Arizona silver belt., 1905-02-09
YAvAPAl COUNTY
Growing Importance of the Mining
 Industry-New Developments


 FROM THE COURIER
 Sheriff Lowry has returned from general trip around the clunty. He found fifty men at work at Leonard Whites camp at the Low,r Walnut Grove dam and says there will be l50 men at work there in the gar future. It is a good camp. He illso found things looking up at Con gresS. At Octave, the banner gold camp of the west, miue and mill are 10th being operated steadily and the cJ.mp is ex- ceptionally prosperous.
 FROM THE JouRSAL.MINgR
 E. F. Bacon, of Detroit, Mich, is reported to have purcha sed from Ward & Gibson group of nine min- ing claims for eastern parties for $75,- 900. This property lies five niles east of Harrisburg near the line Of the new railroad being built west from Wick enhurg.
 Q. F. Bacon, of Detroit, Mich., who has spent much of his tina during the past two years in Arizona looking after mining interests, rectntly re- turned from trio to the Colorado river section to be reached by the new Arizona and California railroad and speaks quite enthusiastically of this section of country. A large number of mine owners and proSpectors who have held ground for years will be able to do something with their prop critics. Mir. Bacon IS one of the orgaui- gers of the Mount Union Consolidated which has been so vigorously develop. ed during the past two years and on which is just being completed a fine 100 ton mill. The mill will be in operation early in February and will add much to the life of this district.
 D. Homer Jennings, general mana. ger of the John Barrie Gold Mining company, left for the east yesterday where he has been called for the pur- pose of meeting with the officers of his company and go over the plans proposed for more vigorous system of development. Since Mir. Jennings has taken charge of the company $ property here he has pursued a syste matlc and businesslike course bring. ing about harmonious conditions nee to l e. development of the properties. We are told that he has opened up good ore bodies and that at numerous open ingS the showing is most excellent. FROM THE NEws-HERAID;
 II. J. Beemer, of the Amalgamated Gold company, who is personally su. pervlSing the erection of a 60.stamp mill, expects to have 1t in operation by July next. The property is at Quartzite, 100 miles from Martinez, the nearest railroad station. The compa. ny has an expert driller employed and will put down hole 5000 feet. if nee. essary, to develop water. An electric motor train will be used to haul ma chlnery and supplies from Martinez to the camp. The generator for this train weighs ten tons and is equipped with 90-horse-power engines and 75. horsepower generating motors. The cars weigh 4 tons and have B horse power motors. On good road l5 tons to the car is load. The speed Is about nVe miles per hour, and when work Ing 1ull capacity about eight gallons or gasoline or distillate is used per hour. The water from the engines is thrown onto netting and cooled bv an electric fan and reused. This gen eratlng car is the second machine of this type to be put in use, and was puiIt oy the Gibbs Engineering & Mannracturing company, of Glendale. N. r., at a cost of $l7,000. Freight on the outfit was 5000.