Mohave County miner., 1902-03-22
General Whining Rews


mountains of the Galiuro mountain.
was found few months ago. The Pat
agonla strike furnishes some remark
able rich ore, but the vein Is small
compared with the gold mountain
which is veritable mountain of ore
Several hundred people have been at
tracted to the strike near Patagonia
Ore which assays as high as 100 yOS ha.
been taken out.-Tucson Post.
The Rio Del Monte Gold Mines Com
pany, which owns the group of mines
lying between Harqua Hala aud Har-
risburg, in Yuma county, is about to
commence the erection of an SI.stamu
mill on the property, and within the
next sixty days active operations will
be under way. The late examinations
made by several eminent mining men
have resulted in satisfactory reports,
aud these mines promise to eqnal in
output the famous Harqua Hala mines.
which we're at one time great produc-
ers. The Del Monte mines are about
three and n half miles from Haruua
Hala. Ex Senator Pettigrew of South
Dakota will be general manager of this
roperty.-Sentinel
The Storm Cloud group of mine,
owned by Fred Williams. ont near
Cash ground, has been sold to Chicago
people for forty thousand dollars.
through +. M. Sanford, attorney. Ar
rahgements are being made to sink a
new double compartment shaft to 5 0
feet, and work is intended to be com
menced by the 2ith of this month. All
the old timers are surely pleased to see
Fred after years of labor realize on his
property. 1t is said to be opened up
with tunnels but showing only surface
rock in large ledges 1t i contem plated
that the old workings shall be avoided
aud the proposed shaft shall go through
new ground TO sufficient depth below
water to ascertain the general charac.
ter of the ore.-JJurnal Miner.
Hon. Harry Carpenter returned from
Picacho last Thursday. He reports
that the excavation for the | Ol.ton
reduction works is about completed.
The five large boilers are ia place and
the erection of the building is under
way. Mel Greenleaf, formerly section
foreman on the Southern Pacific, has
accepted the position of superintend.
ent of construction on the railroad
from the mines to the reduction works.
distance of five miles, and work on
tina, branch of the enterprise is now
under way. The mines are being put
in condition to supply the great guam
tity of ore which will be daily required
to keep the mammoth reduction plant
going, but the ore bodies are of such
magnitude that it will take many years
to exhaust the supply, even at the rate
OF 10 tons per day. The company is
erecting store at the mines, and all
the indications are that Picacho il to
become one of the greatest mining
camps in the United States Yuma
Sentinel.
The Mountain Chief mine in the
lower end of the Harqua Hala's, has
been sold TO eastern capitalists for
sum of money large enough to satisfy
most men, but which we are not at
liberty to state. The property wa.
owned by the Sparks and Devine |
brothers and w. +. Deity, who engi- |
neered the deal. Large contracts have
been let, machinery telegraphed for
and work must be under way by April |
l. All the future work will be under
the uperintendency and management
of Mr.. Deity, which is assurance of its
being well and quickly done. The
property consists of seventeen claims
and mncb surface work has been done |
during the past year, the returns from
a five stamp mill more than paying the
expenses of development work, even |
though the ore had to be packed three |
miles on hurros and the water supply
was only sufficient to allow two day. |
run each week. The ore is high grade,
carrying much copper glance and free
gold and from present indications the |
mine will be big producer upon de.
velopment.-News Herald.
Headache often results from a dis |
ordered condition of the stomach and |