Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1905-05-18
YAVAPAi COUNTY
Growing Importance Of the Mining In
dustry. New Developments


From the Phoenix Gazette.
Supt. George b. Upton, of the Orc
Grande gold mine, at Wickenburg, re-
ports that he is working twenty-five
men underground at this time and will
start the new ten-stamp mill running
the full twenty-four hours as soon as he
can obtain competent help for the night
run. Now the mill is operated only
twelve hours.
From the Jerome Mining News
During Senator Clark recent stay at
jerome he authorized the expenditure
of large sum in new development
work and economic additions to the
smelter and concentrator. Since the
complete adjustment of the labor diff
I culties it has been deemed safe to inau-
gurate many improvements which would
not have been undertaken otherwise.
| From the PhoenixRepublican
A valuable deposit of nitrate of pot
ash is said to have been discovered in
the vicinity of Briggs, Yavapai county,
about twenty-eight miles northeast of
Wickenburg. The known extent of the
deposit is given as having width of
500 feet and length of more than a
mile. In the crevices of the upheaved
rocks stringers of the material carry as
high as 80 per cent nitrate of potash
while the mineralized rock itself is said
to carry anywhere from 3 to per cent
throughout. Redlands. California, par
ties have secured group of eleven
claims covering the known deposit, and
organized company called the Nitrate
of Potash mining company. From a
point on Castle creek a tunnel to tap
the main body at depth of 800 feet has
/ been started.
From the Prescott journal Miner.
The Tiger Gold company has pur-
chased a half interest in the Pilgrim
mining claim. The company will de-
velop this claim and expects it to make
as good a showing as any now in its
| possession.
The Bannie mine, in the Walker dis
trict, is being developed under contract
to sink the shaft 100 feet deeper
Three shifts of six men are now en-
ployed in the work. A tunnel has been
run l35 feet under the main ledge
About 100 feet in three foot ledge
was encountered which carries good
values in gold, silver, copper and lead
A concentration to handle 40 tons per
day has been ordered.
The development of the Yeager Can
yon Copper company's claims, twelve
miles southwest jerome, is attract
ing considerable attention. The main
shaft has reached a depth of 800 feet
and a 600-foot drift has been run on the
ledge, being in ore all the way The
property is equipped with concentrat-
ing plant of sixty tons daily capacity.
Concentrates are being shipped regu-
larly from the mill. A new hosting
plant was recently installed, having a
capacity of developing the property to
a depth of 1900 feet. The company is
composed of some of the wealthiest
men in Arizona, and there is no doubt
property will soon be numbered among
the big producers.
From the Prescott Herald
A one-fourth interest in the Combi-
nation extension, in the Ash creek dis
trict, has been sold by J. j. Brady to
S. Goldsworthy for $500
The Dividend Consolidated company's
mines are now paying proposition.
The l0-stamp mill is now running day
and night and producing daily two tons
OF high grade concentrates. A large
amount of good ore has been blocked
out and new development work is keep
ing pace with the stoping.
The Treadwell smelter at Mayer is
finally in full operation and turning out
copper ingots carrying considerable
values in gold and silver The Hack
berry furnishes about 80 tons of ore
daily. The ore bins are full, there being
several thousand tons on hand, and the
plant can be kept running to its full
capacity of $50 tons per day from the
supply now in sight.