Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-02-26
MINES AND MINING.


 The new rock crusher connected with
 the mill was tested on Saturday.
 Douglas, Lacey & Co. have com
 menced hauling ore from their Big
 Bug mines to their concentration
 plant at Val Verde and the latter will
 be kept in operation continuouslJ /
 now.
 I Jasper Philips has bonded three
 claims in the Hassayampa district to
 capitalist named Standish from
 Los Angeles for S25.000.
 Charles Woodward has been con
 victed at Casper, Wyoming, of the
 murder of Sheriff Kicker and has been
 sentenced to be hanged.
 Owing to the fact that eggs are D
 cents dozen in Pittsburg, the Catho-
 lie priests have granted temporary
 indulgences curing lent so that the
 workingmen can eat meat.
 John W. Proudfit, a we'll known
 mining stock-broker of Colorado
 Springs, posted notice at the Colo
 rado Springs Mining Stock Exchange stating that his firm was unable to meet its obligations. He was presi- dent and treasurer of the Alma Gold
 Mining Company and treasurer of the Bostwick Gold Mining Company at Cripple Creek.
 NJ. G. Burns, ore buyer for the Val
 Verde smelter left today for Williams and the Grand canyon country to purchase ore for that institution.1 Some of the mines in the Grand can yon are said to have considerable ore out ready for shipment.
 The Val Verde smelter closed down last evening for about twenty-four hours. Mir. Bretherton who is in charge of it made a discovery of some needed changes, which required close down.
 Captain l.. D. Phillips of Douglas, Lacey & Go. has taken bond on the Perry and Elk mines located about six or eight miles south of Prescott from their owner, Charles Capelli The Perry is one of the old and we'll known mines of this county, having produced large amount of silver ore. It was formerly owned by T. Otto. | The claims are on the same lode as the Zero mine, which has also pro duced thousands of dollars worth of ! rich silver ore.
 c. F. Riblet, who returned today from visit to the Home Gold Min | ing company, says the property con tinues to keep up its lick with every . foot of development and is looking in . fine condition now. The Home com pany is winnerand will be dividend payer and no mistake.
 The concentrating plant at Val Verde was accepted today by Doug las, Lacey & Co. from the contractors. The experimental runs which have been made by it have proven very satisfactory. Douglas, Lacey & Co. will at once commence operations with it on ore from mines which they are operating.
 John Berrie yesterday sold six claims on Lynx creek to California parties, part cash payment being made. The sale was negotiated by J. c. Forest, who has been successful recently in closing up a number of mining deals. The claims sold are the Lincoln, Gold Dust, Alice, Pony, Double Header and Alhambra, all located on Lynx creek just east of the old Pine Tree station. Mir. Berrie has owned them for a number of years and has done considerable de- velopment work on them. Mir. Berrie owns several more claims in the same vicinity in which he has a great deal of faith, and which he is engaged in developing.
 The Pyramid Gold and Copper Mining company, which has been re- gently organized, has commenced work sinking two shafts on their property which adjoins that of the Copper basin Gold and Copper com pany in Copper Basin, and which gives promise of rivaling the latter company. One of the shafts is down forty feet and the other is down fif teen feet. Both of them are in good ore and an assay of an average sam pie from the 40-foot shaft gave $50, and ore from the 15-foot shaft went seven and one-half per cent in copper and gave total value of S31.50 per ton. These shafts will be continued for considerable depth, and the de- ; velopment of the property generally will be pushed.
 Mike Lawler is in town from his | Treasure Vault camp in Mineral ; Point district. He is now down l thirty three feet on the south exten- ton of the Treasure Vault mine and has crosscutted the vein at this depth ( a distance of eight feet without strik- ing wall. The ore is of the same | character as that of the Treasure Vault near the surface. He and his ' partner, Mir. Row, have every indica- ton of making big mine in their I holdings in the above district.
 It is only a short time since Cap ] tain Phillips purchased four claims known as the Fl Capitan group, from Harry Minuse and George White, in the Agua Fria district and com menced work on them. Yesterday he word that a body of very rich ore had been struck at a depth of forty feet, and the information was { by samples of the ore. The sample was assayed for its cop | per value alone and it gave returns of twenty-one and one-half per cent in this metal. The claims are located ! only about one and one-half miles !, from Dewey station. At the above depth the entire width of the shaft, five feet, is solid ore. Its proximity to the Val Verde smelter makes the ( strike very important one, as a l ready sale can be had there for the ore. The croppings on the surface of the claims are 100 feet wide. At C depth of 100 feet a crosscut will be ! run to determine the width at that a point.
 The Republican contains the fol lowing about the recent purchase by the Belle of Bisbee company: E. W. Fisher who has for some years been f engaged in mining prop t critics in the Wickenburg district, got ' word yesterday that a sale of his { properties had been effected, and that ( today he would receive the purchase t price of SS,0O0. The purchaser is tke [ Bisbee Belle Mining company of Los $ Angeles. It was from the president O of the company, Geo. M. Cake, that V Mir. Fisher received a telegram in $ r,.,~,...c- L,.., .k,4 4L~ looI I.l l.... =