Show ARIZONA i the hackberry mill is handling an excellent grade of ore at present and plans are being made to operate the mill twenty four hours daily owing to the increase in the mine output an eight feet in width four feet of which gives an average of 82 ounces of silver and 15 in gold has been encountered on the foot level of the diana mine at chloride miami copper company has declared a quarterly dividend of 50 cents a share payable november 15 to stock of record on november 1 this is the same amount paid three months ago the arizona smelting smelling Sm elting company at humboldt reports tz total of tons of ore shipped to the humboldt smelter during the month of september from the blue bell and de soto mines work on the foot level of the flux mine near patagonia is progressing most favorably and cross cutting is now being done on the main ore bodies the company has recently been re financed and a smelter is planned for construction the old placer camp of quartzite in northern yuma county was wiped out by a cloud burst recently every building in the camp except the school house where the inhabitants took refuge was carried away no loss of life was reported out of the living there copper production is steadily increasing according to smelter reports around the state the calumet hecla plant at douglas produced four and a half million pounds during september while the can anea smelter was up to average with half a million pounds the old montezuma mine three miles from morristown and owned by dr E payne palmer of phoenix is about ready to make shipments the old property is rich in lead carbonates valuable now for their high silver content frank wright is in charge of the work the arizona state fair has erected a permanent building for the display of its mineral resources the new building which cost is further equipped with lust proof plate glass show cases and the officials request the sending of permanent exhibits this is a worthy addition to the mining interests of the state pittsburgh capital has re financed the arizona butte mines company and work has started on the old property near kingman that presages an exceller excellent showing the tunnel has been cleared of debris the will mill rehabilitated and already sorted bhelt ing ore is being forwarded to the smelter henry M crowther formerly a well known utah mine operator is the new manager A compressor has been installed at the andes mine in red mountain three miles out from patagonia and good progress is being made in driving the tunnel which is now in a distance of feet it is the plan of the operators to continue for feet further where the tunnel will cut the under the foot shaft and expose the ore which runs better than ten per cent copper the tipperary mining company backed by san francisco and honolulu interests has purchased a new group of claims and from the assays essays that have already been made of samples from the new workings the company made no mistake in its purchase the gold content averages as high as 15 to 25 per ton with a quantity of silver the property is located in the hardy butte section near oatman the rainier mines corporation with properties in cunningham pass near wenden is employing two shifts of miners and has made a most creditable showing in sinking the two compartment shaft A large body of ore completely covering the bottom of the shaft has been encountered and with the new machinery that has been obtained the mine should very shortly become one of the steady shippers of the district carl tanner of oatman Is actively at work starting operations at the highland chief property in the black range district distri cL the group of claims formerly owned by the wrigley exploration company have been purchased and with the foot tunnel driven on that property it will be a simple matter to tap the big ledge of the highland chief with its extension necessary capital for the work has been advanced by ohio parties |