Weekly journal-miner., 1908-11-11
Trom Saturdays Daily)

Lss ,o the Planet and Signal mines, I,sral companies conducting opera. L., a number of large mining deals kser consideration and new reduction k.,p about Co be installed, the new l,rr country tributary to the Arizo. ! and California railroad is on the !, of the greatest period of prosper. !, ID ns history, according to the k,,men,s made here yesterday by NJ. Joscph to Journal. Miner repre-. Ist,ive.
 Joephi and his partner, William Snitson. received the second pay. r, of sG.20O on the Gold Hill group l nnes purchased by Harold Baxter ! VT months ago. The agreement of ls provides for the payment of $6,200 Josephi and Wilkinson every four | Irths until the full purchase price \ rO0Oo K paid. Baxter has a small Irfl employed on the ground. He is |,yer,ed here soon from New York to (ar development on a larger scale. ke main shaft on the Gold Hill is u l.j feet. A second shaft is l ra thirty feet. There is five feet of |s exposed, carrying avarage values in gold to the ton and ten per si copper. The property is in Gun |lgham Pass. eleven miles northwest Y tWendeu.
 "The new copper country is on the k, Of boom." the Cunningham Pass pteer said. Several companies are |almg development operations and ue is large number of prospeetors
 Ae hills. Representatives of large kyes,ng companies are seen almost hly on their way to examine promis- ks prospects, and there are several bir deals under consideration, some (which are almost certain to be closed Ou now as election is over.
 Operations were resumed yester. ty on the IIarqua Hala mines. The brsnza mine of the Harqua Hala toup has q record of gold production F S.0OO,00o. The Harqua Hala Min g company expects 10 have n large are employed by the middle of the Sn,h under the direction of Barney s.nn, who was recently appointed su' snn,cndent.
 "The main shaft of the Signal mine
 now below the 300 foot level. A f0'scut is being run from the 300 e, station to tap the ore body. The fo.scu, in the 200 foot level shows an h body ninety feet in thickness.
 Preliminary work of installing a H'n,y stamp mill is under way at the hnP of the st. Marcus Gold Mining fnpany The property IS located sih lIes southeast of Wenden.
 "A good sized body of high grade s was struck last week in the prop Fiy of the Corona Copper Company in ainingham Pass. The force of thir' sn miners will be increased as soon
 new hoisting machinery recently aiehased is installed. Sam Butler is l' eOmpany's superintendent.
 "rhe Hercules Mining Company will rame operations on it's properties puf miles southeast of .Wenden soon
 The Cunningham Pass Mining 0nPany has a force of thirteen min n employed since the first of tho AF The main working shaft IS now tOS the 300 foot level. Prosecuting
 The ledge is now under way from ie >ot,om level. A fair sized bod,
 high grade ore is exposed in tho ''"eut at the 200 foot level. The '0perty is known as the Boone group
 Aas produced large amount ol NPPlng ore in the last year whiel
 '" sold to the Fl Paso smelters.
 several other companies are oper 00e in the Bill Williams Fork, liar "tr and Harqua Hala ranges"
 hanging the conversation to poll
 '' Josephi said that Wenden is nov Of the banner Republican precinct
 Yuma county. "Everybody ther r'' surprised," he said, "when tn '''s were counted showing a majorit. Cameron. The night followinl 'vuon, when the returns showed th ''ehon of Taft and Cameron, the Re
 'Olleans celebrated their victory an
 Democrats their defeat by attend 's one of the largest dances eve
 Ven in the town.
 Miners and prospectors of the A
 c' country are, generally speakini
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