Arizona state miner., 1919-10-24
Brief Summary of the Most
Interesting Items.

Silver has scored rise unpar ralelled
in history This district is ribbed with
silver ore bodies of great magnitude,
and nobody breaking their necks to get
some of it.
Mohave county had splendid ore ex-
hibit at the Prescott Eair last week.
1t was in charge of Commissioner Mac
Duffee of that county.
By what rule of legal procedure the
laws of the state on gambling are vio
lated each year affairs carnivals, and
exhibits is matter the miners and la
Dor organizations are taking up with
the attorney general Prescott had a
sensation on this score last week that
nearly broke up the fair,
Sheldon mine, Walker district, has
been reopened. The U. S. Consolidated
is opening up the independence mine
on the Sheldon vein.
More than a billions worth of silver
and gold has been produced in Nevada.
Tonopah is now staging the biggest
mining boom ever seen.
Somebody with $500 or ST, 900 sur
plus will do we'll to look up Chas. Hos
Hosford, Sam Powell, Steve Loncar,
Geo. Koyk, or any of the Wickenburg
old miners, for Immediate attention.
They all have properties that should be
producing silver and copper.
The Abe Lincoln mine, near Wicken-
burg, is running three shifts, and brisk
extraction of 20 % ore reserves has
begun again.
The Dragon mine, eight miles from
here is now completely equipped with
new mill and machinery which is about
ready for work
John w. Kelly, as ex-sheriff of Kern
county, knew where he had score of
years previous served executions on
defunct mining corporations. He went
out and relocated few. Now he's
shipping $50, 900 worth of ore week.
With silver at $12O to $1.3O miners
are everywhere searching for ore, and
new strikea are reported every week.
A mining deal was closed at Phoenix
this week, whereby F. S. Poss, of New
York and Geo W. Long of Phoenix ac-
quirod part of the stock holdings of
the Kay Copper mine. Immediate de-
velopment plans include !, l,OOO-foot g.
compartment shaft. Fully three million
dollars worth of ore has been blocked
out down to the 600 foot level.
Senator Ashurst has wired that GER
tain portions of various Indian reserva-
tions thru the West on Nov. lst, are to
be thrown open to the public.
The mining exhibit of the State Fair
is now in its permanent quarters that
are a credit to the state and which will
have an exhibit that will be the state
museum Of minerals and mineral re-.
sources. This building will be open
daily the year round and cooperation
of all miners throughout the state is
earnestly solicited. The mineral ex-
hibt will be arranged with the carbon
ates, sulphides, arsenides, ETC., all put
in separate cases. There will be cases
showing resurces of each county of all
minerals. Separate cases will cover
all the metals. and ores of each of the
big producers, showing copper, silver,
gold, iron, manganese, mercury, etc. OF
all grades and varieties. Rocks of an
desite, trachite, diorIte, monzonite, and
others of marble. building stones of al
descriptions, including clays, bricks,
terra Gotta, etc. The oil resources OF
the state will not be neglected, cover
ing shales, oils and Goals, Charles E.
Willis, is the assistant superintendent
in charge.
The shaft of the United American at
Oatman is down 235 feet, Stringers of
quartz are showing in the bottom.
High grade in the winze of the Daisel
mine at Cerbat. The orebody is over
six feet wide at 200-foot depth.