The copper era., 1902-01-16
TERRITORIAL MINING NEWS.

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The Troy company will soon erect
smelter at their mines near Florence
Peter Magazine, a miner, fell dowl
an so foot shaft at Globe last week anC
was killed.
From 1888 to 1900, inclusive, Ari
IONA produced ,007, l92, 050 pounds o
copper, worth taking the average price
per pound during those eighteen years
nearly Sl42, 900. 900.
1t is announced that John BrOckmau
OF Pearce. has purchased the famous
Worlds Fair silver mine from: Fran <
Powers, paying 800. 900 for the proper
". The mine Is in the Pdtagonias,
Harshaw district, and already enriched
Powers to the extent Of Sl5O,0OO.
Pat Haney, young man about seven
teen years old, met his death a few
days ago at the Blue Bell mine. He
was engaged in umbering the shaft
with a man named Andrew Wiley and
lost his footing, falling a distance OF
/ 10 feet to the bottom OF the shaft
| His neck was broken in the fall and
death was nstantaneous.-Jou
Miner.
VI Burns made rich find at Gilbert
this week, about two miles east OF here.
He found vein that assays from so
to S4O0 in gold. In prospecting the
rock with a horn spoon this week he
has taken out over 50, and the yellow
metal can be soon in bottle At Gil
bert & Rowe's store. Mr.. Burns will
put uU an arastra with which to work
the ck.-Wickenburg News-Herald,
The Lowell shaft has reached depth
OF ], ,l4l feot and tho ore still shows in
the shaft and the ground is soft and
easy to drill. Another 100 feet will be
sunk, which will make the Lowell one
Of the deepest shafts in the Warren
district The men at work are not
bothered by an excess of water. \
bucket is used 10 bail it out and keep
the bottom dry.-Bisbec Review.
Cheering news comes from the Cop
per Bullion Mining company. operat-
ing in the Dragon mountains. Two
development shafts are being sunk,
both of which haye revealed encourag-
ing ore deposits. Drifting has been
commenced at the 200-fOot level Of the
main shaft, and the management feel
elated over the work thus far prose-
cuted from that depth. full force is
employed, and sinking and drifting is |
the order of the day.-Pro~pector.
On Saturday, Dec. 81, the finishing
touches were put upon the new samp- !
ling works of the Arizona Gold & Cop
per company at Patagonia, and :he |
plant is declared by experts to be the
finest and most complete one OF the |
kind ever erected in Arizona 1t has
a daily capacity of fifty tons OF ore.
Manager G. w. Grove Informed the
Oasis man that shortly after January
l the company will begin buying ore.
With the present decentralization in
the metal market it is doubtful whcth-
er any of the mine owners in the vi
cinity will part with their ores. More
likely they will hold for better prices.
The Trea1well group of mines has
been incorporated under the name OF
German n-Amcrican Mining company,
with capitalization OF 10000 shares.
at a par value of So per share. The
is composed of many people
Of wealth and the supposition is that
extensive work will be started up on
the property at once. Carl +. Schader,
general manager Of the company. was
Tor several years manager of tho Pea
cock Copper company. whose mines
are located near Lavic, San Bernardino
California. O. +. kuencer and
wife. of Kingman, are large sharehold-
ars in the new corporation.-MO
Miner.
y correspondent writing the Citizen
lnder date of January 9th from Kelvin,
las the following to say OF the strike
1t Dagger Well, situated twenty-five
niles east of Florence: "A big strike
1as just been made near Dagger Well.
rhe new discovery is Il ledge or dyke
80 feet in width aud it carries rich
'alues in gold. Several claims have al
'eady been located on it. Three assays
made so far show Sl7.20 gold: S. 10 gold
md per cent. lead; and S32 90 gold
With trace of silver. This big $50
DOT dyke SHOWS up for three miles. At
Dagger Well, which is four miles dis
ant, is the nearest water. The old
tipsey mine Is about four miles north
# the new discovery which is in many ..
aspects similar 10 that made by the ,
'le"iug Bros, in the Galiuro noun ,
aims.