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MINES, MINING AND PROSPECTS IN GREAT SOUTHWEST REGION
SMELTER CLOSES
LUCKY BOY DEAL
HAWTHORNE GROUP SELLS
FOR $1-500.000
WINGFIELD TAKES OPTION ON
NEVADA HILLS
Plans for Larger Operations at Fair.;
view Begin to Materialize —Hiber. j
nia and Conqueror Con.
solidate
QOLDFIELD, May They're talk-
Ing millions now at Hawthorne.
• First tt was hundreds, when the
camp had a few prospects; then it got
to thousands when pay ore was
struck; then hundreds of thousands, 1
and now the figures begin to range
seven In a line.
"Johnny" Miller himself says the
sale of the Lucky Boy and Alamo
groups to the United States Smelting
and Refining company is just as good ■
as closed for $1,500,000. However, he |
cares little whether the deal goes!
through. Double that sum in ore is
Id sight. Incidentally, Miller bet J. F. j
Mitchell a trip to Europe, with all!
expenses, that the Mitchell lease at :
Lucky Boy will produce net $800,0001
within the next year.
Owing to the constantly growing
population of Hawthorne and Lucky
Boy, negotiations are under way for
the conversion of the old courthouse
at Hawthorne into a first-class hotel,
to be second to none in the state, with
the exception of Goldfleld. The county
commissioners have decided to rent
the old building, Rnd it will be thor-1
oughly modernized so as to appeal to
the most fastidious.
The visit of Mr. Miller is of particu
lar interest in that he brought with
him a part of the first mineral exhibit I
for the American Mining congress. He
has asked for first place in the ex
hibit, and this has been given him.
, Within sixty days It Is expected that I
the railroad will have a line of gaso
line motors in service between Thorno
and Hawthorne, a distance of some
six miles. The road will be in the form
of a "V" and will greatly facilitate
travel between Thome and Lucky Boy.
. - Takes Option on Nevada Hills
From excellent authority it is said
that George Wingfield and a coterie of 1
New York friends have secured an
option on the control of the famous 1
Nevada Hills mine at Falrvlew. The \
price is not made public, but as the
option calls for 600,000 shares of stock
that Is now selling for $1.40 a share,
the total Is undoubtedly of propor
tions to make the deal one of the larg
est in the state for many months.
It is also said Wingfleld will, when
he exercises this option, consolidate;
the Nevada Hills with the Fairview
Eagles, also at Falrvlew, and start a
Bystem of development that will revive
Fairview.
The Nevada. Hills is one of the !
known bonanza properties of the state.]
and its acquisition by Wingfleld and
associates indicates that his recent
statement that he would return to
Nevada for the purpose of mining on
■ bigger scale than ever before, was
hcsed upon fact. The company owns
three claims and has produced more
than $500,000. It has declared two or
three dividends with a total "velvet
of $373,716. The last dividend was ten 1
cents a share, and was paid December
20, 1907. The company is incorporated
for $5,000,000, the par value of the
stock being $5 a share. There have
been 746,000 shares issued.
Among the properties of the Nevada
Hills are the Boulder No. 1 and the
Florence No. 4. at Fairview. Those
in control, for the most part, reside in
Salt Lake City. W. W. Rice of that
city, is president; James R. Davis, of
Loftus & Davis, is vice president; >W.
A. Clark of Salt Lake, secretary and
treasurer; while James Farrell, John
A. Kirby. J. T. Hodson and William
H. Webber are directors.
Agents Inspect Property
At the alleged direction of Mr. Wlng
field the property during the past two
or three weeks has been sampled and
thoroughly Inspected by his agents.
That the result is the signing of the
option Is said to be correct. This ;
option will be on 600.000 shares. Even
If forty cents be knocked from the;
present market price, the option would |
involve considerable over $500,000. The
combination of the Nevada Hills with
the Fairview Eagles, another bier prop
erty, will mean much to the Fairview
section and stimulate mining opera- 1
tlons in that entire section. It is ru
mored that the plan of the new own
ers, when they assume control, will be
to erecct a large mill of sufficient ca
pacity to handle the ores of both prop
erties. The grade is sufficiently high.
it Is said, to promise a magnificent I
return on the Investment. Nevada
Hills and Fairview Eagles stocks have
kept exceptionally strong during the
past few days. -'TJ
The consolidation of the Ooldfleld
Hibernia and the Conm'eror properties
has been formally ratified at a meet
ing of the stockholders of the former
at Tonopah, and It is now up to Mr.
Wingfield and his associates to soon,
formulate a plnn of development on f
these two promising properties.
A new board of directors for the
Hibernia has been chosen, consisting
r.f George ■Wingfleld. F>. J. Reilly, L. L.
Blumenthal, H. H. Brown. C. D.
Mercer, A. H. Howe and F. C. Favier.
The old bonrd of directors of the
Monarch Pittsburg Extension has beon
rechosen. The offices of both companies,
hnve .lu»t been removed from Tonopah
to Goldfleld.
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Operates in Walnut Grove
PRESCOTT, May 9.—Charles TVal- 1
lace who -will be entitled to a reserved ;
seat in the home for Arizona pioneers
ise of his life work in mine de
velopment hereabouts. i<< now making
, for a trip to the Walnut drove
section, where he has purchased an In
in two mining claims which
carry gold values out of the ordinary
The claims nrp located one mile
north of the Crown Point mine. The
pay streak of solid ore is from six
s to one foot wide, and the values I
range from $20 to SL'W a ton gold. H ;;
a chloridiner proposition. Mr. Wallac ■
is developing a group of twenty-one
copper-pold properties almost within a
's throw of the eastern corporation
of the city. If he shows them to be
mines, and the Indications are good,
It will mean a great deal for the ma
terial welfare of this rity.
Bond Quo Vadis Group
SEARCHLIGHT, May 9.— Robert Vin
cent and John B. Anderson, owners of
the Quo Vadil group of claims near
Railroad rass. have given a lease and
bond on the proyerty to H. H. Farrell
i>f Las Vegas, the purchase price be
ins: fixed at 150,000, waya the Age.
• .Under the terms of trie lease develop
ment work has been begun and will be
continued during the life of the lease.
Eastern Capitalists Take
Option on El Tigre Mine
B[BBEE, May It.— The El Tigre
mine in the state of Sonora is
again under a sale option. New
[York and European capitalists now
hold an agreement by which they a
I to pay $3,900,000, half of the amount on
: August 21 next, and the other half
i onths later. This deal is being
■ by Thomas 11. Liggett and
W. Hellman, prominent mining
; engineers of New Ymk ,-it >. They have
i caused the mine U> b< thoroughly ex
amined by competent experts, and tho
| belief is that the sale of the El Tlgre
mine will be consummated.
The annual meeting of the Lucky
Tigre Combination Mining company,
' owner of the El Tign mine, will be held
'at Douglas ii' xi Friday, according i" I
present notice, but it may be thai a
postponement of this meeting for a
few Hays will be necessary. At the
annual meeting it is confidently expect
ed that the deal for the sale of the
property will be closed. The meeting
is to be attended by Messrs. Liggett
and Hellman, who «re representing
the purchasers.
It is understood that the intending
purchasers will organize a company
capitalized for $8,000,000 for the pui |
of huying the mine and intalllng re
duction works equal to the demand of
the great and rich ore bodies which
have already been blocked out. It is
: that the proposition is to expend
NEW LEACHING PLANT
ATTRACTS ATTENTION
VONTRIGGER PROCESS SAVES
COPPER VALUES
Electric Scheme Reduces Ores at One.
Third Usual Smelter Cost, Saving
Transportation Charges and
Refining
The new electrical copper leaching
plant which Is being installed by the
California Gold and Copper company on
its property at Vontrlgger is causing
quite a stir among mining men of late.
The process is something new in the
treating of copper ores of any grade
and was invented by A. H. Cram, pres
ident of the above company, tt will re
duce the copper ores and remove the
copper from the ore at about one-third
the cost of smelting, coming out pure
electrolytic copper ready for sale, sav
ing transportation charges and refining.
There have been many inquiries it
the office of the company about this
new plant: many mining and smelter
men after investigating the new process
have expressed their desire to install
of these plants, but Mr. Cram says
they arc n.it for sal«, at least not just
at present.
Mail has been received also with in
quiries as to the cost of erecting a
plant, expense of running and the per
centage of extraction, etc., from all
over the country, showing that many
are not inclined to the shipping method.
It will be but a short time before the
smelters will be done away with ai.d
id. electrical copper leaching process
will take its place, as the miners give
half or three-quarters of their mine to
the railroads and smelters.
Ships to Utah Smelter
This was demonstrated by Mr. Cram,
shipping a carload of copper ore taken
out of the shaft of the mine at Von
trigger and shipped to the smelter near
Lake City, Utah. The carload ran
10.9 pei cent copper with some gold
and silver, all amounting to the sum
of $7(ii) fur the carload. After the
freight, sampling, smelting and refin
ing charges were deducted the pro.
mted to the sum of $60. The com
pany immediately stopped shipping ore
and Btored it on the dump, which at
present contains about 80,000 tons of
I ore.
The miners are beginning to realize
that shipping their ore doesn't pay very
well, likewise did Mi". Cram, who was
Btudytng up on this process of extrac
tion for fourteen years and finally sue-
I by finding- the chemical in the
ore that comes out of the mine and
which will treat and extract the copper
from any grade of copper ore at one
third the c.st of smelting.
The plain consists of an electric en
. rock crusher, automatic mixers
and grinders and tanks. Parts of ma
chinery are being made at present by
i l.ii- Angeh ■ firm, and as soon as they
are finished will lie shipped out and
installed immediately.
Lumber was purchased by Mr. Cram
last week which amounted to $1034, be
ing bought of the Ganahl Lumber com
pany of Los Angeles.
.Mr. Cram returned from the mine
Friday, April 7. A force of men ait
working every day on the mill and he
reports everything working nicely. He
v, ill return to the mine the latter part
of next week with a party of pc
who intend looking over the property
and the new mill.
The company has a beautiful oil
painting nf the property at Its office,
.110 San Fernando building, Los An-
Ruth Pierce Resumes
MERCED, May 9. —After a shutdown
covering a couple of months the Ruth
Pierce mine near Hornitos is again
working. About fifteen men are em
ployed and the stamps are fulling on
good ore. ___ _____^______^_
Believes Development Will
Prove Richness of Salome
PHOENIX, May 9.—Charles Flynn
lias arrived from the mining dis
trict north of Salome and Weu
den. Mr. Flynn came here from Bis
bee about a month ago as the repre
sentative of the Arizona Prospecting
company of Bisbee, and went out to
Salome when the excitement attending
the Arizona Northern was at its height.
He lias been there ever since, or in
that vicinity, and says he believes it is
a great country. He says that not
withstanding the picture gold is no
longer In evidence on the Arizona
Northern, he believes it is a good prop
erty and with sufficient work a good
mine can be developed. There are good
surface showings wherever he has
traveled through the country and he
is a prospector by profession and is
operating in tt< interest of Bisbee peo-
He hat acquired bonds on Bye dlf
i groupi <>f property, all adjoin
ing, on the northern slope of the Har
cuvar mountain*, about six miles from
Irlzona Northern, and at a point
equidistant from Salome and Wenden.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: MONDAY MORNING, MAY 10, 1009.
$1,000,000 In the further development
of the F.I "Pierre, including the Install
ment of entirely new reduction plant
to treat the milling ores known to ex
ist in the mine.
Just who the purchasers Of the prop
erty are has not been announced, but
it is said that the new owners will be
residents of New York and London.
They are said to be the same parties
who had an option on the property last
year and allowed it to lapse, and ac
cording to reports they are not strang
ers to the mining industry. Mr. Hell
man, one of the men known in the deal.
has had large mining experience In
South Africa, where it is saiil he built
the largest mill ever erected on a min
ing property In that country.
\V. H. Rrophy of this city is one of
the directors of the Lucky Tiger com
pany, and when called on he confirmed
the fact that an option had been given
for a two-thirds holding in the com
pany. He stated that the option was
very similar to the one which has been
allowed to laps,, last year. He said
that the sale price amounted to about
$90 a share to the stockholders. 10 per
cent profit on a $10,000,000 capitaliza
tion,
There are several small hlodings of
stock In the Lucky Tiger Combination
company in this section. Mr. Brophy
and J. S. Douglas owning the largest
portions, according to general under
standing.
YAVAPAI STRIKES OIL;
ADDS TO ARIZONA'S WEALTH
JEROME, May 9.—The Yavapal Oil
and Mining company, with headquar
ters at Prescott, has at last demon
strated that oil exists in paying quan
tities in Arizona. It has drilled its
well near Del Reo to a finish at a
depth of 1980 feet. The oil sand was
struck at 1888 feet and is thoroughly
saturated with oil to the bottom, mak
ing about ninety feet of oil sand, and
the oil brought up by the bailer has
been examined by experts and pro
nounced to be a high grade parrafine
oil.
The officers of trie company are
highly elated over their success and
are making preparations to begin a
second well at once. The tubing for
this second boring is now on the
■ground.
This well is situated directly on the
Santa Fe. Prcscott and Phoenix rail
way at Valley Siding, twenty-eight
miles north of Pre^cott and ten miles'
north of Jerome Junction.
Prof. O. H. Jones of Los Angeles,
who located this well for the company
six years ago. says the oil fields of
Vavapai county will be of greater
value than the United Verde mine in
the next few years.
PROSPECTIVE BUYERS
EXAMINE LOOKOUT MINE
BLAIR, Nev., May 9.—The Lookout
mine and mill, six miles from Oasis,
seem likely to change ownership soon.
During the past week the representa
tives of two combinations have visited
the property for the purpose of inves
tigating its merits.
The property has had a tumultuous
career. In the early stages of Gold
field's boom it was sold to a syndicate
of which George E. McClelland and
M. L. Efflnger were prominent figures,
and was equipped with a good hoisting
plant and ten-stamp mill purchased
from the Rlsdon iron works, they tak
ing a mortgage on the property to se
cure deferred payments. Operations
were not successful, and the mine fell
into the hands of the Iron people, and
they now represent one party to the
transaction.
Some very rich oro has been taken
out of the mine at times, and many
who are familiar with it are quite pos
itive that wiih economical manage
ment It can be made to pay handsome
profits.
One Hundred Tons of Carbonates
BIBBEE, May 9.—About 100 tons of
rich carbonates have been taken out of
raise No. 23 at the Shattuck, where the
sensational strike was made several
days ago, and work on the raise has
been delayed while the ore is being re
moved. The ore apparently keeps up
in grade, according to recent assays.
all of which are around the 40 mark.
Practically all workings of the Slmr
tuck are in ore. In crosscut No. 13 ore
of low grade was encountered, but it
is not believed that the real ore body
will be met until about thirty or fifty
feet more work is done. In the inter
mediate drift between the fifth ami
sixth level, which was started from
raise No. 21, very rich ore Is being
penetrated. This ore body, as deter
mined by the raise, is 60 feet thick, and
as far as explored it will average be
tween 13 and 20 per cent, although
whole faces have been found to yield
as high as 40 ppr cent copper.
Another Bouse Company
BOUSE, May 9.—The Western
Mines Development company has just'
completed its organization and will I
sunn make arrangements to start a
camp and permanent development.
The company owns the Central group
Of mining claims, which are located
between the Clara croup and the Mor
ro group of the Clara Consolidated
Gold and ('upper Miningr company. The
ground is well mineralized and the
\eins large and promising.
It is better known as Cottonwood
Springs, between Cunningham pass
and Tank pass.
The groups are known as the Nevin
property, of ten claims; the Neil &
Grossman property, of six claims; the
Snapp property a of four claims; the
Long property, of two claims, and the
Hoffman & SJolander property, of six
claims, or twenty-eight claims In all.
He has taken samples from all these
groups and if the returns are satisfac
tory to his people he will proceed to
develop the ground. So far he has
found values on all of them running
from no rents to $40 a ton in gold and
copper, except one, which gave a re
turn nf $224 per ton gold, with no pres
ent signs of copper.
He expects to go from here to the
Santa Maria country, where his com
pany also has a' group of ten claims,
adjoining the Big Stick property. He
has been told that the Big Stick
mill i.s now In readiness for operation,
and may have started before now.
This property is near Ives peak, thirty
miles west of Congress.
TO EXTERMINATE
FAKE OIL WELLS
AUBURY STARTS BATTLE-AX
MOVEMENT
WILL DRIVE FROM STATE EAST.
ERN WILDCATS
Aims Also to Stop Architects from
Specifying Foreign Materials In
Opposition to Superior Cali
fornia Products
SAX FRANCISCO, May :<. State
Mineralogist Lewis B. Aubury lias in
itiated two movements in his office
which are calculated to !»■ of ■
benefit \>> the mineral industries of the
state, i mi' of them is designed to drive
out of business ail take "ii corporations
which have been organized and are be
ing operated to take in verdant an i
unwary Investors. That the properties
which these unscrupulous promoters are
exploiting have no present or prospec
tive value is a matter of no concern to
them. The luckless Investor who buya
their st<uk parts with his money which
is sure to Impoverish him and enrich
themselves.' Thla is tin- sole end which
is sought.
Uusually these wildcat oil enterprises
are extensively advertised in eastern
publications in an alluring form to
catch the eye of gudgeons. The claims
aw located in producing oil districts;
but to the well Informed they are
known to cover barren ground outside
the productive oil licit. Derricks are,
however, erected on them and well
boring started tor the sake of making
;> Bhowlng on Which to base the opera
tions in stock which is the sole source
of production,
Legislature Makes Provision
The legislature at its last session
made adequate provision for the state
mining bureau to enable the slate
mineralogist to put n field assistant
Into the petroleum district whose duty
it will be to make a map showing the
location of each well, its status and the
name and address of the owner. Fake
oil companies will be apt to b<> "smoked
out" of business as one of the results of
the innovation, while it will at the
same time serve as a guide to honafide
prospectors in following the course of
1 the productive oil measures.
Aubury is also aiming to put a stop
to the practice of eastern architects
locating in this state or employed to
draw plans for structures to be erected
here, to name eastern building ma
terials, such as bricks from Indiana,
marble from Vermont and cement from
Europe in their specifications on which
contractors make their bid?. The prac
tice is unfriendly to California products
and injures domestic industries in such
materials. To offset and minimize this
pernicious practice and to better ad
vertise the resources of the state
Aubury will make a special exhibit in
tin- mining bureau's mineral museum
of all natural and manufactured build
i Ing materials. It ought to prove of In
calculable value to California brick, tile
and terra cotta makers, manufacturers
of cement and stone and state quarry
owners.
No state in the Union contains larger
or better deposits of clays from which
all kinds of kiln products of the best
quality are manufactured; of natural
materials for the manufacture of the
best so-called Portland or Rosendale
cements, and of granite, sandstone,
marble and roofing slates than Califor
nia possesses. When these eastern and
European products are imported here
it Is like "carrying coal to Newcastle,"
and their importation is an invasion of
a market which legitimately belongs to
California industries and those who
have embarked their capital in their
development and to the army of skilled
workers employed in them.
SAN LUIS OBISPO LAKE
OFFERS BIG SALT SUPPLY
The lowest part of the Carriso plain,
which extends along and within the
northeast boundary of Sun Luis Obispo
county, is occupied by a lake, known
locally as Soda or Salt lake. It is about
five miles long and a little over a mile
wide at its widest point, and includes
an area of nearly 3000 acres. It receives
the drainage from the Carriso plain
and the adjoining tlank.s of the bound -
Ins ranges through numerous small
gulches and canyons whose mouths
discharge upon the gravelly slopes of
its margin, but it nevertheless remains
practically dry except in extraordinari
ly wet seasons.
The bed of this lake contains a se
ries of Baline d< posits which are briefly.
described in a report by Ralph Arnold
and H. B. Johnson, issued by the Unit
ed States geological survey as an ad
vance chapter from bulletin 380 (3SO-L),
part I of "Contributions to economic
geology, 1908."
According to this report the depos
its, whose chief constituent is sodium
sulphate, offer an almost unlimited
supply "!' the mixed salts, and profita
ble exploitation will depend almost en
tlri ly on transportation facilities.
which are at present inadequate. The
terminus of the Sunset branch of the
Southern Pacific railroad lies about
thirty-two miles to the southeast, and
1200 feel lower than the lake; the Mc-
EClttrlck branch Of the same railroad
is only about fifteen miles distant, but
the Temblor range, which must be
crossed in making the trip, presents a
considerable obstacle. If B railroad Is
constructed, as contemplated, to San
Luis Obispo by way of the Carriso
plain, the commercial development of
the deposits will be greatly assisted.
Bulletin 380-L contains also a list
of the survey's publications on the sa
llnes, Including salt, borax and soda.
It is now ready for distribution and
may be obtained by applying to the
director, United States geological sur
vey, Washington, D. C.
Rich Placer Strike
1 goldfikld, May 9.—A menage re
ceived from Manhattan by Jack Ayl
ward, Dick Colburn, Harry MeMasters
and others who are interested, gives
news of what is probably the richest
strike that has yet been made in the
placers along the gulch. They are be
low what is called the Great basin,
where they have the advantage of
plenty of water, while some of those
above are limited to the dry channel.
Lease Looks Promising
KHYOLITE, May 9.—The Fitzpatrick
lease on the bimetallic claim No. 1 of
the Pioneer mining company Is one of
the promising blocks now under devel
opment. Approximately seventy feet
of work has been done here, with very
encouraging reiulta. Values have been
present at intervals from the mrfaee.
Arrangement! are being made for a
hoist.
Company Organized to Test
Refect Arizona Coal Land
DOUGLAS, May 9.—A number of
Douglas men have rec< ntly form
ed a company for the development
n( some promising coal properties in
the San Simon valley. The land has
been platted and surveyed and is being
filed on in United States Commissioner
Sanies' office. They expect to start de
velopment work at once.
The coal lands are located in the
Chlrlcahua mineralized belt, northwest
of Paradise about eighteen miles. The
southeastern terminus of the belt is in
Wood canyon, about our mile this side
of R. L Taylor's camp, and the belt
extends in a northwesterly direction, it
is said, to Knit Howie, near the South
ern Pacific, a distance of about thirty
miles. As nearly as one can judge
from work done and indications at the
southeastern end. the belt i« only about
seventy-five feet wide. But as the vein
here at any rate apexes close to the
surface it is reasonable to suppose the
vein widens with depth.
The work done is mostly at the lower
end and c sists of a number of open
cuts and a thirty-foot tunnel along the
vein. This tunnel was run so i lose to
the BUrface that it for a !ar::, [.art of
APRIL PROVES BEST MONTH
IN UNION BASIN'S HISTORY
KINOMAN, May 9,-The month of
April was one of the best . n the his
tory of the Union Basin Mining com
puiv, 11-.- output of the Qolconda mine;
£ eln g nearly double thai of any other
month in its history. Six hundred tons |
of zinc ore were shipped to Hi.- smel
ter, besides hundreds of second .-lass
going into the dumps. The mine is
showing wonderful bodies r.f the heavy
zinc and development is being carried
into new ground that is giving results
in lead and copper.
Anderson and Howit, New ork min
ing engineers, are sampling the mines
of the Arizona-Mexican Mining and
Smelting company, both at Ccrbat and
Stockton Hill. It is understood that if
these properties stand the examina
tion they will be taken over by a big
consolidation of the mines of Stockton
Hill and operated by one company. Ihe
new company to take over the mines
has been organized with a capitalisa
tion of $1,000,000.
Two shifts are now at work sinking
the main'shaft of the Enterprise mine.
The work is in charge of W. J. Mar
tin.
GRIZZLY BEAR PLANT
WILL SOON OPERATE
GOLDFIELD. May 9.—Work of in
stalling the new 75 horsepower plant
on the Grizzly Bear lease Is well under
way and tlie equipment will be in
operation within a week. A larger gal
lows frame to meet the requirements
of the Increasing depth and new hoist
is being erected around the old one,
which is uninterruptedly in use dur
ing the progress of the work, and the
new plant will be Installed without any
loss of time on account of the change.
The shaft has reached a depth of 440
feet, but has not yet encountered ore.
Nothing had been expected up to this
time, but every foot of future develop
ment Is fraught with possibilities of an
important nature. Original plans con
templated sinking to a depth of 1000
feet, as it was figured the best results
would be obtained at that depth, even
though something good might be found
above that point. The project is based
on the apparent certainty of catching
the Clermont, Jumbc and Mohawk
veins on their dip into this territory.
Strike on Garrison Lease
GOLDFIELD. May 9.—Fourteen feet
of $4 ore have been struck in the Gar
rison lease on the Atlanta estate, at a
depth of 400 feet, and the grade Is
constantly improving. The manage
ment exp-cts that at 600 or 700
feet the values will have been en
countered. The company has cut
away from the fourteen-foot ledge and
entered another of ten feet which looks
finely.
At Cherokee lease, just southwest
of the Garrison and south of the June
Atlanta, a six-foot vein has been
pierced, running northerly and south
erly. Within a short time it Is the ex
pectation to cut two other ledges that
are found on the June Atlanta. Where
the shaft was sunk four feet the ore
is rich and the Iron particles sparkle
like diamonds.
The Bluke ledge is giving $7 to $12
ore, but a grade of at least $15 must
In- struck before shipments will pay.
With $15 ore. it is believed that a net
profit of $5 a ton can he secured.
New Hidalgo Camp
PA URAL, Mexico, May 9.—A new
mining camp has been Initialed In this,
Hidalgo, district. The new camp Is
called Mineral Yallecillo, in-the Muniei
palidad Zaragosa, The ore is said to
carry r,O per cent and over of anti
mony and also some copper and gold.
There have been quite a few denounce
ments filed so far, and it Is expected
that the coming week will see quite a
few more.
Another new camp Is called the Real
de Nogftles, in the Municipalldad Zara
gosa, district of Hidalgo, and is said to
carry some good values in gold, sil
ver and lead.
Black Canyon Looms as
Scene of Copper Strike
PRESCOTT, May 9.—News from the
Black Canyon district is that a
very promising ore body was un
covered recently in one of the loca
tions of the Buckeye group of mines
in thut district. «
A Starkweather of Phoenix, owning
an interest in the property, and the
discoverer of the rich ore, confirmed
the report here after hln arrival from
the property last week. He will leave
soon for Phoenix to finance the prop
erty for extensive development opera
tions.
Describing the find. Starkweather
says that the paystreak in the shaft is
sixteen Inches in thickness, sampling
25 per cent in copper and small values
In gold. The size of the ore body has
r.ot been demonstrated by crosscuts. A
sample from the bottom of the shaft,
leaving out the rich streak, gave av
erage returns of 10 per cent copper.
Sinking was abandoned in the shaft
at a depth of fifty feet on account of
the Influx of water being too great to
continue without hoisting and pump
lner machinery.
the distance caved in. Farther north
there is a vertical shaft sunk, so It is
said, In unchanged vein matter for a
distance of eighty feet.
Now the question, is it coal? Evi
dently not, for no one bus yet succeed
ed in coaxing It to burn. But it looks
like bituminous coal, and in the ab
sence of expert testimony to the con
trary, Is presumed to contain some car
bon. It has been called here "stone
Coal, W. H. Townscnd of this place, a
former coal miner, says there is no
such thing as stone coal, and he calls it
"bony." Both, however, agree in the
statement that the lands containing the
so-called coal are worth development,
as the real article may be the result
with sufficient depth.
On the other hand, the fact that this
land has remained idle so long is not
an encouraging sign, when a coal mine
is admitted to be so very valuable. It
lias been visited by several different
parties, Including both the Southern
Pacific and the Santa Fe, and as no
filings have been made until recently
it looks as if the property had been
heretofore invariably turned down.
Residents of this section, while skep
tical as a rule in regard to the out
come, would be glad to see that terri
tory thoroughly prospected In order
that this much-vexed question may be
settled for all time. .
RAY CONSOLIDATED
WORKS 11 CHURNS
OPERATORS PROVE EXTENT OF
ORE BODY
Two Thousand Claims of Property Are
Prospected to Ascertain Depth
of Copper Deposit
Throughout
PRKBCOTT, May 9.—An authentic
report from the town of Kelvin says
eleven steam churn drills are now being
operated upon the property of the Ray
Consolidated Copper Mining company
and the entire extent of the ore body
Is rapidly being proved. The develop
ment of the property by sinking and
drifting, to block out the ore, is just
being commenced.
A tour of inspection over the 2000
claims of the Ray shows the ground is
all laid off in squares 200 feet each
way. At the corner of each square a
drill hole eight Inches in diameter is
put down. While these holes are
started at different elevations they all
go down to a common level. It is the
aim to prove the thickness of the ore
body and go no deeper. Some of the
holes are as deep as 700 feet and go
through from 400 to 500 feet of ore.
It is believed that the Ray Consol
idated has the biggest deposit of cop
per ore in the world. The largest ore
reserve is supposed to be at Bingham
Canyon, Utah, where there are 60,000,
--000 tons blocked out. The Ray Consol
idated deposit undoubtedly contains far
more ore than that. The work of prov
ing by means of drill has been going
on only a year and the true evidence
of the ore body can now be pretty well
estimated.
In all, 200 holes have been sunk. Ore
has been found in every one. The de
posit consists of native copper and sul
phides. Water also has been encoun
tered in each of the holes but not
enough to seriously hamper operations.
The advantages of developing by
means of the churn drills are numer
ous. The hole put down by the dia
mond drill is far too small. If there Is
a slight irregularity in the formation
the samples brought up are not always
true.
WAGNER.AZURITE APPEARS
IN PROMISING CONDITION
GOLDFIELD, May 9.—A most prom
ising condition of affairs exists on the
property of the Wagner-Asurlte Cop
per company, located south of Cuprite,
and the management has never been
more encouraged since it started oper
ations, according to Superintendent J.
T. Spratt, who is in Goldfleld after sup
plies.
The main shaft baa reached a depth
of 400 feet, and the bore Is showing
better with each shot, with oxidized
ore in seams plentiful. In crosscuttlng
In red clay to the west $41 values in
copper were uncovered, and the sur
veyor says that seven or eight feet
farther at the same angle the real
shipping ore should be found.
The manager, Frank Everltt of Kan
Jose, made two trips last week to the
southern camp. He is hopeful for the
! best results and believes that the vein
will be found to be not far from seven
or eight feet In width.
The company's claims adjoin the
Oeorge Wingfleld property. Mr. Wing
field figures on early resumption of
work on the Wagner group and Is hav
ing the latter surveyed for a patent.
The big interests say that the camp of
Wagner has a bigger showing than at
Ely, considering the development work
done wo far.
The ore shoot crops out on the sur
face a distance of 1500 feet. The new
find is on the east end of the shoot. A
shallow shaft on the west end shows
the same character of ore as the new
find at thu same depth, indicating that
the shoot is continuous the entire dis
tance.
The new sulphide find was made last
February, although the property was
located ten years ago. Carbonate ores
have been shipped from shallow work
ings to El Paco smelters that gave
good returns a few years :igo.
Starkweather estimates that he has
$2500 worth of shipping ore on the
dump. The entire dump, considered
wait*, he says, will sample 3 per cent
in copper.
J. L. Summers of this city is part
owner in the group of sixteen claims.
The property is located near the con
fluence of the Black Canyon stream
and the Aqua Fria river in this county,
three miles north the MaiUupa county
line. Water for domestic and reduc
tion purposes is in an almost unlimited
supply on the ground.
GLOBE DISTRICT
REMAINS ACTIVE
INQUIRY FOR COPPER AIDS
BUSINESS
MONTH'S PRODUCTION AMOUNTS
TO 3,000,000 POUNDS
Eureka to Be Unwatered Below the
Six Hundred—Gigantic Pump Will
Handle Flow Expected in
Black Hawk
GLOBE, May 9.—April was a very
satisfactory month for the local min
ing companies, and the progress and
excellent results of deve'opmenl, to
gether with the better inquiry for
Olobe mining property, had a stimu
lating effect upon business of all kinds.
No change of consequence has taken'
place in the operations of the Old Do
minion.
The production of copper for the
month was about 3,000,000 pounds, and
development was on the same compre
hensive scale as in previous months,
must important being the driving of
the west diMft on the fourteenth level,
which has advanced well beyond block
one and has opened some excellent
sulphide ore, and the cast drifts on
tenth .md twelfth levels, which are
Hearing the old lloosier mine, and has
openeii ground rich in copper. The In
spiration, Gibson, ('nctus, Live Oak,
Globe Consolidated, Superior and Bos
ton and Arizona Commercial made Im.
portant ore developments, which'ma
terially improved their already good
prospects. The camp has been Oiled
with mining men for several weeks and
two or three big deals are pending.
Structural Steel for Smelter
Several carloads of structural steel
for the Arizona Commercial smelter
and power house arrived within the
past few days; construction work will
imw advance rapidly and August IS
Will undoubtedly see the smelter com
pleted and in operation. General
Manager J. W. Bennie will soon come
to Globe to personally supervise the
erection of the plant and mine, develop
ment, relieving Superintendent Tem
berthy of a part or' the burden. The
work of unwntering the Eureka shaft
below the 600-foot level was begun
Saturday with good success. A mil
lion-gallon pump for the 700-foot sta
tion has been shipped from the east
and should arrive hero within the next
three weeks. With this addition to its
pumping capacity, tho Arizona Com
mercial will be in a position to readily
handle the flow of water likely to be
encountered in the Black Hawk mine.
The crosscut on the 600-level has pene
trated the vein about sixty feet, hut
has not yet reached the foot wall,
where the best ore is expected to bo
found. At the Black Hawk workings
sinking the winze was discontinued
125 feet below the r>on-foot level, until
the pumps at the Kureka shaft have
lowered the water in the vein.
In High Grade Carbonate
This winze is in high grade carbo
nate ore carrying ten to twelve ounces
of silver. As soon as the Eureka shaft
is unwatered the development of the
600 and 700 levels will be pushed vig
orously.
At the McQraw shaft sinking and
rising continues, and June 1 should
SPP the shaft opened to the 400 level.
At the Great Eastern the winze has
reached a depth on the incline of 134
feet below the 40(1 level and is still in
fine ore carrying high values in cop
per and silver. Btoplng continues on
the 400 and intermediate levels and
shipments of forty to fifty tons of ore
are being made daily to the El Paso
smelter.
At the McOraw shaft the foundations
for the Sterling boilers has been com
pleted and those for the hoist and com
pressor are in course of ((instruction.
The warehouse has been finished and
some other Improvements are being
made. At the Gardner shaft the west
drift on the 400-foot level is being
driven as rapidly as possible to reach
the ore body that was opened by the
' Black Oxide tunnel higher up.
Copper Queen's Production
TUCSON, May 9.—The Copper Queen
is now producing an average of about
thirty-five carloads of copper ore
daily all of which is being sent to the
company's smelter at Douglas as fast
as it is' taken out. Preliminary work
has been started In sinking the Sacra
mento shaft to a considerably lower
depth It will be sunk from the 1200 to
the 1400 foot level Immediately, and it
will be sunk still lower as the opera
tions from the upper levels will justify.
Saddle Mountain Option
PHOENIX May B.—Optloni on the
Saddle mountatn,t<ondon-Arl*ona, Lon
don rang.- and Ball copper company
properties at Chrtatmai nave been s.
cured by Edward B. Kurtz on behalf
of the American Finance and Securities
company, of which he is president, and
If the report of experts who are now
making an examination is favorable, all
will bo purchased and consolidated un
ill r our management.
A Telephone Call
Is Not Always
Answered
Does a first insertion of a
want ad. ALWAYS "get re
sults?"
Does your party AL
WAYS answer your tele
phone call?
The chances of a second
insertion of a want ad. be
ing needed, and of a second
call over the phone being
required, are about equal.
In either case, IF NEED
ED, you should "try again."