Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1903-07-01

! ped to Wickenburg and will be erect
O ed on the west side of the railroa
track there and about 800 yards sout
of the depot. A good boiler and al
e other necessary machinery has bee
g purchased and the work of erection
will proceed without delay. There
1 already a carload of coke on han,
and they are promised that sutficien
} ore to start with will be hauled il
3 during the next ten days This i
not large plant but the promoters
Tom Elder, W S. Rees and asso
ciates think it will demonstrate
!; whether or not that town really want
, a smelter and if it can be made to pa,
its capacity can be increased. -Repub
lican.
Nature has placed the precious me
J tails in the earth and in some in
stances has gone further and has re
moved the base qualities from then
near the surface. Up in Alaksa il
some places native copper, in nugget
weighing ton or more have beer
found. An instance, the first anC
only one on record, of her pulverizins
the quartz is just reported from the
Copper Chief mine near Jerome. Johr
Duke reports the discovery there Of
pulveriZed quartz which runs in value
from $50 to $50 per ton. The ore body
is 200 feet wide and one can sink 6
pick into it clear up to the handle.
The ore body is continuous.
John Mcdonald is engaged in work.
ing the Mark Twain mine about eight
miles south of Prescott. The Marx
Twain is an extension of the Blue
Dick, mine in which Mr.. Mcdonald
was formerly interested and from
which he took out many thousand
dollars. May he have as good success
in the Mark Twain as he had in
former years in the Blue Dick. He is
now taking out a good quality of cop
per and silver ore.
The Merchants Mining company
has eight car loads of ore in its bins
now and will commence tomorrow
shipping to the concentrating plant
at Val Verde. While the ore il of
good grade, it contains large per
centage of silica and by concentrat-
ing, the value of the ore is increased
from 500 to $500 per car load on ac-
count of the increased cost of smelt-
ing silica ores.
Rapid progress is being made in
the work on the cross cut tun-
mel of the Old Mesa Gold
company's property. Work was com
menced on this tunnel about the first
of May and it is now in over 200 feet.
In running this distance two blind
lodges, which do not show on the sur
face have been run through which
carries ore that horns well i'll free
gold. These veins will not be pros
pected at present but the work will be
pushed just as rapidly as possible
i'll running the tunnel in to tap the
main rich vein which it is estimated
is about 400 feet further ahead yet.
Owing to an accident to the pump
ing plant for the Iron King mine the
new mill was unable to start up this
week. but Mr.. Blanchard hopes to
have the stamps dropping by Monday
or Tuesday of next week. The mill
has been in readiness for several days
but considerable difficulty has been
experienced in getting the water up
from the river in sufficient quantities
to justify starting up the big 100 ton
mill. A good stream of water was
pouring into the reservoir yester
day, however, and it is now thought
there will be no further trouble.
W. W. Elliott, the we'll known
mill man, returned last night from
McCabe where he set the stakes for the
Model Mining conbany's new mill
and hoist. Work began this morning
on the grading for the new hoist and
will be rushed ahead as fast as posi-
BILE. Mr. Elliott is now at work on
the plans for the mill and they will
be ready in about two weeks. The
machinery has been ordered through
Brown Bros, of this city, and is now
on the road. The new mill will have
capacity of fifty tons per day and
will be the latest improved ma
chinery for that purpose.
ID. j. Sullivan, county assessor of
Yavapai county, was down to Congress
this week looking after the develop
ment of the Alaska mine of which he
is superintendent. \ News Herald
man met him in Conrgess last Wednes-
day and went out with him to look
the property over. They are uncover
ing a great deal of very fine ore, which
assays high. We walked down an in
cline shaft about 80 feet, in which
they are now sinking, working three
eight hours shifts. They are following
the ledge and find it TO be continuous
and still rich in mineral.
We visited Dennis Mays camp end
I find the famous old man enthusiastic
/ over the mine. He says the Alaska is
many times better prospect than
the Congress was. He is sure that it
is one of the biggest things ever
opened up in these parts.
Mr.. Sullivan intends to go east next
month and push the sale of the stock
of this company. 1t is our opinion
that the Alaska will be one of the
next big producers of the great cen
trial Arizona Mining field.
burg News Herald.
George II. Ward has bonded his
Harrisburg property, half mile dis
tant from the Socorro mine, to g. W.
Middleton, of Prescott. for a good
round sum. Mr.. Middleton has
eighteen months on his bond. Super
intendent Hemenway took out thre,
miners with him Monday to go tC
work on the property. We hope a sec
ond Socorro will soon be in operation
, there. News-Herald.