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Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-29
GERMAN-AMERICAN TEST
CARRIES 500 IN GOLD
New Road from Indio Into the Palms
Country Near Completion-WiIl
Shorten Distance

The German-American Mining and
Milling company has just had mill
test made on the ore from one Of it's
claims. The ore ran $9s in gold ton.
This makes the third test and the
average is 1913 gold ton. The vein is
forty inches in width. The walls are
granite and feldspar, with tale between
the walls and the ore. The ore is prac-
tically free milling.
A tunnel is now being run in to cut
the ore body 100 feet below the apex
of the vein. The tunnel will be about
225 feet long, seVenty-five feet of which
is already done. f. c. Longnecker,
manager, and w. H. Ailard, superinten-
dent, expect to strike as good ore If
not better at that depth. MI. Allard is
an experienced mining man and is en-
thusiastic over the company's property.
DIR. S. L. Kistler, one of Los Angeles
prominent physicians, is president and
treasurer of the company.
The company has just completed a
large mess house containing three
rooms. Also ample tent room.
AS soon as the tunnel is completed
mill will be installed.
A new road through the mountain to
Coachella will soon be opened, shorten
ing the distance and avoiding all steep
grades. The distance from the COM
pany's property to Indio or Coachella
on the Southern Pacific railroad will be
about twenty-five miles. This road will
be an outlet for the Gold Park and
Twenty-nine Palms districts.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-29
MOUNT ELLIOTT SHIPS
GOLD BAR WORTH $1357

PRESCOTT. March 2S.-A gold bar
worth $1S5727 was received by the
Bank of Arizona last week from the
Mount Elliott Consolidated Mines conf
pany. The bar is the result of the
cleanup of the plates of thirteen
days run, one shift daily, in the ten
stamp mill on ores from the Dividend
mine. The mill is plating over 800
every twelve hours on the average, be-
sides turning out high grade concen-
trates. The bar will be shipped to the
branch mint in San Francisco.
Reliable information was received last
week that a new discovery had been
made in one of the Slopes in the Divi-
dend mine. An ore body has been
exposed, the existence of which was
unknown before, which samples $3l tn
the ton in gold. The size of the pay
streak has not been proven, but as far
as developed the shoot has the indi-
cations of being a large one, compared
with others in the mine now being ex-
plotted.
. The mill will be kept in operation
one shift day steadily. The force in
the mine is confined to development
operations.
The Dividend mine is located north
of and adjoining the Lelan and imme-
diately west of the Jessie group. 1t is
one of the old locations of the Big Bug
district, and although yet in its first
stage of development has an excellent
record in gold production.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-29
SONORA MINES ENTER
CONSOLIDATION
NEW COMPANY ORGANIZES AT
PHOENIX
Max Muller and Associates Acquire
Nineteen Mines in State to the
South-Officers in Los
Angeles

Articles of, Incorporation were filed
at Phoenix, Ariz., March 10 for the
Sonora Consolidated Mines company, a
corporation with $2,OOO,000 capital, that
is in effect the American organization
for a like company organizing at Her
mosillo, Sonora, Mexico, by Max Null
Ter, vice president of the Bank of
Sonora, and his associates, taking over
the following list OF nineteen mining
properties, consisting of quartz and
placer gold, silver, copper and mercury,
located throughout the state of Sonora
and principally along the new line Of
the Southern Pacific company, extend
ing up through the mineral region Of
Sonora:
Cobre Alto, FL Bronco, Excelsior, La
Moreno, La Plata, Mercurio, Santa
Rita, Veta Grande, Ell Pajarero, La
Germanena, La Rosalia, Los Quelites,
sta. Gertrudis, Edison, Conita Copper,
Providencia, Guaymas and Las Mil
pitas.
The officers and controlling spirits of
the Sonora Consolidated Mines conf
pany are Max Muller, president; George
Grunig, vice president, the owner of
Sonora brewery; Victor Aguilar, direc-
tor, treasurer of the state of Sonora;
H. J. Smith, director, who is cashier
of the Bank of Sonora; Herman Wend-
Ter, director, who is consulting engineer
and general manager. The American
representatives of the Sonora Console
dated Mines company are G. ]. East
man and A. D. Childress, and offices of
the company will be maintained both
at Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, and also
at 6O5-6OS International Bank building,
Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-29

nHOENIX, March Isl. E. Meyer,
president of the Arizona Bouse
Il Mining company, has arrived from
Rouse, loaded down with gold, copper,
lead and silver ore samples, his head
chock full of mining news of general
interest. He said there is great inter-
est in the Bouse section over c. b.
Holmans strike on Gold mountain
often referred to as the rhyollte
strike. He had visited it and with
others became properly enthused, AS
heretofore explained Holman and as
sociates have located sixteen new
claims in that vicinity and taken an
option on the silver lead claims l00O
feet from the strike, on which there
is an old shaft about 100 feet deep.
Concerning that property Mr.. Meyer
said there is a vein at least six feet
wide on which there is a surface cut
from which he brought in several sam
piles half as big as ones head that are
almost solid galena. He says there
seems to be enough of that kind of ore
in sight, ready for development to keep
a smelter busy. When he left the men
were clearing out the old shaft prepar-
ing to enter and examine it, as that
had not yet been done when he left,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-29
LATEST PROCESS MILL
FOR LOW GRADE ORE
TEACHING METHOD EXTRACTS
AT NOMINAL COST
Plant Comprises Electric Engine, Rock
Crusher, Automatic Grinder, Mix
ers and Leaching Tank-ln-
creases Percentage Saved

For many years the recovery OF
values from low grade ores mas peen
the dream of miners and the nope or
chemists Ever since the first stamp
mill was erected, it has been the de-
sire of metallurgists and mining men
to increase the percentage of eXtrac-
ton of gold. silver and copper.
The new electrical copper teaching
process will extract the copper from
the ore at about one-third the cost
of smelling, and takes out the copper
from the ore chemically pure and leav-
ing the gold and silver in the silt, then
the cyanide is turned in, which takes
cut the gold and silver, saving trans
portation charges and refining.
N Machinery that is used in connec-
ton with the plant is an electric en-
CINE, rock crusher, automatic grinders
and mixers and the teaching tanks.
The ore is first sent through the
rock crusher, then into the automatic
grinders, which pulverize it, then into
the automatic agitator. and Is thor
oughly agtated and mixed with the
secret solution and sent into the leach
ing tanks by gravity. In the tanks Is
a copper plate which the solution with
the copperAin it is poured, and by the
aid of electricity Is plated on the Top
per plates. After the solution is
passed to the last tank all the copper
has been taken out, the solution is
pumped back to the first tank and
mixed with more ore and used over
again.
The cost is much cheaper than
smelter. and the plant can be put up
for $35 900. One of the above described
plants will be erected on the Califor-
MIA Gold and Copper companys prop
erty at Vontrigger, Cal, as soon as
possible.
The company's property consists of
nine claims, all patented, with three
shafts down 100. 100 and S17 feet, re-
spectively, with about 10000 tons of
ore on the dump ready for the mill.
Also plenty of water on the property,
which is brought in pipes from the
blackberry mountains, distance OF
eight miles.
There is 1000 feet of underground de-
yelopment work done.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-29

NOLDFIELD, March 2S.--Nine hun
~ dred thousand dollars for the
~ Alamo and Lucky Boy claims in
the new Hawthorne district-offered
and refused.
q f. Collins, st. Louis capitalist,
came to the conclusion that 100000
cash he had offered Johnny" Miller
for the claims Wednesday was not
high enough to merit serious consid-
Grafton, so just before leaving Gold.
field he anted 100000 more, and still
Miller refused the offer.
Miller and Collins left together in
Miller's private car, and the latter
may stop over at Hawthorne to in
spect the big silver-lead properties,
and it is barely possible that he may
raise his offer to an even million, II
not even higher.
The preliminary era of the new
Hawthorne district is about ended, and
it has proved a wonder to the world
of mining. The future can scarcely be
overestimated.
The Hubbard lease formally declared
dividend of $4,000. the first dividend
declared by the new district, and the
forerunner of better ones to come.
st. Louis parties have just purchased
claim in the new section for $4,000
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-29
Miller Refuses 100000 for
Claims i'm Hawthorne District

cash, and promise development work
upon a highly extensive scale.
Joe Hutchinson, in his address last
night at the chamber of commerce
meeting, said that Esmeralda county
would produce more lead the coming
year than all of the Occur d'Alene
country combined, and that Hawthorne
would be the main producer.
The Southern Pacific. which tore up
its rails to Hawthorne, will rebuild the
line without any further delay.
The Hubbard company expects to
pay dividends at the rate of $4,000
every month.
Deeper and more intricate grow the
questions propounded to witnesses in
the Mohawk Frances Mohawk damage
suit on trial before a jury in Judge
Stevens division of the district court.
Only mining men of considerable ex-
perience can obtain an interest in the
evidence now being adduced, as it is
almost wholly technical.
John wellington Finch, former gem
eral manager for the Consolidated
Mines company, occupied the stand all
of the day and answered a rapid fire
of questions both from the plaintiff,
the Mohawk company, and the defense
on cross examination. The court room
was again crowded.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-29
COPPER REACHES LOWEST
POINT IN SEVEN YEARS

Sales of copper at IL cents during the
past week-the lowest price since jan
uary, 190S-were not calculated to
arouse any degree of enthusiasm over
the situation. There is, however, con-
ISOLATION in the belief that further re-
auctions will force some of the produce
ing companies to close their mines for
a time, thereby reducing the market
able supply. This, in itself, will tend
to raise the price of the metal. The
knowledge of the existence of large
unmarketed stocks, now estimated at
lie, 100000 pounds, is doubtless influence
ing consumers to buy only for imme-
date requirements. The Amalgamated
company thus far has shown no inten-
ton of reducing it's output; its stock
after selling down to 661a on Monday
showed stout resistance and greater
strength on the succeeding days.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-29
HARRIMAN'S VISIT MAY
RESULT IN NEW ROAD

CANANEA, March. 2S.-Considerable
interest was aroused by the late visit
of e. H. Hartman and party. A con-
ference of some length was held be-
tween Mr. Hartman and Col. W. c.
Greene, and it is believed that plans
were discussed at this meeting con-
corning the proposed construction of
a new line of railroad from Cananea
to some point in the state of Chihua-
hua, on the Rio Grande, Sierra Madre
& Pacific railroad, on the line of which
are located the large lumber camps of
the Sierra Madre Land and Lumber
company, of which Col. Greene is presi-
dent.
The proposed line, aside from pro-
viding a new outlet for the products
of the lumber company, would pass
through what is known as the Arizpe
district and open up one of the richest
mining sections in the state of Sonora.
''whats the purpose of that freak bill you've
introduced?"
Nothing simpler" replied the western legis-
letor you read about the bill in the papers,
didn't you?"
yes"
"And heard many people discussing it?''
"I did"
''wen. that's the answer?"- Philadelphia
Public Ledger.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-29
NATIVES RESUME WORK
ON RICH PLACER BEDS

SILVER CITY, N. NJ, March 2S.-
The recent rains have furnished an
abundance of water in the gulches of
the Pinos Altos mining district, nine
miles north of this city. for placer
mining. The natives have not had an
opportunity to use their arrastas for
more than a year, owing to the scarcity
of water, but are now out in full force
washing the virgin" dirt, as they
call it, brought down by the recent
snowfalls and rains. A conservative
estimate would place the number now
averaging from SO to 81 a day at this
work at about a hundred. On a visit
to this district, which has produced
more gold ore than any other in the
territory, according to territorial sta
tistics, one is impressed with its rich
ness when he views all these natives
washing out tiny nuggets of pure gold.
The heavy freight teams of w. A.
Tenney and others are busily engaged
hauling out a large amount of mining
machinery. both to the gold camps of
the Mogollons and to the copper mines
of the Burro mountains.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-29
GRAND ISLAND STRIKE
EXCITES VERDE DISTRICT
SuIphide Pay Streak Shows Thickness
of Four Feet, % Per Cent
Copper

JEROME, March 2S.-Reliable infor-
nation is that the strike recently
made in the. Grand Island mine is the
most important made in the Verde
district for many months. The ore
was entered at depth of 80 feet IN
the shaft. The shaft is now down four
feet and the sulphide paystreak shows
a thickness of four feet, samples or
which assay % per cent in copper and
800 in gold to the ton. The sinking OF
the, shaft is being pushed.
The rich Grand Island ore is the
general topic of interest in Jerome.
Several parties owning properties IN
the neighborhood of the Grand Island
are preparing to start the development
of their claims, encouraged by the dis
covery.
The Grand Island Mining company,
owning the property, number in its
shareholders several merchants and
miners of Jerome. 1t was promoted
by r. A. Smith and Paul Smyly six
months ago after they purchased the
claim from E. D. Hurley, who located
it several years ago and who, although
he did not develop it to any extent,
sold it for a good price.
1t is the south extension of the Cop
per Chief mine, owned by the Copper
Chief Mining company, seven miles
south of Jerome, in which mining en-
gineers claim there is 100000 worth
of ore blocked out.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-29
BUY
IN CHIHUAHUA
VAST CAPITAL TO DEVELOP
RESOURCES
RAILROADS, MINES AND LANDS
IN DEAL
With Projects Contaminated State
Will Receive New Life and Great
Influx of Foreign Persons
and Business

CHIHUAHUA, Mexico, March Is
A remarkably good sign of the times
for the state of Chihuahua and nortn-
ern Mexico is the coming in of big
Canadian and English capital to De
invested in the development OF natural
resources. Unless all signs fall, TINS
state will soon have two aggregatlons
of this capital taking hold of railroads,
a lumber enterprise and hydro-elec-
trio enterprise in this state.
Principal of these is the aggregation
headed by DR.. F. S. Pierson, which, ac-
cording to reliable information, Will
take over the Chihuahua q PACING
railroad, Col Greene's Sierra Madre d
Pacific railroad and it's concessions, his
Sierra Madre Land and Lumber COM
pany's sawmills and nearly three mil
lion acres Of timber lands, and adJoin-
ing timber tracts of about million
acres more, together with stock
ranches.
Another probable investment is that
of the Mexican Northern Electric Pow
er company. This company, which is
formed for and has concessions from
the Mexican government to develop
water power in the northern part OF
Mexico, is confidently expected to
build at La Joya on the Upper Con-
chos river a great hydro electric power
plant to furnish cheap power to the
great mines of the Parral district and
other sections, even possibly to this
city.
Engineers Examine Mines
what is known as the Rothschilds
group, or, more particularly, that
group which owns the great El orc
mines and railroad to the state of
Mexico, has party of able engineers
out now examining mines of the
Greene Gold-Silver company with a
view to their purchase. These people
represent English capital.
The Importance of the influx Of this
foreign capital is clear. If all or any
one of these deals are finally consum-
mated, it means new life infused into
business in this city and state. 1t
will mean a general renewal of conf
dence, as this would be the first large
influx of foreign capital since the
financial crisis of 1907 in the United
States and Europe and which naturally
affected Mexico. These deals would
insure the prosperity of Chihuahua for
years to come.
Another feature of this capital IS
not to be underestimated. Canada is
a young, rich and virile country. TEEN,
ing with youthful energy, brains and
capital. 1t is only recently that the
people have begun to branch out. Ca
nadians and their money are already
heavily interested in Mexico, Monte
rey and other parts of the republic.
No better or holder people exist any
where. and Mexico needs them and
that badly.
AS to English capital, it speaks for
itself. Englishmen and English money
have led In development around the
world. They have already done much
in Mexico and they will be welcomed
in this state.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-29
PIONEER BELIEVES HANGING
WALL OF BONANZA REACHED

RHYOLITE, March 2S.-After cut
ting through forty feet of ore, all of
which the management announces is
of a commercial quality the crosscut
on the 210-foot level in the famous
Pioneer lease exposed what was sup
posed to be the hanging wall of the
big bonanza ledge. The first surprise
came when a round of shots exposed
ore running above $50, but the really
big surprise came Tuesday when
round of shots exposed three feet of
ore that averaged $240, according to
assays made at the company's office
at Pioneer. This information came di-
rect to Oscar j. Smith from Superin-
tendent Nader. What is yet in store
for the hanging wall is matter of
conjecture, but what has already
taken place in territory which was ex-
pected to be barren ground is about
the biggest thing that has happened
in this mine of marvel and mystery
The breast of the crosscut exposes the
solid ore Lody.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-29
Holman Gold Mountain Strike
.Stir.S Interest i'm BOuSe Civ

the opinion being secured merely on
surface indications.
Mr.. Meyer has received a message
from Holman which reads; "Great
rush to lead camp. New strike made"
Whether that refers to the lead prop
erty or the adjacent rhyolite gold
claims Mr.. Meyer does not know. WAL
ter Harvey Weed, who represents the
General Development company of New
York. a so-called Lewisohn financial
house, came in from Parker and re-
ported to Mr.. Meyer that as he passed
through Bouse he saw Mr.. Holman,
who was engaged in expressing a sack
of samples to Mr.. Meyer, which the
last named expects to receive today.
He assumes they are from the strike
referred to in the message. Speaking
of the lead samples Mr.. Meyer said he
believed that property would also turn
to gold at depth as there are gold
values in 1t now, but whether it does
or not the lead and silver are valuable
and there is plenty of gold In the other
claims and in numerous groups in that
vicinity.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-29
NeM salome Company

PRESCOTT. March 2S.-The presi-
dent of the Salome Hillside company,
which has bought the group of claims
adjoining the Arizona Northern on
which the big strike was recently
made. is John w. Sharpe, well known
in Arizona as a successful operator in
large enterprises, and the man who
sold the big Florence canal property
and got the money for 1t.
The vice president is David Shear of
Warren, Pa, man of means who is
not a mining operator, but has un-
limited confidence in the men he has
associated with, and says he is willing
to invest on their judgment and his
own observation. The secretary is E.
A. Goodrich of the Southwestern
Realty company of Phoenix. and the
treasurer is George M. Hahn, a bank
er. fruit grower and large land holder
of salt River valley. we'll known to
everybody. All of them are of high
repute and business integrity as well
as men of successful undertaking who
have the means to back up any en-
terprise they associated themselves
xx,ith
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-29
MINING REVIEW PRESENTS
GREAT SOUTHWEST NUMBER

The "Great Southwest Number" of
the Los Angeles Mining Review, pub
lished last Saturday, is one of the big
things of the week in mining. The
issue comprises more than one hun
dred pages, covering the field in a
comprehensive manner.
Among the more important and
striking items are LOS Angeles, the
Mining Center;'' what Mining
Means" what Holds Us Back"
What We Are Doing" 1.-THE Copper
State,'' 1.-THE Pride of Arizona
southwestern Arizona" "Courtland,"
"The San Francisco District" Great
Is Nevada" 1.-THE Touch of Gold"
Romance of Phoebe" and "Oil City of
the Vest
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-29
ETA MINE ENTERS ERA
OF ASSURED PROSPERITY

PRESCOTT, March 2S.-With a six
months ore supply in the slopes and
mill bins, and an ore reserve suffi-
cient to keep the mill running an addi-
tional six months blocked out, the
Eta mine is entering upon the most
promising period since it's discovery.
Cornelius O'Connor, treasurer of the
Bockariz Mining company, owning the
property, says that the mill and cyan
ide plant is in steady operation day
and night at the mine and working
satisfactorily. The ten-stamp mill was
recently removed from it's former site
on the Verde river to the mine, where
it was erected by Elliott e. Drescher.
A cyanide plant was added to it, as
we'll as other modern machinery. The
preliminary run of the plant proved it
in first class condition. 1t is now run
ming day and night.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-29
LAPlS LAZULi GEM
MINE STRIKES GOLD

A strike is reported on properties of
the Lapis Lazuli Mining company, an
assay made by R. A. Perry showing
S2O4 to the ton in gold. The ore was
taken from an eight-inch ledge across
the face of the tunnel.
This company is expected to have a
rich property in Death valley. Be-
sides the gem of Lapis Lazuli it Is
running we'll in gold values. This sec
ton of the Funeral range. Echo Lee
district, is one of the strongest miner
allied belts, overlooked generally by
the mining world, but is now gradu-
ally coming to the front, and is being
looked into by conservative mining
men.
The Lapis Lazuli Mining company
has offices in Los Angeles.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-29
Find at Ben Hur

PRESCOTT, March 2S.-Reports have
been coming in from Cave Creek dur
ing the last few days of a strike made
in the Ben Hur mine. The Ben Hur is
located about thirty miles north of
Phoenix and a half westerly from Cave
Creek station, on one of the best sites
for accessibility and economy of opera
ton in this district, 1t was located
by John Osborn, an old resident of the
territory and well known locally as an
authority on practical prospecting, by
which is meant the location and de-
velopment of actual ore bodies and not
"pockets."
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-29
CLARA ORDERS STEEL
STRUCTURAL MATERIAL

BOURSE, Ariz., March 2S.-The Clara
Consolidated company has ordered
steel structural building throughout
for it's converter plant. and has placed
an order for the increased capacity
of said plant. Instead of % or 30 ton
plant, orders have been placed for a
Acton converter plant with one Acton
overhead electric travelling crane, 45-
foot span plant complete.
A new three compartment shaft has
been started on the Swansea group
and is being rushed with three shifts,
and will be sunk to the thousandfoot
level
Los Angeles herald., 1909-03-29
Encounters MoIybdenum

A. Zedler who Is operating mines
at Rose Creek, only twelve miles west
of Winnemucca, has uncovered what
promises to be a valuable deposit of
ore carrying q considerable percentage
of molybdenum, says the Star. The
ore occurs in a white quartz and sam
pies of the rock brought to town show
large patches of this valuable metal
In doing work ON his claims Mr. Zedler
has disclosed molybdenite in a number
of places. and it is his intention to
sink a shaft on the property and p ove
the extent of the deposit. The prop
erty is located about a mile from the
railroad line.
Molybdenum is worth SIZE pound,
and is used as an alloy for steel in the
manufacture of certain tools, gun bar
rels, wire, etc.