Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1903-06-10

a crooked old prospecting shaft at
best and the test of the property had
proven to the company that the prop
erty was all right and new machinery
will be put in and the facilities for
development greatly increased. \
cyaniding plant will also be added
Ex-Governor Wolfley is expected to
arrive in Prescott tonight from the
east where he has been in the interest
of the Climax Gold company which
has recently started active develop
ment on fine looking Eproperty at
Quartz Mountain. about eighteen
miles from Prescott. His trip east
has been very successful and he has
/ secured enough money for the thor
ough development of the property 1t
is the intention of the company to in
crease the working force to about
thirty men in the very near future.
Oswald Stein is a recent arrival in
this section from Chicago. having
come here for the purpose of taking
charge of the Orc mine in the Tiger
district. He left today for the mine
L. y. Wambacher, one of the rust
ling mining men of the Cherry Creek
district, is in town on mining bust
ness. Mr.. Wambacher is one of the
men who has unbounded faith in the
future of the Cherry Creek section.
and he is proving his faith by devot-
ing all his energies and time to the
advancement of that section.
The Yaeger Canon Copper company
has let contract to W. W. Elliott,
the ell known mill man. for very
extensive improvements at the com
pany's property. Among the improve
ments to be made is the installation
of two 0-horse power boilers, a vul-
can hoist, an air compressor. a SEQ
light electric plant, a new hoist
house. new shaft house. galIus
frame, and the enlargement of the
bunk house and kitchen and dining
room. The improvements will neces-
state an out lay by the company of
over $40. 900 in cash
Chas. Goddard arrived from Los
Angeles last evening in company with
a number of capitalists who came
here to look over the properties owned
by Mr. Goddard near Wickenburg
They went down to that place this
morning and will thoroughly examine
the properties and if everything is
satisfactory to them a good force Of
men will be put to work right away
and the properties developed as fast
as three shifts of men can do the
work
The Victor Mining company expects
to start up their new mill in about
three weeks. There are only about
dozen or fifteen men at work on the
property at present but when the mill
starts up the force viii be increased
to over fifty men. Within the past
few days the new % horse power hoist
has been installed and the shaft has
been Strengthened out and otherwise
improved SO that the two-tOn skipp
may be used instead of bucket.
Two Huntington mills have also just
been installed and powerful Knowles
duplex pump has arrived at the prop
erty and Will be put in at once. This
pump has a capacity sufficient to lift
300 gallons of water distance of 500
feet per minute The Victor mine
Is one of the big properties on Lynx
Creek and will very likely soon be
one of the steady producers of this
county.
Frank Cumston and Crowley have
four feet of ore on their mine above
the Rico, that assays 30 per cent cop
per and considerabl gold and silver.
The ore was struck in sinking shaft
and the ore body Is widening as the
shaft gets down to depth. The strike
Is on the copper mother lode that
winds its mineral way from Stockton
Hill to Chloride mentioned in this
paper a short time since When capi-
/ tai gets informed of the wealth wait
ing for them along that l. miles OF
mammoth assure or contact they will
not be long getting action on their
idle money Steve Tyler Is also i'll
terested in this mine. Several men.
inciuding Will Clark. are at work on
/ the bouanza.-Our Mineral Wealth.
+ 1t Is reported that c. g. Fennel has
started work on the Gladstone mine.
near NcCabe. with force of twenty
men.
The machinery for lO-stamp mill
has arrived at Prescott for the jerome
Canyon Copper company and is now
being hauled to the property of the
company.
1t looks as though Michigan people
Will soon own the copper mines OF
Bisbee. The latest sale Is the Ivanhoe
group in the Warren district last
week to some Michigan people for
$40, 900.
The ORC Grande Exploration Devel-
opment company has secured the
Iowa. Texas. Big Six and Brooklyn
mines from Sam Powell, and has let .
contract to sink a shaft to water
level Several loads of freight anC
supplies were taken out yesterday anC
the development work will proceed
as rapidly as consistent. This prop
erty is we'll known over central Arl
zona and is surrounded 10y good prop
critics such as the White mine, Gri
, jalva's. the Canadian, Chores, Ma
honey's and O'Brien's 5, all within
radius of LITTLE more than a mile