Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-25
MINING INTELLIGENCE.


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 MINING INTELLIGENCE.
 N. c. Bonnevie, a we'll known min ing engineer of Denver, Colorado, has been in Prescott for the past two or three days, on business connected with his line of work MT. Bonnevie is the senior member of the firm of Bonnevie & Lee, consulting engineers, of Denver. The special work which brought Mir. Bonnevie to this section was an order to prepare plans and specifications for the erection of a 10O-ton mill at the Crown Point mine. He was unable to give the Journal Miner any definite information con- cerning the proposed plant, as he had not visited the property yet and could not tell what the needs would be, fur ther than he had received an order to come to Arizona and examine the property and see what would be needed. Since coming here he has also been in consultation with other mine owners regarding the erection of mills. This is his first visit to this section but he is very favorably i'm pressed with the mining possibilities and predicts a wonderful future for Yavapai county.
 At the United Verde mines things are taking on thelr old time busy ap- pearance. Last Friday the third fur mace was blown in, and they now have the same number at work as before the general shut down. Both furnaces that have been forcing gas into the fire have been shut of, which must be sure indication that the fire in the mine is out, and that large num- Der of miners will soon be put at work. During the past ten days extra trains have been run on the railroad bringing in coke and coal, and taking out the product.-Jerome News.
 Mark Murphy, who has been super intendent of the Sultan group of mines, owned by the Gold Link Min ing company of Chicago, came up from that property yesterday. MT. Murphy has severed his connection with the company but says the prop arfr- hx-i ic 1rln He says that fully 10000 tons of good ore is blocked out in the mines and that the company will shortly erect 2 mill to work this ore. The mines are located in the Santa Maria district. He says the district is quite active 
 Merchants Mining compnay's stock took a jump today to s1 per share and judging from present indications we predict it will take several jumps be- fore it stops. A crew of carpenters were sent out from Prescott Wednes- day to erect buildings and ore bins and the Samuel Hill Hardware com pany have men on the ground build ing two three thousand gallon galvan- ized iron water tanks. The railroad has completed their estimate of the cost of building a new side track for the mine, and the grading will be started within a few days. With the amount of ore blocked out in the mine, the transportation and smelting facilities so close at hand and the conservative management, this enterprise is undoubtedly an as- sured success.
 F. E. Howe came up yesterday from Weaver, where he is interested in a mining property, with T. M. Earn hart, of Kirkland, and which they have been working for some time. They have been running a drift re- gently at the 175 foot level in which they have encountered eight feet of ore which gives an assay value of SIP per ton. They have negotiations pending for the sale of the property at good round price, and if it fails of consummation, they will at once the ecrection of a mill on the property.
 The force of men at the smelter is being graudally increased with indica- tions that the U. V. will be employing more men within the next thirty days than at any time heretofore. The five, six and seven hundred foot levels are being opened up from the new shaft two of the small furnaces are in operation and a third ready to be blown in, which is to be followed soon, it is understood, by fourth of the same size. The large five hun 1red ton furnace will require at least another week to complete it. There will be no dearth of men wheG they are required; every train coming in brings men seeking employent. Many of those coming in are men laid of when the mine and setter were shut Reporter.