Tombstone epitaph., 1917-07-29

60 per cent. $500: Is per cent, $40
gl2.oo; 10 per cent. $s.70QIo.0O per
unit.
Arizona.
A big strike Of rich ore is reported
from the Weaver mine. in the Weaver
district
Ore five feet thick was struck In q
Wine on the 350-foCt level Of the Tel
luride mine In the Oatman district.
Arizona taxpayers are losing some
thing like 100000 the week because
OF the labor troubles In the state.
1t 10 reported that a contract for
600 feet Of the work has Just been let
for the Copper Basin mine at Parker.
An average speed Of five feet q day
IL being maintained In sinking the
Dorothy May shaft at the Green Mons
ter at Jerome.
The hot weather has brought no
cessation Of activity at the Black
Giant mine in the Salome district and
the work of sinking the 500-foot shaft
is proceeding.
A carload Of ore was shipped from
Benson to the smelter at Deming.
n. NJ. This shipment was from the
Ed Cajon mines. located about forty
miles down the river from Benson.
Colorado.
The American Metals Producing
Company. at its special process plant
in Black Hawk. is saving tine zinc in
Gilpin and Clear Creek county ores.
The May production from the
Acacia Gold Mining Company's South
Burns mine on. Bull hill. totaled about
ESQ tons. with an average value Of $26
per ton.
In Chaffee county J. W. Ady Of
Cripple Greek is arranging to put
force OF men on the Lottie mine in the
Middle Cottonwood district.
Eyvind Flood Of the Excelsior mine
at Frisco states that arrangements
are rapidly nearing completion for the
resumption Of work at the mine
La Junta and other Arkansas valley
points ere experiencing an oil excite
ment as q result Of reports that well
has been brought in at a depth Of LOO
feet
Since accepting ores for treatment
or a custom basis. the plant of the
American Metals Producing Company
al Black Hawk has increased its bust
ness materially.
State Senator Hetherington reports
molybdenite ore in Gunnison county.
The olybdenite is from twentyfoot
vein on property in the Gold Brick
mining district and is high grade.
The Good Friday mine, at Boulder
Falls. which has been a steady pro-
Queer Of tungsten ores the past year.
Is getting ready to work one Of the
largest blocks OF ore in Boulder
county.
The two active gold dredging COM
panies, the Tonopah Placers Com
pany and the French Gulch Dredging
Company, are doing well this season.
as three OF the four boats now in op-
GRAFTON are digging in placer material
carrying both coarse and nugget gold.
The Primes Mining Company Of
Pennsylvania. which Is the company
operating the molybdenum deposits at
Camp Boericke. eleven miles west of
Empire. which ceased operations about
year ago. now has a force of men
getting things into shape to resume
shipments.
New Mexico.
The Big Five Gold Mining and Mill
ing Company filed Incorporation. pa
pers with the State Corporation Com
mission. The capitalization is 81 .0O0,.
900.
At Mogollon. the Oaks Company
have increased ore shipments from
Maud s. property. Another train Of
burros have been added to the ore
haul
We are going to strike Oil in New
Mexico" said Robert L. Lunsford, vice
president of the Toltec Oil Company.
"Our first wei! In Chaves county.
which we drilled to a depth Of 1920
feet and then abandoned, proved the
existence OF oil-bearing sands, and