The Arizona copper camp., 1916-01-14

Fred bennett, former commissioner
of the general land office, is the at
torney in charge of the land end of
the enterprise Recently he explained
the purposes of the Philadelphians
to the members Of the Arizona Land
Commission. At his request the COM
mission filed with the United States
Land Office an application for the
withdrawal of 1900 acres of agri-
cultural land below the dam site. The
petition was rendered under the pro-
visions of the Carey Act.
Four hydraulic giants" the first
to be installed in the Lynx Creek
field, are about to commence opera
tion at the property of the Wichita
Placer company corporation having
the backing of California, Kansas and
Eastern capital. A water supply ample
for continuous placer mining opera
tions has been conserved in the COM
panys dam, two sets of sluice boxes,
each 40 feet long and in four sec
tions are in place, and the big pumps
have been set up and are in good
working order J. W. Anderson is in
charge. of the giants. Mr.. Alderson
who for many years was in charge of
hydraulic mining plants at Leland,
Oregon, states that the holdings of
the Wichita Placer company are rich
assured financial success
The heavy snowfall of late Decem-
Der assures an ample supply of water
for sluicing purposes for many
months. Encouraged by the prospect,
the smaller operators along Lynx
creek and elsewhere are getting their
ground in shape for immediate work.
ing. In former years Lynx creek, as
a rule, has supplied very limited
amount of water with the result that
the areas prepared for the simpler
processes of ground sluicing have been
small. The current year, however,
much larger areas are being prepared
under conditions which indicate very
the season. Fifteen placer mining out
fits have established their camps along
the creek, and others are preparing
to leave Prescott for the same field.
Although placer mining is by no
means a recently established industry
in Yavapai county-it having been
profitably followed away back in the
day of the Apache in Arizona-it is
of late, due to it's increasing scope and
formerly among mining men as
class. Within the last few months
a number of representatives of out
side capital have investigated the
gold yielding possibilities of the coun-
tvs placer areas and have reported
favorably thereon to their clients
w. H. Jones, who has just COM
pleted a five weeks inspection of the
large placer field owned by Shumate
and partners in the Quartzsite country,
is much gratified over the result of
his tests. He has made a favorable
report thereon to his employer, and
anticipates the early consummation
of a deal that will involve placer
mining operations on an extended
scale.
Davidson Markham representing a
San Francisco firm that manufactures
an elctro- magnetic machine for sep
arating gold from gravel, is making
exhaustive tests in the various placer
fields of Yavapai county. He is now
investigating the possibilities Of the
Humbug creek section, south of Har-
rington. Upon the completion Of his
work there he will investigate the
placer areas tributary to Prescott.
Harrington is we'll satisfied with the
result of the tests thus far made.
Richard Cline, one of the best known
mining engineers in the west, and
former field man for the Holden
smelter interests, recently inspected
large placer area in the Walnut
Grove section. An important deal
hinges upon the tenor of his re-
port. Cline expressed himself as be-
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