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MINK, MINING AND PROSPECTS IN GREAT SOUTHWEST REGION
PIPE LINES FOR
CALIFORNIA OIL
EPOCH-MAKING SCHEME WILL
MATERIALIZE
INVASION OF THE EAST LIES IN
PANAMA LINE
Route from San Joaquin Fields to
Tidewater Forms First Link in
Chain of Commercial
Conquest
IRA B. WOOD
The announcement of the •»£«>«<;
m ir.o line Di-ojeet of the Associated Oil
P^f Producers' Transportation com
value of both probed and prospective oil
«£uv These effects are natural, for
thT construction of the proposed pipe
lines tS tidewater, with terminal stor
age of commensurate magnitude also
provided for in the plans of both com
panies, will constitute another import
ant epoch in the oil industry of Cali
fornia for such huge augmentation of
the acilities for marketing the produc
tion of the great interior oil districts
means that the consumption of Call
fornia oil is to be very largely In-
CrTheemarket was never so hungry for
California oil as it is today, but the
transportation facilities available for
the Interior fields, great as they were
thought to be a few years ago have
for some time been taxed beyond their
capacity, notably in the instance of the
Associated Oil company. The exist
ing pipe line facilities for transporting
the Interior oil to tidewater, were prin
cipally installed prior to the develop
ment of a foreign market for California
oil and, it may be said safely, before
a full realization of the expansion pos
sibilities of the home market.
Demand Reaches Japan
California oil is now in demand across
the Pacific in far-away Japan, and on
the western side of the American con
tinent from Alaska to Chile, while the
construction of the Union Oil com
pany's pipe line across Panama pre
sages a formidable invasion of the At
lantic territory. There are understood
to be in existence contracts for Cali
fornia oil to be shipped during the
ensuing nine years to points outside of
California, Nevada and Arizona, aggre
gating not less than r,0,000,n00 barrels.
The annual exportation to one remote
foreign country alone, Chile, is equal to
40 per cent of the state's entire output
ten years ago.
The decision to build these new pipe
lines exposes the fallacy of the feeble
attempt made recently on the part of
the Associated management to have it
appear that there was danger of an
over production of California oil. Of
course, this intimation was laughed at
by everybody familiar with the real
conditions of the state's oil industry,
except the Assoclated's management!
and a few producers independent in
name, but actually, for varyioui rea
sons, under the thumb of the Asso
ciated. It is undoubtedly true that
there has been an over production in
so far as the existing transportation
facilities of the Associated Oil com
pany are concerned, but it is absurd to
intimate such a thing In regard to the
market for oil, generally, and these
pipe line undertakings, Involving the
expenditure between them of probably
$10,000,000, afford the best possible evi
dence of such absurdity.
Are Sure of a Market
The men controlling the affairs of thel
corporations that are to construct these
new lines are in intimate touch with
the market situation, and they would
not countenance the expenditure of the
vast sum referred to unless they were
confident the market possibilities more
than justified so doing. The giving out
of an intimation or warning of im
pending over production was intended
to serve as a rod for Inculcating docil
ity in the independent producers, so
that the latter's expectations regarding
the contracts to he made In 1910 with
the Associated might be curbed.
In this move some independents lent
a little voluntary assistance, not they
themselves believed in impending over
production, but that on general princi
ples they deemed it good policy to dis
courage new production. Thus the As
soclate.d's "bear" policy found assist
ance among the very people it was in
tended to make submissive. But the
Independent producer will escape the
bear pen and take the bull route that
lies via the pipe line of the Producers'
Transportation company.
The consumption of California oil In
IS9B amounted to about 2,500,000 barrels.
The consumption in 1908 exceeded 46,
--000,000 barrels. In 1907 great inroads
began on the stored oil, and it was
generally conceded that in that year
the oil storage was practically ex
hausted, the consumption exceeding the
production for those twelve months by
about 5,000,000 barrels.
Increase Consumes Surplus
So rapidly has consumption gained
that there has been little replacing of
the storage reserve drawn on In 1907
and 1908, and today there is practically
no surplus oil above ground in Cali
forniaexcept as it may be congested
for lack of transportation at points of
production, a condition not pleasant to
Visible Copper Supply Abroad
Increases for Past Two Weeks
THE foreign visible supply of copper
amounts now to over 139,000,000
pounds, which Is an increase of
12,000,000 pounds in the supply during
the past two weeks. Many new copper
warrants have been issued on the other
side, and have entered into specula
tion, the extra supply producing a
downward tendency; and on the
sn.ngth of this prices of copper metal
have been shaded a little. The "vis
ible" stocks in warehouses on the Ist
of June were 127.000,000 pounds, which
is the largest visible supply for many
yean. There is estimated to be about
an equal amount in the hands of deal
ers abroad, so that the actual supply
on the other side of the water amounts
In the aggregate to .'."lU.OOO.OOO pounds.
This added to the nearly 170,000,000
pounds held in this country, would
give a world's supply of 420,000,000
pounds equal to about 30 per cent of
the present annual American output.
The Boston Newt Bureau says:
"Large as seems this total, it repre
sents but fourteen weeks' production,
md there are but few lines of business
Montgomery-Shoshone' Ships
Bullion Aggregating $22,000
RHTOLITE, June 27.—The Mont
gomery-Shoshone mine with its
commendable regularity made a
shipment of bullion late last week
and another one will be sent out this
week. The two shipments aggreg
11,600 ounces having a valuation of
about 122,000. Although there were
one or two little stoppages during the
present month, the output will be al
most up to the average. Qenerallj
everything is progressing in the usual
.steady manner.
In the early part of next month a
visit of the president of the company,
E, S. llernlieim, accompanied bj
others interested, will be mad. to the
mine, and probably m the Keane Won
der and Pioneer sections.
ause of recent delays repair* |
contemplate from the point of view of
the consumer, for if any disaster should
visit one of the great fields and the
pumps be stopped for a month or so, a
vast number of industries depending
upon oil, or the products from oil,
would be paralyzed. The fact Is, that
the oil producers of California have
pursued a hand-to-mouth policy that
would make old time oil men of the
eastern states, where they have mil
lions and millions of barrels above
ground as a reserve, stand aghast,
Before, however, the oil Industry of
California can be featured by a storage
reserve commensurate with its propor
tions, then will have to be a tremen
dous Increase in production, for the
consumption continues to gain by leaps
and bounds. It is generally conceded
that the consumption for 1909 will be
in excess of 50,000,000 barrels. This addi
tional production must of necessity
come from new development, particu
larly of extensions of present produc
ing fields or of promising prospective
territory, for of course no increase of
production can be hoped for from the
older territory that has already pro
duced so many millions of barrels of
oil.
SULPHIDES IN DENN SHOW
CLOSE APPROACH TO BODY
Strikes of Veinlike Character Give
Average of Twelve Per Cent
Copper Across Face
BISHKK. June 27.—A1l indications
point to Derm being practically upon
the ore body for which they have been
.sinking. It may be that they an
yet in it, but in any event they are
, losi .
This is the deduction which comes
from another report of an ore strike,
and of the richest sulphides yet found
In a drift on the Derm last week.
The latest strike is in the same drift
in which ore lias been recently en
countered about fifty feet beyond a
previous strike.
The most recent strike 1' ft the full
face nf the drift in good sulphide ore.
S:<;n!'les were taken from various parts
of tin' face of the drift, and assays
mad- 1 all the way through
l_i., per cent. Development work,
alone will determine; the extent of the
bodj discovered,
The strikes heretofore made have
he,, ii of a veiny character, and have
i not had width, but the frequency with
which the recent strikes have been
le is convincing to mining men that
the Derm is close to the ore body.
All these recent strikes have been
mad l the 1200 level, and there are
many who believe that this working
Is hist over a great ore body of rich
I sulphides. These persons 'In not he-sl
to express this belief, and main
j tain that by sinking possibly less than
ilmi feel deeper, possibly as much as
Uiki feet. the> mine will be put among
the big producers.
TWENTY PER CENT
COPPER OCCURS IN
BLACK HAWK LEDGE
GLOBE, Ariz., June 87.— The Na
tional Mining and Exploration com
pany has sunk the new Williams shaft
fifty f'-et in liabase. A hoist equipped
f,, r ' i r ill steam up today and
remain In operation until the shaft is
600 feet.
The new shaft is 550 feet southwest
of the Arizona Commercial Eureka
shaft and the outcrop extends to Loth
s in iperl ies.
The compact "n the ledge Of the Ari
zona Commercial on the 606-foot level
es the vein to trend thirty de
grees north ol east and the same south
of west, which proves that it was the
Black Hawk ledge encountered i
Old National shaft hi the crosscut 600
feet north from the shaft.
The ledge drifted on at that point
proved the vein uniform fourteen feel
wide.
A car of ore taken as a test ship
ment averaged 12 per cent In i •
The crosscut at that point being center
northeast and south that would in
dicate that the National has 3500 feet
of the Black Hawk ledge. One hun
dred and fifty thousand dollars has
been expended on the -1000 feet of work
Superintendent F. \. Woodward says
the working shaft will go down ion
feet :i month, and the 600 feet cost
$30.000.
which can point to a working surplus
of less than this amount of material."
The increase in actual consumption,
however, on this side, already effected,
and further widely Indicated, warrants
the belief that no change has occurred
in the ultimate trend.
Amalgamated Copper has declined
with the rest of the market, aided by
the added Impulse of the overspeeula
tion in the metal market at London.
The report of the company also, for
the past year, showed reduced profits,
use nf the relatively low price for
copper, and the expenses caused by
the flood at the Boston and Montana
smelter, which curtailed its output for
five or six months, and reduced the net
earnings probably $1,000,000. For the
Amalgamated shows only about
$2.81 a share; the present net earnings
indicate a probable net profit of $4 a
share. The gradual approach towards
the normal consumption of copper
which win take place as prosperity is
resumed, anil the wider uses in elec
trical equipment for railroads, will un
doubtedly increase this estimate from
montb to rnoiuh.
LOS ANGELES HERALD: MONDAY RfORXING, JUNE 28, 1900.
have been planned for the water pipe
system. Five thousand feet of new
pipe arrived last week and will be put
Into place as rapidly as possible. The
old pipe, much of which has been In
use for a lung time, li damaged by
rust.
Dividend checks to an aggregate
value of $137,000 were mailed last
week to the stockholders of two Ne
vada mining companies, checks for the
$105,000 dividends declared by the Flor
ence Goldfield having been mailed in
Denver, and checks for the $32,000 div
idend of the Round Mountain Mining
company having been mailed in Gold
field. (
The dividends which are going out
will make a total dividend for tha
Florence stockholders of $525,000 and
a total for the Round Mountain stock
holders of $IGO,OOO, this being the fifth
$32,000 dividend for that company.
SAVOY MINES PLAN
FOR CONCENTRATOR
GIVEN ENCOURAGEMENT BY
TIGER OUTPUT
Enterprise Warrants Initiation of In.
dependent Reduction Works, the
Property Being Explored at
All Points of Prospect
PRESCOTT, June 27.—A concentrat
ing plant will be Installed on the Savoy
mines In the Bradshaws, the work to
begin at once, according to the state
int-nt of Bernard Cunnift, general man
ager of that company, who returned a
lew days ago from the east, where the
matter was discussed and a decision
made.
The Introduction of this plant is
due to the handsome returns given in
itcent milling by the Tiger Gold com
pany, near the Savoy, One thousand
tons of ore were treated there last fall,
and in addition to that heavy volume
a carload was sent to Denver for sam
ple reduction.
The results were satisfactory, a good
Idea being given of the ore values and
the different points selected in the
mine Cor the sample runs being shown
also, resulting in the movement to
treat the product on the ground hence
forth. There is no doubt that the
enterprise will warrant the initiating of
pendent reduction works, the prop
erty being extensively explored at all
points.
Under the Savoy people four years
of practical operation is shown in ex
tensive workings. The main tunnel j
has reached a length of 1500 feet, from
which a raise to the surface of 500
feet is given, and depth from the level j
of the same of 350 feet. The ore j
bodies show a sliver and lead product,
and the volume that can be milled is
heavy, extensive openings in these ore
bodies being everywhere in evidence.
■» « »
SUPERIOR AND BOSTON
MAKES BIG PURCHASE
Pays $100,000 Cash for Collins.Doyle,
Concluding Long Series of
Deals
GLOBE, Ariz.. June 27. — The Superior
anl Boston Copper company has re
cently paid $100,000 in cash for the
Collins-Doyle property. No better evi
dence of the prosperous condition of
this company could he shown than by
this payment, which is the final one
on all claims originally bonded to the
Buperlor and Boston Cpppar company.
Tins payment vests in the company
absolute title to approximately 1000
acre s of mineral land.
President W. <■■ nice snys that he
finds conditions on the Superior and
Boston property better than they
have ever been in the past. In the
Great Eastern shaft they have sunk
150 leet in the past four months. For
the entire distance they have been
in ore that has, on the average, 13
per cent copper. The Gardner and
Limestone shafts are now being
worked with every prospect of having
i ommercia! or, shortly.
With a view to mining the Great
Eastern vein with the. greatest possible
economy, sinking is now being done in
tie McGraw shaft. This is a three
compartment shaft and will be
equipped with a permanent plant,
meaning a surface investment of ap
proximately $,",0,000.
GOLDFIELD MEN MAY START
EXCHANGE AT NEVADA CITY
NEVADA i MTV. June 27.—M. E. Ish
and Sol Camp, the prominent Gold-
Held Btock brokers, who arrived here
a feu- days ;ig<>, will ii«ik over the min
ing situation. They are Interested in
establishing a Btock exchange here tor
handling Alleghany and local properties
and will carefully Investigate con
ditions.
"There are but few stock exchanges
in the west that have been a com
plete success of late years," says Mr.
Ish. The Tonopah exchange was not a
success, and conditions must be right
to make it go. It is a big thing for
a community, but before fui'li an In
stitution can be established lliere must
be sufficient demand for it. We are
going to look around the Allegheny
country and can tell you better after
wards as to our conclusions."
YUMA COMPANY EXPECTS
TO ENTER PAY ORE SOON
TUCSON, June 27.—Under date of
June 5, Julius Warlop, foreman of the
Yuma Cupper company, says that tha
carbonate shaft drift is now In thirty
feet, ihowlng ore from the footwall,
In carbonate ore six feet and in hang
ing- wall is sulphide oie, but as drift
is but seven feet in height cannot tell
just how much sulphate ore there is.
There has been no ihunMl' in the ore,
except that it is looking a little better,
with ore stringers making in the hang
ing of the carbonate ore, and it seems
it will make in the vein in the foot,
but will have to work a couple of day-:
to tell what it will make into. A
change is looked for in a very short
time, and tisc- belief is that pay ore
will he found in that drift in a few
feet more. .
OUTPUT OF COAL
IN NEW MEXICO
CURTAILED PRODUCTION IS
ONLY SIX PER CENT
PANIC YEAR LITTLE DISTURBS
INDUSTRY
Government Report Shows 2,467,937
Short Tons. Valued at $3,368,753.
Falling Off in Demand the
Only Drawback
Tiie total production of coal in N't w
Mexico In 1908 was 2,467,937 short tons, j
having a spot value of $3,368,753, ac
cording to statistics collected by E. w.
Parker of the United states geological
sin vey.
New Mexico did not suffer so much
from the panic and business depres-
Bion of 1908 as did some of the other
mining regions of the United
staies. in a preliminary statement
issued hy the United States geological
I survey early In January it ".as stated
t • the production of the territory j
In 1908 ".is not more than 10 per cent
less Mian in 1907. The Btatistics com
plied show that the actual dei i
was 161,022 nhorl tons, or fi.l" per cent,
from 2,628,959 short tons in 1907 to
2,467,937 tons in 1908. The value de
ed In somewhat greater pro]
tion- from $3,832,128 to $3,368,753, B de
< lini i '5, or 12.09 per cent. The
average price a ton declined from $1.48
In 191 7 to $1.37 in 1908,
The features of the year were the
heavy falling off in the demand for
coal by the railroads and by the manu
facturing and smelting Industries and
the considerable Increase in the pro
duction of eoiie bj the Stag Canyon
Fuel company of Dawson, Colfax
county. This cok.- Is shipped io allied
Intel ests in Arizona and displaces
equlvali nt amounts of eastern coke in
that market.
Disposition n Coke
The amount i^i coal made Into coke
in 1907 was 498,279 shori tons; in
1908 ii was 450,114 short tons, an ap
parent decrease in 1908 of about 48,000
tons The figures for l:iot. however,
cover unwashed coaf; those for 1908
cover washed coal, The quantity of
produced In New Mexico In 1907
was 265,126 short tons; in 1908 it was
274,565 short tons, an increase of 9440
shoi t t<ins.
The coke manufacturers of the terri
tory, who had to depend on outside
markets, were at a considerable disad
vantage, as when the panic came in
1907 the Arizona smelters who did not
suspend operations had large amounts
of coke in storage and In transit. Dur
ing the prosperous times of 1906 and
I 1907 from 300,000 to :>OO,OOO ions of
eastern cuke had been shipped into the
southwestern territory, and as a large
portion of this had not been used there
was a decided glut in the market dur
ing the first half of 1908. This resulted
In the closing down of c number of
Colorado and New Mexico ovens.
The production of coke at other
plants than at Dawson showed a de
cided decrease. By the latter part of
the year the accumulated stocks had
been practically used up and the de
mand for New Mexico coke Improved
to some extent.
During the entire year there was an
ample supply Of cars, there were ll"
strikes or other labor troubles and Hi
supply of labor was abundant. In
New Mexico, as in the other coal min
ing districts of the Rocky mountains,
the effects of the depression on the
metal mining industry threw a surplus
of labor into the coal mines, so that
notwithstanding the decrease 1 produc
tion in the territory the number ol
men employed in the coal mines show < d
•in Increase from "»7o in 1907 to 34ts
in 1908.
Average Working Time
The average working time decreased,
however, from zfift days in 1907 to i>7
days in 1908. During the year there
were many wnks when the coal mines
were operated for one or two days
only, but as is usual under such cir
cumstances the productive efficiency
of the men was increased. The average
daily production a num. which had
decreased from 3.92 tons in 1906 to 3.L'!(
tons in 1907, increased lo 8.68 tons in
190.5. The average production a mail
[or the entire year <19OM was 716 tons,
against SS.'i.J tons in I!«i7 and 949 tops
in 19»6. Most of the mines in the ter
ritory were operated on a ten-hour
basis. Fourteen mines, employing SOl5
men. reported ten hours as the length
of the working day in 1908; six mini 9
employing 3r>6 men. worked nine hou>'f>,
anil five mines, employing thirty men,
worked eight hours.
,T PS. Sheridan, the territorial mine
inspector. report- that during the
calendar year 1308 there were taventy
thice fatal accidents. In Mr., Sheri
dan':- official reports, covering the
fiscal year ended June ?,n. 1908, thirty
four fatal accidents are recorded.
In 1907 there were three mining mrt
chtnes In use In New Mexico and 11.
--615 tons , of coil were machine mined,
in 1908 there were seven machines, and
a machine mired product of .iii.Tiiifi tons
was reported.
SALISBURY WASH CLAIMS
ORE GOES $100,000 A TON
QOLDFIELD, June 27.—An uncon
firmed story current here is thai the
cut being driven Into the east.side of
Mount Ellen, in the Salisbury Wash
district, to cut the rich ledge, had al
ready disclosed the rich stuff, which,
■o the story goes, pans $100,000 to the
ton.
While these figures are not confirmed,
yet it is not probable that the values
disclosed on the surface may be cx
pectcd to hold out with depth.
Definite Information concerning the
outlook Is expected to reach the city
some time today.
Alleghany Works 250 Men
NEVADA CITY, June 27.—According
to a message received over the tele
phone there are at the present time
employed in Alleghany 250 miners, re
ceiving the regular wages paid ef
ficient men at that camp. This is In
direct contradiction to statements that
have been made that the place Is not
altogether a profitable one for miners.
The manage said further that there
are few Idle miners around Alleghany
ut the present time, but that those
miners given employment must, in ad
dition to being efficient, be known to
be men of probity and itrlct Integrity
before they can get employment in
the rich specimen-producing properties.
Discovery in Crook Canyon
Receives Expert's Approval
PRESCOTT, June 27. -John R San
dige, a r 'nt arrival fi'un 1 lanni
bal, Mo., has made a discoA I
the Crook canyon dlstricl which miners
who ha\ c examined it do not hesitate
to say is among the most important
mineral finds mad' 1 in that section in
recent years. The new discovery is
located Hue-half mile north of Palace
station, a short distance west oi
I'rcscott ami crown canyon wagon
road. ' ire carrying gold values in
thousands of dollars to the I'm was
found on ihe apex of the vein by San
dlge, who is now preparing te. sink a
shaft.
The vein can be traced a distance 'if
700 fee t over the mountain.
The plac.. where the rich find was
made It onlj '■ •" feel distant from .■;
nail which has been traversed since
the district was first settled In the
earlj '60s. The dlse overj i^: a new one,
m examination of the ledge showing
that mi work was ever done on it be-
OLD OUSTIMAH MINE
YEILDS $500 A TON
STRIKE AT NEVADA CITY OC
CURS AT DEPTH
Seven.Foot Ledge in Drift on OO.Foot
Level Will Go Two Hundred and
Fifty Dollars and Better
a Ton
NEVADA CITY, June 27.—But few
persons are aware of the fact thai >
strike has been made In the Ouatlmah
mine that la more Important to N< -
vada City than anything that has 01
curred in the mining Industry for tl i
veral yeara. in the north drift
LBO i t from the '.mo-root level of thi
mine there Is a seven-fool l< i
,-,. din is a wonder, Fifteen inelies
of this ledge Is of the highest grade
of ore, running from $250 to $500 c ton
The real of the big vein contains
milling- rock that will w from s»" '"
J25 a ton. The shoot is an extensive
one and is by far the largest and beal
mnnt ered in the Ouatlmah.
The fad thai _the great strike wm
made In the lowest workings of the
mine is something that means more to
this district than anything that has
materialized since the palmy days o>
the Champion properties.
In the citizens hank are two largi
pi ■of ore which speak for them
selves. The fact thai the strike has
been made in the lowest level of the
mine Is .ill the mi.re encouraging.
There are fifteen inches of rich "re
in ;i seven-foot ledge that will pro from
1250 to $500 a ton, while the rest of
the vein will mill from $20 to $25 a ton.
EL TIRO CONTEMPLATES
EXTENSIVE IMPROVEMENTS
Allied Company Makes Heavy Ship
ments Daily to the Sasco
Smelter
TUCSON, June 87.—Extensive im
provements arc under way at the El
Tim property in the Silver Hell dis
trict, according to "■ C. Parker, who
made a trip to Silver Hell in his auto
mobile last week.
The El Tiro is. next to the Imperial,
the largest company in Hie Silver Hell
district. At the present time the com
pany is engaged in putting in a-large
amount of machinery preparatory to
working the mine on a large scale.
As goon as the new machinery, which
includes bin hoists and equipment for
a fine power plant, is installed the com
pany expels to begin ore shipments.
The El Tiro properly is located less
than a mile from the town of Silver
Hell. It was known originally as the
Cleveland-Arisona company, hut was
late!- taken over hy a new company,
which is spending a large amount of
money on improvements at the mine.
Mr.' Parker said that the Imperial
Copper company, which is rapidly be
coming known as one of the big pro
ducers in the territory, is working on
an extensive scale and making heavy
shipments daily to the Sasco smaltei.
EXPECTED SALE AT EL VAN
FOR $500,000 FALLS DOWN
BIBBEE, .Kino • 27.—The expected
Bale of El Van, the ulx-month-old
property adjacent to the rich Pilares,
I, off, for the present at least, if nc-1
definitely,
It was firmly believed that this sale
would go through, for the expert sent
by the agents or representatives of the
proposed purchaser! turned In a Blow-
Ing report on the property. The con
glderatton was to have been 1600,000 In
gold,
R. 1-. Van Husen, rhief owner Of thr
property, was in the city yesterday and
gave the facts, He said that Fritz
Kohlmeyer, his partner, wrote him
from San Prancisco that the sale
seemed certain, but that it later de
veloped that a further extension of
tw i months on the option was wanted,
and this hi- refused to grant without a
substantial payment on account. Tills
not being forthcoming. Van Dusen
wired Kohlmeyer to return home and
drop further negotiations. The pro
posed purchaser! were said to be par
ties to v French syndicate represent. .1
by a San Francisco individual.
PURCHASERS MAKE FINAL
PAYMENT ON MIRABLY MINE
PRESCOTT, Ariz., June 27.—Final
payment was made last week on the
purchase of the Mtrably mine by Nick
Radakovtch of Jerome and Laurence
Keller of McCabe. The property was
taken over under bond several
months ago by the purchasers. The
mini- was formerly owned by Dr.
T. B, Davis, Fred Sattes and H. W.
Meadeaor of Prescott. It is located on
the south prong of Groom creok and
is among the oldest locations in that
section of the Hassayampa district.
It produced a large amount of rich
ore In the early days, which yielded
handsome profits, although treated by
the crude nrrastra process. The new
ownen arc pushing the development of
the property With ■ small force. They
are preparing to make a mill run in
one of the local mills.
fore Handsome h.-iv of gold bullion, the
result of a recent cleanup by the old
reliable Polnnd Mining company, was
received Inst week at the Prescotl Na
tional bank, eonsigm >i to thy mini al
San Francisco, n topped the scales at
nearly SI I, mil Is a line looking pic.-c
Of mineral. It is from the Accidental
vein of ihe' group being operated.
win, the same r Ipt n shipment
of iron eon. entratcs pnssed through
from thai property, it goes t'> the
Sas. o smeller, in southern Arizona.
Another ear of lead concentrates from
tin- same, mine went through the hands
of R. ii. Hetherlngton to the' 101 Paso
plant.
\n average 'if two ears of concen
trates is yielded every week. Prom
this some- idea may be had of the pro
duction from a single mining enter
prise adjacent to Prescott. The bar
on exhibition at the hank showed the
result .if perfi c( milling, its grade
was of a very high percentage.
NORTH STAR SAMPLES
EQUAL BEST OF FREE
MILLING PROPERTIES
YUMA, June 27.—Specimens taken
| from various depths, ranging from 85
--fool level to 300-foot level of the North
star mine, northern Tuma county, an
declared by a practical expert, whose
ex] erlence i mbraces mining operations
from Alaska to South Africa, to lie the
richest pieces of ore ever taken from
| any mine. The North Star is a free
milling golil proposition and the rock
shows ribbons of gold. The lead itself
lies j n a foot-wall of schist and
1 porphyry with banging wall of dollar-
Ite Tin' bad runs easterly ami west
erly and the pay has a tendency to dip
to the east, the ore body luring from
jdx in thirty feet in width. From this
body there are ore shoois ranging from
150 to -inn feet in length, three' such
-boots Inning he-en followed up to the
lit. The shaft is down Hull feet
, Mi d 2500 feel 'if development work lias
done.
Nine distillate engines, aggregating a
home-power of 325, furnish the power.
The dry crusher handles fifty tons.
of rock a day. and a cyanide plant is
in operation. A new mill was Installed
two iveekn ago, which handles fifty-one
and one-half tons .if rock every hour.
The water supply is furnished from a
pumping plant at wells sunk in the
di si rl tour mile? below the camp,
which lies in a horseshoe-like projec
tion from King mountain.
The North Star, which wns dis
rnvered in September. 1908, by Felix
Mavhew of Tuma is capitalized for
S" noil.ooo. under the naive of the Golden
Star Mines company. The mine, it is:
authoritatively stated, produced $80.0001
for the month of May. although rumor
runs the monthly production as high
, s (200.000. Approximately 17r, men are
employed in the camp and on the ad
jacent workings.
WESTERN COMPANY PLANS
FIRST 250.T0N SMELTER
CARSON CITT. June 27.—A special
meetina of the Western Smelter* 1 cor
poration was held at the office of the
company in this city last -week, at
which the reorganization of the com
pany was begun. The meeting was a
harmonious one. and all action taken
wns for the early erection of the first
".-,n-ton plant at the smelter site. The
present officers of the company will
hold office until the next meetinp of
the company, which will be in July.
when the business now started will
be completed.
Arrangements are fast being made
whereby the long expected develop
mi nt of the Brunswick properties tvIII
be extensively prosecuted. The build
ing of the flret smelter will undoubted
ly be started during the coming
month and will be rushed to comple
tion.
Lucky Boy Progress
TONOPAH. .Tune 27.—The mines in
the Lucky Hoy district, seven mile!
west of Hawthorne, never looked bet
ter than they do nt the present time
is the statement of C. T.. Booth,
■■Shipments of from seventy-five to
eighty tons a day have been resumed
at the I milliard lease and at the pres
ent time the shaft which is down TiOO
li is in excellent ore of a very rich
quality." says Mr. Booth. "About 150
miners arc regularly employed. Both
the Mitchell-Palrfleld and Collins
leases have hoists in operation and are
blocking out the ore In the course of
development."
Buys Mules for Ray
PHOENIX, June 27.—Mr. Stewart.
representing the Ray mine, today pur
chased a carload of twenty-one mules
and three horses of Ed Caliber of
Texas and is closing up a deal for
some saddle horses. The animals will
be used In the construction work of
the eight miles of railroad from Kel
vin to the Ray mine.
It Is' said by a railroad man that
the general understanding is that as
soon as certain work Is completed in
.Mexico a full force of men and teams
will be put to work on Hie section from
Wlnkelman to Wan Carlos. The road
is expected to be completed by October,
1910, There is considerable activity in
the Kelvin country, notwithstanding
the hot weather period is now at hand.
Put Your Money in Copper
NOW IS THE TIME TO INVEST IN THE
CALIFORNIA GOLD AND COPPER CO.
Reduction Works nearly completed. Largest copper property
in the southwest, with over 2000 feet of underground work
and over 30,000 tons of ore on the dump ready for the mill.
PROPERTY IS ALL SECURED BY U. S. PATENT
Stock selling for $1.00 per share, capitalization 500,000
shares, par value $1.00 per share, fully paid and non-assessable.
THIS OPPORTUNITY WILL NOT LAST LONG.
Investigate now. Visit the mine and see for yourself. Fol
low your own judgment. Seeing is believing.
Further information at our office, 319 San Fernando
Bldg., Los Angeles, Cal. Phone Main 4933.
Cal. Gold & Copper Co.
A. H. CRAM, Manager.
MORRISON MINE
CONTINUES RICH
STRIKE ON THE GOLDEN DAISY
LOOKS PERMANENT
FOURTEEN.INCH VEIN AVERAGES
$14: A TON
Operator of Gold and Silver Property
Expects to Establish Status of
Mine Within Next
Few Weeks
GOLDFIELD, June 27.—That the
Btrlke recently made "ii the Golden
Daisy lease on the Diamondfleld D;iisy,
controlled by H. A. Morrison, is prob
ably a permanent one, is the opinion
of tli i-e who investigated for them
selves last week, accompanied by Su-
perintendent C D. Wilkinson of the
Daisy company. Work was done in
the same character of stuff last week,
without any evidence of a tendency
to pinch out, and it is now believed
thai the ore shoot is one which may
be depended upon.
Mr. Wilkinson is of the opinion that
it is something new on this ground and
In this section of the country, nothing
like it having before been encountered
anywhere around it, and the vein be-
Ing one which is entirely out of the
Dais) ground as it is thus far de
veloped.
He also believes that it is one which
is nut likely to be encountered any
where on the Daisy, and that he re
gards is as most promising
"It is holding out," said the auper-
Intendent, "and 1 believe it will con
tinue t(i do so. The general lndloatlon
is that the- values will be maintained
at something like a substantial ave
rage, and the fact that they have WO
feel tci work on from where the itrlko
was mad* to the surface, makes things
lonk mighty promising in the event the
(•re lasts."
Strike Is Discussed
About th.> streets the strike was
much discussed, and the consensus of
opinion seemed to be that nothing of
more importance to the Dlamondfield
district, anil to Coldfield, could have
happened than this find, and that there
could not have been a more opportune
time for the strike than just now
when the excitable are rushing about
over the state "looking for something."
By many it is predicted that, coupled
1 with the hint lately dropped In certain
circles to the effect that within a short
time there would be some deep mining
going on in Ooldfleld, things are not
half as bad as they are painted, and
the coming fall will find Goldfleld do-
Ing business on a larger scale at tho
came old stand.
Ore from the new find on the Golden
Dally is now being taken out.
H. A. Morrison, who is developing
the ground, came to this city about
three years ago, and for a time wan
employed as an aasayer on the Daisy.
and subsequently became foreman on
that property. His first work on the
present lr;:se was begun In March.
1908, when the shaft was at a depth
of 360 feet. He sank the shaft to the.
300 feet of crosseutting and 150 feet of
drifting.
When November came the young
man found himself without funds and
was compelled to shut down the prop
erty lust at the time when his own
good .judgment convinced him that ore
was almost In reach. After months "f
patient endeavor he finally succeeded
in Interesting his father In the propo
sition, and it is a matter of much
pleasure to him that with the first
round of shots put In after work was
resumed the ore which he had cx
i ected »as brought in.
Vein Measures Twenty Inches
The vein measured twenty-eight
Inchei In width stud the values ranged
around $60 a ton. From that time for
ward the work was pushed feverishly,
and high values and the present flue
Indication of permanency are the result.
The siope in which the rleh stuff is
being encountered is increasing in
value to the west, as is also the length
of the bucks. At this time he describes
the high grade as fourteen Inches wide.
twenty feet lons, the average value of
which is $148 a ton. One man broko
down a ton of the ore which runs bet
ter than $WO.
Mr. Morrison is of the opinion that
another week will tell the tale of per
manency, or delay the consummation:
meanwhile he is bending; his energies
toward the end that in the event the
find continue! to grow, the property
will have been worked in such a man
ner that ample barks are provided and
a thorough knowledge of the amount
of oie now t" he depended upon se
cured With this in view, much pros
pectlng is likely to begin at once.
though the ore now in sight will be
taken out as rapidly as possible.
Thus far the ore has shown Its
values principally in gold and silver,
in some instances silver running thirty
ounces to the ton. In weight the gold
and silver are proportionately the,
game .Mr. Morrison says the ore is
typical of that found in the old Daisy
winkings and that also found in the
Diadem lease.