Arizona republican., 1902-10-11

somewhat limited. The reason of this Is that for some time past miners in the district have been disappointed in not being able to dispose of their ores some time ago and have since been a little slow about taking out any. Now things will liven up again as the plant IS working the ores so satisfactorily.
 There is a pleasing and noticeable picking up of business both in and out of the mines in the past fortnight. Sotne Improvements in the way or homes for winter are prevalent about town but the largest and most noticeable increase is in the mines in new strikes and larger aud better outputs. of ores.
 John Marshall and wife returned to Chloride this week from Todd Basin Mrs. Marshall will remain here for the winter, but Johnny hes gone back to the mine. where he has a carload of ore ia sight that runs away up. MT Mar shall has put in some hard licks on this property and now that he is in bonanza his friends rejoice with him in his prosperity.
 Barney Perkins and a Mir Meals are in the employ of the Val Verde com pany locating claims in Mineral Park district Aside from these acquire ments of mining properties this com pany has also secured working options on many of the old or partially worked mines of the district and is getting ready to develop them. That they will also erect concentrating plant and ship the resultant product of the ores to their smelter there is no room for reasonable doubt
 Robert J. Ferguson of Kingman has had uncovered a fine body of ore dur ing the performance of annual assess ment on the Clyde mine. This is one of the extensions of the Redemption, whose ores are also big and rich.
 Elijah Kay has made a strike of gray copper at Mineral Park and its char acter and richness is refreshing to view The vein is five inches wide, and sam bles of it at MT Rays place of business here in town show it to be as rich as it is big
 The Lucky Boy mine is putting Itself in readiness to work a much larger force of men than usual, there being nearly or quite 800 feet of stoping ground ready for the additional forces of day and night shifts. The breast of the drift on the 35O-foot level is in ufe of good grade and size.
 Tapping & Kinney's ore body near the Century mine continues good and work and close attention to it's devel7 opmeRt is being kept up with system and regularity. Some late crcsscuttinc in the tunnel shows the vein and ledge matter to be vide and permanent. There are a number of tons of high grade shipping ore or the dump.
 A two-fcot body of ore has been opened up in the lower workings of tho Elkhart, and day and night shifts to the number of twenty men are at work The new ore chute was found by tho removal of some old timbers which had kept it hidden from view for more than two years. and the discovery savors of q scheme.
 Persistent work and ceaseless en- deavors extending over period of more than two years have rewarded Tom Thornton with the finding of rioh chute of geld and copper ole on one of his mining claims near the Minnesota. The ore also carries lead and silver, but the predominating val ues are in the first two metals named. and all is being. carefully saved until enough is developed to justify a good shipment
 The Mother Lode mining oIaim be- longing to the Philadelphia and Ari- z2na mining company. situoted be- tween the Minnesota and Altata mines and contiguous on the north to the rich group of claims belonging to Judge Shafer and Charlie Smith, is to have work right away and q double com partment shaft begun which is to be sunk several hundred feet both for tho rich ore bodies and water. The ores carry very high percentage in copper as well as in gold and silver