Show ARIZONA jerome mining news it is reported that frank oday has made a strike within five miles of the town of chloride mojave county the strike is said to be a vein carrying f free ree gold jerome mining news president and general manager G W hull of the cleopatra copper company informs the news that on friday morning the work of sinking a shaft was commenced on a body of ore crosscut in the dillon tunnel on the cleopatra claim this work mr hull says will be continued until this large ore bo body y is thoroughly opened kingman miner T C loughery lough bery ery and H J west returned a few days ago from a prospecting trip to the foothills of the blue ridge mountains near old hardyville Hard and report the finding of a great vein of gold bearing ore some of the quartz shows free gold all through it while the balance 0 of the vein horns good milling values the owners will soon return to the mine and do 0 some work jerome mining news according to manager J L turner the leland mine in boundary cone district is to be connected with the colorado river at a point near needles by a railroad seventeen miles long he says the ties rails and rolling stock have been purchased of the leland mine little has been published but the deputy united states mineral surveyor who recently surveyed it informs us that in his opinion it is the most promising mine on the coast not excepting even the tonopah groups chloride arrow T C young a mining expert of baker city oregon was in town this week looking over the mining possibilities of this section he went out to the dempsey odea mine and like every one else who has seen it said it was all right mr young also made an examination of A at MacDuff ees rainbow mine three miles east of town he expressed himself as being anxious to become interested in this district for which he be believes a great mining future is a certainty we hope something may come of mr youngs visit as he has heavy capital back of him and that is the kind of people we need prescott journal miner A contract was let today by the old mesa gold company to ensign moore of poland to drive a tunnel 1200 feet into the mountain toward the old mesa ledge of rich ore the tunnel is now in nearly feet and when the contract just let is completed it will be in nearl 1300 feet which is about halt half the distance it is expected the tunnel alil will have to be run in order to tap the ledge when this ledge is reached there is no doubt that some wonderful ore will be taken out as the depth at which the tunnel will tap the ledge will be about feet and thousands of dollars in gold have been taken out from practically surface wor workings kinks tombstone prospector what is regarded has just been as a phenomenal strike made about four miles from pearce by three miners named J C walter lane and frank taylor the strike is what is known as silvi nite ore and is rich in gold and silver several assays essays made show the values to reach from to per ton the find was made near a lone hill four miles due east of pearce and but little surrounding indication of the wealth of precious metal directly beneath the surface was in evidence the entire country about the strike has been located and location monuments extend in either direction for a mile or more since the rich strike a s shaft haft has been started and it is asserted over a ton of the rich ore has been extracted within the little distance so far gone while the indications point to the property becoming a bonanza the commonwealth mon wealth mine at pearce which has astonished toni shed the mining world with the richness of its ores is located in that vicinity and if reports are true this will make another remarkable discovery in that section several specimens ef the ore were brought to tombstone and its richness is at once apparent being heavily laden with the precious metals and has occasioned much excitement cit ement |