Mohave County miner., 1902-03-08
General Whining Rews.

orr rssterday from his Wizard mine
wh.,A the railroad graders are develop
,rs for him. The cut being made by
fba raiders is now down thirty five feet
siI the ore taken out goes AS per ton.
-Iurrnal- Miner.
letter received yesterday from
r5aopah says the mines at the strike
t.siys miles from that town have been
b,uded by o. A. Turner for 4)0,0O0S.
The camp has been named Tipopah
aat the writer says it will create the
n.sgest stir in mining circles since the
l1mstock was discovered.-C
News.
The smelling plant of the Black
Diamond Co. at their property in the
Dragons will Include a A by 10 inch
furnace of 20) tons capacity, and a
cupOla furnace 80 inches in diameter
half mile aerial tramway will carry the
ore from the mine to the smelter, the
difference in the elevation between the
two being 81, feet. Oil will be used as
fuel The smelling plant will be en-
closed by 76xl9I steel bliliiny aud
will be a thoroughly modern aud up to
date plant.-Pros pector.
The Socorro Gold Mining company
i starting active operation on its prop.
erty near wickenburg. The News.
Herald Of that place says that its big
hoist aud one of the Slhorse power
boilers arrived Wednesday aud have
been sent out to the mine. Another
SJ.horse power boiler Is expected with
in a few days, it being necessary to
have this capacity in place of lar
ger one on account of the distance all
machinery has to be hauled. The
hoist is mammoth affair, warranted
% sink several thousand feet, and is
the largest yet installed in this vicinity.
A rich strike was made in the prop
critics of the Monarch Gold and Copper
company few days ago. The mine is
a free gold proposition, aud at depth
of $50 feet a drift run through the
ledge cut four feet of ore, an average
sample of which assayed 2Ss Drifting
on the ledge l. all ia high grade ore.
The strike was in high grade ore. In
the joe Dandy shaft, from the grass
roots down there is an eighteen inch
streak OF ore, samples from which give
an assay value of over zoos per ton.
There is about so tons of ore in the
bins ready for the mill, when the latter
is com pleted. The mill will be ready
To start up in about three weeks. Ii is
one of the most complete mills in the
outhwest.-Jerome Mining News.
The discovery made early this week
il the Grant Mining Camp, in the
Huebabi mountains, alb ut five miles
north of Nogales, is attracting great
attention aud many mining men have
been out to see the new fiud. Tuesday
party returned from a visit to the
camp, and they returned with sam Piles
of ores from Mr.. w. G. Ellis and Doc.
tor NJ. Bartison's mine, III which the
discovery was made which runs three
to four ounces, gold, per ton. Mr.
Ellis has leased and bonded the prop
erty to Mr.. G. A LonS berry and asso'
ciates who will Immediately proceed to
development upon scale commensnr'
ate with the importance Of the find
la the adjoining property OF the Grant
Mining Company, OF which Mr.. White
head is manager, there is also a good
showing aud the discovery now made
in the Ellis property is very encourag
ing to the owners Of the Grant.--No.
gales Oasis.
The Clifton Consolidation Copper
mines of Arizona, Ltd, have just hn
ished making full payment on all OF
their fifty odd claims, and have distrib
uted a nice bundle of greenback:
among Clifton people, among whom
Alexander Vietch, j. ID. Audley Smith
II. &. Rice aud J +. Smart each came
in for handsome share. The CON
pany was organized here less than q
year ago, by l.. A. Dunham, promi
nent Colorado and Montana mining
man, and options taken on several
groups of the most promising proper
ties in the Greenlee district. Pay
ments we're made at the time OF the
purchase, aul other payments made al