Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-09-10
MINING INTELLIGENCE.

The Coconino Sun reports that the final payment of the purchase price, S35, 900, on the Last Chance mine was made on Monday. The mine is located in the Grand canyon ana the owners were R. H. Cameron, P. D. Berry, E. l. Gale, N. J. Cameron and Annie NJ. Cameron. The purchasers were the Canyon Copper company, of which John H. Page is manager. The property is a valuable one, and a great deal of development work has been done and considerable ore shipped by the company. The prop erty will no doubt prove a rich in vestment for the new owners.
 4 Bedding. Cal, telegram says: Senator W. A. Clark of Montana is said to be at the head of a syndicate that has purchased the McVey cop per property, situated on Joe creek in the Siskiyou mountains. The price given out is S300000 The claims are declared to have shown up re- markably rich in sulphide ore. While the property is in Siskiyou county, the outlet of the mountains is by way of Jackson and Josephine counties in Oregon. The opening and develop ment of the property will mean much for Southern Oregon.
 On the settlement of the suits against the White Hills mines de- pends the future of that great prop erty. So far suits aggregating sever al hundred thousands dollars have been filed and the entire property is under attachment. The principal shareholder in the company will probably settle the outstanding in- debtedness and take over the prop critics, when deep prospecting shaft will be sunk to develop the most promising mines of the group. The geological conditions prevailing in the White Hills camp would lead 10 the belief that deep working shaft woald open up great ore bodies. The surface ground is rent and broken bat in this broken ground great bodies oI the richest of silver gold ore is found. In the shaft of the Grand Central the solid formation was encountered, but was not broken into. With the settlement of the pending suits and the passing of the mines into new hands or the reorgan- i7atiOn of the company the mines are assured Of new Mohave Miner.
 E. $. Osborn this week visited Prescott and settled up the sale of big group of copper mines in the Bill Williams Fork country to A. B. Blan- chard. The price for which the mines passed is not known, but we believe it to have been quite large. After returning to Kingman NIT. Os born took his departure for the east Wednesday evening and will he gone month or more.-Mohave Miner
 Ben Blanchard, who is operating a mining property near Mayer, has about completed arrangements to erect a ten-stamp and a cyanide plant with fifty tons daily capacity on the property. The mines are said to be looking in fine condition, there being a good showing of ore.
 Henry Lovin this week purchased of E. NJ. Sanford his interest in the Rico me. It is understood that work will now be carried on at the prop erty by force of men. The mine is the west extension of the c. O. D.. mIne and carries very rich ore.-Mo- have Miner.
 J. $. Hurste and w. E. Van Slyke of Nogales spent few days in the city this week on business connected with their several mining properties. They are both connected with the Tubutama Mining and Milling com pany, a new corporation which has just been organized to work prop erty adjoining that of the Sonora Mining and Milling company, Con O'Keefe property. Mr. Hurst is gen eral manager of the new company. They have begun the sale of stock for development work and a large force of men i7 now employed at the mine Mr. Hurst says that the