The Pick and Drill, 1897-02-14

A process of extracting gold by w'hich every particle of the metal in the ore is recovered is stated to be in successful operation in West Austra Australia. - lia. Australia. It is called the ore atomic pro process. - cess. process. Gold quartz is crushed into small lumps and is put into a closed chamber, subjected to the heat of a furnace, to the action of water and of hydrogen gas. This eliminates sul sulphur - phur sulphur and reduces oxides of the metal metallic - lic metallic state. After being- heated the ma material - terial material is suddenly cooled by jets of water; an operation repeated several times till the quartz crumbles to powder at the touch of the finger. It is then thrown into a tank and the gold is separated by washing. A representative of the Orb visited the Palomas district and reports that there are a number of valuable claims about twenty miles from that district in the S. H. mountains, nicked ore from several claims running' as high as $2,000 to the ton in gold. The Five Puzzle mine has a shaft about fifty feet deep, with a four foot ledge and a thirty-foot drift, the ore being of very high grade. There are many well known prospectors on the ground, al almost - most almost all having very valuable prop property. - erty. property. The only draw'back to this sec section - tion section is the scarcity of water, making it very hard to prospect. We expect something of a startling nature from them in the near future. - Bisbee Orb. The fight between the tunnel owners and mine owners is coming on apace at Cripple Creek. George B. Mechem has raised the court's ante and wants to take the whole of Gold Hill with his Chicago and Cripple Creek tunnel. The judges of the United States Cir Circuit - cuit Circuit Court at St. Louis gave the New'- man tunnel 1,500 feet on the Rico- Aspen vein by right of its location prior to the discovery of the ore at the surface. Mechem has found a presum presumably - ably presumably blind vein in his tunnel at Crip Cripple - ple Cripple creek and located 7,500 feet of all kinds of veins on Gold Hill because of it. The mining law gives the dis discoverer - coverer discoverer of a vein 1,500 feet upon it by virtue of his discovery' hole and loca location. - tion. location. Mechem has located five claims on one discovery hole. Descendants of Desha. A Louisville, (Ky.) dispatch says: "A letter from the late minister, Albert S. Willis, written from Hono Honolulu - lulu Honolulu some time before his death, stat stating - ing stating that he had discovered in Hawaii descendants of Gov. Joseph Desha of Kentucky, revives a famous tragedy. Joseph Desha was elected governer of this state in 1824. While in office, his son, Isaac Desha, a wild boy, killed a traveler named Joseph Baker and robbed him of S7OO. Young Desha was arrested and lodged in jail. The proof was overwhelmning and the only hope for the boy was executive clemency. His father, the gouernor, declared he would let the law take its course. "Isaac was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to hang-. He was placed in jail at Cynthiana to await the day of execution, and while there attempted suicide, cutting a great gash in his throat. Public sentiment, which pre-

vious to this had been against the boy turned in his favor and the governor was besieged with petitions to spare his son's life. Just before Governor Desha's term expired, in 1828, he par pardoned - doned pardoned the boy, on condition that he leave the state forever. "Young Desha was never heard of again until Minister Willis discovered his descendants in Haw'aii. Desha, it seems, went to Honolulu, and +hen wandered around over the Hawaiian islands. He finally married a native woman and raised a family. Desha* died, leaving a son, now thirty\five years of age, and this son was found by' Minister Willis. He is a minister of the gospel, highly educated, and is well liked by' the natives. It is said the preacher does not know the his history - tory history of his father, or that he has rela relatives - tives relatives in Kentucky." * Gone With the Cash. Another Phoenix man is missing with those left behind to mourn his departure. This time it is E. Murphy, the supposed lawyer and short loan man, who for some months has had a little office desk in the Fleming build building. - ing. building. Last fall he went east as a gold standard apostle, but returned in time to secure the transaction of Mrs. Liz Lizzie - zie Lizzie P. Meycio, - Tr. J,_ Trask, for whom he collected $2,500. He began to make himself scarce about Saturday' evening last and the woman accuses him of embezzling $2053 of her money. L. H. Orme, sheriff of Maricopa county, has gone in pursuit and will make an effort to overtake and return the man. E. Murphy came to Phoenix from Ohio, having good recommendations, and since here he has done a good jobbing business on short loans at from two to five per cent a month. His depar departure - ture departure was quite a surprise to his friends, as among those who had recommended him was Judge Terry of Ohio, known to be an honorable man. - Arizona Gazette. When the last Republican Governor of Arizona, Hon. N. O. Murphy, was going out of office to be succeeds d by a Democrat he recognized the rights of the opposing party and of his suc successor, - cessor, successor, and courteously refused to make any Territorial appointments whatever though the incoming Gov Governor - ernor Governor could only reach Phoenix a few hours before the legislature adjourned. The present administration and ap apparently - parently apparently a certain clique of the Democ Democracy - racy Democracy of the Territory seem to lack the courtesy that has been extended to them and attempt a most disgraceful, shameless proceeding by appointing a complete set of Territorial officers. - Phoenix Herald. The political slate so far in Pres Prescott - cott Prescott shows up thusly: For governor, two on the quiet; for secretary, one sure, and three delicately so; receiver and register of the land office, 47; postmaster, 188 separate petitions; minister to Nogales, 3; surveyor gen general, - eral, general, 5; U. S. attorney, one modest lawyer; judge of the district court, one. All other gifts in and out of the territory, the rest of the republican population. - Journal-Miner.

small means who can hope to make : developments at great depth only out of the profits of the upper workings. Randsburg, in the Mojave desert, is , a good example of this. With the most promising outlook on the surface, none of the mine owners have sunk deep enough to prove what they be believe - lieve believe that the mines will hold out depth. - Mining and Scientific Press. The Aquincuara Mines. A report of the Aquincuara gold mines, situated in the state of Sinaloa, Mexico, has been furnished Mr. James Shirly of this city. Mr. Shirly is a mining expert of much experience if; the placing of good mining properties, and the securing of capital for their successful operation. The Aquincuara mines carry' free gold in good paying quantities; are situated in the district of El Fuerte, state of Sinaloa, Mexico, on the Hacienda de Buena Vista, two miles from the rio Fuerte. The pat patents - ents patents to the mines, covering perhaps 37 acres, were signed by' President Diaz June, 1896. Judging from the various reports on these mines, espec especially - ially especially the report of the celebrated Gt r rman - man rman expert, Mr. Joseph Rictor, who made a careful examination of them, it is evident the Aquincuara gold in n ning - ing ning properties aie or immense , and we trust our townsman, Mr. James Shirly, will be able to place them in good hands. Copper still maintains the excellent price of sl2 per hundred pounds. Re Reports - ports Reports from nearly every section of the Territory indicate great activity in prospecting - and developing ledges which will give handsome returns. Right now' a good copper property is a better investment than a gold mine. The increasing demand for this metal, occasioned by the various uses found for it of late, promises to keep the price up to a point w'hich will be a strong incentive to the development of every claim which promises any' re returns - turns returns at all. Freyda and Ragere have just shipped a carload of ore from the First Home mine, Big Bug district, to the El Paso smelter. The ore is of a class w'hich smelters are eager to get. The shipment comprises the first carload of very high grade lead ore sent out of Prescott. The mine has 300 feet of work; top of ore shute has just been topped, ledge averaging five feet in w'idth. Several carloads more of ore are on the dump awaiting better roads for shipment. Owing to the storm, it took just one month to get the last shipment to Prescott. It is reported that William Stiles and Felix Mayhew', of Casa Grande, have sold their recently discovered copper property a few miles south of that town for $60,000, and that a smelter will be placed upon the ground at once. A portion of the purchase money' has already' been paid and the remainder will be forthcoming- soon. The mines in the neighborhood of Casa ' Grande are rich, and are attracting a i great deal of attention o - late. It is I understood that the Silver Reef prop properties - erties properties have just changed ownership for a consideration of $75,000.

GENERAL MINING NEWS From all Parts of the Country Will be Found under this Heading. The Colorado Mine. This property is situated in the Planchas district, and about twenty miles distant from Nogales. There is a historic interest attached to this property worthy of mention. Years ago the Spaniards worked and pros prospected - pected prospected for what was termed the lost mine, rich float and frequently large pieces of native silver were picked up, but the source from whence it came lemained a mystery as well as an in incentive - centive incentive to continue the search. Even to this day after a heavy rain pros prospectors - pectors prospectors may be seen searching the wash in the canon below' where the Colorado crosses it, for native silver. And it is of peculiar interest to know' that it was due to a heavy rain that enabled Mr. Miguel Bornio, the owner of the mine, to discover its where whereabouts. - abouts. whereabouts. The vein had been covered w'ith loose debris which becoming loosened by the rains caused a slide disclosing the vein to view' and upon which are the present workings. hc^vein is in a porphyry and quartzite formation, its general course being northerly ami southerly, dipping easterly. The ore is perfectly free milling; tine specimens of silver glance and horn silver are frequently found. The ore is stored into two grades, twelve to fifteen tons of the lower run running - ning running from 25 to bO ounces, is daily shipped to the Planchas mill. The higher grade running 300 ounces and upwards is sacked for shipment to El Paso. There are at present about a hundred and fifty feet of development work done, and a tunnel is being run to cut the vein at 150 feet. Eighty burros are at present used in packing ore f'om the mine. Doubtless the shipment of high grade ore will soon reach two cars per month. - The Oasis. Deep Shaft Sinking. A suggestion has been made that some of the mine owners in the Trail Creek district, in British Columbia, combine for the purpose of sinking a deep shaft in one or more representa representative - tive representative claims for the purpose of demon demonstrating - strating demonstrating whether the ore bodies hold out in size and value with depth. The suggestion is a good one. The sink sinking - ing sinking of the Kennedy shaft in Amador county, California, to a depth of 2200 feet, and the proof thereby that the ore body' is as large and rich as in the upper levels, has done much to in increase - crease increase the values :n the minds of the owners of properties on that belt for a long distance. Had this been done years ago there would now be many' more deep shafts along the Sierras than there are now'. In South Africa the deep shafts are proving the value of the mines in depth, and as a result there is no hesi hesitation - tation hesitation about sinking on other mines at very great expense. There they had the advantage of large capital which is not as available in this country. A large majority of the mines are being worked by men of