Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1903-06-13
MINING NOTES.

john KAISER, OF HillsborO, has Ieft |
Denver. where he has gone TO purchase
II 600 feet of piping, and boiler and
pump for pipe line which is TO be
laid from the Percha to the II. G. NJ. & |
NJ. con. pany's mill in Ready Pay gulch.
c. l.. Constant. a mining engineer |
of New York, is in Prescott. having ar
rived from the east He is there for |
the purpose of examining the Lone |
Pine mine in the Big Bug district. lie |
will probably remain for a couple OF
weeks.
The famous Great Republic group
of mines. located near Grafton, Sierra
county, and owned by Kingsbury
Bros. & Co, has been bonded TO east
ern capitalists. II Is reported that the
properties were placed at $50. 900 and
that a large amount of development
work will be commenced at once.
Some 5000 shares Of North Percha
Gold Mining and Milling company
stock were sold at Hillsboro one day
last week There was no solicitation
in the transaction, whatever, 1t was
taken by men who believe that North
Percha stock 10 a good investment.
These properties are looking well.
Il was the intention of the directory
of the United Gold Mines company
operating on the Alaska and other
mines at and near Congress. Arizona.
TO put the stock of that company on
the market June at the opening price
of go cents per share of the par value
of 81. Owing to unavoidable ciTcum-
stances this will not be done before
July /.
George b. Upton. general manager
of the ORC Grande mine In the Wick
enburg district, Is In Prescott, having
come up from that camp, where he has
been for the past few days, since his
return from the east Everything at
the ORC Grande is prospering. and ex-
tensive preparations are being made
| for the erection OF forty stamp mill
and a complete reduction plant.
In report from the superintendent
at the mines of the Bisbee Belle Cop
per company, in the Wickenburg dis
trict, Arizona, ii is stated that a ledge
of ore was opened up In the cross cut
the other day and that at the time OF
sending the report they were working
on fourteen inches of solid ore, assays
of which gave: Gold, S206; silver, 80 I;
30 $40 per cent copper. The tunnel Is
now In 600 feet and the company ex-
PEGS to be soon ready to ship ore.
The Prescott Herald says; The
Alice tunnel. Troy. is u ii0 feet, work
ing three shifts. making about six feet
per day. The company expects 70
commence building reduction works
on the north bank of the ella river
near Riverside, as soon as the Phoenis
n Eastern shall have reached that
point. In one OF the drifts on Alice
fourth level, rich body OF sulph'de
ore was struck. and the extent OF II IL
not yet determined The Buckeye still
continues to yield copper ore In paying
quantities.
Probably one OF the largest minini
ventures ever contemplated In New
Mexico is the proposition OF a syndl
cate of Colorado Springs capitalists
who are about TO organize compan,
to work a mountain OF quartz located
in the northern part OF the Blacl
range, this territory. Engineers hav
= carefully examined the ground and es
innate that there Is in sight from 4
, 900 900 to 100000 tons OF ore tina
has a value OF 81 per ton gold. The
: figure that they can pump the waite
/ some twenty miles and save 81 on eac
ton OF ore treated. They propose I
r put up a 200 stamp mill to treat thi
5 ore.
I Quite a number OF sheep raisers ar
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