Arizona republican., 1912-12-29

On December 18th, the Copper Queen paid $266, 762.05 as taxes The Calumet & Arizona paid $170,0OO.0O
 rich silver strike is reported on the McEntree brothers property near SalOme. At a depth of 175 feet. there has been uncovered silver vein said to run over 200 ounces to the ton. The vein is 20 inches wide.
 A. L. Harroun of Kansas City has bonded the Bradford mine at Pata- gonia. This property is situated near the R. R. R. This property his shipped 126 carloads of carbonate ore to the Copper Queen shelter. The price paid for the property is said to be in the neighborhood of $150,000
 H. H. Bowman owner of the Quick silver property in the Mazatazal range, which has been noticed in these columns several times. is in town. He has bonded his property to c. N. Sears. Work has to be com menced in 90 days. The life of the bond is 10 months. MT Bowman says the quicksilver is found over very large area. He has prospected and found the metal for 1000 feet in width and 5000 feet in length. The native quicksilver is mostly found in the bands and seams of quartz in the schist. The formation and all the conditions are exceedingly favorable for an extensive quicksilver deposit. i'm and working in this district for thir- teen years, and there is now every in dication of his reaping well de- served reward, and we sincerely trust that he may
 Leslie Duke was down from Wick enburg for q couple of days. spend- ing the Christmas with his uncle. w.
 c. Foster. Leslie graduated from the Boston School of Technology with high honors as a mining engineer at the beginning of this year. he is now | employed and getting his first in sight into the practical side of his profession. at the Vulture gold mine near Wickenburg. Leslie is an en-
 ergetic and painstaking young man, and will undoubtedly make good as one of the younger generation of min ing engineers.
 w F. Bancroft spent Christmas in town. For a number of years he
 has held and worked claims near
 Eagle Eye, Maricopa county. The
 nearest R. R. station is Aguila on the
 Arizona California. The property is 1 oh J inly Marshal F Taft. a relative of Pres | ident Taft, and the Hon. Isaac T | Stoddard, is guest of the latter l Mir Taft was interested in mining in i Yavapai county for a number of ! years.
 Messrs. Rockwell and associates Oi i Los Angeles, have bonded the FiskC | and Richardson property near the OlC 1 Rackensack on Camp Creek. 50 miles l north of Phoenix. The property has
 small mill and the claims have pro- | duced some very good ore. The l ground presents excellent conditions | for tunneling and getting from six tC 1 seven hundred feet under the apex
 It is said energetic development work 1 will be commenced at an early date. The Red Rover mine 60 miles nortl | of Phoenix, shipped another carload | of high grade ore to the Dougla: !! smelter last Thursday. This ore was extracted from a raise being made i from the third level. This raise is now producing very rich ore. in tho form of Tetrahedrite and blue silvel l bromides Another force of men i: | now en route to the mine to star ] sinking operations. This property i: surely producing and developing in { i highly satisfactory manner, and al interests in the property are held D! 1 local men.
 The Tellurium Mining Co.,, ownint
 a gold, silver and lead property com
 prising 14 claims situated in thu
 northeast corner of Maricopa county l and three miles from the Gila river
 have bonded their claims to Col F
 Bowler. The consideration is said t
 be $1OO.0O0 There is time allow
 ance for a examination and sampl
 ing of the property, and if this con | firms the result or lne IlfSI eAdiLlnd
 tion, energetic development work Wll at once be commenced. There is al ready $5O,O00 provided for this pur pose Colonel Bowler will be l. charge of the work. He is thor ough; practical mining man, and wi ; either make a mine of the propert 7 or knock the bottom out of it. Tn , principal owners of the property ar Dr. A J. Chandler, Johnson, Merrill | Hill and Morris. all of Mesa.
 GLOBE-The Iron Cap at Coppe ? Hill is sending considerable coppe and iron ore to the Old DOmIniO