Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-06
YUMA OPERATIONS
 LINEN HARCUvAR DISTRICT

NrMN. Ice. @". That things are 'a lc doing. after 'hr holidays. in north Yoma county i, fully demonstrated by 'hc work that ha. already been don'' and 'hit is now under way.
 Ip tne immediate vicinity of Bousc there ]. grea, actl,ity \ new town is under way. II F.. stone. of Doug l,.. and Arthur Phibrick and r.. C.I Norris. of GoldGcld. Nevada, have come iu. and with ample Financial back ing are buying, bonding, plotting and preparing for a sale large lot of land in the valley between The llarruvar and Plomosa mountains.
 The start that k already made is the building of the company oihc' building, a pretty bungalow, and the arrangements for inc starting of brick yard at once. at which will be made inc material for the construction of large motel building in which they will also locate bank. several stores livery barn. well equipped, will b" one of the earliest adjuncts, thus m surfing quick and sure means of trans portation to the surrounding mines. An electric light and power plant IS also on of their pet projects that will be rushed through with dispatch. and water works and an ice plant will not be far behind this. The water will he gathered from system of wells, from | which it mas been demonstrated that an inexhaustiblc supply can be obtain cd and the depth is very shallow. in surng chcapness of that most valued commodity.
 The scheme is one of merit for the mines around that section are great m
 numbers and their values are growing
 richer as the holes get into the carth
 deeper.
 The Clara Consolidated Copany are
 working at the Signal camp about
 twenty.two miles northeast of the pro
 posed town. between fifty and sixty
 men. opening up large ledge of black
 sulphide ore that carries heavy cop
 pcr value and in which the gold laonc
 would make n fair showing for the ex
 pense. They nave shaft down 3Oo feet. and at the bottom of it they arc
 now drifting, and in this drif, they
 have worked ninety.fvc feet. The
 shelter for this company is now part
 ly on the ground and the rest is being
 hauled as fast as the men and teams
 can transpor, it across the hills. It i'
 10 have capacity of BOG. tons and i' . expected to be ready early in tho coming year. A telephone line is now under construction from Bouse to tn' camp, and F.. l.. Short, better knowr
 to the miners as Doc Short, manage of the Baryton company store, has th' ' cont ract, and is hauling poles now He will not rest until the line IS com ' plete. Several Colorado and Montana outfits have men and teams at work n , the Planet section, about twenty-eigh . miles north of Signal, but of thel values we have no knowledge, for the! are quietly placing the ore on tn } dumps. keeping tneir own counsel an' . saving wood.
 West of Bousc, from two to tel , miles. there are n number of smal ' mines that are being opened as fast their owners can sink. and they are al
 sangune of success, and have the ric ores to show for their faith. The Lii l tie Butte and the Little Dutchmar both in this section, are shipping or - regularly to the Fl Paso smclters, an l. their owners, Tom Bouse and K. Nc l Mahan, are so well satisfied that the $ smile and look wise when talking { !, strangers. They have only few me 7 at work, hut their claims are bonde 9 at good figures and only await pay da
 before being made public. It is under !. stood that ]. C. Denton has the option on these properties, and he was see [ Monday entering the section wit s some capitalists from California way { Mr. Denton has bunch of eight O nine men sinking on the Frances grou F of claims, and they have put down ' shaft 100 feet. This group is showin n up better than well in gold and cor - per, but is not shipping at present. |
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