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Mohave County miner., 1906-09-01
Story of a Sulphur Mine.

There is only one sulphur mine in
the United States,' Said Huber Oser
of New Orleans. "The existence of
the mine is known to but a few and
was known to hardly any one until
recent years.
''The mine is said to contain about
$1,000, ,OOOS worth of pure sulphur. 1t
is located near Lake Charles in an al
most inaccessible region. 1t was dis
covered by famous mineralogist, ac-
cording to one story, while another
has it that it was found by party of
hunters who had shot bears in the
vicinity and found the coats OF the
bears to be filled with a black, greasy
oil. They were curious to know where
this came from and tracked bruin one
night, going through an almost lmpen-
etrable marsh and coming out on
wooden knoll where the oil pit was
discovered.
Little was thought of the matter
until a few years before the civil war,
when an attempt was made to sink
shaft to get the oil. The war broke
up the business, but in 1868 another
shaft was sunk, this time with ID
huge steel rings, each twelve feet in
diameter and five feet wide. They
were imported from France and rolled
across the country to the oil pit. Thir-
ty-eight of them were sunk in one
shaft 19J feet deep, but it filled up
with oil and it was found that nothing
could be done with the enterprise. A
fortune was sunk in the attempt.
Later the Standard Oil heard of the
oil and came down to examine the
ground. Borings were made and 1t
was found that below the oil was a
stratum of pure sulphur rock from 10
to $50 feet deep. Various expedients
were tried to mine the stuff, but all
failed until one of the engineers
thought up scheme to extract the
sulphur by melting it and pumping it
to the surface Borings made mile
either way showed the stratum to be
about 200 feet thick in every direction
and the worth of the mine was esti-
mated at nearly 4O,OOO,OOOS.
"A unique and intricate process is
used to extract the sulphur. Huge
iron pipes are forced into the bed and
hot water pumped into them at $50 de-
grees from battery of 100 boilers.
After about ten days the melted sui
phur is pumped TO the surface and
flowed into hung watts, where it is al
lowed to cool. Milwaukee Sentinel.
Mohave County miner., 1906-09-01
Santa Fe May Double Track Entire
Line.

A dispatch from San Francisco says
large increases in the business of the
Santa Fe railway have resulted in the
decision to double track the entire
main system to San Francisco. AL
eady there are many miles of double
track between the wheat fields and
the Chicago terminal, and the main
line east of the Mississippi also is
double-tracked. Plans have been ap-
proved for the extra track as far west
as Albuquerque, but there remains l.
200 miles between there and San Fran
cisco, double-tracking for which prob
ably will be authorized by the board
of directors in a few days. In addi-
tion to these improvements it is be-
lieved that the Santa Fe is about to
obtain another shipping outlet by con-
Meeting with Galveston from AL
buquerque. 1t was reported several
days ago that the system had obtained
control of the Gulf and Midland lines,
and this corroborates the rumor.-
Journal-Miner.
Mohave County miner., 1906-09-01

Thomas Clemmons, one of the orig
nal discoverers and owners of the first
wolframite mine in the United States,
is in the city on business. Mr.. Glenn
mons is still the owner of a wolframite
mine in the Dragons which yields
good returns of this valuable mineral,
and he has method of mining which
is absolutely unique in Arizona and
which is probably not duplicated in
any mining section. Wolframite is
metal which is not found in many
places. There are mines yielding this
ore in Arizona. in Colorado and in two
or three other states. Normally the
ore brings .400S per ton. IL suffered
slump several months ago and fell to
1908 per ton but the price has again
returned to 1908. 1t was about seven
years ago that wolframite was discov-
cred in Arizona. The original mines
were sold to the Primus Chemical Com
pany of Primus, Pa, who ship the ore
10 their plant in Pennsylvania, where
it is converted into tungstic acid. This
acid is used in the process of making
Harveyized armor plate and in tough
ening steel tools so that they will hold
their temper when heated to n high
degree. Wolframite is found near the
surface in blanket deposits. The sep
arate deposits play out quickly, but
they are numerous in a section of the
Dragons. Realizing this, Mr.. Glenn
mons located new ground in a little
gulch in the mountains where there
were outcroppings of wolframite. The
natural features are such that he does
not need a concentration or miners.
Nature does the work for him during
the hard rains which fall frequently in
the Dragons, the ore, which is not
firmly imbedded, being loosened from
its bed and washed down the gulch
and concentrated at the bottom ny the
wafer. A heavy rainfall concentrates
two or three tons. This is probably
the only mine known where nature
brings out the mineral for its owner
Tucson Citizen.
Mohave County miner., 1906-09-01
S3oo,ooo Payroll.

A Goldfield dispatch says: Never
were times better in this camp. Its
streets are no longer filled with the
excited, jostling crowds that charac-
terised the rush of 1905, when thou
sands thronged the thoroughfares and
the gambling houses. There is a fine
air of life about the camp, however.
Its merchants and brokers are rushed
with business, and nearly all the mines
are going, all of which goes to show
that Goldfeld is settling down to a
genuine business basis, and that from
this time on she will continue to pros
per in spite of the occasional STAN
pedes to other districts. The monthly
pay roll is today over 300, ,0OOS. There
are about 1000 union miners in the
camp, and the records of the secretary
show that | 400 of these are working.
The Others are principally in the hills
surrounding the camp looking for gold.
Mohave County miner., 1906-09-01

While many rich strikes of gold
have been made in the Dos Cabezas
range and hundreds of thousands of
dollars spent on the west side of the
range, it has remained for Ed Drew
to make the richest strike that has
ever been made in the district, says
the Graham County Guardian. Ever
since the first of the year Hooker
brothers and Mr.. Drew have betn
working some claims in Apache Pass,
on this side of the range, and have
kept small stamp mill running all
the time on a fairly good rate of ore.
For some time past Mr.. Drew has been
crippled. One day last week while
waiting for a horse to be brought to
him on which to ride he sat down on
ledge of rocks. While sitting there
he noticed piece of gold sticking to
the quartz. He put some men to work
and followed the ledge in about twen-
ty feet which averaged eighteen
inches in width. In four days he had
taken out tons of ore that averaged
l,000S per ton in free gold. The quartz
occurs in large bOulders, and between
them is found a coarse gravel, and
this gravel is very rich in gold and is
easily panned. This new discovery
has caused considerable excitement, as
it is the richest ever made in the
range. Several good claims are being
worked and the ore successfully treat
ed. 1t is rumored that the Phelps
Dodge people will soon ecome int r
ested in group of claims on the west
side of the mountain, principally, it is
said for the great deposits of iron that
exists there.
Mohave County miner., 1906-09-01
Lands to be Thrown Open for Settlement

A Washington, D. c. dispatch says:
One of the best of the few remaining
tracts of Indian lands is soon to be
thrown Cpen for settlement: This
tract is located near Lawton, in Com
anche Caddo and Kiowa counties, Ok
lahoma. 1t comprises something over
500, 900 acres. and is known locally as
the big pasture"
The big pasture consists of lands
originally set aside for grazing the
cattle of the Kiowa, Apache and Com
anche Indians, and it is TO the survi-
vors of these tribes that the proceeds
of the sale will go-Or rather 1t Is to
them that the interest at . per cent
will go, the principal being held by
the interior department in trust.
The big pasture lands are not to be
had free, or even for a nominal price.
The plan on which they will be dis
posed of is a combination of settle
ment and sale. The law provides that
none of the lands can be sold for less
than IS an acre, and it is the plan of
the department to sell to the highest
bidder. But whether the bidding will
be at auction or by sealed bids has
not been determined.
Neither has the date of the sale
been determined: only that it will
come some time before December .
probably about November ID.
OF the half million acres $4,000
acres are woodland. The rest is roll
ing pasture, exceedingly rich and well
suited to all forms of agriculture. 1t
is expected that some of the lands will
sell for as high as 25s and even 30S an
acre.
The law provides that purchasers of
these lands must be actual settlers in
order to secure title. The least time
a man can live upon the lands and Sc
cure title is fourteen months, and the
normal time is five years.
Mohave County miner., 1906-09-01

Copperas is produced principally as
a by-product in the wire and sheet
steel industries. The wire rods and
sheets are given bath of diluted sui
phuric acid to clean and brighten the
metal. This bath is used until it ac-
cumulates numerous loose particles of
metal, ETC., when it is replaced by a
new solution. The waste picking Ii
quor is permitted to flow away when
ever possible, but at times it is saved
and utilized by iron and steel makers
in the manufacture of copperas. The
waste acid is collected from the differ
ent picking rooms into tanks or reser-
voirs. later removing it in lead lined
tank cars or by gravitation through
pipe lines to the works. These works
are far from the town, because of the
injurious acid fumes. The liquor is
run into large boiling tanks for evap-
Grating the excess of water: this re-
quires several days before the proper
strength for crystallization is obtained.
The hot liquor is then drawn off into
Mohave County miner., 1906-09-01

The Arizona Commercial Copper
Company has resumed sinking on the
Blackhawk mine and will put the shaft
down 600 feet and open up another
level. There has been marked i'm
provements in the fifth level drifts,
the east drift especially showing a
face of very high grade glance ore.
The west drift is also showing up
strong seam of good ore. Development
work in the Copper Hill mine is pro-
crossing steadily. The eighth level
is now being opened up, but the work
has not proce eded far enough to show
any important results. The third,
fourth and sixth levels all look well.
Grading for the company's standard
gauge railroad is going ahead and the
end of the grade has reached the Cop
per Hill boarding house above the
mine, and October l should see it COM
pleted to the Rlackhawk mine. The
company continues shipping ore to the
Douglas smelter.-Tucson Citi: el.
Mohave County miner., 1906-09-01
Prospecting in Honduras.

Foreigners are granted the same
prospecting and mining rights in Hon.
duras as natives, says Consul w. E.
Alger, at Tegucigalpa. and are subject
to no tax for prospecting, and will find
ample provisions such as beans, rice,
plantains, corn, and fresh meats at
any of the small towns or settlements.
Prospecting tools should be brought
along. Saddle mules cost 1858 to 250S
Honduras money Ia dollar worth 30 to
4S cents United States currency, and
pack mules sos to 125S. The Olancho
region can be reached either from
Amapala on the Pacific or Puerto Cor
tez on the Atlantic. A guide, who
acts as servant, can be secured at SOC
to Is per day, or los to 25S per month
and board. A prospectOr with exper-
fence stands a good chance for success.
There have been many failures of min
ing companies in Olancho, but nearly
all have been of the wildcat class, the
money never being used for actual
development.
Mohave County miner., 1906-09-01

The Arizona Copper company is put
ting in a settling tank at LOngfellow,
near Clifton, for the purpose of hand
ling the tailings from concentration No.
6. at Longfellow. 1t is being built on
the Stag dump at MOrenci and will be
300 feet in diameter and about fifteen
feet deep. The tailings will be run
into it and settled, after which the wa
ter will be run off and the deposit re-
moved with an electric grab shovel,
handled by a seventy-tive horsepower
induction motor. The dry tailings will
be loaded into cars and taken back to
the mines and used for filling. This is
an entirely new feature in mill work,
and if a success, which it will no doubt
be. there will be no more tailings al
lowed to run into the river at Clifton,
thereby doing away with the many
complaints from the farmers of the
valley. This move has been on foot
for many months and will be in opera
ton in a very short time.-Tucson
Citizen.
Mohave County miner., 1906-09-01

The Arizona-Mexican Smelter blew
in this week again after being shut
down for several weeks. The roaster
has been working steadily all the time
since started but the inability of the
company to obtain labor has detained
the starting of the stack. The great
amount of ores which are arriving now
have filled the storage capacity of the
,melter and the shipments of ores
from the Humboldt smelter has nee
essary been reduced for the time be-
ing until storage room can be made by
the smelling of the ores now laid on
the floors. The work on the copper
stack is progressing as rapidly as pos
sible under the conditions.-Needles
Eve.
Mohave County miner., 1906-09-01

though thousands of them are drown
ed, there seems to be a never ending
stream, and until the rainy season sets
in the bees will have the mine to
themselves.
Mohave County miner., 1906-09-01

Ely, the great Nevada copper camp,
according to Houlder Hudgins, rep
resentative of the Guggenheims, and
owner of the White Pine News in Ely,
is to have the largest concentration
and smelter plant in the United States,
if not in the world, with a daily capac-
ity of 10000 tons of ore, or $500 tons
larger than the present record plant
of the Amalgamated copper company
at Butte, Montana. This means that.
the Guggenheims have decided to
double recent estimates, which limited
the Ely capacity to 5000 tons per day.
Mohave County miner., 1906-09-01

Charles Gracey has resigned the
m lnagement of the Wharton mines in
FL Dorado Canyon and will be sue
ceeded by Joseph Wharton's nephew,
a Philadelphia. The Wharton inter-
ests in the canyon represent millions
of dollars and include the famous
Techaticup mine as well as the Wall
Street, Quaker City, Mocking Bird
and others. The activity of the new
management will therefore be watch
ed with interest.-Eye.
Mohave County miner., 1906-09-01

The output of blister copper at the
Copper Queen smelter at Douglas thIs
month will be considerably more than
that of last month, according to Su-
perintendent George b. Lee. The
output last month was about 7,75O,O0O
pounds and this month it is estimated
tnat it will be almost 6,500,000. No. 9
furnace, the latest addition to the bat
terry of furnaces at the big reduction
works, will be ready for business early
next week, but the superintendent
states that it will not be placed in
active commission until September 10.
\ heavy production is expected for
September, as all nine furnaces will
be kept in operation most OF the time.
Mr.. Lee stated that about 500 tons of
Stag are being received daily from the
old Bisbee dump. In addition to max
ing room in Bisbee, the Stag is re-
smelted at a profit to the company, as
it runs as high as per cent in copper
and at times higher.
Mohave County miner., 1906-09-01

The North Butte is hoisting 1000
tons day and will not increase the
amount materially for some weeks, or
until the skip chutes are put in. The
company has for some time been work
ing on the IlOO-foot level, the deepest
portion of the mine, which has proven
by far the richest level.
The ore chute is much longer than
on the 1900 level, is much richer, and
lust as wide. The ore mined averages
: per cent copper, very little second
class being mined. All the mining is
being done in the Jessie claim, and
none in the Speculator. The company
will, soon begin the north CT oss cut to
the Belin claim, which has been long
contemplated.-Bisb Review.
Mohave County miner., 1906-09-01

Shipments were commenced last
week from the Ash Peak mines to the
Shannon smelter. 1t is expected that
between four and five hundred tons
monthly will be shipped to the Shan
non. The value of the ore is in the
silver it contains, though its principal
value to the Smelter is for the silica it
carries, being crushed and used for
converter lining. The company is
now in position to produce a much
larger tonnage than that taken by the
Shannon, hence ii is likely that ship
ment will be made to Douglas, where
silica is also in demand, being shipped
in from Globe. The Ash Peak COM
pany is now in a position to develop
its property from the income derived
from ore shipments. 1t is also likely
that the company will soon commence
the erection of a cyanide plant, where
by it will be able to treat all of its low
grade ores without the expense OF
shipping. The company has been OPP
Grating eve:al years and has well
developed property, and is pushing ex-
ploration work as fast as possible. In
addition to its low grade ores il also
has a mine which is producing ore
that will average from Hos TO 4OOS per
ten in silver-Phenix Republican.
Mohave County miner., 1906-09-01

large watts or crystallizers and cooled.
Crystals of copperas then collect On
the sides of the watts or on iron rods
suspended therein, requiring 3 to s
days to form. The crystals are de-
tached and undergo additional drying
to evaporate all moisture, and are
then ready for market. Copperas is
used in inks and blues, in polishing
plate glass, dyeing Gotten and wool,
etc.-The Mining World.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-06-16
COMMERCIAL CULLINGs.

The quantity of frozen meat exported
from Argentina last year was 1926, l2i
carcasses Of sheep and lambs. and l..
922,757 quarters of beef
The mineral production OF France
consists of lead, zinc. copper, coal and
Ignite, iron, anthony, arsenic and
salt. An immense quantity of building
stone and slate is quarried. The ce-
ment and phosphate production is
large, aggregating sums far up in the
millions of dollars Coal is the chief
mineral product.
In the year 1890 Germany sent about
Sl0,7l0,000 in silks to the United States
and Japan sent Sl,19O,OOO worth. Ir
190i-5 Germany sent about Si,99S,OOO Of
silk goods to the United States. while
Japan sent Sj,593,0O worth. Japanese
exports OF silk goods have tripled with
in ten years, increasing from S7,47O,O O(
in 1895 to S22,4lO,OOJ in l9)l-5, and the
ascendinE m cement "-UtlGucs.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-06-16
PUSHED BUTTON ri VAIN.
phones and "Kicked"
to the Clerk.

He walked heavily down the hall, a
scowl on his face his hat pulled down
over his eyes and his teeth closed tight
" in rage.
Down" he shouted to the elevator
boy loud enough to disturb the other
guests of the hotel. Rotten service,
rotten hotel, beats anything | ever
went against in my life"
Then he boarded the elevator car and
descended to the Office floor. He was
full of wrath and Indignation when he
almost ran to the hotel clerk, who
stood behind the desk.
what kind of hotel is this?' he
asked. nearly out Of breath. "l'ye been
in hotels before, but never got such
poor service in my life. The service in
this joint is the limit"
The clerk smiled pleasantly, yet with
a look of uneasiness on his face, and
asked:
Have some of our bell boys been
uncivil, sir?'
BELL boys?" replied the guest at the
top of his voice. That's II. | have
been trying to get one for an hour and
haven't even seen one. | stood there
in my room for half an hour pushing
the button and ringing for bell boy.
What did get? Nothing. Talk about
service. / never" Now II was the
clerks turn. He said:
81 guess you're from the kerosene
circuit, aren't you?" The guest did not
understand.
"What do you mean?" he demanded.
"Why those buttons have been out
Of service for two years." said the
clerk. "This Is a modern hotel we
don't use the old antiquated system OF
so many rings for this and so many
rings for that. Use the telephone when
you want to communicate with the Of
fee"
The guest became meek and walked
back to the elevator without making a
response.
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-06-16
DIAMOND DEALERS MISTAKE
One of Els Own Gems, But He
Failed to Recognize tho
Sparkler.

"Will you please examine this dia-
mond," said a man who had stepped
into a jewelers. shop, 'and tell me
what you think of 1t? If it is a good
stone, think | will buy it."
The jeweler took the gem, which
was unset, and looked at 1t critically
Tor LIcment. Then in a confidential
tone he laid:
WEI, to tell you the truth, that
isn't very good stone. 1t hasn't much
fire, 1t is badly cut, and there is some
thing here very much like a flaw"
Then he held the diamond under mi.
crosCope and examined 1t carefully,
finally observing: mo, 1t isn't exactly
flaw, but | shouldn't call 1t per-
pect stone. Now, II you want some
thing really fine, here"
Excuse me-" the other man inter-
rupted. II don't think III buy a dia-
mono to-day. This is diamond that
one OF your assistants let me take Sat
ucday on approval. | deposited $40 on
IL. Please let me have my money,
and we will declare the deal on"
The Garland globe. [volume] (Garland, Utah) 1906-191?, 1906-06-16
|HAILST0RM HAVOC
GREAT DAMAGE DONE TO
WHEAT CROPS OF KANSAS.
Insurance Against Loss from Storms
of This Kind Is Now Taken
Out by Many of the
Farmers.

"Halstorms have destroyed more
wheat in Kansas in the last ten years
than all the grasshoppers and oh nch-
bugs since the state was organized,
sand farmer from southern * nsas,
whose crop WAS destroyed by recent
storm in that section.
Last year one hailstorm in the
northern part of Sumner county and
the southern part of SedgwiCk swept
an area - miles long by two miles
wide About $500 acres, most Of it in
growing wheat that promised to yield
% bushels to the acre, were destroyed.
A half million dollars worth of wheat
was ruined in that one storm
The hailstOrm was never feared by
the Kansas farmer until wheat be-
came staple crop. Corn Will re over
from hailstorm and make an average
crop, but light fall of Ice at Il certain
time will ruin crop of wheat May
and June are the months of hailstorms
in Kansas.
In France and Spain where the hail
storms destroy the grape crop large
cannon have been placed on the hills
above the vineyards. At the approach
of hailstorm explosives are shot into
the cloud, and it's belief among
farmers-laughed at by scientific mon
that the storm is sometimes di3si-
pated The Kansas farmer doesn't
lombard the clouds. lie has found
that II pays better to insure his crops.
Hail Insurance companies have been
organized. The farmer insures his
wheat crop against hail just as the
man In the city insures his house
against fire. He places whatever value
on his crop he can afford to pay the
premium on. Some farmers occasional
ly insure so heavily that they would
not object to a hailstorm to save the
expense of harvesting the crop
The first hail insurance companies
were mutual companies, organized
among the farmers of county or a
district. 1t was soon found that those
companies were not safe because a
hailstorm usually cleared a whole dis.
trict. Then each farmer was com.
PEELED to bear his own loss, for the
mutual company could not pay. East.
ern capitalists have formed a number
of hail insurance companies in the last
five years.
Farmers have belief that hail win
follow the same path for three con-
secutive years So II hailstorm de.
stroys crop they insure heavily for
the next two years.