Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-01-08
MINES AND MINING.

Captain l.. ID. Phillips will shortl
 put up a steam hoist on the propert
 owned by him and Dr. Criley on Asl
 Creek.
 The Oasis, Nogales, Dec. 2S, says
 Thursday evening Mr O, O. Saxhang
 secretary of the Sonora Milling anC
 Mining O., went to Santa Ana, el
 route to Tubutama, the seat of tht
 company's operations, to arrange fo
 building a foundation for the nev
 smelter and to let a contract fo
 building a reservoir for water. Sun
 day evening Messrs. John Dessar
 and Con O'Keefe returned from Lo'
 Angeles, where they went to witnes:
 the tests of ores from the mines ol
 the Sonora Milling and Mining Go.
 at Tubutama, and contracted for the erection at the mines of a 50-tor
 plant, which Mir. O'Keefe anticipates will be in operation by the middle of
 February.
 A Minneapolis company is figuring on taking over several mining claims in the Gold Basin country with the intention of putting in a cyanide plant to handle the ores. In and around the Gold Basin country there are many mining claims showing good values on the outcrop, but the scarcity of water makes them hard to handle, There is no doubt that water can be obtained in the mines if depth is had, but to take water into the camp will be an expensive under taking. The Colorado river is only about twenty miles away and there are places on the river in the canyons that can be utilizedto generate power for all purposes, and at the same time the ores can be trammed to the river for reduction.-Mohave Miner.
 Tombstone, the historic mining camp of Arizona, the place that 20 years ago excited the admiration of the world, is to be rehabilitated. AL ready the big four compartment shaft has been sunk to water level, and the most powerful pumps in the world will soon be running a river of water from the mines. Two $50 horse power engines will furnish portion of the motive power. The camp is rich in both gold and silver as the ore runs about two ounces in gold and a heavy percentage of the white. metal. The leads are heavy and clearly de- fined in Assure veins so the work be- ing done is not that which chases an illusive phantom of hope. It is purelya business proposition to again put in operation twenty or thirty of the best producing mines on the con tinent. The year 1902 will see the town of Tombstone regain its old time prestige as mineral producer. Enterprise.
 News comes from Victoria, B. C., of departure of the Blakeley, carrying a party of treasure seekers, whose des- tination is the famed Cocos Island, where they hope to unearth a fabu- lous amount of gold buried there in 1921 by Capt. Pedro Bonita, and to which was added animmense amount of valuables in 1888 by Capt. John Keaton of the Boston bark Mary bier. As the story goes, Capt. Keaton led a party to the island few years after burying the treasure, and each member of his crew brought enough gold home to make himself wealthy for life, but left behind much more. The Victoria expedition is said to be composed of prominent people claiming to have accurate in formation as to the exact spot where the gold is buried, and they are de- termined to unearth it if possible.
 A gentleman who has just returned from Jerome reports that during the past week over 200 men have been discharged from the employ of the United Verde mines and no one knows how many more will be. This IS in accordance with the recent order to reduce the output of copper. While the mine will be worked with a reduced force it should not be taken as an indication that Senator Clark has under contemplation the closing down permanently and abandonment of the property by any means. Through the present fog of low price for copper caused by a battle between certain copper giants, Sen ator Clark apparently can see lighter days" for the future of the metal. While he is restricting his copper output for the present, he Is adding another big furnace to those already in and is preparing when the time comes to materially add to the former product. He is also engaged in sinking a new shaft and making other improvements which go to show that he has not lost any of his faith in copper. Not only are the above i'm provements going on at the richest copper mine in the world, but active work is in progress at the Iron King mine, neighboring mine owned by Senator Clark, putting in a big shelter, which he expects to have in operation by the first of May.
 A meeting of the directors of the Baumann Copper company was held last evening at which officers for the ensuing year were elected. The old officers were all reelected as follows. president, H. P. Anewalt; vice presi- dent, R. E. Morrison; secretary and general manager, Jules Baumann; treasurer, w. s. Goldsworthy. The affairs of the company are in good condition, the annual assessment on the claims being about completed. In doing this work good bodies of ore were encountered on several of the claims, and the showing has been such that the directors felt justified in advancing the price to thirty five cents per share. Several of the di- rectors favored advancing the price at once, but owing to the fact that negotiations are pending for the sale of several large blocks of stock the date for the advance was set for Feb ruary l, in order to give an Opportu- nifty for the completion of these ne gotiations. The work of systematic development of the properties will commence just as soon as the present work in hand is completed. There is large amount of ore already on the dumps which will be marketed at the Val Verde shelter, which is only two miles from the property, and the ore is of such a quality that the cost of freight and treatment there would be but little more than it would cost to work on the ground. This is to the greatest advantage to the company as it is expected to enable it to pay divi ] u L