oil, which is also a say ing over coke.-Jerome Reporter.