Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-08-06
MINING INTELLIGENCE.

Eastern capitalists have been SC curing options on a large amount ot ground in Walnut Grove with view of building a dam for the purpose ol operating a steam dredge on the placer ground there. There is 6 large section along the Hassayampa river which is very rich in placer gravel and this company thinks the gold can be taken out by means Oi this steam dredge.
 Gary Block came in today from the Merchants mining cOmpany's plant and reported that they struck an other rich streak of free gold ore yes terday on the foot wall of the mine While the ore is not as rich as that found on the hanging wall 1t Is very rich ore and they sacked ten sacks Ot it. They could have put up fifteen sacks but left it standing. A small stream of water was also struck which is black as ink.
 J. H. Canavan, president and gen eral manager of the Big Bug Gold and Copper Mining Company reports an accident to his electric drilling machinery, which necessitated clos ing down of the machine. He has gone ts Los Angeles to have the ma chinery repaired, and expects to have it Tn operation again within two weeks. This property is located about two and half miles east of Mayer. The double compartment shaft is down 200 feet at present. It was MT. Can avan's intention to push 1t to depth of 300 feet, but was prevented by en- countering a strong flow of water. He has been pumping 10000 gallons of water per day from the mine. Until greater pumping facilities can be in- stalled be will confne his operations to prosecuting. The shaft is being sunk between two lodges, about l5O feet from one and about sixty feet from the other. Two crosscuts now being run are for the purpose of cut ting the ledge. The east one is in forty-nine feet and the west one forty six feet. Ore has already been struck in the latter at this distance. in the foot wall of the ledge. Pending the repairs to the electric drill ing apparatus, work is being contin- ued by hand drilling, two shifts be- ing worked in each crosscut. Mir. Canavan has the mine equipped with a five-hOrse power gasoline hoist and a twelve-horse power gasoline engine to run the blower, pump and electric drills. The mine, hoist, engine room, bunk house ana boarding house are also lighted by electricity from the latter. The property is a copper property, but carrles values in gold also and the copper values have in creased with every foot of ground opened up.
 The crosscut tunnel which Joseph Engle and his sou have been at work on for J. Q. Stephens in the Santa Maria district has been completed. The tunnel is TO feet to the point where it struck the ledge, and the ledge was found to be four feet wide and carrying good ore. Drifting will be carried on in the drift.
 Lake Superior figures that copper ore yielding per cent will pay costs. One and one-half per cent ore will pay profit. The most economical metallurgical and mining processes are in operation in the lake region, though but little ahead of Montana and Arizona copper properties.
 The CongressNGold company has ordered a new pumping plant to take the place of the one destroyed by the dynamite explosion last Saturday night, and it is now on the way and will be installed in a very short time. Instead of the old one being dam aged as reported, it was completely destroyed and is a total wreck. It is stated that a clue has been obtained of the perpetrators of the deed, in fact it is pretty definitely known who the parties are, but whether the evi- dence can be obtained to fasten it upon them remains to be seen. The clue will be followed up in hopes of convciting the guilty parties.
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