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Mohave County miner., 1906-06-09

plant. Later the property was sold to the present owners and by them the deep shaft was sunk. Although the present owners of the property have shipped no ore there are thousands of tons blocked out ready for stoping, from which a great deal of money can at any time be realized. Some of che ore from the lower levels show masses of native silver, running hundreds of dollars to the ton. No milling plant has been placed on the property, it having been the intention of the con- pany 10 continue development until the shaft had reached a depth of at least 1000 feet. Owing to illness in the family and subsequent death of w. D. O'Neill, general manager of the property, nothing has been done on the mine the past two years. Rumor now has it that the mine will be con- solidated with another of the lead properties of the camp and that work will soon be resumed on it.
Mohave County miner., 1906-06-09

hundreds of thousands of dollars were taken. This ore was milled and con- centrated at the big mill on the prop erty. The vein is said to be fully twenty feet in width and in places carries ore the full width. In the early days the surface ores were work ed out by chloriders, many making nice fortunes from the sales of the ores. The lease of Kelley and McKen- non was the most prolific producer, these men making about 20,O00S each. The mine is now owned by the Phila- delphia and Arizona mining company, of Philadelphia. During the past two years the property has been under the control of a new organization, but its work has added nothing to the repu- tation of the property. It is now pro- posed to reorganize the old company and take over the property and sink the shaft to a depth of 1000 feet or more. The mines are undoubtedly among the pest o1 the pig pfopeftleS of the county and the work mapped out will surely make it dividend pro ducer. It is equipped with steam holsters and an hundred ton concen- trator mill of latest pattern. At the present time the mill is being handled by Frank Shaefer and for the first time in its history is handling the ores satisfactorily. Mir. Shaefer has ex- perimented with these ores until he has conceived a method that works them up to the highest percentage d concentrator plant was ever known to save values. With him in charge of the mill and new ore bodies to work on the plant is assured of a big sue cess.
Mohave County miner., 1906-06-09

deep shaft could be used through which all the veins in that locality for a radius of a thousand or more feet could be worked, and in this way ore could be extracted at a very low cost, the expense of operating the large plant being bourne by all parties in- terested. By a combination of this kind and by combination of the con- tiguous properties in the district much cheaper mining could be done and bet ter results could be obtained. None of the mines are in condition until fur ther developed to stand the strain and expense of deep mining, but by throw ing in together it is possible to exploit the mines to great depth and ascer- tain the conditions existing below the change in the big veins and then if favorable other working shafts could be driven into the new zone. The handling of the big mills separately is another expense that ought to be done away with, as all the ores of the same general character could be milled in one plant and the product handled through one selling agency with ben efcial results. Of course, all the ores of the camp could not be handled in this manner, but the lead-zinc ores could be thus handled at a reduced cost for milling expense. The theory of combination has made Cripple Creek and it is sure to make Chloride. Let the big lead-zinc mines be merged with the smaller veins of the camp and work them as it is possible to do so through one combination shaft and mill the ore to the best advantage in the most economical mill and the way to overcome the present difficulties will have been found. A big genera tor can be installed to operate electric lines all over the field and in this man. ner bring in the ores to a central point at so small a cost that it would be imperceptible in the general footing. Now, while matters are slack in the camp, would be the time to get a con- bination of interests at work.
Mohave County miner., 1906-06-09

In and along the belt of country con- tiguous to the Payroll and Minnesota Connor mines is one of the best min eralized sections of the camp. Vein after vein cuts the country and loca- tions lap locations until one is lost in the maze of veins. Many of the veins have been developed to considerable extent and have produced ores from the outcrop 10 a considerable depth.
 The Hot Tomale is one of the proper ties; the Silver Legion another; the Brunswick; the Leona and others have been among the producing class. The ores of these veins are varied, some carrying gold, some silver and others copper and lead, while some even car " all of these minerals. The country is low and rolling and easy of access. The ground stands well in the open ings and few timbers are needed in mining, making the cost of extracting the ores cheap. In many places one
Mohave County miner., 1906-06-09

The Towne mine, owned by John Barry, is another of the good old pro ducing properties of the Chloride dis trict. This property has been under process of development the past year and at the present time a large block of ore is ready for stoping. In the early years of the property Mir. Barry took from the mine thousands of dol lars, but the encountering of water delayed work until machinery could be installed. A whim was put in and work continued until the sulphide ores below water were encountered and at this point leasers took out considerable money. A holster is now being in stalled at the mine and it is expected that the work of sinking the shaft will soon be resumed. This mine lies south of the town and in the gold and silver belt.
Mohave County miner., 1906-06-09

The Tennessee has been one of the biggest producers of lead ores in the territory. For many years it sent out hundreds of tons of rich lead ores and concentrates weekly, and while latter ly It was not in the hands of men who understood mining and milling, it yet continued to produce and ship good ores. A few months ago Sam R. Rhea and Henry Bell took lease and bond on the property and are now repairing the mill and getting things in shape to handle the property on big and systematic scale. The mine is equip ped with two steam holsters of large capacity. The main shaft has reach ed depth of 600 feet. At the bottom level drifts have been run of, but the north drift has not yet reached the ore zone, although in the breast small streaks of lead were found. It is ex- pected that at least l50 feet will have to be driven before the ore body is encountered on this level and the new owners are preparing to drive the drifts ahead into ore bearing ground. There are immense bodies of zinc ore left standing in the mine and this class of ore is to be taken out and concen- trated for shipment to market. Here tofore it was considered a detriment, but it is now learned that nearly as much can be realized from this ore as from the rich leads of the mine. Above the 400 level thousands of tons of rich lead ore was shipped to the shelter, but the property was managed extrav- agantly and little profits were realized. In places the bodies were fully fifteen feet in width and extraction was made with small amount of timbering. The vein is part of the great lead-bearing lode on which is situated the Elkhart, Schuylkill and large number of oth- CT mines. It has been a producer from the grass roots and at no point in its downward development has it been barren. The method of hand ling the property was too expensive and no effort was ever made to handle the zinc as by-product, that metal being allowed to go into the tailings at the mill. The mine is one ot the big lead-bearing properties of the county and there is no reason why it should not be put on pay basis.
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Mohave County miner., 1906-06-09

To the north of the Tennessee is the Schuylkill. This mine is owned by the Southwestern Mining and Smelling company, Pittsburg, Pa., corpora tion. The mine has been patented. The main shaft on the mine stands at a depth of 800 feet and thousands of feet of crosscuts and drifts have been run. At the 400 level rich lead-silver ore was encountered. The mine in early days was worked by Monroe Salisbury, who operated the Benson shelter, and thousands of tons of lead was shipped from the mine to the
Mohave County miner., 1906-06-09

To the west of Chloride is a miner alized section that has been somewhat overlooked by the people of that place, although some of the mines have been good producers of gold and silver. The first one of importance is the Merri- mac. This mine has been opened to a depth of 200 feet and large amount of good rock was taken from it. It is equipped with a holster and a concen- trating plant is on the property. The ore carries its values in ruby silver and some gold, which made it an ex- ceptionally hard ore to concentrate. The failure to concentrate the low grade ores resulted in the practical abandonment of the mine until few months ago when three leasers went to work on the property and opened up a splendid body of rich silver ore in one of the levels. This ore is said to run nearly 5OOS to the ton. A car load has been shipped to the smelter and another shipment will soon be made. The leasers are sure of clean ing up big wad of money.
Mohave County miner., 1906-06-09

Near the Empire is the Woodchuck and Badger mines, owned by Samuel L. Chadwick. These show big bodies of high grade lead and many carloads of ore was shipped from them. The Badger is the main ore bearing vein. It has been worked by tunnel and shaft to depth of about POO feet. Its lead is the richest in the district. Mir. Chadwick has emassed a competency from the sales of its ores and while not actively working the property is
Mohave County miner., 1906-06-09

Among the big properties of the
 Chloride region is the Minnesota-Con- nor. These mines were located more than 9 years ago and since that time have been producers of several hun dred thousand dollars worth of rich ore. The Connor is held by '. S. pat ent, while the other is held by loca- tion. The shaft on the Minnesota has been sunk to depth of 53O feet and at the 800 drifts have been run off on the vein. At the 300 and 400 the big ore bodies were opened up and from them
Mohave County miner., 1906-06-09

In the main wash to the northeast of the town of Chloride and distant about two miles, is the Empire mine, one of the first patented properties in the dis trict. This mine has shaft POO feet in depth. From its surface ores many thousands of dollars were taken. The mine was owned by William Raymond, one of the discoverers of Pioche. Leas- CTS worked the property and took away a great deal of money from it. Later E. F. Thompson sunk the shaft to a greater depth and while he ship ped considerable high grade ore the large amount of dead work done ate up the profits. The vein is a large one and the ore was as rich as any taken out in the district.
Mohave County miner., 1906-06-09

On the south extension of the Pay roll a splendid body of ore has been opened up by late locators of the vein. It is said that there is three feet of solid lead ore now in sight. The vein is not quite so large at this point as in the Payroll proper, but the richness of the ore makes up for its discrepancy in size.
Mohave County miner., 1906-06-09

The Tuckahoe mine is opened to a depth of more than POO feet and shows good ore from the grassroots. The surface ores of the mine were leached by the hypo process and the best sul- phides ever produced in the camp were made. These sulphides also carried a small amount of gold, an unaccount- able thing in teaching by this process. The mine is now owned by John Barry. It is equipped with holster.
Mohave County miner., 1906-06-09
Mohave County, the Treasure Vault of Arizona.

taking out enough to keep his bank account in a hourishing condition. This property is well worth looking into by capitalists.
 In the same neighborhood is the Hercules mine of F. H. Crafts. This property is a steady shipper and the ore carries good values in lead, gold and silver. The ore is galena and carbonate and the vein is quite large. It lies between the Badger and Rain bow mines, close to the wagon road on the way to the Samoan mines. The owner has been developing the prop erty the past year and now has splendid showing of ore. Last week carload shipment was made to the shelter at Needles.
 A. M. McDuffee is the owner of the Rainbow group of mines, situated to the northwest of the Lucky Boy. On this property much work has been done in the way of adit drifts, shafts and upraises. This work opened up thousands of tons of rich lead-silver- gold ore from which thousands of dol lars worth has been shipped to the smelters. The property was discov- cred in the early eighties and the sur face ores yielded much money to the leasers. The ore was galena and car bonate, carrying good values in gold and silver. Later the property passed into the hands of Mir. McDuffee, who worked it several years with profit. The property is one of the good ones of the district and with proper devel- opment and economical management will become a big producer.
 The Payroll is one of the largest veins of the district and shows the ore bodies wherever opened. From the lowest point on the vein a drift was driven, opening the ore distance of several hundred feet. Crosscuts were driven across the vein in several places and everywhere was found an ore somewhat low in values, but of immense extent. Under bond and lease a shaft was sunk to a depth of 200 feet outside the vein and drift 175 feet in length was run to cut the vein at a depth of 400 feet below the apex. This crOsscut entered the vein at a break and no effort was made to get into solid ground. This shaft and crosscut proved nothing, although it can be utilized in further exploiting the mine at that level. The surface ground produced many thousands of dollars worth of rich lead ore, carry ing gold and silver. In the shaft on the south end of the vein the values are excellent and the ore will pay to ship without dressing. In the other parts of the mine the remaining ores can be dressed up and made into marketable product by concentration. Considerable water was encountered in the mine, which will be found val uable when it comes to handling the ores in a mill. The mine is owned by Mrs. Mary Murphy, of Kingman and Judge J. J. Hawkins, of Prescott.
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 On the south extension of the Pay roll a splendid body of ore has been opened up by late locators of the vein. It is said that there is three feet of solid lead ore now in sight. The vein is not quite so large at this point as in the Payroll proper, but the richness of the ore makes up for its discrepancy in size.
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Mohave County miner., 1906-06-09

The Elkhart is on the big lead vein and has reached a depth of 800 feet. It has been equipped with a steam hoisting plant and an hundred ton con- centrating plant. The mine was To- cated in the early eighties and pro duced several thousand tons of rich lead ore from the outcrop. Later it was worked by Ohio people and still later sold to a Scotch company, of which Theo. Comstock was the gener- al manager. The vein at this point shows a width of about twenty feet and in places the solid ore body was sixteen feet wide. Thousands of tons of ore was shipped from the mine to the smelters and there are many thousand tons still in sight in the property. Like the other mines on this lode this property has been poorly handled, lax mining and milling methods being the rule. A year or so ago the mines and mill passed into the hands of J. H. O'Neill, of Los An geles, and it is probable that the prop erty will be handled in a more syste- matic manner. The outside mines belonging to the company are also said to carry good values in lead and silver and recently shipments of rich lead was made to the shelter from one of them. The main property of the group has been developed to a consid- erable extent, there being thousands of feet of drifts from the main shaft. At the 800 level it is said there is good showing of ore and it is believed greater depth. Indications along the whole vein are that copper values will come in at or near the 1000 level and it is probable that shaft will soon be sunk to that depth as an experiment. Should the lead remain the property will still be valuable one, but the in- dications are that the ore will improve rapidly in value below the present level. All the lead mines of the dis trict have encountered a zone at a depth of from 300 to 600 feet where the iron displaces the lead and in every instance where this has been sunk through the lead has come in carrying greater values in gold and silver. Why not here?
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Mohave County miner., 1906-06-09

taking out enough to keep his bank account in a hourishing condition. This property is well worth looking into by capitalists.
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PORTLAND. Feb. T. Some frcn,s,
produce commission men aver that
business cannot be done on basis OF .
per cent commission, and that returns
TO .hippsfs have 10 be made below the
real mafke, prices 10 consequence.
1T costs at least u per cen, TO handle
produce consigned 10 us,- one firm re-
ports. "and the only way We can save
ourselves is 10 reduce tho returns "a
tho proper figure when sending checks
TO our shippers.
AT the sane time, II We were q
charge shippers 10 per cent for selling
their staff, they would quilt sending ns
goods and would favor other firms which
represent that they do business on
pet cent basis. but who really take the
dinewnce or when they send thrii
checks to The shippers"
Smelt Are Pientiful.
Columbia River smelt are arriving
freely and prices ao down TO a point
that admits Of little further, reduction
The hsh arr scoopcd up Into dip'ne''
By the boatload on the Cowli,s River
anil are sent In loo.pound boxes b!
steamer daily.
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Frssh Meats ana Fish.

Fresh meats-yeal, small, s@siei
large. 5G0c; park, oi@7s; beef
bulls, 2@9.ci cows, 3lSaiei lambs
s@ec.
oy,ters -shoalwater bay. pr gallon
s2.as, per sack. s3.T5 net, Olympia, per
sack, 1875; Eastern trsuspianted sl.o
per 100 lbs.
CLANS -Iiardshell. Der box. $780, rssor
clans. $500 per box.
fish-crabs, per dosen, $780, shoal'
water bay oysters, per sack 500, gal
lon, s225, halibut. Ole; black
osi bass, per N. 10 i.2ci herring. Sei
founders, Oct catfish, Sc, Holsters, per
n, i2 l.2e; silver smelt. eci shrimp
icc, perch, Sc, sturgeon, Sc; silvepide
&C., sea trout, 10 i-2c, black bass. eo@
Csc, ysquina chinook salmon, Get
Grain bsgs-Calcutta and domestic
&c.
wool-valley. esa27 i.aci Easter
Oregon. is@2oc.
Tallow-Prime. per H.. 3@s s.%ci No
and grease, a@2 lee.
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Hops, Wool. Hides, Etc.

lIops-csoice. lo@llc, prime, s@ole
wool-vAlley. 2e@s7Ici Eastern Ore
gon. ls62oc; nominal.
Tallow-Prime, per h., 3@saci No.
and grease. 2@2ic.
Hides-Dry hides, No. !, 10 lbs. and up
l0@l7c per ID; dry kip, No. !, s Il
Is lbs, l3l@l6ic per h.; dry calf, No.
unde; 8 lbs, i7@lsci dry saited, bulls
and stags. one third less than dry flint
tculis. moth-eaten, badly cut, scored,
murrain, hair.slipped, weather-beaten OF
grubby, a@3c per lb, lessl; salsed hides
steers, sound, 90 lbs. and over, s@ioc per
H.; so to 90 lbs, s l.2@sc per lb.i un'ier
so lbs. and COWS. sSec per h.: salted
stags and bulls, sound, &c per lb,; salted
kip, sound, Is to 80 lbs., DC per lb.; salt
ed veal, sound, 10 TO II lbs., DC per ib.
salted calf, sound, under 10 lbs, lOc per
ID. lgreen, unsalted, le per lb. less; eulls
Ia per ID. lessl. Sheep skins; Shear
lings, No. l butchers stock, sS@soc each
short wool, No. butchers stock, 40@
SOC each, medium wool, No. butchers
stock, 0oqsoc; long wool, No. ] butchers
stock, sloo@i.50 ean Murrain pclts
from 10 to 20 per cent less, or l2@l4C
per h., horse hides, salted, each, accord
ing 10 sire, 81 10000, dry, each, ac'
cordine to size, $780, colts hides, ESQ
SOC each, goat skins, common, lO@lSc
each, Angora, with wool on, sSc@sl.So
each.
Mohalr-Choice. S0@Sao.
Feathers--Geese, white, 55@4Oci
geese gray or mixed, 25@SOci duck
white, l5d2Oc; duel, mixed, le@lSc.
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$780, bananas. Be pr hi pineapple
s4.5ois5, per dozen.

s2boi bananas. Dc Per hi pineapple.
s4.tois5. per dozen.
Potatoes -pcr sack. oo@socI car lots
eountryi Iobbers' price, 7oeeoei pei
100 Ibs.., turnlps 7b@soc saeki cab
baees, per pound. llel celery, dozen
BOO 6se, onions, 1904, In country
lobber.' prices. si@sl.95I eucambsr'
box, 5oc, beets si per SACK carrots Isej
per sack garlic. loci sgg plant, ise PEI
pound, sweet potatoes, slsadssoOi red
peppers. 2oc pounds ho,hou'e letluee
si.bo per box. California Yegetables--
Green beans. zoe lbi green peas. l2sei
sprouts. 10, radlshs., asc dozen bunehesl
Chile peppers. zoe ib.i tomatoes. sl7t
boz, head lettuce. csc doz.i ariiehokes'
T5c dozeni cabbage. s2.ooi caulihower
sl.25 per doseui celery, s27S@3 crate
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THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL.

Maintains unexceiisd service from ths
west 70 the east and south. Making
close connections with trains Of al
transcontinentai lines. passengers srs
given their choice Of routes to Chicago
Louisville. Memphis and New Orleans
and through these points TO the IA
EAST.
Prospective travellers desiring infor.
matian a. TO the lowest rates and best
routes are invited TO correspond with
the following Representatives:
,S2 Third ST.. Portland. ore.
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THE MILWAUKEE

sThs Pioneer Limited" 81. Paul 70 Chi.
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No trains In the service OF sir raj
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ment that Of the Chicago, Milwaukee a
st. Paul Ry. They own and opersts
their own sleeping and dining cars on all
their trains and give their patiOns an
excellence Of service not obtainable else.
where.
Berths on their .leepers are longer
higher and wider than in similar cars on
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by the Block systsm.
Connections made with all trahs-eon
tinental lines In Union Depots.
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PORTLAND MARKETS
Latest Quotations In the Portland
Markets.

Complete Market Reports Corrected Each
Day Giving the Wholesale Prices Of
Commodities, Farm Produce and vegs'
tables
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meal igroundl. so.lb. sacks. $50 per
bale, 10Th. sacks, stoo per baiel split
peas, s4.oo per loo-lb. sack 25.ib. boxes
sii6, pearl barley. a26 per 100 lbs.i
es-ib. boxes. sl.2s per boxi pastry -four.
10Th. sacks, ESQ per bale.
Canned salnon--rolumbia riyer, lib
tails. sl.s5, Glib. tails. $3.50, fancy lib
fats, 500, LIB. fancy 6ats. 1885,
fancy lib. ovsls. s27sI Alaska tails
pink. eoci red siA5; nominal. D,
tall. snco.
Mason fruit jars-Iialf.eailon'. per
gross. tlOo, quarts, $780, pints, ss.6SI
extra caps, per gross, s2.3s.
Economy fruit jars- Half gallons, per
gross. sls.sS, quarts, $780, pints, 1856;
extra caps. tl.ss.
Everlasting fruit jars-Iialf- gallons,
sl2.5o, quarts. $50; pini', $50; extra
caps. glass, $3.50.