Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-02-17

1902 was 1l9, 9i4, 944 pounds, and il
1901 it was $50, T7S,6ll, pounds. The
production of the principal mines il
this territory for the year is estl
mated by Mr.. Stevens as follows
Copper Queen 81, 500, coo pounds; Ari.
IONA Copper company, 10000, coo,
United Verde, $4,000, coo; Calumet 4
Arizona. 25.OO0,O Geo; Detroit Copper
company, 20,O0O,O00; Old Dominion
Copper company, 5000, 600. Mr..
Stevens points out That Arizona sis
the scene of the most pronounced &C
tivity in copper mining developments
in any part of the United States. .
Elk.
The party of stockholders of the
American Copper company, who have
been visiting the great Iron King
mine, left in their private car by spe-
ciaI engine last evening for Ash Fork
to catch the east bound Flyer, on
their return home to New York. They
we're simply delighted beyond express
sion with the property, and even those
who had seen it last summer could
hardly believe the evidences of their
eyes at what they saw, not only in the
camp but in the mile of underground
workings.
Miss Mark, cousin of I. q. Smith,
of the Dividend Consolidated Mining
company, and Mr.. Smiths daughter,
Miss /. J. Smith, we're passengers this
morning for their home in New York
City. Miss Mark is already heavily
interested in the Dividend and during
her few weeks visit here she became
very enthusiastic over the future of
the property and viii do some good
work for the company among her
friends in New York City. She went
all through the underground workings
of the property and was dumbfounded
at the wonderful showing of ore there.
and says she ca2not say too much
for it.
J. W. Hobbs was in town Tuesday
from the Golden Rule mine where he
is doing contract work. He reports
great activity in mining in that neigh
borhood. The Golden Rule property
is stock company whose manager is
S. Common of the Farmers and Mer-
chants National Rank sof Los Angeles,
Cal. Mr. Hobbs says the indications
are that the property will be one of
the biggest mines ever discovered in
Arizona. 1t joins the old Kinnel mine
on the esat which was bonded last
week for forty thousand dollars.
Sheriff Lovin escorted a heavy
weight bar of gol from the Gold
Road mill to Wells Fargo this week.
There will be no let up on this line of
argument for a long time to come as
the ore in the mine is expanding on
the 400 in every direction. They will
sink 300 feet deeper making GOO feet
in depth. Our Mineral Wealth.
The Journal-Miner is informed from
thoroughly reliable source that c.
c. Walker and a. b. Demary have a
wonderful prospect in their Gold Mug
get group of six claims located at the
mouth of Wolf Creek near the Hassay-
ampa. The property was located about
a year ago 10y these two gentlemen who
have been quietly working on the
shaft and cross cuts ever since. The
shaft is now down 100 feet and cross
cuts were run for several feet at depths
of thirty, fifty and 100 feet and they
have never found any walls to the
ledge at any place except the 80. foot
level where one wall was encountered:
The ore is copper sulpbide and
galena and assays that they have
had made run all the way from ST. to
500. The prospect, for the amount of
work done on it. surely offers great
inducement for development
Count Mentschikolf came in from
the New Jersey mine last night with
some ore in sacks which he will ship
to the refinery through the Bank of
Arizona. a sample of the ore was
made 10y AID. Barnhart this afternoon
and the values reached 81. Ol9 per
. frr, -Tr.,r So . -.-.-..I- 90 4. g.. 80 49,,