Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-02-19
MINES AND MINING.

A. E. Miller of the Brooklyn Min
 ing company is in town for the pur-
 pose of arranging for placing a stamp
 mill on the above property near
 Dewey. The claims are said to be
 very promising. Mir. Miller is a resi-
 dent of Omaha.
 Superintendent Fl. Blauvelt, today,
 shipped a carload of concentrates
 from the Monte Christo mine on
 Groom creek. The mill on this prop
 erty has been running steadily now
 for about a month. Thousands of
 dollars worth of high grade ore have
 been shipped direct from the mine
 without milling.
 The Belle of Bisbee Copper com pany has purchased the Copper Bar mine in the Buckhorn country, the former owners being Lord and Fisher. The mine is said to be very prom ising one and the new owners will go right to work developing it. The company is represented as being a very strong one with ample capital to carry any enterprise through to suc- cessful issue that they undertake.
 Advices from Wickenburg state that the owners and directors of the Gro Grande Mining company are ex pected there today and will decide as to the future of the richest gold mine in Arizona. From what can be learned it is probable that they will appeal from the judgment rendered against three of the owners personally, in the case of Wies vs. Lamb, Hatfield and Upton, and erect an s0-stamp mill at once to work the thousands of tons of ore in sight and on the dump, there being no judgment against the mine. It is estimated that there is over S6,- 100000 in sight.
 A telegram from Council Bluffs. Iowa, says that former Governor c. s. Thomas of Colorado and Congress- man Smith of Council Bluffs, attor- neys for James Burns, are arguing a motion before Judge Greene in the district court for a new trial of the Doylei Burns mining suit. Charles J. Hughes of Denver and John N. Baldwin, local attorney, appeared for Doyle. The jury on the first trial rendered verdict in favor of Doyle for S500,000 as his share of certain claims absorbed by the Portland Mining company. This is the cele- brated case in which Doyle disobeyed an order of the court and was sent to jail for number of months for con- tempt of court.
 The Merchants Mining company has its working shaft down now to a depth of 200 feet and have three feet of ore in the bottom of it whi,h re- sembles in character and quality the ore of the Mudhole mine on Lynx creek. It is quite soft and is excel lent concentrating ore. They have large body of ore also in sight on the hanging wall, and there is enough ore now in sight to justify the building of a mill at once and keep it going 1 steadily. The mine has two shafts, the working shaft as above described, 200 feet deep, and another one 220 feet deep. The shafts are connected by drift, and other drifts have been run, varying in length from forty to seventy feet. There are several hun dred tons of ore on the dumps now and mill could be easily supplied with ore.
 Rapid progress is being made to- wards the construction of the mill on the Midnight Test mine. The ma chinery for the mill has all arrived and the boiler is at the depot and will be shipped out within a few days. Mir. Wood, who has charge of the property, expects to have the mill completed ready to start up by March l. MT. Wood is one of the most energetic mine managers in this section. Everything he takes hold of is pushed along just as rapidly as men and money can accomplish the work. A sample of his push and en- ergy is shown in the development of the Midnight Test mine. A year ago this month he took bond on it when it was a mere prospect with a shaft on it about sixty feet deep. Since then he has developed it to depth of 400 feet and has opened up -ore bodies sufficiently to justify the erec- ton of a mill, besides taking out enough ore to more than pay the purchase price of the prop