The copper era., 1902-01-23
TERRITORIAL MINING NEWS.

The Ekhart mine, at Chloride, has
closed down, but whether Indefinitely Y
or for Oniy a short time il Is impO-si Die
70 determine. The mill viii make a
cleanup Of all ores in the bins and on
the mine dump before it il closed
The mine has been one Of the very bad
ly managed properties of the county,
bat recently IL passed into the hands
Of competent people, VINO, II was
thought. would put the mine on a pay
ing basis. The low price OF both silver
and lead may have had something to
do with the shutdown n.-Mohaye Miner.
The Plato Creek Copper company
started their steam hoist yesterday
morning, and the --latest report is 10 the
effect that il is running all right:
During the time that tho change from
the whim to the hoist was Ueing made,
consider ing water accumulated in tho
shaft, and they expected to got it out
today and resume sinking. The shaft
is now down lS1 feet. aud when it is
unwatercd, the hoist can handle all the
water without much trouble. The
company, however, will have pump
on the ground in 4 few days, to use ia
case there should be an Increased Ow
Of water.--Silver Belt.
+. w. Leighton, shift boss from the
flourishing mining camp at Troy, WAS
IL welcome visitor at the Times office
last Sunday. He informs Us that the
machinery consisting of engine. two
boilers and machine drill have arrived
at the camp and are now being placed
in position for future use. The claim
known rs the Alice shows a l. foot
vein Of carbOnates and sulphide ore.
claim called the Climax shows
feet OF ore of the same character.
The camp is in every way prosperous
and under the skilful management of
Mr.. Cutting and his foreman Thomas
Kavanaugh. The Future of Troy
looks good.-Globe Times.
Col. James A. Fleming, president OF
the Black Warrior Copper Company,
a NAL gamated, who WAS in town on
Wcdno-day informed US that very sat
isfactOry progress WAS being made in
the construction OF the acid works
which will be COMPLETED bv February |.
The sulphide ores required for the
Of acid will bo shipped in
from Bi,bee, aud it il expected that
acid will 10 made at Il cost OF 80 per
ton. When completed. the reduction
work, Of the Black Warrior company
will be among the finest and most com
pletn in the west. and the company
will be able to treat any kind OF ore,
including copper, gold. silver and lead.
and turn out the refined metal.-Sil-
YER Belt.
In sinking 4 winzc from the 400 level
Df what Is known aS the black ledge Of
the Lucky Boy mine an eighteen inch
Ire body was opened up that lays in
the shade ali other strikes heretofore
made in that property. The ore is al
most solid ruby, having an assay value
Of from three to four ounces silver and
over ; ounces gold TO the ton. Owing
TO the encountering Of a largo volume
Df water in the Wine and the fact that
it had to be handled with Il windlass
sinking had to be abandoned when a
leplh of eighteen feet had been made
IN the ore body. A hoist is To be
placed on the mine at once and the
shaft opened through to the surface,
lfter which the shaft will be driven
wo hundred feet deeper. The mine is
)ne of the good properties OF the county
md has paid handsomely ever since it
passed into the hands OF 7. b. Scott,
he present owncr.-Mohavc Miner.
Bismuth is not an uncommon metal, !
)ut it is not known To most prOSpectors !
md miners. therefore l. is not otter
leard Of. 1t is worth l.50 per pound, |
md is therefore worth looking after |
Chc Ballard and Penn mines OF Load |
lille are heavy producers of bismuth. |
Is uses are quite varied. In pharmacy I
he nitrate is used in the familiar bis I,
nutb powders and for making the !
cosmetic known as blanc d'ESpagne. |
n namelinL, the oxide is used and |
.ives n beautiful colorless glaze; the !
'Xidc is used also in mixing with gold |
Or gliding porcelain. Tho alloys OF |
,ismuth are valuable on account of
heir low melting point. An alloy con
aiming fifty per cent. hismuth. twenty |
i've per cent. lead. 12.5 tin aud II ) !
melts in hot water in which |
he hand can he placed without scald |
NJ. say li9 degree Fab. The lead !
,ismuth alloy 10 used in electrotype |
noulds on account of their property |
or expanding on cooling. For !
pigments the oxychloride is used in |
he well-known Merimee's yellow.
William Weston, the well-known |
mining engineer of Colorado, arrived /
n Kingman on business connected |
With tho White Hills mines. Mr.. |
Weston is general manager of the |
company. He was met here by Harold |
D. Lane, local manager. and confer |
'nce relating to the future OF the mines |
took place. Mr.. Weston believes that 4
he White Hills are all right. bat that |
1 large amount of money is necessary |
20 place them on paving basis |
There is Il proposition on foot for the |
re reorganization Of the company on a
'ound financial basis and the renewal /
Df work on the mines. Mr.. Weston /
prior to coming TO kiugman visited a
copper property below Wickenburg 4
hat he believes is destined to become |
me OF the biggest producers OF the red /
metal in Arizona. The vein shows /
'Olid ore bodies to the extent of twenty /
i've feet in width and outcrOps for |
hrteen hundred feet Samples of the |
,utcrop show an average OF eighteen |
ler cent. copper. Although in the |
,old bolt the ore shows no values in |
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