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Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
NEW DISCOVERY AT
PEARCE R0USES OLD
CAMP AND VICINITY
Strike Carrying High Gold Values Is
Made on FIourine Group-Flat-
tering Offers Are Made
for Claims

TOMBSTONE, Nov. 22.-Reports of
a GOLD ecitement come from Pearce.
The find was made on the Flourine
group, owned by Judge William d.
Monmonier and others and is claimed
to be an exceptionally remarkable
strike, carrying high values in the yell
low metal.
The character OF ore is f1ourine, a
blush tint impregnating the ore mat
ter and wherever found carries high
est values The find has caused quite
an excitement and all available ground
contiguous to the discovery. has been
located.
The strike has attracted number
of experts, who have examined the
ground and declared the ore to be
glaceine flourine such as found in
Colorado, where the sensational values
OF which has made it the most sought
for mineral in that state.
Work will be crowded at once on the
new discovery and another bonanza
expected to be opened up in that fam
Gus district. 1t is reported the owners
of the group have been beseiged with
fiattering offers from mining men for
bond or interest, but thus far have not
been accepted by the owners.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23

NOLDFIELD, Nov 22.-The Gold
II field Jupiter Mining company will
VI resume work this week. not in the
main working shaft which is down $50
feet, but on the southeast portion of
the company's ground, where a good
placer has been discovered on the Gold
en- Fleece lode. Assays indicate that it
will pay big when sluiced. AS there is
plenty of water in the Jupiter shaft
the supply will not cost a great deal,
as the company has been selling water
at the rate of 81 per 1000 gallons. Water
can be furnished for hydraulicking at
a much less cost for company use, as
1t is estimated that the Jupiter shaft
is making 10000 gallons of water
day. In sinking, several bikes of prom
Using looking quartz were cut. but ow-
ing to the flow of water development
was slow. The water may be a bless
ing in disguise.
II was known that the surface dirt
panned well, but very little attention
was paid to it. as the main object was
to get into solid formation and find
the ledge that carried high grade values
twelve to fifteen feet thick Ever since
the property was closed down a year
ago there have been applications for
leases on the Golden Fleece from men
who wanted to work the ground by the
placer method, provided water would
be furnished by the company. For a
week Tim Connolly, superintendent Of
the y. Mackenzie properties. has been
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
COURTLAND COUNTRY
GIVES BIG PROMISE
Copper Queen and Calumet and Ari-
iona interests Go to New Dis
trict-Latter Makes $4,000
Cash Purchase

BISBEE, Nov. 22.-The CORTLAND
country is now giving promise of be-
coming one of the great mining dis
tricts of the southwest as far as copper
mining goes. The town of CORTLAND
is growing in a way to indicate that
it is to be a permanent camp of i'm
portance. Both the Copper Queen and
Calumet & Arizona interests are in the
field, and several groups are under
bond to these companies.
Col. L. w. Powell, the general man
ager of the c. & A. interests of this
district, has recently entered into an
agreement with Paul Warnekros of
Tombstone, wherein the latter agrees
to deed to Powell certain claims at or
near Turquoise, the consideration being
$50, 900, divided into four payments ex-
tending over a period of a little over
a year.
Such an arrangement, to say the
least, speaks highly of the opinion the
local copper people have of the dis
trict, and is a most flatering indica-
ton that work on an extensive basis
will soon be under way at the new
Dragon camp.
Powell is certain of the prompt re-
turn of great prosperity and says that
while the sudden change for the better
which has taken place within the past
week had not made a noticeable change
in conditions here, he expects to see
this section Of Arizona have a wonder
full regime of prosperous times.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
BALLARAT PROPERTIES
PROMISE RICH RETURNS
Development Work by Shaft and Tun-
mel on Well Defined Vein Shows
Assays of 70 Per Cent
Copper

BIG PINE, Inyo County, Nov. a.
Work is progressing on the copper
properties of Rolls, Cunan, Johnson
and Johns near Ballarat, and the in
dications point to the property becom-
ing one of the best in this county.
One of the most promising copper pros
poets in the Argus range is the Copper
King, which is situated in Revenue
canyon about twelve miles northwest
of Ballarat. This property is owned by
James Cunan, George Johnson, Will
liam Rolls and Emmett Johns.
Considerable development work both
by shafts and tunnels has already been
done, but as yet no reliable estimate
can be made of the real extent of the
ore body. The vein, which is well de-
fined, gives every promise of making
DEPTH A tunnel which has been driven
on the vein for a distance of over one
hundred feet has been constantly in
ore which brings assay returns of from
to 70 per cent copper. The width of
the vein is from eight to fifteen feet,
and on this account and the variation
in the assay returns the owners hest
tate to declare an average valuation.
Enough has been proved, however, to
warrant them in believing that they
have the making of a great NINE
The sister property to the Copper
King, the Copper Bar is located in the
same canyon and owned by the same
parties. About $4,000 worth of ore
has already been blocked out and work
is now in progress blocking out a still
larger body The vein, which is be-
tween four and five feet wide, can be
traced for a considerable distance ON
the surface. where it crops plainly.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23

~ EARCHLIGHT, Nov. 22.-With the
~ advent of cool weather the des-
~ ert is again alive with prospec-
tors, and especially eastern San Ber-
nardino county, where California's best
finds for 1907-190 have been made.
The belt of country between the
Tonopah and Tidewater railway and
the Colorado river is receiving the
greatest attention. The new camps
now strung at nearly regular intervals
from north to south boundary lines of
the county, Hart, Gina, Kewanee.
Hodgeman (Orange Blosson) and
Goldbend being centers of attraction
where discoveries equal to Nevada's
best are being developed into paying
propositions.
. The most southerly camp, Goldbend
noted for the Gold Dollar find of c. H.
Mcclure, from which a very high
grade of ore has been shipped, is now
controlled by the California Hill com
pany. the principal owners of which are
a syndicate composed of Colorado
bankers and prominent Cripple Creek
mine owners, and operations upon an
extensive scale have been initiated.
A hfteen-mile run from Homer sta
ton on the Santa Fe takes one into
Coldbend camp which boasts of fully
a dozen shafts with pay one. While
the ores resemble those of Searchlight
and Hart, they equal in value the best
product of either district.
Beautiful streaks of chrysocolla such
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
MINES OF OAXACA
REGION ARE ACTIVE
PRODUCERS WORK THROUGH
TURBULENT TIMES
Increase in Operating Forces 5etokens
Return of Prosperity to Country
GeneraIIy-GoId Proper
ties in Demand

CITY OF MEXICO, Nov. cav. ].
Mining company of Oaxaca, is in the
city this week on a business trip, and
he is very optimistic regarding the flu
ture of OaXaca as mining country.
In referring to the various large
mines in that vicinity he observes that
their richness and productivity is plain
ly evident from the fact that they have
closed down at no time since the in
ception of the late panic.s Much of the
time during which the stringency last
ed was utilized by the various big en-
terprises in preparing for the future
production of ore rather than in the
actual productive activity. This prep
aration, he says, will result in a very
large production report for the ensuing
year.
Since election things have begun to
look up to a considerable extent and
the working force of all the mines has
been increased. This, he observes, not
only betokens the return of prosperity
to the country in general. but it also
indicates that the turn of the election
was satisfactory to the moneyed in
terests in general.
Chalskey says that all the develop
ment work which was discontinued
for some months will be resumed again
shortly.
In speaking of the gold properties
he remarks that the demand for them
is increasing materially. This fact he
attributes to the unsteady tone which
obtains now in the silver market.
During the past few days shipping
has been resumed on much larger
scale by the big companies. Last week
the Escuadra Mining company made a
single shipment of 100 tons of high
grade ore. The San Juan. San Martin
Zapote, Conejo Blanco and the Duende
are among the other heavy shippers
In referring to the Rosario company
of the Penoles gold district he says
that great preparations are being made
there for future activity. Luis Lepine,
manager of the company, went to Chi
cago a few days ago for the purpose
of purchasing an aerial cable system
by means of which ore will be conveyed
from mine near one of the mountain
tops to the mill down on the river
He says that mining men generally
believe that the price of silver has
reached its lowest point and that
henceforth it will continue to rise. The
slight rise in price during the past few
days he says has caused feelings of
much jublancy among mining men all
over the republic.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
MINES MINING AND PROSPECTS in GREAT SOUTHWEST REGION
Glance Ore Is Encountered in Eureka
Shaft of Arizona Commercial at Globe

Oxide lode at about forty feet further
The new Great Eastern shaft is going
down slowly.
This shaft is soon to be equipped
with second motion hoist, and Nord-
berg compressor, a part of the equip
ment having been already ordered. The
Superior & Boston company is erecting
twelve slightly cottages for its en-
ployes. About the usual amount of
ore is going to the Ell Paso smelter,
but no effort is being made to increase
the shipments, the management pre-
ferring to hold the ore in expectation
of a higher copper market later on.
There is very little that is new to
report in regard to the operations of
Old Dominion. Four furnaces of the
smelter are in blast and the produc-
ton for November should equal the
October output of 2,6S5,S91 pounds of
blister copper, which was the largest
of any month this year. The better
price that will be received for copper
this month should increase the earn
ings to S135,OOO. Development work is
progressing satisfactorily.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
CONGRESS MILL RUNS
FIVE HUNDRED TONS
TEST DEMONSTRATES NEED
OF CYANIDE PLANT
Operators of United Gold Mines Be-
lleVe Property Is Destined to
Rank Among Large
Gold Producers

PRESCOTT, Nov. ga test run of
500 tons of ore was recently finished
in the new mill of the United Colo
Mines company at Congress which, ac-
cording to the statement of j. II. Nor
rison, master mechanic of the company
demonstrated the necessity of INSTALL
ing a cyanide plant for the economic
treatment of the ores. The manage
ment expects to have the cyanide plant
ready for operation early in 1903.
1.-THE test run proved satisfactory 10
the management" says Morrison. me
four-stamp. Nissen mill worked per-
fectly as well as the three W1lhey
tables. The mill has capacity Oh
forty tons in the twenty-four hours.
With the addition of cyanide plant
the reduction facilities will be as near
perfect as possible. The management
expects to start installing the cyanide
plant in the near future.
THE mine is destined to rank among
the large gold producers of northern
Arizona. 1t is opened by a shaft 40V
feet in depth, from which over l0OO
feet of levels have been run. A large
tonnage of ore is exposed. The ore
carries good gold values and the pay
streak is continuous IL the shaft and
drifts. There is a twenty horse power
gasoline hoist at the shaft and the mill
power is also gasoline engines.
The United Gold Mines company 8
holdings, known as the Alaska group
of mines, are located at Congress, a
half mile west of the Congress mine,
the deepest developed gold property in
the territory. The Alaska ledge dips
easterly at an angle of thirty degrees
almost the same dip as the Congress
vein.
The Congress branch of the S. F., P.
& P. railroad passes over the claim
affording excellent transportation IA
cilities for the mine product and the
delivery of supplies without expensive
hauls by wagon which decreases the
nrofits of many of the most promising
properties In the territory.
The property was developed from a
mere prospect by d. ]. Sullivan, former
county assessor. He is confident that
it will yet rival in gold production the
Congress mine, which has been turning
out a steady stream of bullion many
wears
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
GoLDFIELD MAN BUYS
PROMISING LEAD MINE

James E. Keelyn of the Little Flor
ence has purchased a promising lead
property situated in Nye county about
$50 miles from Goldfield. 1t is located
ten miles from the Las Vegas railroad.
According to the purchaser, the prop
erty consists of a group showing a
ledge trend of fully $500 feet. The
formation is a contract of lime and
ouartzite and consists of quartz filed
with steel galena.
The vein has been developed to a
depth of thirty-eight feet and is from
three to four feet in width.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23

~ LOBE. Nov. 22.-The feature of the
IT weeks mining developments here
N was the strike of glance ore in
the Eureka shaft of the Arizona Com
mercial Copper company. Tuesday
night three feet of glance ore was
encountered ninety feet below the 800
foot level. and yesterday ten feet
deeper this rich stratum in the vein
had widened to six feet. that averages
from 20 to % per cent copper.
The shaft has been in the vein the
last 100 feet sunk, and the values have
steadily increased. A sample taken
Friday. twenty-three feet across the
vein, the full width of the shaft, elimi-
mating the richest ore, assayed better
than per cent copper. Yesterday
Assayer Tumpkey ground up some of
the tale that runs through the vein,
to test for gold and silver. and found
that it was filled with fakes of native
copper. The discovery was surprise.
The whole vein appears to be we'll
mineralized. and it is now confidently
expected that a big body of carbonate
and glance ore will be opened on the
700-foot level The Arizona Commercial
has 5000 feet of the Black Hawk vein,
and the ore possibilities have been
tremendously increased by the strike
in the Eureka shaft. which has added
very largely to the value of the prop
erty. At the Black Hawk workings
the west drift from the bottom of the
winze continues in good carbonate ore.
Continued Improvement marks the
progress of the development of the Su-
perior & Boston property. on the 48O-
foot level of the Great Eastern mine,
$50 feet east of the Wine. the vein has
been stripped disclosing fifteen feet of
high grade carbonate and glace ore.
The east drift of this level is still
in ore. The company received for ore
shipped in September $4,000, which
paid all the expenses for the month
and of which a balance of $25OO re-
NAMED At the Gardner shaft the
south crosscut on the 400-foot level is
IN 100 feet and should cut the Black
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
Work Starts on Buzzard

GOLDFIELD, Nov. 22.-Work has
started on the Goldfield Buzzard Min
ing company's ground, four miles east
of town, close to the Congo tunnel.
Through the properties of the COM
pany, which consist of the Buzzard
and Carruthers, there runs wide dyke
from which in places good assays have
been secured. In the shallow shafts
low grade is in evidence, and it is the
belief of the manager that at depth
of several hundred feet, with cross
cutting and drifting, an ore shoot will
be found In this section of the dis
trict considerable work was done
years ago.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
NICKEL MINE
TO RESUME OPERATIONS

TONOPAH, Nov. 22.-The property
owned by the American Nickel com
pany, located near Boyer's, fifty miles
east of Lovelock, and which was closed
down last January on account of labor
trouble, will resume operations some
time during the first of this week. This
announcement was made by the presi-
dent of the company Wednesday night,
and, according to the plans mapped out,
the work of operating the mine will be
carried out on a much larger scale than
ever before
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
Opens Body of Manaanese

TONOPAH, Nov. 22.-The shaft of
the Pioche-M Mohawk is now down 1875
feet, at which point good body of
manganese has been opened up. This
ore body seems to be the same as was
opened up at the eighty-foot level.
The shaft will be continued to the 200
foot level, at which time an electric
hoist will be installed and crosscuts be
started to develop the vein. The ore
carries about ninety ounces in silver
with large proportion of lead. The
equipment has been ordered and is in
transit.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
Mushett Lease to Resume

GOLDFIELD, Nov. 22.-That the
Mushett lease will be in operation in
a few days is the information received
from man who ought to know. The
names of the parties who will finance
the property on which so many have
tried their hands. will not be given out
until work is actually started. It is
intimated that with ore in sight and a
good crew of miners at work a heavy
output will be made,
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
WATER is ENCOUNTERED
IN SHAFT OF THE MIZPAH

TONOPA5, Nov. 22.-While engaged
in sinking in the Mizpah shaft sew
eral days ago, water was encountered
at a depth of 1926 feet. The amount
of the flow has not as yet been de-
termined, but operations at that point
have been stopped in order to find the
volume of the water and see if it is
necessary to install a pump before
sinking can be resumed. If the flow
is not too great operations will be re-
sumed at once. This is the first time
water has been found in the Mizpah,
although in the Red Plume shaft water
was found at about the 400-foot level.
At first it was thought to be the same
channel that was in the Red Plume,
but this idea has been cast aside
when the distance between the two is
considered
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
IS CONFIDENT
OF SYLVANITE
BISBEE MAN BACKS FAITH
WITH CASH
DYNAMITE SHOTS SOUND LIKE
FOURTH OF JULY
Country for Nine Miles Around Is
Already Prospected and Gold
Comes in from Every
Direction

BISBEE, Nov. 22.-George Buxton
with him a breath of the enthusiasm
and hustle which are said to prevail in
the camp. He is so full of stories of
confidence in the camp, and reasons
therefor that he makes the average
listener feel as if he were wasting his
time and throwing away golden oppor-
tunity by staying away from the new
gold camp another minute. Buxton
like many other Bisbee men of means,
is backing up his belief in the camp
with investments.
Buxton is interested in the Merry
Bird and independence claims owned
by the Eureka Mining company, COM
posed of several of the leaCing bust
ness men of Bisbee. including w. H.
Brophy, E. A. Tovrea, NJ. j. Cunning
ham and others. The shaft is now
down twenty feet and three. shifts are
being worked.
1T sounds like a Fourth of July
celebration" sail Buxton. You can
ar the shots of the prospectors re-
sounding at all hours of the day and
night from different sections of the
camp. The whole country, for eight
miles in one. direction and nine in
another, has been prospected, and
claims have been taken up all along.
A new strike has recently been made
directly south nine miles, and a
bunch of Ell Pasoans have flocked to
the section and staked out everything
they could get. Some of them went
out by moonlight.
Everybody is enthusiastic. And it
is no wonder. They are getting gold
from all directions, and old mining
men who make a business of new gold
camps are flocking in from Colorado
and NtIada. They without exception
say the formation is favorable and
worth any amount of development.
Supplies are coming in all the time, and
1 passed several loads of lumber on the
way to the camp as 1 came from Syl-
Vanite to Hachita today.
s. To Have Newspaper
by the way, Sylvanite is to have a
new newspaper, to be known as the
Sylvanite Miner, the first issue to ap-
pear next Saturday. A veteran news
paper man by the name of Stoneinan,
of Nevada, used to newspaper work in
new gold camps, will be at the mead of
the enterprise, and has plenty of money
back of him. The first issue of the
paper, will be filled with free advertise
ments and will be distributed graft
uitous over the camp.
you asl; me about the number Of
peope in the camp. Well, the other
night we counted 165 people in Bill
Trua.;'s saloon at one time, and TAX
ing a radius of two and one-half
miles from the center of the camp I
would judge that there are near $50
people there l am firmly of the opin-
ion that in a comparatively few months
this will be multiplied by ten"
Buxton said that Gus Hickey and
C. A. Blair have a couple of claims on
the flats south of Sylvanite proper, and
that assays from there run $26 to the
ton. The Kite group, formerly under
control of NJ. j. Cunningham of this
city, has been sold to ]. B. A. Stuart
for $4,000. of which $4,000 was paid
down. The group includes six claims.
The branch store of the Buxton
Smith company at Sylvanite is doing
a thriving business.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
GOLD BEND DISTRICT
MINES ENTER A POOL

NEEDLES, Nov. 22.-The Gold Bend
Mining district has shown considerable
activity the past few weeks. Several
of the companies have pooled their in
terests with that of the California
Hills. The stock in that company has
raised in price from less than a cent
to 16 cents in q few months, on the
Los Angeles stock exchange. The shaft
of Cold Dollar, which was the original
Mcclure discovery, is now down 10S
feet and a contract has been let for
another hundred feet of work. Some
very rich ore has been taken out of
this claim. At the time Of the discovery
two years ago samples were played
around town that showed gold values
as high as $4,000. A force of fifteen
men is at work on this property, and
they expect to be shipping high grade
ore here to the smelter in very short
time
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
Godfield Jupiter to Work Placer
Ground on the Golden Fleece Lode

prospecting the ground, with the con-
clusion that right on the surface the
dirt will run from so to rs cents a cubic
yard, which is considered rich placer
dirt in any camp.
sluicing as soon as the boxes are IN
place and a gasoline pump is installed.
Ever since the early history of the
camp the Sandstone, Kendall and May
Queen properties. short distance
southeast of the Golden Fleece, have
been famous for their rich surface de-
posits, and many fortunes have been
taken out on all three in shallow work.
ings. Surface dirt has been shipped
from the Sandstone and the Kendall.
Owing to the scarcity of water only the
very high grade portion of the dirt
could be worked
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
Aqain Produces

GOLDFIELD. Nov 22.-The Com
bination Fraction is again making a
heavy production from the company
shaft, at the rate of from forty to
fifty tons a day of smelling ore. 1t
comes from the 3O0-foot level and the
upraise from that point as well as
from an intermediary drift below that
level. The ore body varies in width
from three to six feet. With the lit
tie Florence Mining company in splen-
did ore and shipping, the Fraction will
make up any falling off in the output
from the mines and leases that was
noticeable last week.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
New Mill at Vernon

TONOPAH, Nov pa concentrate
ing plant will soon be erected on the
Buckhorn property near Vernon. Large
bodies of milling ore have been blocked
out and a water supply has been Sc
cured so that everything is in readi-
ness to start the mill as soon as COM
pleted.
Los Angeles herald., 1908-11-23
Mill Changes Hands

TONOPAH. Nov 22.-The mill at
Silver Bow has changed hands and will
be treating ore within two or three
months. In the meantime it will be
given an overhauling by the new own
ers and adapted to the character of
rock In that rich camp.