Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-01-29
MINES AND MINING.

A recent discovery of placer golC
 in Mohave county rivals many of tn
 noted finds of the Kloudike country One prospector secured S40 in golC from three pans of dirt.
 The Fl Paso smelter has closed down on account of the uncertaint, which hangs around the price O copper.
 The mill at the Monte Cristo mine has been started up again.
 Vim. B. Eltonhead, mining engi neer of Philadelphia, is in Prescott looking over the field with a view O locating. There is no better place or earth for a good mining man thar old Yavapai county.
 According to the Western Mining Herald, Senator w. A. Clark is figur ing on discarding coal as fuel at hi' United Verde mines and burning oil instead. J. Ross Clark is now busily engaged in estimating for his brother the cost and the benefits, if any there will be, in the proposed change. Sen ator Clark's fuel now used at Jerome is the product of his mines located near Gallup. His coal comes to him at the cost of mining with only freight added. Oil fuel will have to be ship ped from here and the innovation may therefore not prove paying in vestment. The change, if made, will mean a contract for several thousand barrels of oil month.
 Work was begun this week at Yuma on the construction of dredgewhich was purchased from the Imperial IT, rigation company, for S3,000 to be used on the Farmers canal. It is be- ing erected on the river at the foot of Main street and will be completed in about three weeks. Ee
 The copper producers of the south west can stand a reduction in the price of the red metal better than those of any other part of the world. In the first place the ore of this sec ton is uniformly high grade, and, secondly, it usually carries values in gold and silver sufficiently to pay nearly, if not quite, all of the expen- ses of producing copper in the ingot. These are salient points for the con sideration of the investors in copper shares.-Oil, Copper and Finance.
 The Fl Paso Herald has the follow ing official result of the single-handed drilling contest in that city: First prize, S200, to Ed. Conley, of Cripple Creek, Colorado, he having drilled in fifteen minutes, 20 inches. Second prize of S1O0 to Dan McGowan of Prescott, Arizona, he having drilled in fifteen minutes, nineteen und one quarter inches. Third prize of $50, to Robert Lyons of Cripple Creek, Colorado, he having drilled in fifteen minutes seventeen aud nine-sixteenth inches. The team championship of the world was won by the Tarr broth CTS of Globe, Arizona. The Tarr brothers drilled 39s inches in fifteen minutes, and Chamberlain and Nal ley 379 inches. On of the Tarr broth CTS was hit on the head with a ham, mer and badly wounded, but he did not drop the drill.
 A few days ago John Bauder, ST., who has charge of the work of devel- oping some mining claims on Copper creek for Herman Voge and John Bauder, Jr., of this city, encountered a body of copper ore which has just been assayed, giving a value of P per cent copper. There is a very strong ledge of this ore, and to all appear ances is the same one which passes through the Copper Glance claim within few feet of the Palistine, on which this ore was encountered. Mir. Neiman, who owns the Copper Glance, has been taking shipping ore fromhis claim for some time, some of which runs as high as S250 per ton. Messrs. Voge and Bauder believe they have now, at depth of 80 feet, encoun-. tered this ledge and have started tunnel in the side of the mountain which they calculate will cut this ledge short distance from the pre- sent shaft, and where they believe it will unite with another ledge, and from this junction they expect to take some very rich ore.
 The Bank of Arizona has attached the property of the Grand Prize Min ing company, on the east fork of the Verde river. The property consists of 90-ton smelter, pump, pipe line, assay office and outfit, 5000 pounds of copper bullion and about 4,000 pounds of matte; also, 60 cords of wood, machinery, buildings, etc. This is the property of which Dr. King was superintendent, and in ad- dition to the claims due the Bank of Arizona, the property is said to be mortgaged for SS,0O0to Babbitt Bros. of Flagstaff, besides owing from SIP, 900 to S15,000 to workmen and others.
 JIG. Forest today completed the sale of a mining property which he has had nnder negotiation for. some time. The former owners of the property were Dug Walker and $. H. Anderson and the purchaser was Capt. L. D. Phillips. The property is located in the Copper Basin coun- try on the east rim of the Basin. The sale is cash transaction, a goodly sum being paid down and the bal ance to be paid within thirty days. Mir. Forest has been very successful of late as mining promoter, having negotiated a number of sales during the past few months. These claims
 
 and they have shaft forty feet deep on them. The ore carries gold silver and copper, average samples going S17.50 in gold, ten ounces in silver, and from three to five per cent in cop per. Capt Philips will commence active development at work on the property. These claims are located not great distance from the Pros- perity group which Captain Phillips is now operating. His purchases in the vicinity of Copper Basin is a good indication that he has great faith in that section as a mining center.
 According to the following from the Mohave Miner one of Prescott's prominent attorneys bids fair to be- come bonanza king at no distant day. The Miner says: "This week Judge J. M. Murphy received returns from the shipment of a carload of ore from the Payroll mine, Chloride, that netted him large amount of money. The ore gave return of 15 ounces silver, 1.75 ounces gold, and 10 per cent lead. This carload of ore was taken from drift on the 120 foot level on the mine and about 100 feet from the shaft. There is a biz body