Los Angeles herald., 1905-02-20

miNeFs OdN iTdNol
The Salmon River Stage company Of
Reno, Nevada, has arranged with the
San Pedro. Los Angeles and Salt Lake
railroad for the operation OF a stage
llne from Las Vegas station to Bull
Frog. The drive from Las Vegas is
ITO miles and good water all the way.
With the new stage line and railroad
in operation Los Angeles will be head
quarters for outfiters. In connection
with Bull Frog and its surrounding
country, It may be here stated that
machinery and supplies from San Fran
cisco and Los Angeles are being
shipped to Marvel via the Santa Fe
and then hauled by four-horse teams
IS miles to Manse and then 100 miles to
Bull Frog.
Educated Miners Wanted
A feature of future mining in Ari-
zona will be that the best miners hav-
ing a knowledge of mining in all its
phases will be employed, as the United
Verde at Jerome is carefully wedding
out incompetent men and hiring what
miners seek employment where COM
petent managers look after their well
fare. Since Charles W. Clark has been
manager of the United Verde he has
made persistent effort to bring the
mine to n condition where there is
perfect ventilation and safety against
cave-ins and other dangers-and cons"-
quently the best miners are seeking
underground work.
Pasadena Men Invest
The Gold Cone Mining company
lately incorporated and composed of
business and mining men of Pasadena,
is now operating and developing a
group of four claims Immediately to
the south of the Blue Ridge Gold Min
ing cornpany's mines in the San Fran
cisco mining district, Mohave county,
Arizona. AS development goes on in
dications point to the group becoming
equal in importance to the Blue Ridge
on which has lately been placed COM
plete 10-stamp mill and equipments
Charles Mushrush and c. A. She'll
hamer of Pasadena are president ami
secretary respectively of the Gold
Cone Mining company.
In the Union Pass district, twenty
miles west of Kingman, a discovery of
high grade ore was made last week
The first assay gave a return of $4,000
in gold to the ton, and a sample across
four feet of the ore gave forty-eight
ounces. The prospector discovering it
had been grubstaked by John Hughes
and Ira M. George.
w. H. Ferguson of Yavapai county,
Arizona, is ~ years of age and he is
one of the principal owners of the
group of twelve claims in Big Bug
district, belonging to the Aztec Gold
and Copper company. The different
working of this property show all the
diversified copper ores of Yavapai
county-red and block oxides, green
and blue carbonates, cholcopyrites,
copper glance, bornte, copper, silicate
and several others. Careful develop
ment is going on and the owners are
confident that the different lodges are
off shoots of one large body and they
are going to try and find it.
viii Extend Tunnel
The noted Senator mine in Yavapai
county, Arizona, consisting of fifteen
claims, is again under developments A.
]. Pickrell is manager with twenty
men employed. Mr.. Pickrell states the
16O0-foot tunnel is to be extended 800
feet farther with good prospects of
tapping a mammoth ledge of ore. This
property is now owned by the Phelps
Dodge company owners of the Copper
Queen at Bisbee and the big reduction
plants at Douglas The Senator is
equipped with a twenty-stamp mill
and steam hoisting plant. A stage line
is in operation between this property
and Prescott.
The Button Mining company, owning
a group of ten valuable mining claims
south of Prescott, Ariz, has through
the issuance of bonds borrowed from
the Maine Trust and Banking COM
pany, Gardiner, Me-, the sum of $4,000
at per cent, and development will
be renewed at once On the property
is five-stamp mill, concentrating
table, steam hoist and other equip
ments.
Activity at Quartzite
At Quartzite, Yuma county, Ari-
zona, the Amalgamated Gold company,
H. J. Beemer, superintendent. has two
big Improvements on hand, one being a
desert traction train of generating
car and four motor cars. The generator
weighs ten tons and is equipped with a
90-horse power engine and 75-horse
power generating motors. A load on a
good road in fifteen tons to the car.
The other improvement is machinery
for drilling for water. 1t arrived at
Congress Junction January 25 and is
being hauled 100 miles to camp. The
plant consists of a boiler, engine, a
fifty-eigh foot derrick and a complete
core drilling outfit This drill has been
put to a depth of 5000 feet and will