Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-06-11
MINES AND MINING.

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 work will shortly be started up agair on the Great Belcher mine. He stil intends to cling to his original ide; of sinking to depth of 1000 feet.
 The regular monthly meeting O
 the directors of the Baumann Coppel company was held last evening anc
 was attended by every member. Gen eral Manager Baumann made a very encouraging report of the progres. made in the development of the prop erty during the month. The shaft which is being sunk on the Laura mine is now down 160 feet and it is expected to reach the 200 foot level by the middle of the present month The drifts run during the month al the 100 foot level were productive ol most satisfactory results. The drifts were extended about thirty five feet in each direction from the shaft and were driven in fine ore bodies in fact much better than had been anticipated to strike at this depth Some ore was encountered which went as high as 60 per cent in copper, S14 in gold and s or s in silver, the ore being from two to four feet wide, On account of the pitch of the vein the shaft is not being sunk on it, and as soon as the 200 foot level is reached a crosscut will be run to the ledge and drifts run for a short dis tance for the purpose of testing the ore body at this depth. The condi- tions in every respect at present are not only highly satisfactory, but, as stated, much better than had been anticipated at the depth reached. On account of the large amount of work which has been done and the excellent showing made, it was unani- mously ordered that the price of the stock be raised July 1 to fifty cents per share. The number of claims owned by the company, twentv-four, and Q, the, conservative capitalization, $500, 900, together with the fine showing already made, more than justifies this action of the board of directors. During the month the property has been visited by a num- Der of persons who have purchased stock in the company. Their visit was made in an unostentatious man. ner and without any blowing of bugles or beating of tom toms, but in every instance the stockholder was not only so well pleased with the manner in which the business is be- ing conducted, but with the showing made as we'll, that he purchased an increased number of shares. On account of kthe conservatism of the board of directors as we'll as all con nected with the company, not so much is heard of the Baumann Cop per company as of some others, but they are doing business just the same and if present prospects are omens of future possibilities, it will not be many months until it will be heard from in a substantial manner. It was also decided last night to make small shipment of ore to the Val Verde shelter. The principal object of this is to remove the ore as it is at present in the way, and it will also give an opportunity of testing it in practical way.
 A whim was shipped today to the Catoctin mine. Five men are now employed in the development of thls property. They expect to install a hoist on it very soon and increase the force of men at work.
 The Kingman Arrow reports that James w. Haas has disposed of his Woodchopper Relief mine to Los An geles parties for 5000, and develop ment work on the property will be in augurated at once with large force of men.
 Quite remarkable record was re- gently made with the mill of the Cash mine. With five stamps, run ming twenty days, 800 tons of ore were cushed, or an average of five tons per day to each stamp. a forty mesh screen being used for the es- cape of the pulp.
 H. E. Armitage, superintendent of the Hercules mining company's prop erty in the Castle creek district, is in town. He says that the diamond drill, recently purchased by the com pany, is in operation, and is now down to a depth of 150 feet and is working perfectly satisfactorily.
 Thos. DLnne is in from his claims on Lower Lynch creek. They are called the Redlands, Great Republi- can, Mark Twain and Friendship. They are gold-producing properties, an average sample of the ledge assay ing Sl6.50. The last assay from choice ore showed S61.40. These properties are still in their infancy, aud with proper development and the installation of proper machinery. will surely be source of great rev enue to Mir. Dunne.
 Sheldon Littlefeld, foremon of the Mohawk mine, is in town on business. He reports the mine to be showing dp well, and thinks that in the near . AkllulC .flOndNh VIII DC III fuC front rank as wealth producer of Yavapai. Nr. Littlefield is recog- nized as first class miner and one whose opinion is greatly valued.
 At the Planet mine, on Bill Will liams Fork, two men are kept at work on account of the provisions of the isond on that property. On the first of next October large force of men will be put to work and the mine put ill shape to output ores. When the mine is started up again, the smelteI will be blown in and the ores reduced to bullion. The surface ores of the mine will be easily treated, as the copper is in the form of oxides and Mohave Miner.
 The tunnel on the Homsstake mine, four miles south of Kingman has reached depth of l30 feet, and the whole distance has been in ore At the breast of the tunnel a cross cut has been run B feet, and streaks of ore running as high as l3 ounces gold have been cut. The ore for the whole 35 feet gives an average "a ne exceeding SS per ton. The outcrop of ore is over 300 feat wide, and while it is low grade. it c,n be milled on the ground at a i,ig profit. A. J Pickereli, of Prescott, has been oper- ating the mine in a small way fol several months, but we understand that a force of men will soon be put on and the mine fully exploited. IL is truly wonderful deposit of min eral and will be paying proposition for years to come. Being so near the