Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-03-26
MINES AND MINING.

J. W. Norton has just entered into a contract with the McCabe Exten- sion Mining company to freight sev- eral hundred tons of ore from the Gopher mine to the railroad for ship ment to a shelter.
 Nevada is to the front with a new mining camp called Tipopah. It Is twelve miles north of Tonopah and is said to be one of the richest ever opened since the COmstock was dis covered. The veins are large and carry good values in gold as well as large values in silver. At TOnOpah the deepest shafts are now down 250 feet and are still in ore, the average value of which is over S20 in gold and silver. Leasers are still at work on the stringers and are shipping ore that ranges in value from SlO0 to S5OO by close asserting. If these ores can be handled by milling process they will make the camp boom this year.
 W. H. Ferguson was in town today from the Hurricane group of mines, of which he is superintendent. He says he has the shaft down now forty feet at which depth the ledge is seven feet wide and the ore of good quality. There are seven claims in the group. He is just completing an office, kitchen and bunk house at the property.
 Never at any time during the past twenty years have there been as much prospecting done as at the present time all over this county. The result of all this prospecting shows up on the daily records of she recorders office. Not only are new claims being To- cated, but there is an increasing de mand for partially developed proper ties, and sales are being made every week.
 Captain L. D. Phillips today made the final payment of S3,6O0 to Bert Grove and ". B. Moore for the old U. $. group of mines. now known as the Prosperity group. The total purchase price was S9,00O. lhls makes the third deal negotiated by J. c. Forest on which fuil payment has been made during inc present week. the other two being the Hurricane group and the Rerri- mines CD LynS creek. two of them being sold to Douglas, Lacey and Ce.
 A location notice was found recent lv in Mohave county that had been placed in a monument where !ouHd, ou the Sth day of May, lSh3. Ihe notice reads as follows: Notice Is hereby girea that we, he undeTs;gn- ed. claim nine claims oi two hundred feet each. on thi- lode. extending tweire '."nirei fee: uo.thVe5.eriy and siy hludred fea e2Hthea t-riy from this tic. with aii iiHr, spuys and an-leS. which we iuteu8 90 hold in accorlalce w..l ta, laws of this district. To be known e- ths, Bianco lode. San Francisco district, May Sth. 1863. Chas. Fisher, John john son, Geo. H. Russel. J. S:ratton, J. Richardson, Robt. McGee, David Eos ter. J. H. Nicholson. Jno. N. Kerton, members of Barry coapany.
 s. Goldsvor.hy and Abner Will kins have bonded their Two Veterans mining claim located on Lynx creek to Messrs. J. c. Morton and $. L.. Norton, two young men from Cali fornia for SI0.000. Messrs. Morton and Norton will begin active develop ment work on the property at once.
 We understand that NJ. Armstrong, representing the Vulcan smelter peo- ole. has practically decided to put the smelter m at Chloride. It will han dle copper ores for the present and if enough lead sulphides is obtain able he will put in a lead furnace. Ii
 looks to us as though a lead stack could be more readily operated in the Chloride country than copper stack. Mir. Armstrong has undoubt
 edly looked the field over and knows
 what he is doing. There are quite a
 number of big viens in the Chloride country carrying copper values, but
 there are but few operated. The
 Pinkham Is the one vein that the
 smelter will have to depend on fol
 the larger part of its supply and Il
 undoubtedly will fill the bill.-Mo
 have Miner.