Arizona republican., 1908-09-13

Just returned rom IOlr years
 stay with the Cerro de Pasco Mining company of Peru. being the superin- tendent there. He has many inter
 esting stories to tell of that country which will appear later.
 Fred W. Snow has accepted po- sition with the Ray Consolidated Copper company as mill tester. MT. Snow has had considerable mining experience and has only recently re- turned from mining business in Alaska. of which country he tells some wonderful tales.
 s. O. Stewart, a prospector of this section. has invented a dry placer separator. He has demonstrated it several times and 1t has worked very satisfactorily The machine is con- strgeted as follows: An upright post, two to ten feet in height, two arms of length in proportion to height, with a deep groove in them in which the dirt passes, and a receptacle on top which holds the dirt and passes it out into the revolving arms, which in turn keep throwing tn dirt out in circles; the heavier materials, gold, etc, naturally go to the outer circle, where it can be easily gath cred The machine is very simple and is much similar to a sugar sepa- rator The machine can be made very cheaply, being so simple, and can be run by gasoline engine or by hand MT. Stewart is having his invention patented ands expects to reap quite a little money out of 1t as 1t is a very valuable machine to a dry country like this. He is very much enthused over his invention and is going to make good use of the machine in the hills this winter.
 Ralph c. Rowland has accepted a position with the Ray Consolidated Copper company as chief sampler.
 Another great uncovering of hid- den mineral wealth has been made on the Countess group of claims owned by Sarrich, one of Arizona's oldest and most reliable prospectors, located four miles from Kelvin and one and one-half miles from Phoe- nix & Eastern R. R. There is a good wagon road to the railroad. This group consists of eight claims that have been developed in a num- Der of places. all showing a good grade of silver. and from recent as- says would pay the working ex- penses of the property for a long time. There are nineteen parallel lodges ranging from eighteen inches up to twenty-four feet wide running through this property, all showing good ore. There is also plenty of water on the property and enough wood for fuel purposes to last for years to come. Geo. Sarrich is we'll known man in Arizona. especial ly in this district He has made thirty y-one years on the border, as it was called in those early days. when the Indians were lurking be- hind trees looking for sca1ps. George can tell many thrilling tales of those early days. He has made several important deals and is one of those easy going fellows who is everybody's friend. and is known as good spender and he also knows how to make a good bargain George has had several options on this group of claims in the last two years. Just previous to the panic last year one Los Angeles party paid him $3.00O down but failed on the next pay ment, no doubt due to the financial furry This company had dug a 100-foot shaft and had encountered good shipping ore all the way down, Some of the samples at the 100- foot level were very fine shipping sam ples George has an All proposition in the Countess group and he ex- poets to make a turn any day. With this group of eight claims he also has thirteen claims adjoining. which show up very fine. Samples of ore the fair grounds.
 The Ray Consolidated Copper com pany is working right along. It now has two large diamond drills work ing and there are several more drills expected daily. They are striking good ore daily and will prospect their immense property thoroughly with the diamond drills before start ing the mill The mill at Kelvin is all in readiness to go ahead. and with the immense quantity of ore already blocked out. they can run the mill indefinitely. From all reports the mill now erected is merely an experimental one, having only a ca pacity of 400 tons daily, and as the work advances this mill will be al tered to meet the requirements nec- essary to treat this ore. and when they have arrived at the prBer treatment this mill will be torn down and 1000 to 5000 ton mill will be erected The Ray Consolidated Cop per company has splendid future and as this large corporation ad- vances with it's work so win the Kelvin mining district keep pace with it. Mining values are raising daily in this section and now Is the time for capitalists to get a good foot hold on the coming mining camp of Arizona There are many good prop critics in this section which can be bought very reasonably now. Most of the prospects carry considerable gold and silver and all will carry big bod i1e Of conner Anvene desiring in