Bisbee daily review., 1907-12-15
(AEChave Afiner.l

H II. Bowen and number Of the
shareholders of the Arizona Silver
lead Mining company arrived from
Les Angeles yesterday morning. They
VIII so out 70 the P. Z. mines, in XXI
Basin today TO make an examination
of the property with visw to work
ing II on an extensive scale The
mines show big bodies of lead-silver
ores. which have been opened to water
Level, bslow which point little work
has been done, although the present
work contemplates tlIe sinking Of the
shaft to q depth of several hundred
feet. Sinking is now in progress and
the ore found in the bottom is far bet
ter than in the crCsscut and older
workings above.
Charles Sutro and j. F. Littlefeld ar
rived from San Francisco last Tues
day and departed the following day to
the Pyramid mill and mines, where
they made an examination OF to
Catherine and other properties. They
were accompanied by W. c. Howard
general manager Of the mines, and re-
turned to Kingm2n vest. rday. They
have concluded TO stop work on the
properties for the present to arrange
FOR the installation Of heavier machin-
cry. which is 10 be operated electric
ally. The mines are among the larE-
est gold properties Of the county
,GessTs. Sutro and LittleGeld departed
IN HAIR hC.r.ns- lat 11-2--iz-nL- ELE- zLasaE-
VINO has been saDariateadent CT the
property the past two years, VIII Prob
ably 60 to Mexico daring the winter
TAe Virgin oil fields in northern Ne
have county and southern Utah are
booming jGst now. One wei he's been
completed, eight are drilling and two
rigs are on the way from Luad to the
field while a dozen or mere have been
ordered. Within two months at least
twenty wells viii have been sunk into
the sand. Tests Of the oil. recently
made at Salt Lake, SHOW it to be enc
Of tae best fuel oils on the market. Il
is said that the test shows Il to be
far better than the California grades,
combustion being more perfect with
the ordinary burners and giving on a
greater amount of heat than eithsr
the Coaiinsa OF Les Angeles oils with
the best improved appliances. In the
test no smoke showed above the stack
and the people Of Salt Lake were de-
lighted, believing that THIS oil would
solve the problem of smoke nuisance
In that city. As soon as the field has
been proved sufficiently a railroad viii
be built into the field either By the
Clark0or Mofat interests. A good
grade can be had by way OF Lund,
which is now the nearest point to the
proven field from the Clark road
Many companies are organizing and
frA f5 10 riu-n-
oil field will be one OF the busiest
places on the Pacific coast Many peo-
pie 10 this county own lands in that
sections and believe they Fave a bo-
nanza in sight.
Charles Stile, B. d. Andrews ard c.
H. Stewart Of Camden and William
Jones Of Medford, New Jersey, arrived
in Kingman Sunday evening last on
their way 10 Cerbat, whence they de-
parted the following morning. The
gentlemen made an examination Of
the Golden Gem line and mill. and
were wei pleased with the good work
being done there They are heavy
sharehcld rs IN the company operat-
ing the properties and it Is understood
that they will report to the company
the adsIsability OF sinking the shaft
on the Golden Gem mine at least two
hundred feet deeper.
The beard Of directors Of the Bene-
dictine Mining company. accompanied
hv the cuupany's attorneys. were in
Kingman a few days ago looking after
Interests that are now tied up IN a
legal tanrle. It was understood that
| the company would pay up It's entire
Indebtedness at this time. hut no pay
mant was made It is probable thai
tae company VII meet its obligations
some time in the future. but the credi
tors are not able to wait and viii prob
ably press their suits to conclusion
at this term Of court. The compan,