Hoist Accident at Tom Reed Causes Six-Day Shutdown
Repairs to the headframe of the main shaft at the Tom Reed mine, in the Kingman district of Arizona, have been completed and production from the Aztec orebody has been resumed after a shutdown of six days, caused by damage that was the result of the hoist getting out of control. Shaft sinking, which was halted by striking a large flow of water at the 900 level, has also been resumed and will be continued to the 1,000 level.
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GOLD ROAD MINE EMJ 8 4 1928
Gold Road Mine, in Oatman District, is Purchased
New Electric Hoist Installed at Tom Reed—Tunnels at Old Colony Advanced 300 ft.
A GROUP of Los Angeles men recently took over the old Gold Road mine, at Oatman, Ariz., and operations are to be resumed at once. The new company is known as Gold Road Mining. Stopes will be opened along the Line Road tunnel and drifting will be started from No. 1 shaft. The mill will be started as soon as possible. It is expected that it will handle 100 tons a day. Frank Onetto, who held a lease on the property before it was acquired by the new company, is to be in charge of underground work. R. H. Milne is the superintendent. The mine was first discovered in the early ‘nineties, and has a production record of $10,000,000, it is said.
A new electric hoist has been installed at the Black Eagle shaft at the Tom Reed mine, also situated in the Oatman district. Drifting is being continued toward the Aztec oreshoot from the 800 level of the shaft. The Gavin and GilIan leases, which are on the property of the Tom Reed company, recently shipped 40 tons of ore, valued at $80 a ton, to the mill.
At the Old Colony property on Stockton Hill, near Kingman, Ariz., the tunnel on the 4,550 level and that on the 5,050 level have been advanced more than 300 ft. from the portals. A crosscut from the original tunnel, situated 4,200 ft. above sea level, is being driven to the Prince George vein, which should he encountered at a depth of 170 ft. below the old workings.
This development is being prosecuted by Canadian capital. F. M. Manson is in charge of operations, which are expected to bring this lead-zinc-silver property into production again, following cessation of operations last year.
Shaft sinking at Johnson Copper, in Cochise County, Ariz., has reached 330 ft. Ralph R. Wilson, vice-president of the company, reports a strike of 30 in. of high-grade carbonate ore, carrying copper, silver, and some gold, at a depth of 270 ft. A station will be cut at the 350 level and a crosscut will be driven under the vein discovered at 270 ft. Two shifts are being worked, and the operators expect to start shipments In September.
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ANCVINET MINERS OF AZ EMJ 9 23 1922
September 23, 1922 Engineering and Mining Journal-Press 533
Ancient Miners of Arizona Treated Low-Grade Ores
At a number of points in southwestern Arizona have been found the remains of rude adobe furnaces at which Spaniards or Mexicans smelted silver-lead ores from mines considered by the later American miners of no very large value. These old mines seem to have been un-chronicled in the annals of Sonora and were far north of the ordinary range of Spanish activities. One such mine and smelter is near Quartzsite. It was bought lately by D. W. Hall, who has found much ore worth shipment. In this same locality, thirty years ago, a prospector brought to the Colorado River a bar of smelted silver, a veritable “plancha de plata,” a foot wide, 18 in. long and 2 in. thick and weighing about 100 lb. He sold it to the Hodges brothers, of Yuma, whom he told that he had found the bar where it had been partly buried in dirt, possibly after its bearers had been slain by Indians.
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ARIZONA MINING NEWS EMJ 9 23 1922
ARIZONA
Merger of Jerome Properties Progresses
—Old Dominion Profits from Sale of Water
Br JAMES H. MGCLINTOOK
Phoenix—James M. Layman, in his consolidation plans at Jerome, is considering a 10,000-ft. tunnel that would cut the Copper Chief and Equator ground at 2,000-ft. depth. Green Monster is still out of the combination. Its stockholders are considering the Layman offer of one share of stock in the new Verde Consolidated Mines & Tunnel Co. for three shares of Green Monster. Stock now is being pooled of the Copper Chief, Equator, Copper Chief Extension, Layman-Washburn, and Larson-Colbath organizations, which it is stated are already secured, whatever becomes of the Green Monster negotiations. There is to be a sale of 1,000,000 shares of pre-organization stock, with supplemental offer of 500,000 shares at $1.
The Mexican Metals Recovery Co., of El Paso, has filed its articles with the Arizona Corporation Commission, with John F. Ross, of Tombstone, named as resident agent. The directors are Elgin B. Holt, C. W. Goedeke, D. A. Richardson, George F. Williams, 3. E. McIntyre, J. J. O’Brien and W. V. Wright.
The Night Hawk Leasing Go., whose operations are at Bisbee, has announced a 10c. dividend.
Ajo—The last big shot has been fired in the surface carbonates of the New Cornelia Copper Co. The discharge of 18,000 lb. of powder broke down about 60,000 tons of ore, leaving little standing of the last of the three hills that formerly marked Ajo from the desert. The new well shaft has been completed to the depth of 650 ft., and now a drift is being run to connect with the old shaft at the depth. This drift in size is 12 by 14 ft. Construction of the new mill is expected to start within a month.
Globe—the Old Dominion is disposing in two ways of the water pumped from its property. It has a ten-year contract with the Miami Copper Co. for 1,000,000 gal. a day of ordinary mine water, delivered as it comes from the drain tunnel. This at the rate of 5c. per 1,000 gal. In addition, there is a special delivery of pure water to the city of Globe, that is taken from a long separate drift by separate pipes and pumps and then repumped from the surface to the city reservoir. For this a charge is made of 121c. per 1,000 gal.
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HACKBERRY MINE, AZ EMJ 10 20 1928
Road Is Being Built to American Flag
A ROAD is being built to the American Flag mine, 15 miles east of Hackberry, on the Santa Fe railroad, in Mohave County, Ariz. Wright Creek Mining recently struck a high-grade copper-gold-silver ore at this property. A winze is being sunk from the lower tunnel and has reached a depth of 30 ft. It is reported to be in good ore. The road will, if present expectations are realized, be finished within two or three months and shipments will then he made from the property. Work of developing mill-grade ore will be started when the road is finished, with the hope of providing sufficient to justify the erection of a treatment plant.
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ARIZONA MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 3 30 1929
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The new ore body on the Arizona Moss-back property of the Empire Gold Mining Company at Oatman, Arizona, has been opened up for 170 feet on the 400-foot level. The ore is claimed to be 30 feet wide, and to sample $15 in gold. It is proposed to carry the drift farther, and then to sink to greater depth. The new find was made on the opposite side of the shaft from which development has been carried out in the past. The Mossback was recently visited by E. E. Campbell, consulting engineer, now in charge of mining operations in Canada, with headquarters at 425 Brock Building, 200 Bay Street, Toronto. Mark Lauzon of Kingman, Arizona, is actively in charge of operations as general manager.
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With two new pumps installed at the Tom Reed Gold Mines Company, Oatman, Arizona, the company is now able to handle 500 gallons of water per minute. The next work will be the deepening of the main shaft, it is stated, offering better drainage facilities than in the winze, where an ore streak has been followed. Oscar R. Howard, 56 Fremont Place, Los Angeles, is general manager of the Tom Reed, with Victor A. Light, assistant general manager, at the property.
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W. I. Johnson, president of the Northern Arizona Lead and Zinc Mining Company, reports that several hundred thousand dollars worth of ore has been developed at the company’s mines in the Grand Canyon national park of Arizona, and that shipments of the lead-silver product are expected to be started as soon as a hoist is installed near a perpendicular canyon wall on the property, to eliminate 12 miles of packing at a cost of about $25 per ton. Mr. Johnson, who may be reached at Supai, via Grand Canyon, Arizona, also states that about a half a million dollars worth of vanadium ore is in sight on the ground, which is expected to be worked in the near future.
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C. E. Champie of Hot Springs, Arizona, continues to develop his group of claims in that district, known as the Golden Aster Mines, Inc, with satisfactory results. Additional tonnages are being exposed on these holdings, and shipments of ore are expected to be made at an early date. Development work has been carried out principally by tunnels.
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Two new ore bodies have been proven to exist on property of the New Cornelia Copper Company at Ajo, Arizona, following an extensive exploration program by the use of diamond drills. Underground operations will now be resorted to for the extraction of one of these ore bodies, open pit methods having been employed by the company for some time heretofore for development of its ores. The large tonnages of ore proven to exist in the workings warrant the enlargement of its milling plant. M. Curley is general manager, and W. I. DuMoulin is general superintendent.
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The financial statement of the ‘Calumet and Arizona Mining Company, with principal offices at Calumet, Michigan, and properties located at Warren, Arizona, showed earnings, before depreciation, of $5,847,699, equivalent to $9.09 a share on the 642,757 shares of stock outstanding; and a net income, after depreciation, of $5,221,640, or $8.12 a share. These figures compare with earnings of $4,265,-462, or $6.68 a share, and net of $3,725,596, or $5.82 a share, in 1927. The gross income in 1928 was $12,424,567, as compared with $10,916,569 the previous year. Calumet & Arizona, in 1928, produced 52,868,871 pounds of copper, and made deliveries of 54,728,272 pounds. The average price received was 14.864 cents a pound.
During the past year, the company disbursed $4,499,299, or $7 a share, to its stockholders, there, having been but three years since the company first started dividend payments, in 1903, that more cash was paid out. To date the company has disbursed a total of $66,517,888 in the form of dividends.
General Manager Harry A. Clark states that the company’s Bisbee mines produced 511,095 tons of wet ore, which exceeds production for 1927 by 28,965 tons. The total footage of development work of all classes for the year, exclusive of diamond drilling, was 61,808 feet, which exceeds the development work of 1927, exclusive of diamond drilling, 11,187 feet.
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Development work at the Eighty-five mine at Valedon, New Mexico, during the year, exceeded that of the previous year by 2,880.5 feet. Very little new ore was discovered at this mine, but the ore reserves show a small increase for the year, and although shaft repairs interrupted operations, the amount of ore produced was almost exactly the same as in 1927. On the whole, both production and development work of the company substantially exceeded that of the previous year.
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Harry Jennings and associates, of Bisbee, Arizona, are reported to have taken over property of the Calumet and Arizona Mining Company at Copper Creek, Pinal County, Arizona, under lease and bond. A development schedule is expected to be under way shortly.
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The New Cornelia Copper Company, with properties at Ajo, Arizona, Gordon B. Campbell of Calumet, Michigan, president, reports for 1928 earnings of $5,459,129, equivalent to $3.08 a share, and a net income, following depreciation charges, of $5,008,195, or $2.78 a share. In 1927 the earnings were $3,577,712, or $1.87 a share, and the net income was $8,188,771, or $1.74 a share. The gross income in 1928 amounted to $12,884,897, this being comparable with $10,473,004 in 1927. The company has 1,800,000 shares, all of which have been issued.
New Cornelia produced 77,995,281 pounds of copper last year, and made deliveries totaling 89,808,250 pounds, which brought an average price of 14.843 cents a pound at the refinery. In addition, during the year the company produced 171,943.23 ounces of silver, and 16,378.818 ounces of gold.
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Plans for the development-construction program of the Arizona Western Mining and Milling Company include the erection of a small pilot mill on its properties near Cleator, Arizona, it is reported. Sufficient water for the operation of the new mill is available from Turkey Creek. A temporary hoist and a compressor nave recently been installed, and camp accommodations constructed. The shaft is now down about 112 feet. Transportation is easily accessible, a spur line from the Santa Fe railway being situated less than three miles from the camp, and the Black Canyon Highway to Cleator has lately been repaired. J. S. Allen, Box 918, Prescott Arizona, is president of the company.
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Recent development at the Hassayampa Gold Mining Company, about 15 miles east of Kirkland, Arizona, is reported to have opened up 12 feet of $16 gold ore at a depth of about 100 feet. On the high-grade streak, three new openings have been made, showing ore running several hundred dollars per ton.
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The foundation upon which rested the Centripact mill at the Silver Crown mine, Crown King, Arizona, A. C. Jamersbach, general manager, is being put in condition to receive a new ball mill, which will treat about 40 tans of ore per day. Some two years ago, the company’s Centripact mill was washed from its foundation by the sudden breaking of a cement water tank a short distance away. Ores from the mine carry lead, silver and gold.
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Preparations for diamond drilling on the property of the Arizona Cinnabar Company, near Globe, Arizona, and employment of additional miners, have been announced by L. E. Foster, general manager.
The Mercury Mines of America and the Tonto Mining Company are under the same management as the Arizona Cinnabar, and a number of easterners who control the three properties expect to make an inspection tour of these quicksilver mines during the month of March.
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A new stringer, leading to the main vein and carrying high-grade lead and silver, has been reported from the Silver Strike Mining Company at Bowie, Arizona, W. J. Schilpin, president and general manager. This company is developing its property by driving a 500-foot tunnel to intersect known ore at a depth of about 250 feet, and the cutting of the ore at this point, 200 feet from the main lead, is considered by the operators as a very favorable indication. An experimental mill is planned for early installation.
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James Nash has filed on a number of asbestos claims at Globe, Arizona. The claims are located in the Sierra Ancha Mountains, about 1½ miles from Reynolds Creek. Interesting developments are expected in connection with these claims in the near future.
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W. S. Loring, Kirkland, Arizona, manager of Arizona Metals, Inc., has returned from a two months’ stay in San Francisco, where it is understood he completed preliminary preparations for immediate work on a reduction plant in the Kirkland district, whereby it is planned to manufacture “cement copper” by leaching the product of the well-developed underground and surface ore bodies of the Zonia property.
Under the present development plan, the Arizona Metals, Inc., is to be the holding company, with operations in charge of the Zonia Copper Mining ‘Company. A third company, known as the Golden Daisy Mines Consolidated, will remain for a time in charge of certain inactive properties in the vicinity of the operating Zonia.
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Upon a recent visit to properties of the Shattuck Dena Mining Company at Bisbee, Arizona, Thomas Bardon of New York, vice-president, expressed himself as well-pleased with conditions at these holdings. A known ore body, 860 feet in length and of unknown depth and width, carrying copper values between 8 and 10 per cent, with five ounces of silver and $1 in gold, is said to exist in the workings.
On the 2,100 level, Crosscut No. 1, drifting east and west, has extended the ore body 140 feet further than expected. This ore is reported to assay 10 per cent.
In Crosscut No. 2, 100 feet west, about 42 feet of ore, averaging 8 per cent, has been found; and the main drift on the 2,200 level has been advanced 450 feet to the west. Although engineers are positive that the ore body exists on this level, no attempt will be made to develop it until drainage connections have been made with the Calumet and Arizona property. Operations are under the direction of T. 0. McGrath, general manager, and J. G. Flynn, mine superintendent.
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Capitalized at $1,000,000, the Callzonia Mine., Inc., has filed articles of incorporation with the Arizona corporation commission. The board of directors is made up of a group of Los Angeles men, with Wayne Hubbs of 137 North First Street, Phoenix, Arizona, as resident agent. The principal place of business will be at Phoenix.
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The mill of the Silver Pheasant Mine, Inc., which has been shut down for several weeks, making changes in the flow sheet for the purpose of obtaining better recoveries on complex lead-zinc-gold-silver ores, will shortly complete its new flotation installations. The company intends to purchase complex and other ores suitable for concentration from local lessees, and to enlarge the present plant, when production warrants. Lead concentrates valued at $124 have recently been shipped from this property. No zinc concentrates have been shipped as yet, although they average 39 per cent zinc and about $40 in gold and silver, according to W. C. Broadgate, general manager and superintendent. The Silver Pheasant mines are located at Cleator, Arizona.
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It is understood that the Black Canyon Mining Company, Claude Baker, manager, operating the Thunderbolt mine near Cleator, Arizona, is installing considerable new machinery, and expects to begin a somewhat extensive development schedule soon.
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Production of the Phelps Dodge Corporation for the year 1928 amounted to 208,000,000 pounds of copper, compared with 184,858,877 pounds the previous year. Net earnings of the company, after depreciation and taxes but before depletion, totaled $10,077,451, against $8,623,582 in 1927, while total dividends paid in 1928 amounted to $3,500,000, as compared with $8,000,000 the year before. The Phelps Dodge Corporation, and its predecessor, the Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company, have an unbroken dividend record since 1888. The quarterly dividend, payable April 1 to stock of record March 15, was at the annual rate of $5,000,000.
Tn 1928, the company received an average of 14.70 cents per pound for its copper. Stockholders of the Phelps Dodge voted on February 25, of this year, to change the capital stock from $100 par value to $25 par value, and to issue jour shares of the new stock in exchange for each share of the old. Upon completion of the exchange, the capitalization will be placed at 2,000,000 shares of the par value of $25.
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The lease held by John Moulton and James McCoy on the Evahom mine of the Mohave Mining and Development Company, near Kingman, Arizona, has been cancelled. These lessees shipped several cars of ore from this property during 1928, which, together with two cats shipped by the company, amounted to approximately $6,000. J. E. Mitchell, general manager and secretary of the company, reports that there are several hundred tons of shipping ore valued at from $40 to $50 per ton, available at the mines, and about $200,000 worth of milling ore in sight.
This group of 18 claims is well-equipped with new machinery. Development completed includes a 828-foot crosscut tunnel, with about 1 200 feet of lateral work. Mr. Mitchell ‘has headquarters at 1255 West 88th Street, Los Angeles, California, while E. Ross Householder is acting in the capacity of vice-president and resident agent at Kingman.
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News has been received by stockholders of the Katherine Gold Mining Company, Katherine, Arizona, of the resignation of Charles Sutro, president, and R. L. Dimmick, general manager. A new president will be elected at the next meeting of the board of directors. S. H. Brady, formerly connected with the Tonopah Belmont Development Company and the West End Consolidated Mining Company of Tonopah, Nevada, has been engaged by the Katherine Company as general manager.
Mr. Brady recently completed an examination of the underground workings at Katherine and states that the showings on the 200, 800 and 400-foot levels to the east of the Sutro fault justifies the expenditure of necessary money to develop the vein in that direction. Recent diamond drill work prosecuted by the company is said to have demonstrated the existence of four new veins, which are from 10 to 18 feet wide, and assays taken from the drillings on the 600 and 900-foot levels were reported very satisfactory. A crosscut has been driven to two of these veins on the 600-foot level, assays of which indicate milling values of $12 per ton. The diamond drill holes from the 900 level have also demonstrated that there are two veins about 350 feet north of the shaft, assays of which returned values of from $5 to $15 per ton.
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Development work at the Alpha Mines, Inc.1 Chloride, Arizona, is opening up new additions to the company’s ore bodies: the No. 2 raise in the main tunnel, 1,200 feet from the portal, at a vertical depth of approximately 400 feet, having encountered a new body of ore. A portion of the vein is said to contain high-grade galena, while opposite it on the other side is a showing of copper ore. The crosscut from the No. 1 shaft is being driven steadily toward the Queen vein, which it will tap at such depth as to prove conclusively the worth of the deeper ore bodies, which is the object of the present development program. H. L. Phillips, 903 Spring Arcade Building, Los Angeles, is manager.
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W. D. Grannis of Kingman, Arizona, has left that place for Los Angeles, where he expects to complete negotiations for the purchase of a new compressor and other equipment for the Carbonate Mines Corporation, operating the Gray Metal mines in the Wallapai Mountains, near Kingman. Surveys have been made and a location staked for foundations of the new equipment, which will be put in place upon arrival. It is the company’s plan to continue the sinking of the shaft, for the development of the ore bodies, said to be already disclosed, and to develop water sufficient to warrant the installation of a reduction plant.
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The White Horse group of claims, formerly operated by the Wishon Exploration Company, under the direction of W. W. Wishon, 2217 La Verna Avenue, Los Angeles, is reported to have been taken over by coast parties, who are planning considerable development work. E. W. Kay and Al Moore have taken a contract to drive 100 feet of tunnel on this property, which is located in Mineral Park, near Kingman, Arizona.
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H. R. Lathrop, 116 Beekman Street, New York City, has announced plans of a financial campaign for the Sheldon Mining Company, with properties at Walker, Arizona. Mr. Lathrop is president of the Sheldon Company. The financing plan calls for the raising of $500,000 from the sale of stock, first to present to stockholders, and then to the public, and the listing of the shares on the market.
The income from the proposed plan is to be usedto complete the development work now in progress, to make needed surface improvements and additions to the equipment, to enable the company to exercise its option on a controlling interest in the Humboldt smelter and the De Soto and Blue Bell mines of the Southwest Metals Company, and to retire outstanding obligations. Development of the company’s mines is being pushed as rapidly as possible, about 65 men now being employed, and shipments of concentrates are expected to be started within a few weeks.
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The old Papago Chief mine, located in the Baboquivari mountains, formerly operated by the Three Peaks Mining Company, of Tucson, Arizona, has been taken over by A. L. Lampton, it is stated. It is understood that Mr. Lampton intends to construct a reduction plant on this newly acquired ground in the near future.
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The present management of the United States Navy mine, operated by the Verde Annex Mines Company, W. F. Burns, general manager, Prescott, Arizona, has specifications for the construction of a 50-ton mill of the selective flotation type, which will be installed as soon as the weather conditions permit. After repairing the roads and erecting a bunk house and office building, the development of what has proven to be a shoot of ore in a newly discovered vein is the work now in hand. Crosscutting will be done from the 350-foot level to the new ore body. The mine is five miles from Skull Valley railroad station, at which point the company has set up a 1,500-gallon oil tank, and a tank of like capacity has also been put in place at the mine.
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The 50-ton mill of the Arizona Eastern Gold Mines Company at Octave, Arizona, has now started treatment of ore from its Joker Vein. At the same time, development of the mines is being pushed steadily, 11 men being employed, under the direction of J. S. Coupal, general manager, and M. E. Pratt, general superintendent.
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The Buckeye State Mining and Milling Company has begun to rebuild a number of houses that were recently destroyed by fire at its property near Tucson, Arizona. The camp is being reconditioned preparatorv to further development of the mines and the installation of the first unit of a new mill upon the property. The main shaft will be cleaned out and re-timbered as soon as possible, according to a. J. Earshberger, president and manager, who has headquarters at the Chamber of Commerce, Tucson.
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Renewed activity is in progress in the Camp Creek section of Arizona, about 45 miles northeast of Phoenix, with ore carrying 40 per cent copper being taken from the Lucky Day Mine, formerly known as the Milwaukee. In a mineralized zone that has been traced for 4,900 feet, a 15-foot vein is claimed to sample around 10 per cent copper. This property is under lease and bond to James Meyers of Phoenix, and Otto Breuneaur, a Detroit geologist who is carrying on the development. Several carloads of ore are reported ready for shipment, and this will be facilitated by the new road that has been built by Maricopa County in the Camp Creek Valley.
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A geophysical survey is reported being made on the Mollie Gibson claims at Patagonia, Arizona, by the Radiore Company of Los Angeles, under the direction of William A. Aultman, field engineer for the electrical company. This property is owned by the Arizona Consolidated Copper Company, of which W. J. Mitchell, 104 Sierra Avenue, Nogales, Arizona, is manager.
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The entire flotation department of the New Cornelia Copper Company, Ajo, Arizona, M. Curley, manager, is being remodeled, using Macintosh pneumatic flotation cells, and when all the improvements to the concentrator have been completed, the plant will have a capacity of about 10,000 tons daily. Several additional Symons cone crushers and 24 new synchronous motors are also being installed at the properties, and an additional water supply developed.
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A new thickener has just been delivered at the Payroll Mines, Inc., Lee Campbell, vice-president and manager, Box 263, Chloride, Arizona, and is now being installed. The plant is expected to be put into operation within the next 40 days, in treatment of the company’s lead-zinc-gold-silver ores.
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Reports from the United Verde Copper Company at Jerome, Arizona, show that the present rate of production is 10,000,000 pounds of copper monthly, or 130,000 tons of ore; approximately one-half of this tonnage coming from the shovel pit, and the balance from underground operations. On the upper levels the ore zone is said to be about 600 x 1,100 feet and on the lower levels the ore bodies extend approximately 1,000 feet along the contact, and vary from a few feet to 250 feet in width. The United Verde Company employs around 1,300 men at Jerome, this number being distributed as follows: Mine department, 830; Shovel department, 180; Mechanical department, 180; Office and miscellaneous, 110. Robert B. Tally is general manager, with W. V. Decamp, general superintendent at Jerome, and Thomas Taylor, superintendent at Clarkdale.
The Shattuck Denn Mining Corporation, Bisbee, Arizona, reports for the year, ended December 31, 1928, a loss of $95,879, after expenses and taxes, as compared with a loss of $8,800 in 1927. After charging out depreciation, the net loss was $221,325, against a net loss of $116,954 the previous year.
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At the present time W. F. Grove and Sons of Mayer, Arizona, are working two of the patented claims on the old Sterling Group, located in the Hassayampa District, about eight miles south of Prescott, Arizona, owned by Joe Tomlinson. Work was started on this property in July, since which time an interesting ledge of gold-silver ore has been developed, and eight shipments have been made to the Magma Smelter at Superior, Arizona. The ore is stated to average around $25 to the ton. The old tunnel level made by Mr. Tomlinson years ago, which had gained a depth of 70 feet, has now been developed to a depth of about 105 feet, with promising indications.
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The new mill at the Big Jim Mines, Inc., Patagonia, Arizona, C. D. Pickering, general manager, is now reported to be in regular operation. The plant is of 130 tons daily capacity, and it is understood that the new process evolved by the engineering staff of this company, in the treatment of carbonate lead-silver-gold ores, will be made available to other companies having a similar product to that of the company’s Hardshell Mine.
Directors of the Big Jim, accompanied by 20 of the largest, stockholders, recently visited the company’s holdings, in company with l. F. S. Holland, engineer. The party spent one day watching ore treatment at the new mill, and a day inspecting the Big Jim and Hardshell mines.
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A. R. Phillips reports that work is being carried out on the 50-foot level of his Gold Spot Mine, located near Buckeye, Arizona, 28 feet of drifting being done on the vein. Four feet of ore showing free gold was recently encountered on this property; a small cyanide plant is being used at present, and a new mill will be put in place when about 100 additional feet of lateral work is completed.
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The water level in the Rice Shaft of the Van Dyke Copper Company at Miami, Arizona, has been lowered to provide approximately 200 feet of sump below the 1,200-foot level. The station and drift on the 1,200-foot level were found to be in good condition after the removal of the water. Air and water lines are being extended to this station and work will be started immediately on advancement of the drifts from the 1,200 level. Cleve W. Van Dyke is president of this company.
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Work has been resumed on reclaiming copper from the old dumps of the Gibson Mine, West of Miami, Arizona, by A. B. Miller and H. E. Keyes, of Miami. This is the first work done on the dumps since last November, during which time improvements have been made in the concentrating plant, and a supply of water developed. The concentrates are being shipped by truck to the Magma Smelter at Superior.
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A Dew flume has been constructed at the Verde Central Mines, Inc., at Jerome, Arizona, for the purpose of disposing of tailings from the new concentration mill, in order that they might not collect in the Verde River. The tailings are sent through the flume to a pond, two miles distant, where they are dumped. Considerable difficulty and expense were involved in the construction of this long flume, which is built of lumber and supported by timbers. R. H. Dickson is general manager of the Verde Central.
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Production of the Calumet and Arizona Mining Company, operating at Warren, Arizona, amounted to 5,102,000 pounds, during the month of February, 1929, while that of its subsidiary, New Cornelia Copper Company, at Ajo, Arizona, amounted to 6,008,040 pounds. This is compared with 4,082,000 pounds and 6,534,480 pounds, respectively, for the same month of 1928.
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A contract has been let by the Miami Copper Company of Miami, Arizona, F. W. MacLennan, general manager, to the E. J. Longyear Company of Minneapolis, Minnesota, for the deepening of its main shaft from the 1,000 to the 1,125-foot level. This work will be started within the next 80 or 60 days. The deepening of this shaft is preparatory to more extensive operations and ore extraction from the 1,000-foot level.
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James J. Godfrey, 25 Broadway, New York City, president of the Kay Copper Corporation, has announced that a new milling plant will soon be erected at the company’s mines, located near Canon, Arizona. Gross values of two ore bodies in the mine are placed at $26,714,000. The total width and length of the east ore body is stated to be 105 x 280 feet on the 800-foot and 1,200-foot levels.
This area has been proved by diamond drill work to extend to the 1,525-foot level, at which depth ore has been found to return three per cent copper, carrying $8 a ton in gold and silver. The original ore body is 60x 800 feet in the upper workings, and increases to 80 feet in width on the 1,200-foot level, according to the reports of the company engineers. Operations are in charge of D. J. Richards, mine superintendent.
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Copper production of the United Verde Extension Mining Company, with properties at Jerome, Arizona, amounted to 4,047,610 pounds during the month of February, 1929, as compared with 3,247,052 pounds during the same month of last year. The daily average for February was practically the same as that for January, of this year. It is also interesting to note that production from this company has been steadily on the increase since October.
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ARIZONA MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 4 15 1929
ARIZONA
The only Arizona mining company to pay a dividend during the month of March, 1929, was the Calumet and Arizona Mining Company of Warren, Arizona. This dividend amounted to $964,135, being the regular quarterly dividend of $1.50 per share. In the preceding quarter, the dividend of this company amounted to $1,606,892, composed of the regular quarterly dividend of $1.50, plus a $1 extra dividend.
Miners of Arizona are now receiving the highest wages ever paid in that state, the result of four increases within the last six months, the last increase of five per cent, bringing the basic wage up to $6.20 per day. The new wage scale was announced April 1, and became effective immediately. On this basis the annual payroll of Arizona has been increased more than $7,000,000 within the last six months. The initial increase applied to 15,500 men, but subsequent increases have been applicable to about 18,000 men. The four voluntary
wage boosts amount to 25 per cent, and all in the increases were based on the $4.95 scale, in
effect, prior to October 1, 1928. The first increase of 10 per cent, announced September 28, 1928, and the three subsequent raises of 5 per cent each are equivalent to a total boost of $1.25. The second increase was announced February 5, the third on March 8, and the fourth and last, April 1. The first raise was based on 15-cent copper, the second on 17-cent, the third on 19-cent, and the fourth on 24 cents for the metal.
B. B. Campbell, general manager of the Old Colony Mines, Ltd., who has been making periodical inspections of the company’s Arizona Premier’ property, near Kingman, Arizona, states that to date the Old Colony V has expended approximately $132,000 upon this property, with a total of 11,500 feet of underground work completed. The length of ore shoots exposed is 4,500 feet, while the length of ore shoots proven to 100 feet or more of vertical depth totals 8,200 feet. The total amount of ore blocked out ready for stoping is 106,000 tons, with an average gross value of about $30.60 per ton. Fifty per cent of this exposure has been made in new ground and was not included in previous estimates. Plans for new camp layout and a new mill location are being prepared at present. Mr. Campbell has headquarters at 425 Brock Building, 200 Bay Street, Toronto, Canada.
Directors of the Miami Copper ‘Company have placed the stock of that company on a $4 annual basis, by declaration of a $1 quarterly dividend, payable May 15 to stock of record May 1. This doubles the dividend rate of that company, the last quarterly dividend being 50 cents per share, totaling $378,558.
The main tunnel of the Spring Creek mine at Young, Arizona, being operated by the Bald Eagle Mining Company, is being extended approximately 600 feet. The winze is down 100 feet, and crosscutting has now been started to the main ledge. Two shifts are employed at present.
The deal has practically been consummated for the starting of work and for plant construction for the Anglo-American Minerals Company, with headquarters at Phoenix, Arizona, and with properties about 85 miles from Phoenix, in the Red Picacho district.
The property which the new organization plans on working is a low-grade gold property, stated to average about $6 per ton, the gold with some silver showing in porphyry. The deposit has been opened by 10 shafts and shows to be 200 feet in width and 1,600 feet in length. Col. Fred C. Bowler, 814 North Second Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona, is manager, and B. C. Fitzhugh is to be superintendent.
Capitalists from New York, New Mexico, and Texas have been inspecting the property, among them being ex-Governor Hinkle of New Mexico. Jordan and Elliott, brokers of 52 New St., New York, are handling the financial arrangements. Mr. Jordan has recently returned to the east, and it is expected that work will be underway shortly. The present plan calls for the early construction of a 100-ton unit of a 500-ton plant.
Water is being pumped from mines of the Tom Reed Gold Mines ‘Company, Oatman, Arizona, Victor A. Light, assistant general manager, at the rate of 800 gallons per minute. Two new pumps have recently been installed at this property, one on the 800-foot level, and another in the winze of the same level. This ground is reported to have produced ores worth about $15,000,000 during previous operations, and engineers of the company believe that there is another ore body of important value remaining in the mines. Oscar R. Howard, 56 Fremont Place, Los Angeles, is general manager of the Tom Reed.
The Sheldon Mining Company has exercised its option on the Southwest Metals Company’s property at Humboldt, Arizona, according to L. II. Lathrop, 116 Beekman Street, New York City, president, who states that the Humboldt smelter will be put into operation as soon as the necessary machinery can be secured. The deal involves not only the smelter, which has a capacity of 12,000 tons per month, but the company’s two mines, the Bluebell and De Soto, now being operated by lessees. The smelter will be operated as a separate unit from the Sheldon mine, and will be in the market for customs ores upon reopening.
It is reported that a total of $120,000 is to be spent on new machinery for the Shattuck Denn Mining Company at Bisbee, Arizona. The annual report of this company for 1928 showed a production of 13,613 tons of lead ore, 29,804 tons of copper ore and 2,965 tons of silica ore from its Shattuck mine. The extractions from this production were 3,151,766 pounds of copper, 1,548,363 pounds of lead, 104,412 ounces of silver and 1,798 ounces of gold. The Denn mine figures show a production of 1,997,940 pounds of copper, 29,190 ounces of silver and 466 ounces of gold. The report shows that a total of $184,387.08 was spent in development of the properties, which included a total of 8,835 feet of diamond drilling, 220 feet of main shaft footage and 1,510 cubic yards of stations. A new body of ore is said to have been opened up on the 2,000-foot level at the Denn mine.
D. C. Maclver of Prescott, Arizona, who is developing the Harlan mine in the Senator district of Arizona, has installed a new 50-ton concentrating plant to handle gravel from the placer beds of this property. Work will be resumed at this mine about May 1, operations having been suspended some time ago, due to the heavy fall of snow and cold weather in that district.
While cleaning up an old tunnel, miners at the Mayflower mine of the ‘Chase Mines, Inc., at” Chloride, Arizona, are said to have run into approximately 12 feet of silver ore. It is planned to start shipments of ore from this mine within the next two weeks. Raymond A. Chase, 141 North Pleasant Street, Prescott, Arizona, is president, and John Russell, of the same place, is vice-president and general manager.
Ralph Douglas, 1065 Empire Building, Seattle, Washington, has returned to that place from Phoenix, Arizona, where he spent several weeks at the Jack White mine, owned and operated by the Maricopa Mining Company1 of which he is treasurer. Extensive development work is under way at the Jack White. The main shaft has been sunk to the 400-foot level, and drifting is now being done to the south, cutting five ore shoots, which have extended from the 300 level. The company shipped its second carload of ore to the American Smelting and Refining Company the latter part of March, and in the future a carload of paying ore is expected to be shipped from this property each week. Operations are under the direction of Roy Barnes, Box 1841, Phoenix, Arizona, who is general manager.
New development work has been started at the Rice shaft of the Van Dyke Copper Company at Miami, Arizona, with the breaking of ground in the drift faces on the 1,220-foot level. The work of installing new machinery and equipment and un-watering and repairing the shaft has been completed, and the efforts of two crews of workmen will now be centered on the new development. An 800-horsepower electrically driven Ledgerwood hoist will provide hoisting power sufficient to meet the demands of increased exploration at the Rice shaft. Cleve Van Dyke is president.
Work is in progress at the Morenci Branch of the Phelps Dodge Corporation at Morenci, Arizona, on the increasing of the capacity of the concentrator from 4,000 to 5,000 tons daily. Due to the satisfactory extraction results obtained in the experimental leaching plant at the Burro Mountain Branch at Tyrone, New Mexico, the equipment of that unit was transferred to the Douglas smelter and re-erected on a more elaborate scale, where it will be utilized to experiment on ores from the Morenci Branch, with a view to determining whether the ores would be more susceptible to leaching than concentrating. Indications are that in view of the rather high acid soluble content of the ore, a much better extraction of the copper can be attained through this method.
In the large low-grade ore bodies adjacent to the present operations of the Morenci Branch, an intensive exploration program is in progress to determine not only the grade and tonnage of the ore, but its vertical and lateral boundaries so that within the next two years sufficient data may be available on which to base both methods of mining and daily tonnage of ore for which facilities will have to be provided. Frank Ayer is manager of the Morenci Branch.
A considerable quantity of high-grade ore, running approximately 25 per cent copper, and containing some silver, has been blocked out at property of the Red Rover Copper Company, located 52 miles north of Phoenix, Arizona, it is stated. Following the installation of new pumping equipment for the un-watering of the shaft, the company plans to carry the development work to greater depth. This property is leased to B. H. Lundquist and J. M. Pickett, 420 Heard Building, Phoenix.
Although there was a marked increase in the tonnage shipped during the year 1928 from the Bunker Hill Mines Company of Tombstone, Arizona, P. H. Soderstrom, superintendent, the metal content per ton shows a decrease in gold, silver and lead. About 20,417 tons of ore were shipped from this property during last year as compared with 10,118 tons in 1927. Of the total tonnage, 19,542 tons of siliceous ore and 72 tons of concentrates were shipped to the Douglas smelter, and 505 tons of silver-lead ore Were sent to the El Paso smelter.
There were nearly 1,700 feet of development work done by the leasers during the year, but practically no new ore was opened up, and the greater proportion of the ore shipments came from working over old fill.
The old Emerald mine was opened up to a depth of about 50 feet below the 400-foot level, and several of the drifts on the different levels cleaned out. By the end of the year all mining operations on surface dumps had ceased. During 1928 there were 21 separate leases operating on 18 claims. The Bunker Hill claims are owned by the Phelps Dodge Corporation, and operated under lease only.
In the annual report of the Verde Central Mines, Inc., Jerome, Arizona, General Manager Robert H. Dickson reports that the company’s ore reserves have been increased during the past year, the mine having been operated continuously with two shifts. Development work totaled 14,546 feet, which consisted of 7,740 feet of drifting and crosscutting, 624 feet of raising, and 6,182 feet of diamond drilling.
Considerable work has been done on the Rock Butte ore zone, a siliceous ore body 250 feet long and averaging 15 feet in width having been opened up on the 1,100-foot level. Previously no work had been done in this area. A new ore lens is being opened up on the west side of this fracture zone, on the 1,100 level, and to date this ore body is 90 feet long. A drift for development purposes, now 100 feet long, is being driven on the 1,600 level from No. 1 raise, which extends from the 1,750 level to the 1,450-foot level.
Stoping has been started on the Silver Cliff vein, on the 1,000 level, and in the Rock Butte zone on The 1,750, 1,450 and 1,100 levels. The ore will be mined by shrinkage. In addition to the company’s new 800-ton mill, about 1,000 feet of railroad has been constructed from the mine to the mill, during the past year. A new electric sub-station, consisting of 500 k.v.a. transformers, switches and lightnirtg arresters, has also been erected.
A. Swan, of Los Angeles, California, an old-time mining operator of Mexico and South America, as well as the western field of the United States, has taken over the White Horse mine, at Mineral Park, via Kingman, Arizona, and has let two contracts for further extensions of the tunnel. It is reported that Mr. Swan has engaged Lyon Kay, under contract, to develop the property, one of the contracts being for 100 feet of tunnel, while the other is for 200 feet. The contractors are installing a compressor and machine drills.
H. C. Block, president of the Wright Creek Mines Company, 458 South Spring Street, Room 506 Los Angeles, California, reports the completion of the new reservoir and dam at the company’s mines at Kingman, Arizona. These storage facilities are expected to furnish an ample water supply for all milling purposes throughout the year. Within the very near future, the new 85-ton daily capacity milling plant will be put into operation on a three-shift basis. The present mill, which has been operating with two shifts daily, is turning out concentrates, of gold and silver content, with values in excess of $800 per ton. Mill heads are stated to average about $26 per ton. The company will soon ship its first carload of concentrates to the smelter at Douglas, Arizona. W. El. Dunlop has full charge of all mine operations.
The four-mile automobile road of the Democrat Mines, Ltd., with properties near Kingman, Arizona, has been completed, thus affording better transportation to the Santa Fe railroad. New equipment now being installed includes a 25-horsepower hoist, two-drill compressor, 50-horsepower engine, 2,500-gallon circulating tank, and a 50-gallon fuel tank. After these installations have been made, shaft-sinking will be resumed on company account, instead of by contract, as has previously been done.
On the 125-foot level, drifts will be started both ways on the vein about 12 feet of lateral work expected to be completed daily. The north drift, on the 125-foot level, will eventually reach a vertical depth of about 800 feet under the ridge of the mountain, across which the vein has been traced and opened up by surface work. The vein has been followed on its dip by the shaft, and operations are now in the sulphide zone, the bottom of which is said to show 18 inches of solid sulphide ore in a four-foot vein. Assays of the 18 inches showed 97.5 ounces silver and 1.28 ounces gold, or about $80 per ton. The balance of the vein is more or less oxidized, but also carries some values. H. L. Phillips, 903 Spring Arcade Building, Los Angeles, is general manager.
On the Starlight group of claims of the Westerner Gold Lead Mines Company at Venezia, Arizona, a new body of ore, containing principally gold and lead, has been opened up in tunnel No. 3. This is said to be the same ore body exposed in tunnels No. 1 and 2, on the vein above, each tunnel being 100 feet apart. The ore in tunnel No. S is 334 feet in depth, below the vein outcropping, it is stated, and has a width of from three to five feet, averaging $32 per ton in gold and silver, 28 per cent lead, with some copper values. Production from this mine is treated in the company’s mill on Starlight ground. E. L. Tomlinson is president, and J. B. Tomlinson, general manager.
It is understood that the Grand Leader Mining Company, operating claims near Prescott, Arizona, will soon install a small mill for treatment of the tonnage already mined from the various underground workings. Ore values at this property, which is owned by Edward J. Kelly of Prescott, and C. E. Warren of Venezia, Arizona, are in gold, silver and copper.
W. F. Grove and sons of Mayer, Arizona, lessees of a couple of claims on the old Sterling group, located in the Hassayampa district and owned by J. B. Tomlinson, are shipping from two to three cars of ore per month, containing 50 tons each. It is expected that the shipments will be stepped up to around five cars a month as soon as the roads are in better condition.
Operations will be resumed on the old Bodie mine during the month of April, it is stated. There is said to be a considerable tonnage of lead ore already opened up on this property, which was formerly operated by the Osage Silver Lead Mining Company of Prescott, Arizona.
A new air compressor, to cost in the neighborhood of $12,000, in addition to other new machinery, is reported being installed at the Santo Nine mine near Patagonia, Arizona. A new strike, the extent of which has not yet been disclosed, has recently been made on this property. Eight new trucks have been acquired to haul the ore into Patagonia.
Mining in the Gila county of Arizona, especially in the asbestos sections will be benefited in a large degree in the event of the installation of the J. B. Girand project, for generation of 40,000 horsepower by means of three hydroelectric plants on the Salt River, north of Globe, Arizona. Filings have been made with the federal power commission and with the state water commissioner. A large part of the power used in the Miami and Superior districts is furnished by the Salt River Water Users’ Association, although lately this supply has been short, and the Inspiration steam power plant has had to be operated.
Underground operations at property of the Montizona Copper Company at Casa Grande, Arizona, M. W. Bacon, president, 42 Broadway, New York City, are being centered upon the sinking of a winze from the 900 to the 1,800-foot level, after which the main shaft will also be extended from the 900 to the 1,800 level, and the two workings connected. Development work thus far includes an 830-foot adit, and two shafts of 280 and 400 feet. The present working force has been increased from 20 to 24 men. Work is actively in charge of T. E. Mitchell, general manager, assisted by B. A. Pike, superintendent.
Mining properties in the Yuma county of Arizona are reported to be experiencing considerable new activity, according to Tom C. Foster, state mine inspector, Phoenix, Arizona, who has recently returned from an inspection trip of that district. Properties in this section contain values in silver, lead, and gold.
In the silver district, about 35 miles north of Yuma, Arizona, the Red Cloud and James G. Blame properties, both of which were worked considerably in 1878 and 1879, are being developed and new ore bodies blocked out.
Considerable development work is also being done on the Black Rock, Castle Dome and North Star claims, in the vicinity of Quartzsite, Arizona. Development work has been resumed on the Little Butte and the old Arizona Butler property, now known as the Clara Swansea property.
An old silver-copper mine, located 45 miles northwest of Tucson, Arizona, has been reopened by B. L. Gillum and associates, of that place, and a new company organized under the name of the Silver Hill Mine. Company, Inc. This mine has been idle since 1921. During former operations, the main shaft was sunk to a depth of 400 feet, with approximately 1,000 feet of lateral work. A tramway and light hoisting machinery were also installed. The property was examined and prospected for several months by the present operators before the organization of the new company, and during that time five carloads of ore were shipped to the smelter at Hayden, Arizona. This ore is stated to have averaged 10 ounces in silver and 7 per cent copper. Three additional cars of ore are also reported to be awaiting transportation to the smelter.
At present arrangements are being made for the financing of a tunnel, which will give a depth of 500 feet, and which is expected to reduce the cost of mining about 75 per cent. Operations are under the direction of S. M. Libbey, 1127 North First Avenue, Tucson, who is superintendent.
Exploration work will be carried out by diamond drilling on the Vulture mine at Wickenburg, Arizona, within the near future, it is stated. D. B. Finlayson is manager of this property.
The Old Dominion Company, Globe, Arizona, reports for the year 1928 a net loss of $84,565, after expenses, depreciation and depletion. In 1927, the net loss was $276,841, and in 1926, $109,698. However, in 1925, the company reported a profit of $67,403, after corresponding charges. I. H. Barkdoll is general manager.
Capitalized at $1,000,000, the Bullion-Beck Mining Company of Chloride, Arizona, has filed articles of incorporation with the Arizona corporation commission. The company was incorporated by William S. Jennings of Chloride, and H. A. Marks, 402 Fleming Building, Phoenix, Arizona.
B. A. Scott and E. S. Hyde, of Tucson, Arizona, have obtained a lease on the Peach copper mine, situated in the northern end of the Santa Rita mountains, near that place, under the partnership name of Scott & Hyde. Preliminary work of assembling and transporting machinery and supplies to the mine is at present under way. Among new machinery being installed is a new hoist and an air compressor. A crew of miners has already established a camp, under the direction of Mr. Hyde, Sahuarita station, at the junction of the Twin Buttes railroad and the Southern Pacific, will be the shipping point for this project.
Articles of incorporation have been filed with the Arizona corporation commission for the Kingman Feldspar Company of Kingman, Arizona, by S. H. Smith and J. Kimberlon. The company has a capital stock of 402,000 shares, of which 2,000 shares are preferred stock valued at $100 a share, and 400,000 shares are common stock without nominal par value.
Further development is in progress on the new ore body recently encountered at the Century mine of the United Republic Gold Mines Company at Kingman, Arizona, P. L. Mullen, president. This new showing was made on the lower vein, in the south drift, 200 feet from the shaft. The drift, which is being driven on the footwall side of the vein, has been continued 40 feet in a full face of ore, it is stated, assaying from $41 to $55 to the ton in silver, gold, copper and zinc. The ore is said to average around 26 per cent zinc. The drift will be extended another 50 feet before crosscutting is started to the hanging wall of the lode. The company plans to ship the ore from this source direct to the smelter.
For the year 1928, the Magma Copper Company of Superior, Arizona, reports a net profit of $1,952,495, after federal tax reserve, depreciation and other charges, equivalent to $4.78 a share on 408,155 shares of no-par stock. This compares with $825,044, or $2.02 a share the previous year. During the year, the company paid dividends amounting to $1,826,503, as compared with $1,224,465 in 1927. The balance sheet as of December 31, 1928, shows current assets of $4,869,618, current liabilities of $989,619, and a working capital of $3,929,994. A year earlier, current assets were $8,465,617; current liabilities, $727,671, and working capital, $2,737,946. President Charles F. Ayers, 14 Wall Street, New York City, states that the average net cost of producing copper, after deducting gold and silver values, was 9.227 cents per pound. This cost included state and county taxes, amounting to about eighty-three hundredths of a cent per pound, depreciation and all other fixed and general expenses. It did not include any allowance for depletion of ore bodies or federal income taxes. The corresponding cost for 1927 was 9.972 cents per pound. The average net selling price received by the company, in excess of all commissions and delivery charges, on all copper delivered during the year amounted to 14.7913 cents per pound.
Although properties of the Iron Cap Copper Company at Copper Hill, Arizona, F. A. Woodward, general manager, Box 310, Globe, Arizona, remained closed throughout the year 1928, the company reports a net profit of $73,050, before depreciation. The Iron Cap owns a large per cent of the capital stock of the Tennessee Mineral Products Company, which produced 26,709 tons of feldspar in 1928, and 75 per cent of the stock of the Christmas Copper Company, which produced a total of 37,686 dry tons of ore and 1,459,707 pounds of copper during the same year.
Announcement has been made of the organization of three corporations to handle a large acreage of gold-bearing gravel near Huron, Arizona. The Calixona Development Company owns the property and will have charge of operations, although a lease has been granted to the Sandack Mining Corporation on part of the ground, it is stated. Operations will be carried out under the direction of Jim Meeden.
A gasoline shovel has been unloaded near Mayer, Arizona, for use in the work at Huron, and this will at once be put in readiness to serve a dry land dredger of Mr. Meeden’s design, which will be installed within a few weeks. This shovel is capable of moving about 800 yards of
gravel per day. This property consists of approximately 400 acres, and engineering estimates place the gold-bearing content at about 12,000,000 yards. The work is expected to be in full progress by the first of May.
It is understood that the Magma Copper Company has let contracts for additional power equipment at its properties at Superior, Arizona, William E. Koerner, general manager. In addition to the two 1,500-kw. Westinghouse geared turbines and generators, a new 3,000-kw. Westinghouse turbine, reduction gear, and generator wilt be installed. Other equipment will include a 4,826-square-foot surface condenser, equipped with motor-driven auxiliaries and other related equipment. This new equipment is being installed as part of the development construction program now under way at the Magma Copper.
Approximately 117,182 feet of underground development work, together with 9,219 feet of diamond drilling was completed at the Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company at Inspiration, Arizona, during the year 1928. During this time good progress was made in preparation for mining the sulphide ore tributary to the eighth level of the Live Oak section, it is stated, and development of leaching ores on the eighth level, in the eastern end of the Inspiration section, was started. Production from this area is expected to be commenced by the middle of this year. The annual report of the company shows a copper production of 88,123,811 pounds, 88,818,520 pounds coming from concentrating ores, 49,692,724 pounds from leaching ores, and 117,067 pounds from direct smelting ores. With adjustments from the leaching plant inventory, 88,504,100 pounds were available for sale. This is compared with 88,874,049 pounds of copper produced in 1927.
The average grade of ore mined during 1928 was 1.125 per cent copper. The grade sent to the concentrator averaged 1.296 per cent copper, compared with 1.149 per cent in 1927. By removing and impounding for future treatment the minus 200-mesh material in the leaching plant feed, a material reduction in copper content of the leached tailings was effected.
Plans are being made for t he erection of a plant to treat these fines, it is stated. During the year, Inspiration mined 4,879,646 tons of ore. Of this total, 1,888,164 tons, averaging 296 percent copper, were sent to the concentrator and smelter, and 8,041,482 tons, averaging 1.022 per cent copper, were sent to the leaching plant.
The cost of producing copper in 1928 was 10.6624 cents per pound, including depreciation, but before federal taxes.
Concentrating ore produced from the 1,200 level of the Live Oak section averaged 1.464 per cent copper, and com posed more than half the total tonnage sent to the concentrator.
While there was no improvement in the heavy ground conditions, changes in the mining methods used are stated to have resulted in lowering costs about 12 per cent, and in raising the grade of the ore around 9 per cent, compared with 1927. Annual reports of the company show a net income of $8,465,589, after federal taxes, depreciation and interest, but before depletion, equivalent to $2.93 a share, of the par value of $20, earned on 1,181,967 shares of stock. This compares with $729,694, or 62 cents per share, before depletion in 1927.
Capitalized at $500,000, the Winchester Mining Company of Phoenix, Arizona, has filed articles of incorporation with the Arizona corporation commission. The incorporators are A. J. McIntyre, Robert Hunsick and George T. Vernon, all of Phoenix.
The Miami Copper Company, Miami, Arizona, F. W. MacLennan, general manager, reports for 1928 a net income of $1,842,-879, or $2.46 a share, against $1,142,459, or $1.58 per share, in 1927. In 1928, the company received a tax refund of $946,692, which was accredited to surplus.
It is understood that Bluford H. J. BaIter, owner of the Storm Cloud mine, near Prescott, Arizona, is negotiating for an option on the Senator property of the Phelps Dodge Corporation, which adjoins the Storm Cloud. Should the option be granted, Mr. Halter plans to extend the Senator tunnel, already 8,400 feet in length, 1,100 feet further, when crosscutting and drifting will be carried out.
Mr. Baiter also intends to start immediate operation of the Verde Superior group of claims in the Ash Creek district, which he has recently acquired. The pilot mill on the Storm Cloud property is said to be producing at the rate of six carloads of concentrates per month. Mr. Balter may be reached at 1241-A Pacific Mutual Building, Los Angeles.
The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Verde Central Mine., Inc., will be held at the office of the company at Jerome, Arizona, on Thursday, April 18. The purpose of the meeting is to elect five directors for the year and to discuss business affairs of the company. Directors of the United Verde Extension Mining ‘Company, with properties located at Jerome, Arizona, have placed the stock of that company on a $4 annual dividend basis with the declaration of a $1 quarterly dividend. In the preceding quarter a dividend of 75 cents was paid, amounting to $787,500, and prior to that 50 cents, amounting to $525,000 was paid.
Gordon H. Campbell of Calumet, Michigan, president of the New Cornelia Copper Company, who has been visiting the company’s holdings at Ajo, Arizona, states that the present mill, while originally designed for 5,000 tons daily capacity, has by internal changes been increased to a capacity of 10,000 tons daily, and the matter of an additional unit will be decided upon in April at the annual stockholders’ meeting. Michael Curley and W. L. DuMoulin are actively in charge of operations, as general manager and superintendent.
Articles of incorporation have been filed with the Arizona corporation commission for the Pilgrim Mine, Inc., of Kingman, Arizona, by Charles J. Warren and J. E. Pederson. The company is capitalized at $250,000.
Although no estimate of the probable tonnage is available, it has been stated by geologists that the body of copper ore lately encountered by the Squaw Peak Copper Mining Company, Camp Verde, Arizona, extends about 400 feet into the mountain. Neither the width nor the depth of the ore has yet been determined, although exploration in the heading showed the copper-bearing body to be about nine feet wide.
Miners have been timbering a station and building a chute to raise on the incline with the ore. This is the second development regarded as important in the Squaw Peak workings within the last few weeks. The former discovery, reported to consist of a body of good milling ore, was encountered about 200 feet north of the more recent find. Edison Thacker, president, has been in the southern part of Arizona of late, for a conference with stockholders of the company in regard to the construction of the proposed concentrating plant.
At Morenci, Arizona, the Phelps Dodge Corporation, Morenci Branch, is producing at the rate of about 4,500,000 pounds of copper monthly, this practically being the capacity with the present milling equipment. About 80 additional men have been employed recently due to the program of development being carried out, which consists principally of the sinking of the main shafts from the 500 to the 1,400-foot level, which will be the new haulage level, when this work is completed. The 500-foot level has been the main haulage level for some time, but it is now practically worked out.
The opening of the new level will expedite haulage, and with the sinking of the Joy and No. 6 shafts to the lower level completed, the property will be in a position for greater production when the milling capacity is increased. The drainage tunnel, which is being driven from Chase Creek to connect with the lower level of the mines for draining the water from the property by gravity, is making good headway, and it is expected that it will be completed by the first of May, the tunnel being driven at the rate of 800 feet a month. Arthur Crowfoot is in charge of mill operations as superintendent, while McHenry Mosier has charge of the mine workings in the same capacity.
The Magma Apex Mining Company is now ready to start development work on a group of 54 claims at Superior, Arizona, recently acquired by that company. The east boundary of this group is located about 400 feet from the No. 5 Shaft of the Magma Copper Company.
The Magma Apex is a re-organization of the old Sam Thorpe Mining Company, this group of claims being acquired from Paul Besich, Walter Easton, Edward Deyling, Charles Linville, William Smock, Joe Spray and J. J. Cox, who formerly controlled the Thorpe Company.
It is stated that a sufficient amount of stock has been sold by the Magma Apex to finance the sinking and equipping of a 3,000-foot shaft, and the exploration of approximately 6,000 feet by diamond drilling. O. H. Anderson, banker and mining man of Tennessee, is the organizer of the company, and it is understood that he placed most of the stock authorized to be sold with his Tennessee banking and mining associates.
Although engineers of the company are confident that a commercial body of copper ore will be uncovered before the 1,000-foot level is reached, it has been announced that shaft-sinking operations will be continued without interruption to a depth of 3,000 feet in order that the ground may be thoroughly proven. Buildings for housing machinery and shaft equipment are being constructed, and diamond drillers from Humboldt, Texas, are establishing a camp.
Plans are being perfected at the Jumbo Lead Mines, Inc., Fletcher Merrill, superintendent, Box 883, Florence, Arizona, for the construction of a milling plant and the installation of new machinery. The working staff has been increased during the last few weeks, and considerable underground development has resulted. Several new veins are reported to have been exposed, in addition to the rather large tonnage already blocked out.
Immediate shipment of 40 tons of asbestos from the Sierra Ancha mines of William G. Shanley of Globe, Arizona, operated under the name of the American Asbestos Company, has been announced. The ore has been sold to the Asbestos Corporation, Ltd., for shipment to New York under the direction of Roger Kyle, through whom the transaction was made.
Enlargements and improvements are being made to housing accommodations for employees of the Christmas Copper Company at Christmas, Arizona, F. A. Woodward, Box 810, Globe, Arizona, general manager. This work is being done, under contract, to accommodate the additional force of workmen which will be employed with the starting of the new mill, now under construction, and which is expected to be put in operation in June. H. A. Rossell, formerly of Deming, New Mexico, is now with the Christmas Company as mill superintendent.
Through declaration of a quarterly dividend of $1.25, payable April 16 to stock of record March 30, capital stock of the Magma Copper Company, Superior, Arizona, has been placed on a $5 annual basis. In the preceding quarter a dividend of $1 was declared, amounting to $408,155, while prior to that the stock had been on a $8 annual basis, or a quarterly of 75 cents, totaling $806.116.
Production work has again been started at the Golden Door Mine Company, Kingman, Arizona, Kean St. Charles, president and manager, mill operations having been held up for some time due to lack of water. However, a new pipeline has now been completed, and as the bins have been filled with crushed ore, operations at the mill are expected to be carried out with all possible speed. Ore of mill grade is being stocked in the chutes, and surveys by engineers are reported to indicate a profitable production.
Frank Daily and T. S. Coffman, who have a contract with A. J. Harshberger of Tucson, Arizona, to run a tunnel on the Arizona Comstock group of claims, in the Santa Rita Mountains, have purchased an air compressor, which is now being installed at the property. They expect to immediately resume work on the tunnel on a much larger scale.
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A carload of new machinery has arrived at Patagonia, Arizona, for the mill of the Morning Glory Mining and S melting Company, it is reported. The company also recently installed a new 350-horsepower Ingersoll-Rand Diesel engine and an additional compressor unit to facilitate the increased mine production. J. A. Hamilton is general manager, assisted by Frank Awbrey, superintendent, and Lapsley W. Hope, assistant superintendent and purchasing agent.
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Diamond drills will shortly begin search for copper ore deposits on the group of claims in the Tucson mountains, lately taken over by H. S. Diller and Inglis M. Uppercu of New York City, according to an announcement made by Mr. Diller, who has just returned from the east, where financial arrangements were made for the exploration program. A contract has been let to the International Diamond Drilling Company of San Francisco, it is stated, and the agreement calls for work to begin on July 1. The properties recently acquired include the Mile Wide, Gould, Orient, McWain and Esperanza claims, and since their acquisition, preliminary work has been under way, which required the services of 25 men for the past four months. A short time ago, a well-mineralized vein was encountered in a crosscut, that is believed to be a newly discovered deposit. The various combined groups of properties represent a purchase price of around $500,000, and a development program of an equal sum, has been outlined by the company s engineers. W. M. Snow, 744 East Second Street, Tucson, Arizona, is engineer in charge of operations.
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At the concentrator of the Morenci Branch of the Phelps Dodge Corporation, Morenci, Arizona, Frank Ayer, manager, and Arthur Crowfoot, mill superintendent, the two seven-foot Symons cone crushers have been installed, although the screens, bins and feeders are not yet in place. In the place of three mills of smaller capacity, three new 8 ½ x 12-foot ball mills are being installed in the primary grinding circuit of the concentrator.
Waters are now running out from the 4,800-foot drainage tunnel, just completed for the Humboldt mine. The raise to the No. 14 level of the mine has also been completed. Deepening of the Joy shaft to the No. 14 level, which will eventually become the main haulage level, has been finished, and No. 6 shaft has also been extended to the same level. This latter shaft is to be used exclusively for hoisting ore, and will shortly be connected with the drainage tunnel, 160 feet below No. 14 level. New hoists are to be installed at both the Joy and No. 6 shaft, the one at the Joy shaft, which will be installed during July, to be of the elevator type. A new Nordberg F. H. Diesel engine will also be put in place at the Morenci powerhouse during the present year.
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Officials of the Tom Reed Gold Mines Company report that prospects for resuming large tonnage operations at its mine at Oatman, Arizona, look promising due to the striking of a vein of ore, which assays in the neighborhood of $50 per ton. General Manager Oscar B. Howard, 56 Fremont Place, Los Angeles, stated that although the extent of the new ore body has not yet been determined, from present indications the company plans to proceed with production on a larger scale, treating the high-grade ore in addition to the mine’s low-grade output. The company has sunk a winze 150 feet below the 800-foot level.
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Reports state that the Three R mine, at Patagonia, Arizona, now being operated by the Three R Mining Syndicate, under the direction of George S. Hulings, manager, has shipped 42 cars of ore since March 8 of this year. This record is said to have been more than the total shipments of all other mines in Santa Cruz County put together.
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The Storm Cloud property of the Standard Ores Corporation of Nevada, located in the Senator district, near Prescott Arizona, is reported producing a fairly good trade of mill ore, which is being treated in the 50-ton mill owned by the company, with the concentrates being shipped to the smelter.
A survey just completed on the Galena vein of the Storm Cloud has shown 320 feet of stoping ground above the 320-foot level of the Ten Spot shaft, it is stated, and samples taken from this vein are running about $65 per ton, with the entire drift in mill ore. A four-foot body of ore has also been opened on the 250-foot level, and drifting will now be started both north and south for further exploration of the deposit. Executive offices of the company are located at 530 West Sixth Street, Los Angeles, Bluford H. J. BaIter, president, and George A. Kirkbride, Box 845, Prescott, Arizona, is in charge of operations at the property as general manager.
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Having completed arrangements for intensive operation of its newly acquired properties at Oatman, Arizona, the Imperial Mining Company, I. Morrison, president, 428 Hives-Strong Building, Los Angeles, California, has begun actual development work under the direction of George W. Long, vice-president and general manager. This organization was lately formed for taking over the Western Apex and Lexington-Arizona mines in the Oatman district, both of which had already been developed to a considerable extent, with past records of gold ore production.
Initial operations will be centered on the Western Apex, where drifting will be done on a body of commercial gold ore said to exist on the 500-foot level. A 1,000-foot drift has been run on the 700 level for exploration of the ore body said to vary from three to twelve feet in width, carrying an average gold content of $10 per ton. Both properties have been equipped with electric power, modern hoisting facilities, air compressors and machine drills.
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It is estimated that the 15-mile pipe line, which is being laid from the Santa Cruz River to the Montana Mine at Ruby, Arizona, by the Eagle-Picher Lead Company, owners of the property, will cost in the neighborhood of $30,000. This work is being done under the direction of B. H. Worthington of Ruby, assisted by 12 workmen, and it will probably take about 30 days to make the connection.
The company has constructed two concrete dams, of a capacity to hold sufficient water for operation of the 250-ton milling plant for several years. At present, carpenters are putting the mill in shape, and, upon completion of the pipe line, it is planned to resume both mine and mill operations on a larger scale, with the employment of about 200 men. F. H. Lerchen is general manager, with mill operations in charge of D. E. Andrus, and mine work under the direction of Raymond Gundry.
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A carload of copper ore has recently been shipped from the Peach mine, located in the Santa Rita Mountains, near Tucson, Arizona, to the American Smelting and Refining Company’s smelter at Hayden, Arizona. Considerable new machinery, including a hoist, skip and compressor, has just been installed at this mine, which is operated by B. A. Scott and E. J. Hyde, of Tucson, Arizona.
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It has been announced that property of the Monte Cristo Mining and Milling Company, also known as the Julian Merger Mines, Inc., near Wickenburg, Arizona, will be offered for sale on July 9 at the offices of Sheriff George Huffner at Prescott, Arizona. It is understood that the sale is due to two judgments against the company, one filed by the Standard Agency, Inc., and the other by A. Krell, involving approximately $15,000.
The Monte Cristo was sold several years ago by Ezra Thayer of Phoenix, Arizona, to C. C. Julian of Los Angeles for a sum reputed to be in the neighborhood of $1,000,000, and was merged, with other companies, into the Julian Merger Mines, Inc. The first move in promoting the enterprise was the installation of a power line, which is said to have amounted to an investment of some $75,000, but after that the company fell into difficulties. The holdings comprise 38 claims.
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Production of the Calumet and Arizona Mining Company, of Warren, Arizona, including that of the New Cornelia Mines at Ajo, Arizona, amounted to 18,468,000 pounds of copper during May of this year, as compared with 11,299,360 pounds in the same month of 1928, and 10,896,080 pounds in 192t The May output of 18,463,000 pounds may also be compared with a total of 12,082,700~ pounds during April of this yea; bringing the total production for the first five months of this year up to 58,946,380 pounds.
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Property of the Centurion Arizona Mining Company at Dragoon, Arizona, has been sold and transferred to H. L. Emerson and associates, who are interested in the General Petroleum Company of California. Prior to its sale, the holdings were owned by J. P. Richardson, of Dragoon. The new organization, which is said to have ample funds to continue the development work on a substantial scale, has placed T. E. Kelso in charge as general manager, with headquarters at the mine. It will be necessary to clear the shaft of water before further sinking can be undertaken.
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The mill at the Pilgrim mine at Chloride, Arizona, is being re-modeled, it is stated, new screens being put in and the machinery overhauled. While this work is being done, development work is being continued along the drift from the lowest level, and additional exploration of the new ore shoot carried out. The present management includes M. C. Richardson, J. B. Peterson, and Nick Galloway, associated with a group of California men.
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The Magma Copper Company of Superior, Arizona, William E. Koerner, general manager, has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $1.25 per share, payable July 15, to stock of record June 28. The current disbursement calls for $510,194, and makes total payments to date $20.35 a share, or $7,724,283.
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A new refinancing program is to be shortly undertaken by the New Comstock Mining Company, holding corporation of the Katherine Gold Mining Company, Sheeptrail Gold and Pyramid Gold Mines, at Katherine, and Kingman, Arizona, according to a letter received by stockholders of the company. The fund will be used to carry out the outlined campaign of further development on the 300, 400 and 600-foot levels of the Katherine mine. S. H. Brady is general manager.
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Equipment is now being overhauled at the Black Dyke Gold Mining Company at Kingman, Arizona, and tentative arrangements are being made for treatment of its ores at the Katherine mill. It is planned to make shipments to this plant, where a new sampler has been installed, until the Black Dyke constructs its own milling plant. It is expected that a considerable tonnage will be available during development, with average values in excess of $8 per ton.
The new financing schedule, which includes provision of an up-to-date reduction plant, has been undertaken by A. M. Bilsky of Montreal, president of the Canadian Airways Limited. Ed C. Jacobs, 411 Security Building, Los Angeles, California, will continue to have charge of operations in the capacity of general manager.
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Diamond drilling is shortly to be undertaken at property of the Keystone Copper Mining Company at Dragoon, Arizona, to be followed by a somewhat extensive development program under the direction of C. W. Miller. The shafts are to be re-timbered and new underground equipment installed. A 300-ton milling plant is on the property, and high-grade ore is being shipped to the El Paso smelter.
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Opening of the Charity Group of 13 claims, being operated by the Mohave Mining and Development Company, for a distance of 1,400 feet by a tunnel and drift has resulted in the discovery of high-grade ore. A 126-foot shoot of ore, and another of 110 feet, giving a return of $45 per ton, were encountered during this development, officials state, and several cars of the product have been shipped with a return of around $1,000 per car. Considerable new machinery has just been installed, and the property equipped with electric power. T. E. Kleinmeyer, 1853 West 83rd Street, Los Angeles, California, is president of the company, the claims being located in the Mineral Park district, near Kingman, Arizona.
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Within 60 days, President Cliff Carpenter, 201 Heard Building, Phoenix, Arizona, reports that the Arizona Magma Mining Company will be ready for the installation of a new flotation plant at its gold-silver-lead properties, one mile from Chloride, Arizona. The organization is financed by New York capital, and Mr. Carpenter has left Arizona for that city, where necessary arrangements will be made for future development of this ground.
During the last few months, development work has been speeded up considerably, the two-compartment shaft having been sunk to a depth of 500 feet, and approximately 1,400 feet of development completed. The vein was traced for a distance of 3,000 feet along the surface, and in locating the enrichment on the 100, 200 and 300 levels, it has shown an increase in width and assays, officials state, averaging about, $20 per ton. At the 500-foot level, the vein is about 30 feet from the shaft.
The property is now fully equipped with electric machinery, and a number of buildings have been erected, including a saw mill, blacksmith shop, machine shop and change room. George G. Wald, Box 863, Chloride, is in charge of active operations.
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Workmen have just completed the new milling plant at the Goldroad Mining Company at Oatman, Arizona, R. H. Mime, superintendent, and underground development has opened up ore bodies which are expected to provide material sufficient to keep the plant in regular operation for some time. This ground is understood to have produced more than $9,000,000 to date.
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The United Verde Extension Mining Company, Jerome, Arizona, George Kingdon, general manager, is reported to have greatly increased its copper production thus far in 1929 as compared with the same period of 1928. For the first five months of 1929, the company produced 24,7.59,766 pounds as against 16,566,972 pounds in the corresponding period of as ear, and the output for each month thus far reported in 1929 has exceeded by a considerable margin the output for the like months of 1928.
In view of the fact that the company is now receiving about three cents a pound more for its copper than was received last year, together with the substantial increase in output, earnings in 1929 are expected to show a marked gain as compared with 1928.
However, according to President James S. Douglas, the company is obliged to realize that the ore reserves in Arizona now amount to approximately 778,620 tons, averaging better than 8 per cent copper, and that the probabilities of the discovery of further ore are somewhat remote. Therefore, the larger part of future reserves will have to depend on development at outside properties in which the company has acquired interests. United Verde Extension is interested in properties in both South Africa and Canada.
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Articles of incorporation have been recorded in the office of E. T. Stewart, County Recorder, Globe, Arizona, for the Bronze King Mining Company, following approval by the Arizona corporation commission. The company is made up of Miami, Arizona, men, with Thomas P. Kelly, president; Harry V. Bene, vice-president, and E. L. O’Neill, secretary-treasurer. The organization owns 40 claims, comprising the Porphyry and Bronze King groups, located 10 miles west of Miami. Preliminary work is under way for a rather intensive development program.
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A hoist, two drill compressors, pumps, and other machinery are being installed, and a number of surface structures erected at the old Senator property, five miles northeast of Laguna dam, Yuma County, Arizona, according to company officials. Five miles of road, from the dam to the mine, have been rebuilt, and a two-mile stretch from the river has been laid. Location of a new ore deposit was recently made on the property by W. H. Trenchard, Yuma County geologist, Yuma, Arizona, and, if this ore bears out present indications, it is planned to install a 50-ton ball mill and cyanide plant within a few months.
J. F. Gurney, mine superintendent, has announced that extraction of ore will be started within 30 days. Henry B. Adams is president, and J. J. Brennan, vice-president and treasurer, both of San Diego, California.
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The All State Development and Exploration Company has been organized by J. E. Shank, president and general manager; M. H. Force, vice-president; and W. K. Ridenour, secretary and purchasing agent, for the treatment of tailings ponds in the Oatman district of Arizona and in Nevada, immediate operations to be confined to the tailings pond of the Tom Reed Gold Mines Company at Oatman.
Permission has been granted by the Tom Reed Company for use of their entire milling plant and equipment, and with these facilities it is planned to handle about 350 tons of tailings per day. The company has started the construction of an additional plant, about one-fourth mile below the tailings pond, which, when completed, will be capable of handling approximately 1,000 tons daily. It is estimated that by handling 1,000 tons per day, four years will be required to treat the 1,250,000 tons of tailings in the pond. Ten men are employed by the company at the present time.
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Diamond drilling is soon to be undertaken at the Santo Nino Mine at Patagonia, Arizona, it is stated, a contract having been let to the Sullivan Drilling Company for the work. W. H. Treadway will be in charge. This mine is controlled by the General Development Company of 61 Broadway, New York City.
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Arrangements are being made for a somewhat extensive development program to be carried out at properties recently taken over by the Arizona Southern Mining Company at Patagonia, Arizona. The holdings include the Marsteller group of four claims, the Denver group of five, and the six Coughlin claims. It is estimated that these properties have approximately $200,000 worth of low-grade ore in sight.
Will Roy, president, who is associated with M. A. Hogan in the enterprise, has left for New York, where it is understood he will confer with business associates in regard to the schedule of development.
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Notice has been given that the Southwestern Miami Development Company, which has disposed of its holdings to the Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company, of Inspiration, Arizona, and which is now in the process of liquidation, is to pay a dividend of $3.75 per share, July 1, upon presentation of certificates to the home office, 85 Devonshire Street, Boston.
Later a second and final dividend is to be paid, which will probably be one of 75 cents a share. According to the Arizona corporation statutes, the final payment cannot be made until after a certain time has elapsed for the presentation of claims.
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The Sheldon Mining Company of Walker, Arizona, plans to begin rehabilitation of the Humboldt smelter as soon as legal formalities can be completed to transfer its control from the Southwest Metals Company. It is believed that this transaction can be completed by July 1, and Superintendent George D. French states that at least three months’ work will be necessary before the smelter can be reopened.
The company is blocking out ore as rapidly as its improved facilities will permit, preparatory to establishing production on a stronger basis. Enrichments found in the lower workings have justified the extension of the main shaft, with development on the 950, 1,100 and 1,250-foot levels, as well as on the 750 and 850 levels, continuing to result in satisfactory values in copper, silver, gold and lead.
The copper is said to be averaging about 4 per cent, with some assays running as high as 10 per cent, and the silver from S to 10 ounces, with some gold values. Stock of the company has recently been listed on the New York Produce Exchange. H. B. Lathrop, president, has just completed a visit to the Sheldon properties, including the smelter, as well as the DeSoto and Blue Bell mines, also acquired from the Southwest Metals Company, and is now at the company’s headquarters, 111 John Street, New York City, attending to details of financing.
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Approximately $1,000,000 is to be expended by the Phelps Dodge Corporation in new construction at its Copper Queen smelter at Douglas, Arizona, within the next year, according to announcement of the company. The work will be started immediately, and will include the building of a preparation plant to cost more than $750,000, and an anode plant, which will cost in excess of $150,000. The largest part of this amount will be expended on the crushing, sampling and bedding plant. The expenditures have been authorized by the board of directors, it is stated, and the plans have been outlined by the company’s engineers. The work will be done partly under contract, and partly by day force account.
The new bedding and preparation plant will give the Copper Queen thoroughly modern equipment for handling and treating its ores. These improvements will be built on a new site, thereby making possible continuous operation of the plant while the construction is in progress. The bedding plant will consist of five stalls, 40 feet wide and 200 feet long, each stall capable of holding 11,500 tons of mixed ores and concentrates. The material will be fed to the beds by an overhead conveyor, and a reclaiming machine will handle the material from the stalls for delivery to a belt leading to the roaster.
The smelter, in its new plant, will cast anodes direct, thus eliminating re-melting at the refinery. Shipments of anodes from the smelter are expected to be made as soon as the new refinery being built by the Nichols Copper Company at El Paso, Texas, is completed, which will probably be around the first of next year. P. G. Beckett of Douglas is general manager of the Phelps Dodge Corporation, and the Copper Queen smelting works are in charge of J. O. Ambler, superintendent.
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The mill at the Katherine Gold Mining Company, Katherine, Arizona, S. H. Brady, general manager, is again in operation, although not at full capacity at present. Development work is now being undertaken on the 100, 200 and 300 levels, and a new shoot of ore has been opened on the 300-foot level, about 600 feet east of the shaft. The same shoot has also been picked up on the 400 level, and the development of this ore may enable the stepping up of the mill to capacity. This discovery will also make possible further development of the mine on the 900 level.
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The Vukoye Brothers have a small crew of men at work on their contract on property of the Hartman Gold Mining Company at Oatman, Arizona. The contract calls for extensive crosscutting and drifting from the bottom of the 500-foot Oatman Gold shaft toward the Kokomo vein. Estimates place the vein 1,000 feet from the shaft, although the survey has not yet been made. It is to get below the outcrop of the vein at depth that the present work is being undertaken. Main offices of the company are at Room 3, Algoma Building, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, H. O. Granberg, secretary-treasurer.
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The Cibola Exploration Company, which has been carrying out an extensive exploration program of diamond drilling on properties near Superior, Arizona, for the last several months, has finished two holes, and is now moving the drills to the third hole for further prospecting. This work, which is being prosecuted by the E. J. Longyear Company of Duluth, Minnesota, is being done to determine whether or not there is a large body of low-grade ore under the dacite capping.
Surveys have just been completed of 250 of the claims by the Becker Engineering Company of Phoenix Arizona. Hugh N. Roberts, engineer for the company, has returned to the east, leaving G. Townsend Harley, geologist, in charge. H. C. Dudley, 704 Lonsdale Building, Duluth, Minnesota, and associates are back of the project.
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Operations are to be resumed on the lower levels of property of the Monarch Lead Company at Chloride, Arizona, the shaft to be carried to a depth of 1,600 feet, following the assembling of all machinery for the 100-ton mill on the ground. The new steel and concrete fireproof shaft has a gallows frame 68 feet in height. The vein is expected to be productive to the 3,000-foot level, the U. S. Smelting Company having shipped 278,000 tons of ore from this vein several years ago. M. J. Keily is general manager.
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Having uncovered copper ore in a surface cut on property of the Missouri Copper Company, in the Cave Creek district, 85 miles north of Phoenix, Arizona, four cars of ore have been reported shipped to the Magma Copper Company’s smelter, at Superior, Arizona. Besides the copper content, the enrichment showed four ounces silver to the ton.
By driving a 220-foot tunnel into the hill from the canyon below, development work is to be carried on 150 feet below the present workings. The tunnel had been extended 85 feet by former operators. Machinery to facilitate speedier tunneling is to be installed shortly. Operations at the property were resumed about four months ago, after the present management had secured a lease and option on the mine from the Lewis Investment Company of Phoenix. Parker L. Woodman is president, H. D. McVay, vice-president, and Z. M. Moss, secretary-treasurer, all of Phoenix.
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A new development program is planned for the properties of C. B. Flynn, located in the Cerro Colorado Mining District of Pima County, Arizona. The claims, consisting of four groups, were acquired several months ago from O. C. Young and F. E. Pauli.
A 500-foot ore zone is to be explored by diamond drilling within the near future, it is stated. Ore shipments are expected to be commenced by the first of August, the values being in silver, lead, gold and copper, with silver predominating. Mr. Flynn was formerly vice-president and general manager of the McIntyre mine at Porcupine, Ontario, Canada. The organization is said to be completely financed.
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Ground has been broker for the first unit of the 800-ton mill to be erected by the Chase Mines, Inc., at its Sheldon Superior property in the Senator District of Arizona. The plant will be erected in units of 100 tons each, and the first unit is expected to be in operation about September 1. It is stated that the construction will cost approximately $300,000.
General Manager Albert H. Patterson reports that approximately 100,000 tons of high-grade milling ore have been blocked out in tunnel operations, and on the 100 and 200 levels from the main shaft. A four-foot body of high-grade galena and copper ore has recently been encountered in the crosscut tunnel.
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Announcement has been made that stock of the United Vanadium Corporation, has been approved for listing by governors of the Los Angeles Curb Exchange. The company has 13,368,211 shares of the par value of 25 cents issued, with 16,000,000 shares authorized.
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Work on the Sandal vein of the Belmont Copper Company at Superior, Arizona, Chester Hoatson, general manager, continues encouraging, according to company officials, with commercial ore, carrying values in copper, silver gold and lead, being extracted during development. The ore body is reported to be about three feet wide, with copper appearing in the form of chalcopyrite and bornite. Samples indicate copper values of about 5 per cent, with the silver ranging from 8 to 15 ounces. An additional crew of miners is being put on to expedite the development work.
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A 50-ton mill, driven by Diesel engine power, will shortly be in operation at the Yucca Tungsten mines, 18 miles northeast of Yucca, Arizona, which is being operated by the Stoody Company of Whittier, California, under the name of Boriana Mining Company. It is stated that wolframite ore has been encountered in perpendicular veins, varying from six inches to four feet in width.
The main ore body is expected to be intersected by the tunnel, which is to be driven for a distance of from 1,500 to 2,000 feet into the mountain. A new compressor has been received, which will be installed at the portal of the proposed tunnel. A road has been built from the property to Yucca, where Santa fl railroad transportation is available. Development of the 14 claims is carried out under the direction of L. B. Rece.
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It is understood that plans are being made for equipping the Arizona Mossback property of the Empire Gold Mining Company, near Oatman, Arizona, with machinery of sufficient capacity to carry development to a depth of 1,000 feet or more. Examinations were lately made of the Arizona Mossback by H. C. Wilmot, mining engineer of the Pacific coast, although surveys could not be made below the 400 level, as the mine has not been pumped below that point.
The company is hacked by Canadian interests, with M. B. Lauzon of Kingman, Arizona, in charge as general manager.
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Steady progress is being made on the extension and construction program under way at the New Cornelia Mines of the Calumet and Arizona Mining Company at Ajo, Arizona, where more than $3,000,000 is to be expended in increasing the capacity of the flotation plant. Concrete has already been poured for the extensions to the present plant, and the program embraces the addition of three new units.
When the improvements are completed, it will be possible to handle at least 15,000 tons of ore per day. The capacity of the power plant is to be increased through the addition of another 7,500 kilowatt turbine, two of which are now in service. George Jay, purchasing agent of the Calumet and Arizona Mining Company, and Clyde Wolf, assistant purchasing agent, have been spending some time at Ajo, in connection with the placing of contracts for materials.
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The mining activities of Arizona, New Mexico and Northern Mexico summarized into brief paragraphs and embracing the high spots of the entire industry.
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W. I. Johnson, manager of the Northern Arizona Lead and Zinc Mining Company, Supai, Arizona, has returned to Prescott, Arizona, following several weeks spent at the mine, supervising improvements to road, trails and bridges. The mines are at the bottom of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, surrounded by cliffs about 1,000 feet high.
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The Camp B. Copper Mines Company, Inc., of Wickenburg, Arizona, has been granted a certificate of incorporation. The concern was incorporated by John P. Fanning and Clinton D. Ray of Wickenburg, and has an authorized capital of 1,000,000 shares of no par value.
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Paying its taxes under protest, the United Verde Extension Mining Company of Jerome, Arizona, has served notice on the state tax commission that it will appeal to the Yavapai County Superior Court in an effort to obtain a lower valuation on its mine, and personal property, than the amount of $17,500,000 fixed by the state equalization board. The mining company will seek to have the valuation reduced to approximately $8,000,000, it is understood. Taxes paid amounted to $818,462.40 on the mine valuation and $54,017.80 on the personal property. This was the only mining company to file protest, time limit for which has now expired.
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The Western States Gold Mining Company, Cherry, Arizona, W. B. Andrews, manager, has purchased some timbers for repair work. The mineshaft has now been timbered to a depth of 100 feet.
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As a result of the recent disclosures of unusually rich gold ore at the Pilgrim mine of the Katherine Treasure Vault Mining Company, Kingman, Arizona, numerous mining men and engineers have been investigating the district. Among those recently visiting the Pilgrim mine, and who recommended the purchase of mining claims adjacent to the Pilgrim mine on the south, was Frederick Koehler. As a result of this favorable report, it is said, a group of eastern investors has taken over the group in question for development and proper equipment. The South Pilgrim Mining Company is now in course of organization to handle the group. According to M. B. Dudley, president of the Katherine Treasure Vault Company, the uncovering of high-grade ore in the Pilgrim mine workings continues most satisfactorily. Mr. Dudley is now in the east on company business.
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United Verde Extension Mining Company, George Kingdon, general manager, Jerome, Arizona, has declared a dividend of $1 a share, payable October 2. This is the company’s regular quarterly dividend and represents a disbursement of $1,055,000. During the month of August Verde Extension produced 4,592,000 pounds of copper, bringing the output for the eight months ended with August to 88,841,766 pounds, as compared with 27,547,110 pounds in the corresponding period of 1928. Should the management deem it advisable and expedient in view of present situation in the metal market, it seems likely that the company could step up production to nearly 60,000,000 pounds for 1929. Production from March to June inclusive, of this year, was in excess of 5,000,000 pounds monthly.
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The Calumet and Arizona Mining Company produced 10,525,420 pounds of copper in August of this year, as compared with 9,971,600 pounds in July and 10,570,500 pounds in June. In the first eight months of 1929 the company’s production totaled 90,018,900 pounds, an increase of 8,408,180 pounds as compared with output in the same period of last year. This includes production from the company’s New Cornelia mines.
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The Morning Glory Mining and Smelting Company, Patagonia, Arizona, J. A. Hamilton, general manager, has its new lOO-ton mill in operation, and is said to be producing a paying grade of concentrate.
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The New Cornelia Mines, Calumet and Arizona Mining Company, Ajo, Arizona, has started the excavation work for the foundation of the new steam turbine, which is to be installed. When completed the local powerhouse will consist of three 7,500-kw. turbo generators. Two turbines will be used for normal operations, the third unit to be used as an auxiliary number.
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As soon as the main shaft at the Times property can be re-timbered to a depth of 125 feet, development of the mine will be started. This property, in the western section of the Oatman District, was taken over by a group of men, headed by Patrick Bracy and J. M. Keane of Wallace Idaho. Development work is in charge of P. H. Brady, Jr. A good plant of mining machinery has been placed in working condition, and consistent operation of the property is indicated.
The O. K. and D. V. and San Diego groups of claims, in the Union Pass section, have been taken over by the State Company of Long Beach, California, and preliminary work has been started. T. C. Slater, representative of the company, is in Kingman, Arizona, overseeing the building of a road to the property, getting the necessary camp buildings in and the machinery plant in place. C. O. Waldorf is head engineer for the State Company, an established oil and mine operating company of Long Beach.
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The United American Mining Company, Oatman, Arizona, W. K. Ridenour, president, has resumed operations at its property, which adjoins the Tom Reed. The work planned is to consist of the lowering of the present shaft to the 1,000 level, which corresponds to the 950 level of the Tom Reed, and on which some exceptional ore discoveries have been made, and crosscutting a distance of approximately 800 feet to make a connection with the Tom Reed. The mine is equipped with the necessary machinery to carry out this development program.
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At the present time new ventilating equipment is being installed at the Van Dyke Copper Company, tripling the volume of air going into the mine. The company has completed the plans for a pumping unit, and this installation will be started within a few weeks. Regular shipments of ore, coming from development work, are being made to the smelter, this ore giving net returns of about $18 per ton. Operations are in charge of L. D. Van Dyke, vice-president and general manager, Miami, Arizona.
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Plans for reconstruction of the company’s mill, are being deferred until a later date, by the Tom Reed Gold Mines Company, Oatman, Arizona. The company has decided to bend all efforts for the present toward mine development. With the new pump installed sinking to the 1,500 level will be started to explore recent gold discoveries at a greater depth. The new pumping plant is to be placed on the 800 level, where an immense sump has been constructed and into which the water from all sources is to be converged. Victor A. Light is in charge of the work.
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Nine feet of ore now in the face of the Pinnacle Tunnel, at the Gold King Mining Company, Kingman, Arizona, is giving assay returns of $28 per ton, according to Superintendent Pete Vukoye, in charge of operations. The ore shoot has been developed for over 100 feet on the 200 level by a drift off the tunnel level. Workmen are also completing the road from the mine camp to the main development shaft on the Comet claim. This work is being done on company account. Timbers are being framed for a new gallows frame, preparatory to sinking from the present 220 level to the 600 level.
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The Sheldon Mining Company, Walker, Arizona, George D. French, general superintendent, has announced the appointment of P. P. Butler as smelter superintendent. Mr. Butler will direct the rehabilitation of the Humboldt smelter purchased by the Sheldon, this work to start immediately. It is hoped to “blow in” the furnace by December, the plant being arranged to handle 200 tons of concentrates daily. Mr. Butler was formerly with the Douglas smelter of Phelps Dodge Corporation.
Ores and concentrates will be received on or about November 1, including the concentrates of the Sheldon mine. At the present time the Sheldon mine is producing an average of 100 tons of ore a day, consisting of copper, in the form of chalcopyrite, and gold, silver, and lead, in appreciable quantities. The mill at the mine has a maximum capacity of 200 tons but is not being run at top speed, although 80 tons of concentrates are being produced daily.
During the last few months, the Sheldon converted its main shaft into the three-compartment type and sunk to the 1,800 level. Levels have been established at 450 feet 650, 750, 850, 950, 1100, and 1250. One hundred ten men are now on the payroll, and this number will, in all probability, be increased by 30 or 40 as production is increased within the next few months. Mr. French is moving his headquarters from Walker to Humboldt.
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The sampling plant of the Tucson Chamber of Mines, A. J. Harshberger, president, will be temporarily closed in a short time, until it can be moved to a new location. This change is made necessary by the construction of the new Southern Pacific hospital. The future location of the plant has not been selected, Harshberger said, but provision for it will be made when the railway company reconstructs the loading platforms which are also to be moved to make way for the new hospital. Mr. Harshberger is urging all prospectors to bring shipments to the present site as soon as possible to avoid delay in handling.
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The Pinal County Board of Supervisors, has been asked to lend its assistance in the improvements of roads in the Copper Creek district, near Florence, Arizona. This application was made by Samuel Fields, representative of the Blue Bird mine of Mammoth, and by Billy Graham, representative of the Copper Giant property in the same district. Recent heavy rains have caused considerable damage to roads.
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A contract for the running of a 600-foot tunnel on the Georgia Morris property, near Nogales, Arizona, has been given to Herb McCutcheon. This property, located near the Three H Mine, is being developed by C. It B. Hawley, with Dr. B. J. Leonard of the University of Arizona in charge of the geological work.
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The Apache Vanadium Corporation, recently incorporated, has been organized for the operation of the vanadium mine of the Defiance and Mercer properties in the Radium District, near Globe, Arizona. Among the principals of the new company will be Edward C. O’Brien and Dan S. McDonald, both old-time miners of Globe.
These men erected a mill in south Globe last winter, and which is now operating two shifts of eight hours each, preparing a carload of vanadium concentrates for experimental purposes by New York metallurgists. Mining operations are limited to two shifts of 15 men each, but the company expects to start operating on a larger scale when the necessary machinery arrives to care for the ore.
Operations are now being centered in a crosscut from the Defiance property to the Mercer claims. The new incorporation has a capital stock of $1,000,000, the incorporators were Frederic A. Shaffer and L. M. Valerio.
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The Arizona Imperial Mines Extension, Inc., Fort Huachuca, Arizona, has started the sinking of a three-compartment shaft. As a part of its mine development program the company is planning for the driving of a two and one-half mile double track motor tunnel; installation of a larger hoist and compressor plant; construction of a hoist, compressor, power and warehouse, and the installation of a 2,000-horsepower electric power plant.
In order to finance this program the company is offering for sale $1,500,000 of its treasury stocks to the public. Officers of the company are: Max B. V. Baumkirchner, president and treasurer, Box 8, Fort Huachuca; Walter E. Hunt, vice-president, 296 Market Street, Newark, New Jersey; C. F. Baumkirchner, secretary, Box 8, Fort Huachuca.
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On September 6, the Old Dominion Copper Company, Globe, Arizona, passed 103 days without a lost-time accident. The company hung up a perfect safety score for the month of August in its lost-time contest with the five branches of Phelps Dodge Corporation, competing for safety honors.
Another mining company has turned to aviation, to assist in the solving of a most serious transportation problem. The Richfield Mining and Development Company is operating a gold placer mine, on the Agua Fria River, eight miles above Lake Pleasant. Heavy storms and washouts made a difficult road absolutely impassable, so when supplies became dangerously low, Edmond B. Conklin, president of the company, walked the 42 miles to Hot Springs Junction and then came from there, to Phoenix. At Phoenix he chartered a plane and made two trips to the camp, dropping food and supplies to the men. A site for a landing field at the mine has now been made, and clearing and leveling of the ground is going forward Conklin is now said to be planning to have his own plane and pilot within the next six months.
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Present shareholders of the Tom Reed Gold Mines Company of Oatman, Arizona, have been offered the right to subscribe for 500,000 additional shares of stock in the ratio of one new share for each three held at 65 cents a share, according to Oscar Howard, general manager of the company. This right will expire October 16.
This additional capital will enable the company to proceed with its plans for mining of the deep ore recently discovered which has shown assays averaging more than $100 a ton. The company is installing a large pump and will sink a shaft 150 to 200 feet under the ore body, instead of attempting to mine the ore through the winze.
When the new financing is completed, the company will have 2,000,000 shares of $1 par value outstanding. Mr. Howard estimates that the company will require $100,000 to $150,000 to prepare for mining the new ore body, actual mining of which should be commenced within three or four months.
Employees at the Copper Queen Smelter, Phelps Dodge Corporation, Douglas Arizona, have formed a study group for the purpose of studying the treatment of copper ores and the extraction thereof from the mines. The club now has a membership of over 50, and will meet every other week to hear lectures by metallurgists and other experts and discuss various phases of smelting.
Some diamond drilling from the surface is being done in the Warren shaft area, Copper Queen Branch, Phelps Dodge Corporation, Bisbee, Arizona. The Warren shaft, sunk in 1927 and 1928, is making possible the exploration of Phelps Dodge ground in the neighborhood of the new
Calumet and Arizona ore body. While lateral work in this territory has not yet reached its objective, some interesting mineralization has been cut.
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Calumet and Arizona Mining Company, Warren, Arizona, H. A. Clark, general manager, is sinking its new Campbell shaft to a depth of 2,500 feet. This shaft is being equipped with a new Allis-Chalmers hoist capable of raising 5 ½ tons at a speed of 2,000 feet per minute, from a depth of 8,600 feet. Production from the high-grade Campbell ore body is to be handled through the Campbell shaft, instead of through the Junction shaft, as heretofore.
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Shattuck-Denn Mining Corporation, Bisbee, Arizona, J. C. Flynn, manager, is now hoisting about 500 tons of ore daily from its new ore body. Production during August is estimated at 1,400,000 pounds, the highest since the formation of the company. The new hoist at the Denn shaft has a hoisting capacity of 700 tons.
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Active development of the properties of the War Eagle Consolidated Mine., Inc., located in the Turkey Creek District, is to start as soon as heavy machinery can be installed. George B. Fulton of Prescott, is vice-president and general manager of the recently incorporated company; Roger Hooper, secretary-treasurer, and J. H. Champion, recently of Montana, but now of Prescott, is president. The company was capitalized for $3,000,000. The War Eagle was first opened in 1882, and for a number of years thereafter was worked by “chloriders,” it is said. One shaft is down 165 feet, and one tunnel has been driven 500 feet.
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The Tres de Mayo Mines, Inc., Nogales, Arizona, has closed down, and the milling equipment has been sold to Hugo W. Miller, of Miller’s Assay Office, who is installing a 25-ton flotation mill two miles out of Nogales, to be used for molybdenite ores from the Santo Nino Mine, for which ho has contracted to purchase. This mill will also be used as a testing plant for various ores in Southern Arizona and Northern Sonora. Mr. Miller expects to specialize in tungsten and molybdenite ores.
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Cement is being poured for the foundation of the new mill to work the tailings of the old Congress Mine at Congress Junction, Arizona, according to reports. It is understood that this property, which was formerly developed by the Sonora Development Company, is to be worked by Senum and Company of Los Angeles.
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The Maricopa Mining Company, Roy Millard, superintendent, Phoenix, Arizona, is now being operated in two eight-hour shifts, and a graveyard shift will shortly be employed. Mr. Millard is making some changes in mill practice, which it is hoped will curtail the tailing loss, a problem
which has held the Jack White Mine back from being a regular producer.
Ralph Douglas, of Seattle, Washington, manager and treasurer, has just completed his quarterly inspection trip to the property, and reports that he is highly pleased with conditions of the mine. Gen. H. F. Winsor, president of the company, will soon be in Phoenix to visit the property. At present Gen. Winsor is attending the War College in Washington, D. C.
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A certificate of incorporation has been granted to La Gloria Mining Company of Phoenix, Arizona, capitalized at $100,000.
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Also, the Huron Copper Company of Washington has been issued a license authorizing it to do business in the state as a foreign corporation.
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Articles of incorporation, have been filed by the Apache Vanadium Corporation, of Globe, Arizona. The company is capitalized at $1,000,000, and incorporated by L. M. Valerio and Frederic A. Shalfer of Globe.
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The Morgan Placer Gold Mining Corporation is making arrangements for the operation of its property, located about eight miles below Clifton, Arizona. Considerable lumber and supplies have been trucked to the holdings. The company has been organized under the laws of Arizona, and has filed articles of incorporation. Capital stock is given at 50,000 shares of preferred stock of $1 par, and 200,000 shares of common of no par value. Among those interested in the company are C. E. Morgan, Clifton, Arizona, mining man; Chas. A. Blatz and C. B. Blake of Kentucky, both of whom have arrived in Clifton for the purpose of overseeing operations.
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The Dover Copper Mining Company of Morenci, Arizona, has again assumed control of its property and will continue operation of its mine, according to a statement by S. W. Tiscornia of St. Joseph, Michigan, who was recently in the district. For a period of 90 days, the property was operated under an option to purchase, by a concern reported to have been the Associated Metals Organization Unit of the North American Mining and Smelting Corporation, with the work supervised by Newton W. Emmons.
Option to purchase expired September 1, but the Dover company accepted surrender of the option a few days previous, a settlement having been agreed upon. Hereafter, the mine will be operated under the management of Tom Cocks of Morenci. Shipments are now being made to the smelter at El Paso.
Ore bins are located at the head of Chase Creek at Clifton, where the ore is conveyed by motor truck from the mines. Improvements recently made include the widening of the road
between the mine and the Morenci-Eagle Creek road, installation of an air compressor, and erection of several buildings.
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The Vanadium Refining Company of Tucson, Arizona, has acquired the old Yuma mine, 15 miles west of Tucson, Arizona, and proposes to erect a 200-ton mill there at once, it is reported. Originally, the old Yuma mine was a gold property, productive as far back as 1874.
During the World War, it was operated by the late Col. Epes Randolph for molybdenum. Officers of the Vanadium Refining Company are: J. Benjamin Ott, vice-president of the American Bentonite Corporation, Chicago, president L. H. Wolvin, president of the Superior Shipping Company, Chicago, chairman of the board; C. B. Cochran, secretary-treasurer.
B. A. Black of Tucson holds the office of vice-president and metallurgist. The process to be used in ore treatment has been developed by Mr. Black. The company is also reported to be interested in another property in the Table Mountain region of Pinal County, where a large milling plant may be erected.
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The Vaughn, Macia, and Palmer Leasing Company, Tombstone, Arizona, developing the Bob Ingersoll Mine, plans for the sinking of a 240-foot incline shaft. This property, with values in lead, gold and silver, is leased from the City Land Company of San Francisco. Development is in charge of Bert Macia.
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A LOST MINE IN CENTRAL ARIZONA TMJ 10 15 1929
A LOST MINE IN CENTRAL ARIZONA By Thomas J. Alexander,
San Francisco, Calif.
Every mine camp has its lost mine. As a general rule, a lost mine is only a superficial surface prospect, found by a greenhorn who did not spot his location so that he could find it again. In most cases where a worthwhile prospect exists, it can be found again.
However, all rules have some exceptions. Take, for instance, a recent experience of mine in search of a real-honest-to-goodness prospect that was lost.
The story is this:
Soon after the Civil War, the Sloan Brothers were prospecting in Central Arizona, and found a good prospect. After exhausting their supplies, they took some ore to a trading post, the assays giving high values in silver and some gold. Owing to an Indian outbreak, they returned to their home in the old states, married and settled down. Along in the ‘90s the younger and only surviving brother returned to seek the lost mine.
He spent several months in a fruitless search, but gave it up as hopeless. On leaving, he confided his secret to Bob Davis, his only neighbor. Davis gave the story no credence, for he has spent two years in the camp and was well acquainted with the vicinity. Davis was working on a rich stringer in Granite Mountain and making a living by grinding ore in an arrastra. Part time he prospected and dry-washed the gulches.
However, some weeks later, while out hunting, he shot a deer that fell into a gulch. While dressing the deer he noticed a mineral showing across the gulch. Apparently the old Workings had caved, leaving a cut bank some 10 feet high, Samples of the ore panned some free gold, but not enough to pay with an arrastra. Shortly afterwards, Davis gave up the prospect as worthless.
At the time I met Davis, I was on the eve of leaving for Cottonwood Springs to prospect a placer that I had found some years before. Davis told me that his old camp was only five miles from that place and advised me to camp at a different location for prospecting. His reason for not locating the mine was that it would cost too much to build a road, without which, it would be impossible to get the ore to a shipping point. He also said that there was no use in trying to tell me the location of the lost mine, after a lapse of 30 years, as it was doubtful if he could find it again himself, and that it was likely to be covered over with loose rubble.
Now comes my story. On my way to Cottonwood Springs I made camp at a convenient point and easily found where Davis had worked. Finding the landmarks he had mentioned was surprisingly easy, and the probable location of the lost mine determined by the geology of the locality. However, I was soon convinced that it was lost without a visible trace, owing to it being in a goat range, so I moved on to a new campground.
Just before leaving that locality there was a torrential rainstorm, lasting some 30 hours. After the rain I took a final look for the Lost Mine. After a hard and fruitless ramble I turned about for camp. Going down a small gulch I noticed a well-defined contact, a contact common around the Telluride District in Colorado, but rarely seen west.
This contact interested me at once and I soon uncovered some ore. After securing a sample, I took out my compass, notebook and pencil, and noted the location in order to find it again if wanted. Going down the gulch I found a monument of stone and nearby a government monument inscribed: Sec. Cor. 26-25-34-35. This monument gave a tie, and completed my field notes.
After grinding the ore in a mortar, it panned an unusual amount of very fine gold, and heavy concentrate, which was hard to separate from the gold. Assay returns gave high values in gold with some silver—just the reverse of the story given by the first finder. It is quite probable that I found trace of the lost mine on higher ground, which may account for the difference in the ore.
Davis was right when he said that it was not a poor man’s prospect, meaning that it would require more than a shoestring grubstake to open it so as to attract a buyer.
This potential mine is situated two miles from water, five miles from a road that is not much of a road, and some 40 miles from a supply point. Should I ever be so fortunate as to acquire the means, I will exploit my find; otherwise, it is open to any one that finds it. Mining men of today have not the pioneering spirit of old—they are not exploiting prospects and consider the prospector “a liar with a hole in the ground.” In order to retain my credit for veracity I filled up the hole, and it’s yours, if you can find it.
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Sponge iron is the product formed by the reduction of iron oxide to metallic iron at a temperature below the fusion point of the constituents of the charge.
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KELLY RAND BOUGHT BU COPPER QUEEN COMPANY TMJ 10 15 1929
THE MINING JOURNAL
KELLY RAND BOUGHT BY COPPER QUEEN COMPANY
The Copper Queen Mining Company has bought all of the properties, including equipment, of the California Silver Rand, Inc. The property includes the well-known Kelly mine, which has a production record of approximately $18,000,000 in silver and gold during the last 10-year period and has been noted as one of the largest producing silver mines in America.
A. W. Frolli, mining engineer and geologist, has been appointed superintendent by the Copper Queen Company and has already taken over control of operations.
It is understood that production will be pushed up to the maximum at an early date, and in addition an extensive development program will be carried on. There are 22 miles of underground workings in the mine. All equipment is said to be modem and up-to-date and installed at a cost of approximately $500,000—including a 400-ton flotation mill.
H. W. Gould and Company, who is supervising operations at the company’s Battle Mountain property in Nevada, will also manage and direct actual operations at the Kelly mine.
[REHAB NOTES: UNSURE OF WHERE THE MINE ACTUALLY IS]
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JEROME SLIP PROBLEMS TMJ 9 30 1929
for SEPTEMBER 30, 1929 THE MINING JOURNAL
NEW COMBINATION SHAFT FOR UNITED VERDE COPPER
Plans for a development program to cost over $2,000,000, and to be carried out within the next three years, have been announced by W. Val De Camp, general mine superintendent of United Verde Copper Company, Jerome, Arizona. This will consist of the construction of a combination shaft, which will extend from the 3,000-foot level to the surface.
A mine fire during February and March of this year was followed by a cave-in, which affected a large area of the mine, and is, in a measure, responsible for the proposed improvement program. However, the management has announced that the anticipated developments of the property have caused the decision for the installation of the shaft.
Construction of the shaft will involve the removal of one of the shovel dumps, amounting to approximately a half-million tons of material. It is designed to come through to the surface in the vicinity of the V. T. and S. depot on the 300 level. When the shaft is completed a change room will be erected west of the park on the 300 level, and both the ore and material hoists installed at the surface.
The ore will be hoisted only to the 1,000-foot level where it will be loaded into cars and hauled out through the Hopewell tunnel to the smelter. The No. 6, the material shaft, and the No. 5, the ore shaft, hoists for which are located on the 1,000 level, will be abandoned because of moving ground. The new combination shaft will replace them both.
The cave-in following the fire involved a considerable area on the 1,200 level. This area was approximately 300 feet in width and about 400 feet in length and being bounded on either side by water courses, the entire mass was permitted rather free movement. It extended from the 1,200 level, to the bottom of the steam shovel pit, which is at the present located at the 300 level. It also extended out into the pit and involved approximately 200,000 yards of waste material, a portion of which slid into the pit and interrupted operations for a considerable time.
It is believed that the cave-in was caused by a combination of the water used in fighting the mine fire, and the mining which has been carried on over a huge vertical range for the last 25 years. Although all openings as mined are filled with waste materials, the fact that this material carries around 10 per cent voids permitted a considerable amount of leeway for ground movement, actually four and one-half feet for the entire mass before the movement ceased.
While the new shaft will be a major improvement, considerable other development is included in the program. Numerous machinery adjustments will be made and new equipment added to take care of the increased production when the new shaft is completed and underground surveys made. In the meantime the company will operate as usual, with the exception that points between the 1,200 level and the surface must be abandoned during the period of improvement.
STUDY MILLING METHODS AND COSTS IN THE SOUTHWEST
The preparation of a series of papers dealing with milling methods and costs in the principal metallurgical operations in the country, has been undertaken by the bureau of mines. The work in the southwestern states has been started by the Southwest Experiment Station at Tucson, Arizona, in cooperation with the University of Arizona. These papers will be prepared along lines similar to those now being published by the Bureau on mining methods.
The local mine managers have manifested great interest in the forthcoming papers and an appropriate official at each mill has accepted appointment as consulting engineer to the Bureau of Mines to prepare the paper on his mill. After these individual papers have been published, a bulletin on milling methods in the southwest will be issued. This work will be as comprehensive as the study of the mining methods and costs now being done and when completed should be of real interest to the metallurgical industry.
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ARIZONA MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 10 15 1929
THE MINING JOURNAL for OCTOBER 15, 1929
ARIZONA
The Calumet and Arizona Mining Company of Warren, Arizona, was the only Arizona mining company to pay a dividend during the month of September, 1929. This disbursement of $2,042,165 represents a quarterly dividend of $2.50 per share, and compares with $2,107,142 paid at the same rate in June of this year. H. A. Clark is general manager.
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Although additional power and pumping equipment was purchased by the Meteor
Crater Exploration and Mining Company, operating near Winslow, Arizona, uncontrollable water conditions encountered at a depth of 710 feet have necessitated the suspension of further shaft sinking. It is understood that it will be necessary to raise additional funds before further exploration can be put under way. While diamond drill operations are said to be considered highly favorable, the company denies that a mass of iron ore was struck at a depth of 1,400 feet.
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Mines of the Clara-Swansea Mining Company were prevented from closing down when the Yuma County Board of Supervisors agreed to compromise on back taxes on the company’s property at Swansea, Arizona, and the 21-mile railroad extending from Bouse, Arizona. It is reported that the compromise was made on about one-third of the taxes due, and was settled for $4,500, providing the 1929 taxes are paid. According to President O. M. Souden, an agreement was entered into with the American Smelting and Refining Company for working of the mines to determine if the present indications of a better grade ore would materialize. The property has been worked for more than 10 years, and it is stated that $300,000 has been spent on development during the past two years. About 30 men are employed at present.
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Eight residents of Jerome, Arizona, have filed articles of incorporation with the Arizona Corporation Commission for the Oates Mining Company, capitalized at $100,000. The incorporators were Armando Carrillo, Primitivo Cabello, Anastacio Hernandez, B. L. Flores, Rafael Guerrala, Salvador Hernandez, Guadalupe Duran and Domingo Alarcon.
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Approximately $25,000 has been spent on recent development work, and reduction experiments by the Gold Spot Mining Company, operating property six miles north of Buckeye, Arizona, under the direction of A. R. Phillips. The property has been developed by shafts and drifts.
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The Apache Vanadium Corporation has ordered a new compressor and air drills for further development of the vanadium mines of the Defiance and Mercer group of claims, near Globe, Arizona. Mine production has heretofore been handicapped by a lack of proper equipment, but with these installations it is expected to mine a larger tonnage, which will be treated in the O’Brien mill at Globe. The first step on the development program will be the sinking of the 85-foot shaft 100 feet further. E. C. O’Brien and Dan McDonald are interested in this new company.
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The new nurses’ home and addition to the hospital being constructed on the site adjoining the Copper Queen dispensary of the Phelps Dodge Corporation, will be ready for occupancy around the first of October. The hospital has been provided with modern medical and surgical appliances.
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The Santa Cruz Metals, Inc., is developing the Georgia Morris property, near Patagonia, Arizona, by the driving of a 600-foot tunnel. Dr. R. J. Leonard of the University of Arizona, at Tucson, is secretary and consulting engineer for the company, and is also consulting engineer for the Morning Glory Mining and Smelting Company in the same vicinity.
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A regular quarterly dividend of $1.25 per share has been declared by the Magma Copper Company of Superior, Arizona, William E. Koerner, general manager, payable October 15, to stock of record September 30. The current disbursement calls for $510,194, and makes total payments to date $21.60 per share, or $8,230,477.
Production during the first six months of 1929 amounted to 19,614,927 pounds, or at the annual rate of close to 40,000,000 pounds. This compares with an annual production of 36,458,129 pounds in 1928, and 28,502,521 pounds in 1927. Current production is running at the annual rate of nearly 46,000,000 pounds of copper, August production having totaled 3,828,983 pounds, the best month in the company’s history.
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With a capital stock of $1,000,000, the Gray Copper Company of Mount Trumbull, Mohave County, Arizona, has filed articles of incorporation with the Arizona Corporation Commission. The company was incorporated by Donald H. Gray and Paul R. Gray, 620 Venice Boulevard, and Carl M. Gibboney, 2305 Padua Place, Venice, California.
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The Merged Mines, Inc., has leased from the Del Rey Silver Mining Company, 14 claims located near Globe, Arizona, according to a document filed at the county recorder’s office in Globe. The lease is for 25 years.
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It is the intention of the Los Angeles Exploration & Metals Company, Ltd., to inaugurate an extensive campaign of development, on property formerly known as the St. Anthony Copper Company, located in the Kaibab National Forest Reserve, Coconino County, Arizona. J. Van Daam of Kanab, Utah, is president and manager, and principal offices of the company are at Suite 703 Wright-Callender Building, Los Angeles.
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The Maricopa Gold Mines, Inc., has completed arrangements through its treasurer, Ralph Douglas, 1016 Empire Building, Seattle, for the acquisition of three claims adjoining the company’s Jack White Mines, near Phoenix, Arizona. The milling plant has just been overhauled, and two additional amalgamation plates, and a concentrating table, installed. A new compressor will soon facilitate development work. The company has in excess of 30,000 tons of ore in sight, said to sample an average of $16.80 per ton, while two carloads of ore, recently shipped from the property, gave returns of $12.80 and $15.60 per ton. Stoping is being started on the 300 and 400-foot levels, and the shaft is to be sunk to the 500 level with the expectation of encountering sulphide ore.
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The construction of the anode plant of the Phelps Dodge Corporation at Douglas, Arizona, is about 50 per cent complete, it being the plan to have this plant in operation by December 1, and to ship the product to the Nichols Copper Company refinery, now under construction at El Paso. Contracts have been granted for excavation and steel erection for the new crushing, screening, sampling and bedding plant; the concrete and foundation work to be done by the company itself. The present calcine bins above the reverberatory furnaces are to be replaced with a new bin system, and the reverberatory furnaces are to be equipped with new oil burners. J. O. Ambler is in charge of the company’s operations at Douglas.
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Eighteen miners, marooned at the Silver Reef Mine, by flood waters that destroyed the roads to Casa Grande, Arizona, 12 miles south, were supplied with food by airplane lately. Percy Williams, who has headquarters at Tucson, Arizona, is president of the operating company, which has outlined a comprehensive development program.
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A small force of men is at work on the El Dorado Mine, in the Arivaca Mining District, 45 miles southwest of Tucson, Arizona, and development work is expected to warrant the shipment of ore in the near future. The property is owned by N. N. Basha, A. Ecber and John D. Mitchell of Chandler, Arizona; I. Tibshraney of Mesa, and Eugene Campbell of Ash Fork, Arizona.
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Efforts are being made by the Wright Creek Mines Company to develop an additional water supply for mill purposes on its properties at Kingman, Arizona. A well is being sunk at this time. President H. C. Block, 3547 East First Street, Los Angeles, recently spent three days at the property.
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The H. B. Metals Company has been organized for operation of the “78” mine, formerly known as the “63” mine, situated in the Stockton Hill District, near Kingman, Arizona. It is understood that the company has been financed to carry on an extensive campaign of development, and that operations will be put under way immediately. This old silver producer was previously developed by tunnels, a shaft, and lateral work.
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The dam at the Rawhide mine, in Mohave County, Arizona, has been constructed higher, and there is said to be a sufficient water supply available for two years’ operation. Clyde Cofer has five men at work on the tunnel.
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Camp construction is to be started immediately on property of the South Pilgrim Mining Company, adjoining the Pilgrim Mine of the Katherine Treasure Vault Company, at Chloride, Arizona, preparatory to the installation of proper equipment and the sinking of the shaft. The company was recently incorporated under the laws of Arizona, capitalized at $1,500,000, and naming Louis L. Wallace and A. M. Wilders of Kingman as incorporators.
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The case of the United Eastern Mines Corporation vs. the Tom Reed Gold Mines Company, claiming a little better than $70,000, for alleged extraction of ore, by the Tom Reed from United Eastern ground, has started in the superior court of Mohave County, Arizona. Several months ago, the Tom Reed Company, filed suit against United Eastern, asking $2,000,000 in alleged damages for extracted ore from the Tom Reed property at Oatman, Arizona.
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A new 2,250-horsepower Diesel engine and generator, together with two new 2,000 k. v. a. generators, have been ordered for the Copper Queen Branch, of the Phelps Dodge Corporation at Bisbee, Arizona, which is expected to add approximately 1,800 k.w. to the plant capacity. It is the intention to devote one unit of the concentrator to a thorough test in the development of increased classifier capacity, this to be done by putting the primary mills in this section in closed circuit with the classifiers. The two 6x12-foot mills in this section are to be replaced with two 8-foot 6-inch by 12-foot units, with 16-foot by 23-foot 4-inch classifiers. A mechanical puller has been installed under the mill ore loading station of the Sacramento Shaft to facilitate the loading of ore cars without the aid of switch engines.
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It is planned to construct a mill at the Golden Belt Mine, near Mayer, Arizona, and to erect additional facilities for employees. This property is managed by J. S. Allen of Prescott, Arizona.
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Steps are being taken by the Buttes Copper Company, which has just completed the merger of several properties in Pima County, Arizona, to get into large-scale production. A branch railroad is to be extended to the holdings for transportation of the ore. William Foy, Box 1206, Tucson, Arizona, is president of the organization, which has executive offices at Room 800, 331 Madison Avenue, New York City.
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Drifting is under way both north and south on the 350-foot level of the Pilgrim Mine of the Katherine Treasure Vault Mining Company at Chloride, Arizona, and ore is rapidly being blocked out for later treatment in the company’s mill, plans for which are now being drawn.
M. B. Dudley of Kingman, Arizona, is manager.
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The Payroll Mines, Inc., Chloride, Arizona, Lee Campbell, manager, is deepening its shaft to permit the extension of lateral work into the mineralized vein, in order that development may be kept well ahead of mill requirements. This is also expected to develop additional water.
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Shipments of ore from property of the Silver Wonder Mining Company at Globe, Arizona, average some 200 ounces silver, and from 3 to 6 per cent copper, according to E. L. Stratton, president of this newly incorporated organization. Consulting work is in charge of Colonel Fred Bowler, 1153 East Culver Street, Phoenix, Arizona.
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If shaft-sinking and lateral work, below the tunnel level of the Evahorn Mine, at Kingman, Arizona, prove successful in opening up additional ore bodies, a new mill to handle at least 50 tons of ore per day is planned for installation. The workings are now being equipped with a hoist and other equipment. This project is headed by T. E. Kleinmeyer, 1853 West 83rd Street, Los Angeles, with Jack Haverly in charge of operations as superintendent.
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The new pump has been put in place on the 800-foot level of the Tom Reed Gold Mines Company at Oatman, Arizona; drifting having been temporarily suspended on the 950-foot level, for this installation, and shaft-sinking is now going ahead to the 1,500-foot level as well as further exploration work on the upper levels. Victor A. Light is in charge of operations.
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New flotation installations have been completed at the Silver Pheasant Mines, Inc., at Cleator, Arizona, and production is being resumed. W. C. Broadgate is general manager.
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The Morenci Branch of the Phelps Dodge Corporation, Morenci, Arizona, plans to shortly erect a 100-ton mill, and a 50-ton leaching plant, in the vicinity of Bunker Station, between Clifton and Morenci; the construction to be started January 1, according to announcement. This new construction is said to be the result of experiments conducted in the testing plant at Douglas during the past year. It is understood that the leaching plant will be supervised by C. Legrand of Douglas, Arizona, consulting mechanical engineer of the company. Frank Ayer is manager of the Morenci Branch.
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Diamond drill machinery has been placed on the Fortuna Property of the Belcher
Extension Consolidated Mines Company at Superior, Arizona, and the first hole is to be started immediately. If this exploration proves successful, it is planned to sink a new shaft. A new road is to be built to the mine, by a joint arrangement with the County, and the Belcher company. Charles Mentzel is president, and executive offices of the company are at One Exchange Place, Jersey City, New Jersey.
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Persistent reports are in circulation that diamond drilling on property of the Kino Copper Company has been in 18 per cent copper ore, although official statements have not been divulged. The company has offices at 317 Crawford Street, Nogales, Arizona, Allen T. Bird, president and manager.
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Amended articles of incorporation for the Arizona Metals, Inc., have been filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission, establishing the company’s capital stock at 500,000 shares, without nominal par value. W. J. Loring of Kirkland, Arizona, is manager.
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Development work is to be resumed in the mines of the Belmont Copper Company at Superior, Arizona, following a delay of several weeks due to an unusual water condition and shortage of power. During this intermission, diamond drilling was continued with encouraging results.
Water has been troublesome on the 1,400 and 1,600 levels; it being reported that approximately 10,000 gallons of water per minute was flowing in the mine. Steel gates are now holding back the water in a number of localities. Chester Hoatson is manager.
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New machinery has been received by the Orizaba Mining Company for further development of its properties, about 40 miles north of Glendale, Arizona. The new installations are to be made at once, and it is planned to employ about 40 men under the direction of R. Rhew of Glendale, manager.
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Except for a few minor details, the flotation mill of the Monarch Lead Company at Chloride, Arizona, is ready for operation. Ore bins are being installed and preparations made to mine on a larger scale. M. J. Keily is in charge of operations as manager.
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Reports from Tucson, Arizona, state that C. B. Trout and Ramon Jimenez have made what promises to be an important discovery, on their claim in the Tertillito Mountains, adjoining the old Jesse Benton Mine. It is planned to make a small shipment of ore, the values being in silver, copper and gold.
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Renewed activities are reported from the Black Warrior manganese mine, of Congress Junction, Arizona. Edwin Ball of Los Angeles, accompanied by H. F. Henecke of Huntington Park, California, arrived at Congress recently to make preparations for mining manganese ore. Widdowson and Hess, well-known miners of that district, are planning considerable mining, and expect a shipment of lumber and equipment from Los Angeles shortly.
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Immediate development of the Lucky Strike group of claims, in the Hassayampa District, near Prescott, Arizona, has been announced by Chester E. McCarty of Portland, Oregon, who was recently in Phoenix, Arizona, making arrangements for preliminary work. It is understood that in the neighborhood of $500,000 will be spent in development work.
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The $2,000,000 development program of the Magma Copper Company at Superior, Arizona, William E. Koerner, general manager, will be started within the very near future, when a three-compartment shaft, to cost in the neighborhood of $500,000, will be sunk to the 2,800-foot level. This shaft, which will be located near the Magma concentrator, is expected to aid ventilation, and will be known as Shaft No. 7.
The work is to be done under contract, and will be rushed to early completion. Work on Shaft No. 6, which is to be sunk to a depth of 2,250 feet, is progressing nicely, and the tunnel is now being concreted. Shaft No. 2 is being sunk to the 3,250-foot level and concreted, and when this is completed, Shaft No. 3 will be sunk to a similar depth.
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The Dyersville Onyx and Marble Company, of Mayer, Arizona, has filed articles of incorporation with the Arizona Corporation Commission, naming J. R. Denkhoff of Dyersville, Iowa; E. D. Hogan, Cascade, Iowa and J. R. Wallis of Dubuque, Iowa, as incorporators. The company has a capitalization of 20,000 shares of no par value.
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Work on the O’Carroll property, being operated by F. M. Benedict and F. S. Lack, is said to have revealed a four-foot body of lead ore, and showings of copper ore have also been uncovered. This was formerly known as the London and Arizona property.
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Repair work is under way at the Arizona Apex property, near Winkelman, Arizona, which was lately acquired by California interests. This mine had been idle for some time.
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The Seventy-nine Lead-Copper Company, Hayden Junction, Arizona, L. T. McElvenny, superintendent, is said to be producing between 75 and 100 tons of lead ore per day. Living quarters have been built for the employees, which number about 80, and other surface improvements are now under construction.
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It is announced that the Edward C. O’Brien, & Company, of Globe, Arizona, Walter X. Osborn, superintendent, has contracted to purchase 120 tons of vanadium ore from the Bywater Vanadium Mines, owned by George Wilson and Will A. Peters, also of Globe. This quantity has already been mined, and several tons have been delivered to the O’Brien mill. This transaction is for the purpose of mill experiments with a view to larger production if operations prove satisfactory.
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The Southwestern Metal Mines, Inc., is now in a position to ship a carload of ore per week from the old Arizona-Tucson mine, nine miles southwest of Tucson, Arizona, according to reports. Croft T. Boyd of Cleator, Arizona, is manager of the company.
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A carload of ore is ready for shipment to the Phelps Dodge smelter at Douglas, Arizona, from the copper claims of H. C White, in the Metcalf District, near Clifton; under lease at present, to F. A. Morales and associates. The ore is said to run between 10 and 15 per cent copper.
A certificate of incorporation has been issued the Harry J. Bennett Mining and Milling Company, by the Arizona Corporation Commission, the incorporators being William and Angie Gale of Los Angeles and Harry J. Bennett of 726 North Twelfth Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona.
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The National Exploration Company of Prescott, Arizona, has filed articles of incorporation with the corporation commission, capitalized at $10,000,000, and naming J. E. Russell and R. B. Westervelt as incorporators.
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The United Verde Copper Company is reported to have purchased 58 claims in Walnut Gulch, contiguous with other properties of the company. The new claims cover an area of about 1,000 acres. It is understood that W. V. DeCamp, assistant general manager of United Verde, consummated the deal.
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Property of the Apache Silver Mining Company has been equipped with a hoist, compressor and drills, for furtherance of its present development program. An immediate item on the schedule will be the sinking of the 175-foot shaft to the 300-foot level. Richard Lobb is in charge of this property at Superior, Arizona.
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The body of ore, uncovered some time ago on the 230-foot level, of the Pilgrim Mine, at Chloride, Arizona, has now been penetrated on the 350-foot level, it is stated, and announcement has been made of an additional strike to the south of the latter level. The property is managed by M. B. Dudley of Kingman, Arizona.
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With an authorized capital stock of $1,000,000, the Gold and Metal Company of Arizona has filed articles of incorporation with the Arizona Corporation Commission. The company was incorporated by Sam J. Miller, Zelphia Miller and W. V. Benton, all of Hereford, Cochise County, Arizona.
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It is probable that the Poland branch line, of the Santa Fe railroad, in the Walker Mining District, will be rehabilitated, and placed in condition to serve ore shippers of that region, according to Joseph H. Morgan, attorney for the Sheldon Mining Company of Walker, Arizona. Negotiations are under way between the Santa Fe and Sheldon Company, with this idea in view.
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Net income of the Phelps Dodge Corporation for the current year will exceed $16,000,000, after all charges, but before depletion, according to preliminary estimates of officials, which assume a continuance of the present tone in the copper metal market. Last year the company earned slightly more than $10,000,000, after charges, but before depletion.
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Ted Kleinmeyer, recently visited his Evahom Mine at Kingman, Arizona, and reports good progress being made in the raise to the surface. This raise is to be timbered and used as a working shaft, it being the intention to explore the ore-shoots revealed by tunneling at greater depth. Mr. Kleinmeyer maintains headquarters at 1853 West 83rd Street, Los Angeles.
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Articles of incorporation have been filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission, for the Silver Wonder Mining Company, of Phoenix, Arizona, naming E. L. Stratton, L. E. West and Fred Bowler, 1153 East Culver Street, Phoenix, as incorporators. Capitalization is placed at
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The Southwest Metals Company of Humboldt, Arizona, recently shipped three cars of ore to the smelter of the American Smelting and Refining Company at Hayden, Arizona. G. M. Colvocoresses is general manager of the Southwest Company.
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It is reported that there has been a consolidation of the King Midas Mines, and property of Sam Bayless, and C. E. Durlin, at Oatman, Arizona, under which a tunnel is to be driven 700 feet through King Midas ground into the adjoining claims. W. E. Hittson is manager of the King Midas holdings.
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Four claims, adjoining the Pilgrim Mine, at Chloride, Arizona, have been acquired by Ernest de Valle, and Varro Peterson, who are organizing a development company. It is understood that California and Eastern capitalists have already become interested in the venture. Some work has been done on the claims, revealing substantial values.
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The first car of ore from the Great Republic group of 34 claims, 2 miles East of Cleator, Arizona, is now ready for shipment. This property, owned by S. A. Parker, has been developed by five shafts, the most important of which is the Lone Cedar shaft, which has been sunk to a depth of 200 feet. Practically no lateral work has been done.
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Shaft sinking is in progress on property of the Black Canyon Mining Company, near Cleator, Arizona, for further exploration of the silver vein recently uncovered. This mine has been developed by tunneling. Claude Baker is in charge of operations.
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The Los Angeles Exploration & Metals Company, Ltd., has been incorporated under the laws of Nevada, capitalized at $2,500,000, for operation of its 400 acres of patented, and 250 acres of unpatented, ground in the Kaibab National Forest Reserve, in Coconino County, Arizona. A considerable tonnage of from 7 to 18 per cent copper ore is said to be available for mill treatment, the property being equipped with a 100-ton concentrator, a 100-ton smelting plant and a seven-mile narrow-gauge railroad connecting mine and mill. J. Van Daam of Kanab, Utah, is president and manager; Charles A. Palmer, vice-president; and Oscar Smith, secretary-treasurer.
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ARIZONA QUICKSILVER CORP- TMJ 10 30 1929
THE MINING JOURNAL FOR OCTOBER 30 1929
QUICKSILVER CORPORATION MAKES PLANS FOR PRODUCTION
Another producer for Maricopa County, within the next two months, is the objective, which the Quicksilver Corporation of America has set for itself. Installation of a five-unit retort plant, the sinking of a 1,000-foot three-compartment shaft and the increasing of its working staff to 60 are the high points of the development program recently outlined by E. W. Hartman, president of the company.
The Quicksilver Corporation property is located eight miles north of Phoenix, Arizona, in Dreamy Draw. Present development consists of a shaft sunk along the main vein to a depth of 235 feet, and a second shaft on another vein to 110 feet. About 800 feet of drifting and crosscutting have been done, with levels established at 70 and 100 feet on the main vein. The next move will be the cutting of a level at 200 feet.
The first unit of the proposed five-unit retort is to be installed at once by the Cottrell Engineering Company of Los Angeles, and will have a daily capacity of 50 tons.
W. P. Cottrell, president of the company, has been in Phoenix to personally supervise the installation of the plant.
The ore will first be crushed to three-quarter inch mesh, then carried by conveyor to the ore bin of the plant and passed through a feeder into an internally fired rotary furnace. This furnace is three feet in diameter and 30 feet long. It is fitted with a draft control and the fumes from the rotary furnace pass through an insulated dust collector to the quicksilver condenser.
The condenser consists of four vertical steel tubes and a like number of conveyors. It is 20 feet high and 20 feet long, and is fitted with a vacuum sorroco exhauster at the end. This carries the fumes on into a ceramic tile tower, fitted with a water spray. The fumes then are carried into a huge wooden tank, which is fitted with fiber curtains to any quicksilver which might remain in the gases. The fumes then pass on out, through a smokestack.
The plant will be equipped with four individual motors to run the various units of the machine. These will use from five to 20 horsepower. The plant will be run entirely by electricity. An auxiliary power line has been extended to the property in order to make available additional power to that supplied by the company’s own power plant.
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ARIZONA MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 10 30 1929
the mining journal for OCTOBER 30, 1929
ARIZONA
Work is steadily progressing on rehabilitation of the Humboldt Smelter, by the Sheldon Mining Company of Walker, Arizona, which is expected to be the reviving factor of a number of mine developments in Yavapai County. The power house machinery has been entirely overhauled, the reverberatory furnace is to be completely rebuilt, the converter relined and the sampling plant reconditioned. It is hoped that the smelter will be handling company and custom ores by January 1. The Sheldon company recently encountered a new shoot of ore on the 1,100 level, and ore is now reported available in three headings showing 4 per cent copper, with some gold and silver. George D. French is superintendent.
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Adequate facilities for employes is one of the aims of the new improvement program being undertaken by the United Verde Copper Company at Jerome, Arizona. A contract has been awarded for the erection of 39 dwellings northwest of the city limits. Construction work will involve $64,030, plumbing $7,885, and electrical wiring $8,887, and the contract calls for all frame buildings with stucco exteriors. The houses will contain from four to five rooms and will be rented to employees of the company.
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The Magma Copper Company of Superior, Arizona, entered into a program of surface improvements when contracts were awarded for the building of six cottages in “Jiggerville.” The houses will be completed within 30 days, when they will be occupied by employees of the company.
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Ore shipments from the Swastika property of the Gold Crown Silver Mining Company at Cleator, Arizona, are running about three carloads per month, with the probability of a material increase at a not far distant date. Fifteen men are employed under the supervision of Richard Kingdon, manager.
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New machinery is on the way to holdings of the Apache Silver Mining Company at Superior, Arizona, which will make possible comparatively deep mining. Operations have been held up pending the arrival of the new equipment. The road has been put in first-class condition, and shipments are expected to be going forth to the Magma smelter shortly. Richard Lobb is manager.
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Present development work at the Thunderbolt mine of the Black Canyon Mining Company is expected to warrant the erection of a milling plant. The raise from the tunnel has revealed an ore body of considerable dimension, and the winze being sunk below the tunnel level, giving a depth of 400 feet from the surface, is said to have disclosed encouraging indications of ore. Claude Baker is in charge of this property located four miles southeast of Cleator, Arizona.
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The Magma Copper Company, Superior, Arizona, William E. Koerner, general manager, reports for the quarter ended September 30, 1929, net earnings of $786,802, after expenses and depreciation, but before federal taxes, comparing with $813,737 the preceding quarter, and $551,943 in the third quarter of last year. Net earnings for the first nine months of 1929 totaled $2,592,576, before federal taxes, against $1,428,968 in the corresponding period of the previous year. Magma Copper produced 9,864,574 pounds of copper during the third quarter of this year at a cost of 9.79 cents a pound, with gold and silver credited to copper and after all charges, but before federal taxes. In the second quarter Magma produced 9,892,826 pounds of copper at a cost of 9.58 cents a pound, figured on a similar basis, and in the first quarter, 9,722,101 pounds at a cost of 9.24 cents per pound. The average net price obtained for copper during the third quarter was 17.775 cents a pound.
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Lead-silver ore has been reported uncovered in workings of the Cinderella mine, adjoining the Blue Bell, at Mayer, Arizona. This property is owned by Judge D. N. Jenkins, and it is understood that $483 was received for the last shipment of six tons.
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Not only has the width of the paystreak increased at property of the Arizona Western Mining and Milling Company, but high-grade, carrying $56 in lead, $27 in gold, and $25 in silver per ton, has been discovered on the hanging wall side of the vein. A new hoist has been installed for further development work. J. A. Allen, Box 918, Prescott, Arizona, is president and manager.
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The French Lily mine at Cleator, Arizona, is soon to be the scene of extensive operations under the direction of the Southwestern Metal Mines, Inc., of which Croft T. Boyd is manager. Repairing of the road is about completed, and grading for the new mill is under way. A 150-horsepower Diesel engine is to be installed, together with a hoist, compressor and drills. A new headframe will be erected and the shaft retimbered to the 200-foot level. Drifting will be done to the west of this level to get under the ore body, which outcrops at the surface.
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Articles of incorporation have been filed with the Arizona corporation commission for the Ajax Mining Company, naming James D. Berry and H. K. Welch, 84 West Pennington Street, Tucson, Arizona, as incorporators. The company has a capitalization of $1,000,000. Incorporation papers were also filed for the Amado Mines Extension Company of Tucson by these same men, with the capitalization fixed at a like amount.
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Present development work of the Howard Copper Company at Cleator, Arizona, requires the services of eight men under the direction of F. W. Dryden, superintendent. The workings consist of a 570-foot shaft, with considerable lateral work, and a 300-foot tunnel.
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Excellent progress is being made on the new improvement program under way at the Calumet and Arizona Mining Company, Warren, Arizona, under the direction of H. A. Clark, general manager. Assembling and installation of the new electric hoist at the Campbell shaft is nearly completed, with a representative of the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company on the ground to supervise the work. Excavation for the power house at the Junction shaft at Lowell has been completed and foundation work is now under way. The steel headframe at the Old Irish Mag shaft has been dismantled and transferred to the Saginaw shaft, which is to be deepened, cemented and used for ventilation purposes. E. J. Collins of Calumet, Michigan, vice-president of the company, is in that district on a tour of inspection.
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The Magma Copper Company at Superior, Arizona, William E. Koerner, general manager, has encountered on the 2,250-foot level the upward continuation of the ore body discovered some time ago on the 2,550 level, west of Shaft No. 5, according to current reports. The No. 7 crosscut on the 2,250 level opened 26 feet of ore, averaging 3.6 per cent copper, with some silver and gold. Of this width, 6 feet averaged 10.9 per cent copper.
In the crosscut, 150 feet farther west, the ore is 31 feet wide and averages 4.4 per cent copper. Of this width 21 feet averages 6.1 per cent copper.
On the 2,550-foot level this west ore body has been opened for 700 feet and shows an average width of 23 feet, with copper 3.6 per cent. Of this 23 feet, 11 1/2 feet averages 6.1 per cent copper.
To aid in developing ground farther west, the company has started No. 7 shaft, 1,600 feet west of No. 5 shaft.
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A 100-ton cyanide plant is being installed by the International Consolidated Mining Company, which has acquired the Golden Belt Mine at Cleator, Arizona, with Alvin White in charge of all operations. Other new equipment includes a 2 5-horsepower Western hoist, a 15-horsepower Fairbanks-Morse hoist, an Ingersoll-Rand five-drill compressor, drill sharpeners and a Diesel power plant. The company plans the construction of a laboratory and assay office as well as living quarters for employes. Eugene Walker is actively in charge of development work as mine foreman, and 350,000 tons of ore have already been blocked out in the mine. Executive offices of the company are at 210. Fleming Building, Phoenix, Arizona.
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I. Morrison, president of the Imperial Mining Company, has received telegraphic advice from Frank Davis, secretary, that a new vein of ore has been encountered during development of the company’s properties at Oatman, Arizona. The extent of the new deposit had not yet been determined. Main offices of the company are at 423 Rives-Strong Building, Los Angeles.
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In the first nine months of 1929, production of the Calumet and Arizona Mining Company, Warren, Arizona, totaled 99,597,400 pounds, as compared with 97,743,800 pounds in the corresponding period of 1928. These figures include the output of the New Cornelia mines. Output for the nine months was at the annual rate of approximately 133,000,000 pounds. September’s production of 9,853,500 pounds was the lowest since July of last year, but the company reported a production of 13,463,000 pounds in May, which was the 1929 peak. The company is in a position to increase its output by mining a larger proportion of ore from the higher-grade stopes in the Campbell ore body. some of the crosscuts showing as high as 20 per cent copper ore.
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The Valencia Copper Company has purchased the Ray Integrity Mine, five and one-half miles northwest of Ray, Arizona, which is well equipped with modern mine equipment, including a six-drill compressor. A 100-ton flotation mill has been purchased, which will be installed at once. Development is now under way on 12 feet of milling ore encountered by crosscutting from the main shaft, and which averages $18 per ton. Negotiations are pending for the sale of the Valencia Copper Company’s Valencia Mine, although the four other properties will be retained. Mike Hoffman of Ray is in charge of operations.
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In the spring it was estimated that production of the Miami Copper Company, Miami, Arizona, would total around 65,000,000 pounds of copper for 1929, but due to the falling off in demand from April to September, and curtailment by most producers, a more conservative estimate for the full year would probably be 60,000,000 pounds. This would compare with a production of 48,259,448 pounds for last year. Figuring the 1929 production at 60,000,000 pounds, which would be the largest since 1924, and costs at 11.20 cents per pound, or about the 1927 level, Miami Copper should show a net profit of approximately $4,900,000 this year. F. W. Maclennan is general manager.
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Lessees are reported shipping ore from above tunnel level of the old Arizona Binghampton Mine, near Mayer, Arizona. Company operations at the Arizona Binghampton have been shut down for several years, surface equipment having been moved to other properties.
The United Verde Extension Mining Company, Jerome, Arizona, George Kingdon, general manager, produced 5,140,000 pounds of copper in September, compared with 4,592,000 pounds in August and 4,470,000 pounds in July. Output for the nine months ended September ran considerably in excess of that for the same period of last year, or 48,918,766 pounds this year, compared with 31,060,992 pounds last year.
September was the fifth month this year, in which United Extension produced in excess of 5,000,000 pounds of copper. Production for the month was at the annual rate of 61,680,000 pounds, while output for the first nine months was at the annual rate of 58,642,352 pounds. The company’s peak production for this year was reported in May, when the output was 5,464,000 pounds of copper.
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Six cars of ore have been shipped from the Hackberry Mine at Mayer, Arizona, by K. D. Terrell, lessee, according to reports. The side of the shaft caved, exposing a 10-foot body of ore, averaging around $20 per ton in gold, silver and copper. It is planned to unwater the shaft to a depth of 100 feet.
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A petition suit requesting foreclosure on mining claims of the Monte Cristo Mining and Milling Company at Wickenburg, Arizona, and on claims of this group belonging to the Standard Agency, Inc., and A. Krell, was filed in the Yavapai County clerk’s office by the New Monte Cristo Mining Company of Nevada. The suit involves a mortgage and money due Thomas Sellers for a contract.
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The Yaeger Mine, near Mayer, Arizona, recently acquired by A. W. Lessard and Avert Breckenridge, is the scene of considerable activity. Consignments of ore have been made to Hayden, Arizona, it is stated, and as soon as the Humboldt smelter is blown in, reduction facilities will be available at a distance of about 13 miles. It is also believed that the dump can be worked at a profit.
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The Montana Mines Operations of the Eagle-Picher Lead Company has installed
a 120-horsepower Diesel engine and a 3 ½ inch by 12-inch duplex horizontal pump on the Santa Cruz River, in addition to completing the 15 ½ mile pipe line to its properties at Ruby, Arizona, and now has its 250-ton milling plant in operation. The three-compartment shaft has been deepened from the 435 to the 715-foot level, and work is at present being pushed on the fifth and sixth levels. Manager F. H. Lerchen is assisted in development by J. R. McLane, mine superintendent, and E. A. Nicolia, foreman.
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The $4,000,000 development program planned by the directors of the Betty O’Neal Mines Company, and the Gold Circle Consolidated Mines, includes extensive improvement at the Cash Mine, 12 miles south of Prescott, Arizona, as well as providing for equipment and development of the company’s Nevada properties. The work will be carried out under the supervision of Noble H. Getchell of Battle Mountain, Nevada, general manager. Selective flotation will be installed at the Cash Mine in place of the amalgamating cyanide plant. By the new method it is hoped that the zinc may be recovered from the ore, as well as gold, silver, lead and copper.
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Stringers of high-grade copper ore have been encountered on the 125-foot level of property of the Blue Cloud Copper Company, seven miles north of Parker, Arizona, according to reports. The shaft is being sunk to open up the ore body indicated by surface prospecting to lie at a depth of between 275 and 300 feet.
Under the direction of C. M. McFarlane, superintendent, an 800-foot tunnel has lately been completed. New machinery and equipment have been installed at the property, a modern camp has been established, and a six-mile road to the Santa Fe railway siding has been constructed.
Besides the Blue Cloud group, which consists of 16 claims, the company holds two neighboring properties, the Hidden Valley group of eight claims, and the Blue Cloud Extension group of five.
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Articles of incorporation have been filed with the Arizona corporation commission for the International Mining Exchange, Inc., naming Raymond A. Chase, J. L. Morrill and J. A. Rene, all of Prescott, Arizona, as incorporators. The organization has a capital stock of 5,000 shares without nominal or par value.
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Reconstruction work is under way on the historical Coronado railway of the Phelps Dodge Corporation, operated between Clifton and Metcalf, Arizona, following the big washout in that district a few weeks ago. The line is expected to be again ready for operation by the last of October.
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Some idea of the importance of the recent strike in the Pilgrim Mine, of the Katherine Treasure Vault Mining Company, may be gleaned from the fact that a recent sampling of the ore showing penetrated on the 230 and 350-foot levels has established the existence of approximately three feet of ore on the hanging wall side of the lode, reported to assay nearly $1,500 per ton.
A new road is being built by the County, which will connect the mine with the railroad at Chloride, a branch line of the Santa Fe, 20 miles from Kingman, Arizona. Among recent visitors to the mine were: Dwight Woodb ridge, mining engineer of Duluth, Minnesota; Frederick Koehler, representing the American Ore Corporation of New York; U. L. Richmond of the Newmont Mining Corporation, and Rush T. Sill and Walter Gordon Clark of Los Angeles. M. B. Dudley of Kingman is president of the company.
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A mine fire was lately discovered in property of the Copper Queen Branch of the Phelps Dodge Corporation, Bisbee, Arizona, when gases from the blaze were escaping to the surface through a fire raise behind the old Lowell shaft. Crews were immediately called out and the fire zone sealed up. As there was only a small production of ore coming from this part of the mine, total output of the branch wili not be affected, officials state. J. P. Hodgson is manager of the Copper Queen branch.
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The Boulder Canyon Gypsum Corporation of Kingman, Arizona, has filed articles of incorporation with the Arizona Corporation Commission. The company has a capitalization of 10,000 shares of stock of the par value of $50 per share.
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Following treatment of ore in the new 50-ton milling plant, concentrates are going forward from the Jumbo Lead Mines, Inc., near Superior Arizona, to the Phelps Dodge smelter at Douglas, Arizona. Forty tons are now ready for immediate transportation, according to O. W. Judd of Florence, Arizona, general manager. The mill is being operated in three eight-hour shifts, and the working force of 20 men is to be increased with the opening of other claims.
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New indications of lead ore have been revealed in development of the Horn Silver Mine, situated in the Wallapai Mountains, near Kingman, Arizona, being worked by Jasper Brewer and Fred Miller. Drifting is being undertaken at a depth of 100 feet.
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The new mill at the Century mine of the United Republic Gold Mines Company at Kingman, Arizona, has completed its initial run with most satisfactory results. The mine is in condition to deliver a substantial tonnage of ore daily, this tonnage to be increased when the raise is made from the lowest level, to a point just above the mill, cutting the cost of ore delivery. P. L. Mullen is president of the company.
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The Coolidge Dam power project is now delivering its first commercial power to the Nevada Consolidated Copper Company of Ray, Arizona. The copper company has contracted for 5,500 kilowatts of the power generated at the Coolidge plant.
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News is current that the Arizona Comstock group of claims, in the Santa Rita Mountains, near Tucson, Arizona, have been sold to a new development company backed by capital of Wichita, Kansas. This property was acquired a year ago by A. J. Harshberger, president of the Department of Mines of the Tucson Chamber of Commerce, and considerable development work done, the claims having lately been turned over to the L. & R. Comstock Mining Company, which assumed Mr. Harshberger’s contract. The new company, which is headed by Ray D. Luzadder of Wichita, plans the erection of a 50-ton mill and the driving of an 800-foot crosscut tunnel. Mr. Harshberger will remain with the organization as consulting engineer.
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At property of the Hope Metals Company, east of Winkelman, Arizona, work is being pushed by Manager A. L. Flagg, on a service crosscut to facilitate transportation of ore to the new mill. The company hopes to attain a depth of 800 feet within a short time, it being reported that around 60,000 tons of ore have already been blocked out, which will average $20 per ton. Mill operations are in charge of Albert U. Wores.
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A regular quarterly dividend of $1 has been declared by the Miami Copper Company of Miami, Arizona, payable November 15, to stock of record November 1. Last quarter’s $1 dividend amounted to $741,134, and made total disbursements to date $34,805,122. F. W. Maclennan is general manager.
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Two new 8-foot Dorr classifiers have increased the capacity of the Old Dominion Company’s concentrator at Globe, Arizona, by about 300 tons, for the handling of 1,600 tons of ore daily. One classifier has been placed in closed circuit with a 6-foot by 12-foot Marcy rod mill, while the other has replaced a 4 i/2-foot Dorr classifier in the regrinding section. Approximately 175 tons of concentrate and 50 tons of shipping ore are transported to the International Smelter at Inspiration, Arizona, per day. I. H. Barkdoll is general manager, with reduction in charge of H. L. Forrester, mill superintendent.
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The Gila County Board of Supervisors has agreed to co-operate with the Arizona Asbestos Association in the improvement of the road in the vicinity of the company’s properties at Chrysotile, Arizona. This company, operated under the management of Frank Knuckey, is a subsidiary of the Johns-Manville Company.
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The Bavicanora Mines and Metals Company of Tucson, Arizona, has filed articles of incorporation with the Arizona Corporation Commission, capitalized at $500,000. The incorporators were Ward L. Hill and James R. Dunseath, Southern Arizona Bank Building, Tucson.
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Development work is under way on the Pandora mine at Tombstone, Arizona, by J. F. Andrews and associates, with pleasing results. A winze northeast of the main shaft is being sunk on a five-foot body of ore, carrying values in silver, lead and copper.
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Extensive preparations have been made by the Morgan Placer Gold Mining Company for placer mining, south of Clifton, Arizona, although the recent heavy floods have held up operations due to the high water in the Frisco River. Herman Baltz of Louisville, Kentucky, is president of the company; W. E. Carrell, also of Louisville is secretary-treasurer; and C. E. Morgan of Clifton is manager. C. B. Blake, prominent man in civic affairs of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and a large stockholder in the Morgan Placer company, was a recent visitor at the properties.
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The Southwest Copper Company has filed articles of incorporation with the Arizona corporation commisison, naming George T. Strine and L. B. Ledgerwood of 310 S. Cinn Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma, and A. Whittle of San Diego, California, as incorporators. Pearl M. Jones of Phoenix, Arizona, has been named agent for the company, which has a capital stock of 5,000,000 shares of no par value.
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Damage is reported done to the mine pumping plant of the Christmas Copper Company at Christmas, Arizona, by the recent flood on the river. H. A. Rossell is in charge of operations.
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After a suspension of several weeks, for the purpose of retimbering sections of the shaft, shipments have been resumed from the Hoatson shaft of the Calumet & Arizona Mining Company operated by the Del Norte Leasing Company under the direction of George Gillman of Bisbee, Arizona. In August the shaft caved between the 1,100 and 1,200 levels, leaving a complicated wreck to repair. Nearly 40 men are employed at the present time.
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The War Eagle Consolidated Mines, Inc., is at present engaged in a financing campaign for the equipping of its properties, in the Turkey Creek District, 21 miles southeast of Prescott, Arizona, and for the furtherance of development work. The company was organized and is controlled largely by disabled veterans of the World War, and has been incorporated under the laws of Arizona, with an authorized capital stock of $3,000,000. Headquarters have been established in the Bank of Arizona Building at Prescott, and George R. Fulton, Roger Hooper, Jack Keogan, Charles C. Fogle, Mrs. C. B. Hooper, J. H. Champion and H. H. Montgomery are directors of the company. The property consists of 8 claims, within seven miles of the Poland branch line of the Santa Fe railroad, on which negotiations are under way for its rehabilitation to serve ore shippers in that region.
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Articles of incorporation have been filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission for the Verde Superior Mining Company, which has a capital stock of 3,000,000 shares without nominal par value. Raymond A. Chase, George A. Kirkbride and J. A. Rene, all of Prescott, Arizona, were the incorporators.
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E. P. Larrien, J. D. Chadwick and Jonathan Gordon of Tombstone, Arizona, are establishing a camp on their tungsten property in the north end of the Whetstones, and contemplate early development and shipments of ore. The erection of a pilot mill is also planned within the near future.
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Operations have been started on the La Paz Properties in Yuma County, Arizona, by the Virginia Louise Mining Company of Pioche, Nevada, and it is expected that the first unit of the proposed 3,000-yard placer plant will be completed within the next 60 days. This unit will be capable of handling at least 1,000 yards a day. The Virginia Louise just recently came into control of this property, and the new management has outlined an interesting program of development.
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An order has been placed by the Glenidick Mines Corporation, with the Collins Western Corporation, for the machinery equipment and installation of a 50-ton flotation plant for its Silver Bell and Martinez lead-silver mines, 20 miles east of Superior, Arizona. The new plant is scheduled to go into commission the first of the year in the treatment of 80,000 tons of ore blocked out in the workings and on the dumps. The company is now making regular shipments of ore said to average $60 per ton from its Martinez shaft, which is being deepened another 150 feet. Glenville A. Collins, 517 Hollingsworth Building, Los Angeles, is in charge of development work.
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In the suit of the United Eastern Mines Corporation vs. the Tom Reed Gold Mines Company, a verdict was returned for $20,000 damages. The amount sued for was slightly in excess of $70,000, for alleged extraction of ore from United Eastern ground.
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The new units of the milling plant at the New Cornelia Mines of the Calumet and Arizona Mining Company, Ajo, Arizona, M. Curley, manager, are about 30 per cent complete, while the reconstruction of the original mill is practically finished, according to Gordon R. Campbell, president. When all the work is completed, the plant will be capable of handling 15,000 tons of ore daily.
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The Campbell Shaft of the Calumet and Arizona Mining Company, Warren, Arizona, Harry A. Clark, manager, has been stripped down to the 2,200 level, and it is planned to sink the shaft 170 feet further in order that ore pockets may be installed preparatory to operations on and above the 2,200 level. When the sinking is completed, the shaft will be concreted from the 1,800-foot level down.
Ore developments in the Junction area, from the 1,200 to the 2,200 level, are reported highly satisfactory. The anode plant at the company’s smelter at Douglas, Arizona, is expected to be in commission the middle of November. Changes in the furnaces, converters and power plant, which have been authorized, will be gradually made during the coming year, and will completely modernize this plant in all departments.
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Following recent negotiations, the Lone Star group of claims, located 10 miles northeast of Safford, Arizona, have been purchased by Messrs. L. F. Mickey and K. S. Lykins, who also own properties near Carrizozo, New Mexico. It is understood that considerable new machinery has been ordered for immediate installation upon arrival. The 485-foot shaft sunk by former operators is to be deepened by the new owners.
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Work has been resumed on the Red Rover Mine, situated 54 miles north of Phoenix, Arizona, according to Tom C. Foster, state mine inspector, and 15 men are now employed in exploration and development. The property is operated under lease by E. M. Moores and J. M. Pickett, 420 Heard Building, Phoenix.
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Because the new Hardinge ball mill at the Walkover Mine at Hackberry, Arizona,
T. F. Wider, manager, will grind more ore than was at first expected, changes are being made to insure an increase in mill capacity. This necessitated the addition of a larger power unit. A 75-horsepower engine is now on the way.
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The Boriana Mining Company is now employing two shifts and has its tunnel heading into the mountain 500 feet from the portal, its objective being estimated at 75 feet distant. It is proposed to sink a well for development of water for mill purposes. L. B. Rece is superintendent in charge of operations.
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THE MINING JOURNAL for NOVEMBER 30, 1929
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Original plans of the Glenidick Mines Corporation, to erect a 50-ton milling plant at its Silver Bell Mine, near Florence, Arizona, have been somewhat altered, and a 15-ton plant is now being installed which should be in regular commission by January 15. The new plant was designed by
J. T. Shimmin, manager of the metallurgical department of the Collins Western
Corporation in Los Angeles, and upon completion will begin treatment of 80,000 tons of lead-silver ore, averaging $15 per ton. Consulting Engineer Glenville A. Collins, 517 Hollingsworth Building, Los Angeles, reports mine development being actively pushed at the property.
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Improvements have been made to thepower plant of the Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company, located at the International smelter, Inspiration, Arizona, giving a total capacity of 30,000 kw., 18,-000 kw. of which is used by the copper company and smelter, with the remainder being consumed by the Salt River Valley Water Users’ Association and the Phoenix Street Railway. The increase in power capacity was brought about principally by the installation of a new duplex natural draft cooling tower, and the addition of a 1,218-horsepower boiler, to the twelve 700-horsepower boilers already in use. The Water Users’ Association has a contract with Inspiration, under which it sells the copper company power, when sufficient water is available in the Roosevelt, Horse Mesa and Mormon Flat reservoirs.
However, due to the present low water conditions is now at these sources, the association
purchasing power from Inspiration, this being provided for in the agreement.
T. H. O’Brien is in charge as general manager at Inspiration.
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The Penn Mine of the Shattuck Denn Mining Corporation, Bisbee, Arizona, J. G. Flynn, manager, produced 1,247,716 pounds of copper, 27,043 ounces silver and 749 ounces gold during the month of October. The Shattuck Mine produced 66,690 pounds of copper during the same period.
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A crew of 48 Santa Fe workers have begun rehabilitation of the eight miles of railroad track of the Poland Branch Line of the Santa Fe railroad, in the Walker Mining District of Arizona, according to reports. This move will provide a new outlet for the Sheldon Mining Company, operating at Walker, and will prove of material benefit to the Yaeger, Humboldt, Mayer and Cherry Creek communities.
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AE. Place, well-known mining engineer of 1020 Haas Building, Los Angeles, associated with Francis H. King, has taken a lease on the Vivian Gold Mine in the vicinity of Oatman, Arizona, and an active development program will follow. Bunkers are to be built at once, and the ores will be reduced at the Tom Reed mill, nearby, it is stated, shipments to begin before January 1.
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The Slate Creek Mines, Ltd., has been incorporated under the laws of Nevada, capitalized at $1,000,000, for operation of 81 mining claims, located 13 miles south of Prescott, Arizona. Officers of the new organization are: Fred T. Travis,Box 476, Inglewood, California, president; K..
Perry Merrill, vice-president; and Joe Zimmer, secretary-treasurer. The company will have its home office in the Cheney Building, Reno, Nevada, and will also maintain headquarters at 5005 Fourth Avenue, Los Angeles. T.M. Gerhart is consulting engineer.
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New offset chutes have been installed at the United Verde Copper Company at Jerome, Arizona, which have reduced chute repair costs 35 percent, and afforded a means of following the dip of the ore body between levels, in addition to improving chute spacing. This is an item on the new improvement program under way at the present time under the direction of Robert E. Tally, general manager, and W. V. DeCamp, assistant general manager.
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W. J. Gray, of the Gray Brothers’ group of copper mines, adjoining the Three R Mine at Patagonia, Arizona, recently sold a mill site to the Three R interests, on which a plant is now being erected under the supervision of Pat Stouffer of Nogales, Arizona.
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C. R. Walleck, who recently took over control of the White Horse group of mines, in Mineral Park, near Kingman, Arizona, has returned to Los Angeles, leaving his son, Henry Walleck, to look after business affairs at the mine. A. Swan, who operated the Mine during the past six months, remains in charge of the property as general manager. The new owners are building a road from the Mineral Park highway, to the site of the proposed new shaft, a contract having been let to L. H. Foster, who has the work well along toward completion. It is the intention to install new equipment for attaining depth below the tunnel level.
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W. E. McMillen, assistant industrial agent of the Santa Fe Coast Lines, lately conferred with G. Walter Reed, secretary and manager of the Northwestern Arizona Development Association, in Kingman, Arizona, in regard to the construction of a custom mill at that place. This would effect a material saving in freight charges for producers of the district.
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Additional funds have been made available by the Verde Annex Mining Company for further development of the company’s U. S. Navy Mine, near Prescott, Arizona, and for the erection of a 50-ton mill. The old workings have been put in condition, by concreting and retimbering, and new work has been done, which exposed ore of consequence. Three winzes sunk below the tunnel level disclosed ore which increased in width with depth, and at one place in the shaft, a two-foot body of galena hung over the miners’ heads, in ground which had been water-soaked for years. Besides the high-grade, there is said to be milling ore, varying from four to eight feet in width. W. F. Burns of Prescott is general manager, and J. W. Hobbs of Skull Valley, Arizona, is superintendent.
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Tom Cocks, manager of the Dover Copper Mining Company, reports a new strike of copper glance in the company’s Mine, west of Morenci, Arizona, which will require additional development to ascertain its extent. Ore shipments are being continued to the El Paso smelter at a steady
rate. W. V. Tiscornia of St. Joseph, Michigan, is president of the organization.
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Initial diamond drilling operations on the Fortuna Property, of the Belcher Extension Consolidated Mine. Company, Superior, Arizona, have been suspended due to the broken character of the ground, causing blocking of the core, and an insufficient water supply. A depth of 561 feet was attained, and 49 feet of mineralized zone was cut.
Owing to the fractured character of the zone only about 15 feet of core was recovered from the length of 49 feet, and the last eight feet of drilling in the fault zone yielded only eight inches of core. The ore extracted from shallow workings is said to be sufficient incentive for drilling at greater depth, and President Charles Mentzel, One Exchange Place, Jersey City, N. J., has recommended that 2,500 feet of further diamond drilling be undertaken.
The development of water is of prime importance, and it will be necessary to clear the shaft of muck, followed by retimbering, for further exploration, as well as to undertake additional roadwork. Notice has been given that at a recent meeting of the board of directors, assessment No. 10 of one cent per share was levied on the outstanding capital stock of the company, payable immediately at the company’s offices in Jersey City, and delinquent after December 21, 1929.
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The first carload of ore, in 10 or 12 years, was recently shipped from property of the Eagle Gold & Copper Company, west of Morenci, Arizona, to the Douglas smelter. This is the result of the opening up of a new deposit, which runs 10 per cent copper, with some gold and silver, and it is expected that shipments may now be continued regularly. E. C. Hunker of Clifton, and F. S. Scott of Miami, Arizona, are among those interested in this development.
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Installation of a magnetic separator is being made at the milling plant of the Edward C. O’Brien & Company at Globe, Arizona, which is expected to aid materially in the treatment of yanadium ores. The O’Brien mill is now receiving vanadium ore from the Bywater Dripping Springs property, owned by Will Peters and George Wilson, and from the Apache Vanadium Mines, in the Radium District. A shipment of vanadium concentrate is planned by the O’Brien Company, on December 15. An assaying plant is also being installed, which is to be completed within the next month.
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H. P. Margerum, president of the Feldspar Consolidated Company, and R. W. Lawson, vice-president and general manager, were lately in Kingman, Arizona, on a business trip in connection with their holdings in Mohave County, Arizona. Mr. Lawson stated that it would probably be next summer before the construction of their proposed new mill at Kingman could be put under way. The plant is to have a capacity of about 2,000 tons a month, and around 20 men will be required for its operation, and work at the quarry on Stockton Hill. This company has a number of mills in operation in various parts of the country.
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During the last few months, George Kohlburner has driven 140 feet of tunnel into his Big Chief property, in Yavapai County, Arizona, resulting in the crosscutting of a promising body of copper ore, with a streak of galena. The road has been repaired, and the cutting of a station, laying of track and timbering are now engaging the owner’s attention. These things being completed, it is planned to start sinking a winze.
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A new body of ore of milling grade has been revealed by operations in the main tunnel, of the Squaw Peak Copper Company, at Camp Verde, Arizona, according to current statements. New mine equipment, including a 75-horsepower engine and air compressor, has been purchased, and is now ready for installation. The erection of a mill on the claims will be the next step, according to Edison Thacker, president and manager, who is personally supervising the work. The lower tunnel now being driven, is planned as an ore haulage way, and will give ore delivery at a very favorable mill location, in addition to providing a gravity water drain for the entire mine.
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With the Hillside Road, to properties of the Bagdad Copper Corporation, now in good shape, work on the new development program has been speeded up considerably. It is understood that the company spent approximately $5,000 for machinery and material to recondition the highway, Yavapai County having furnished the workmen. George G. Thomas of Hillside, Arizona, is general manager.
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The Arizona Verde Mines, Inc., of Phoenix, Arizona, has filed articles of incorporation with the Arizona Corporation Commission, with a capital stock of 500,000 shares, without nominal par value. The incorporators and officers are Thomas MacRae, president and treasurer; F. H. Swenson, Heard Building, Phoenix, secretary; and B. C. Taylor of Payson, Arizona, Mine manager.
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The Tucson sampling plan for minerals, operated for a number of years by the Department of Mines of the Tucson Chamber of Commerce, under the direction of A. J. Harshberger, is to be purchased by E. A. Jacobs, assayer of that city. The plant must be moved from its present location, which is the site for the proposed Southern Pacific Hospital.
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The improvement program, being undertaken at the milling plant of the New Cornelia mines of the Calumet and Arizona Mining Company, Ajo, Arizona, is now about 60 per cent complete, reported B. D. Lyons, assistant chief clerk, recently in Tucson, Arizona, making payment of taxes on the company’s Pima County properties. Construction of the three new units to the plant is to be finished by the first of February.
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A new strike of galena-silver ore, with the silver predominating, has been reported made on the 110-foot level of the Mary E Mine, located in the Cerro Colorado District, and operated by J. S. Ayers, 45 Grossetta Street, Tucson, Arizona. The body is said to be two feet in width, and a carload of the new ore is expected to be shipped within the next 10 days.
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A certificate of incorporation, has been issued to the California Channel Gold Company, of Phoenix, Arizona, by the Arizona Corporation Commission. Authorized capital stock is given as 1,500,000 shares of no par value, and the incorporators were H. A. Rouser, president; H. B. Waud, vice-president and treasurer; and W. T. Rouser, secretary, with headquarters in the First National Bank Building, El Paso, Texas.
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A deal has been consummated whereby the McCracken Silver-Lead Mine, 40 miles south of Yucca, Arizona, has been acquired by William A. Hooton and Associates. The property includes 14 claims and a pumping plant at Signal, Arizona, with nine miles of pipe-line to a 100-ton mill of the flotation type. The mill is fully equipped, and preliminary work at the property will be started at once. An association of Kingman and Los Angeles business men have held title to the mine for several years.
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The first anodes produced at the smelter of the Calumet and Arizona Mining Company, at Douglas, Arizona, George Dawe, superintendent, have been turned out, it being the plan to gradually shift the entire system to the production of copper anodes at a cost of approximately $1,000,000. Shipments will be made to the new refinery being completed at El Paso.
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Work is expected to start about December 1, on the Verde Falls Gold Mining Company’s property, near Payson, Arizona. This company has as its main property, the old Gowan Mine, and owns, or has optioned, a number of close-by properties. A considerable tonnage of dump ore is available for immediate milling, and it is planned to put the Gowan 10-stamp mill into commission at once. W. B. Twitchell, 16 North Second Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona, is heading up the new combination, which is being financed by Virginia capital
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The Treasure Vault Mining Company, M. B. Dudley, president, Kingman, Arizona, has about 20 men in its employ at the present time, working in two shifts on the 280, and 850-foot levels, of the company’s Pilgrim Mine at Chloride, Arizona. The source of present production is an 11-foot body of free-milling ore, which is being mined for treatment in the milling plant now being designed. An electric lighting plant was recently installed at the mine, and living quarters have been made more convenient for heavy winter operations.
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Since the mill of the Verde Central Mines, Inc., at Jerome, Arizona, Robert H. Dickson, manager, had its initial run, it has been reinforced, so to speak, by adding machinery which can be used as substitute for the machinery now in everyday use, in case of a breakdown. Among new machinery installations is a Symons cone crusher. Until recently the 1,400-foot level had been bulkheaded to pocket water, but the bulkhead has now been shot out, track is being laid, and the 1,400 level is to be lengthened about 8,000 feet. The waste can now go by gravity, into the stope on the 1,700-foot level. A small addition is being made to the company’s office building at present.
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A new hoist is on the ground of the South Pilgrim Mining Company at Chloride, Arizona, which will soon be placed in commission; a contract for further development having been granted to the Moyle Brothers of Kingman, Arizona. A new headframe has been constructed on this property, which adjoins the Pilgrim Mine, of the Treasure Vault Mining Company. Fred W. Koehler is engineering the project.
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Details are being planned for the new raise, to be made from the 8,000-foot level of the United Verde Copper Company, Jerome, Arizona, which will be of reinforced concrete and steel construction. It will have two hoisting compartments, two service compartments, and a pipe and manway compartment. Ten-ton skips will be provided, and triple-decked cages will handle 125 men at a time. It is reported that the new work in, and connected with, the new raise to the sufrace, including pockets and connections with the tunnel, will cost approximately $2,150,000, and will require about four years for completion. It is understood that new residences for smelter employes of the company, are also to be constructed at Clarkdale, Arizona, in addition to the new accommodations being erected at Jerome. C. E. Mills is chief engineer of the company.
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A rumor is going around to the effect that the Sunbeam Divide Mining Company, listed on the San Francisco Stock Exchange, W. E. Sirbeck, president, Goldfield, Nevada, is negotiating with the Goldroad Mining Company, with holdings at Oatman, Arizona, for a substantial interest with option for control.
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Output of the Copper Queen properties of the Phelps Dodge Corporation, Bisbee, Arizona, Captain Joseph P. Hodgson, manager, is averaging around 11,000,000 pounds of copper per month, according to current reports. Development work is being pushed in both the limestone and porphyry divisions of the Mines, and the leaching of low-grade dumps, which had been removed as waste capping from the Sacramento Pit, has been extended, producing 1,000,000 pounds of copper per month.
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Ninety tons of ore per day, are now being handled at the mill of the Tom Reed Gold Mines Company at Oatman, Arizona, since the completion of remodelling work. The tonnage awaiting treatment at the Tom Reed is estimated at 1,800 tons, and with the opening of the stopes on the 400 and 950-foot levels, mill needs will be easily cared for, while the shaft is being lowered to the 1,500-foot level. Lessees also, have between 400 and 500 tons of ore ready for the mill. At present it is necessary to haul the ore from the dumps by truck, although it is hoped that the aerial tram will soon be in working order. An accident to the air line made it necessary to shift the ore taken from drifting on the 950-foot level to the dumps instead of direct to the mill. Oscar R. Howard, 56 Fremont Place, Los Angeles, California, is the leading spirit of the organization.
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Gary 0. Vyne of Prescott, Arizona, has made Mineral application with the United States Land Office, at Phoenix, Arizona, for a patent to Grove Lode, Survey No. 4099, situated in the Quartz Mountain Mining District of Yavapai County, Arizona.
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A compressor, hoist, and pump, as well as other equipment, will soon be installed at the Lincoln Mine at Crown King, Arizona, being worked by James Christianson, and Pat OHagan, under lease, according to reports. The camp buildings have been repaired, and 1,600 feet of tunnel cleaned out and retimbered where needed. The tunnel connects with a 175-foot shaft, and there is a 15-stamp mill on the property.
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Articles of incorporation have been filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission for the “79” Extension Company, by Evans G. Felton, Mrs. Evans G. Felton, and Dean Woodward, 1021 East Polk Street, Phoenix, Arizona. Capitalization is placed at $100,000, and officers of the company are Ben Cherry, president; J. C. Miller, vice-president; Charles Ready, secretary; Mrs. Charles Ready, treasurer, and W. D. Reynolds, director.
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The mill of the Goldroad Mining Company, Oatman, Arizona, R. H. Milne, superintendent, has been in operation for the past several weeks, handling about 75 tons per day. Ore is being extracted from the 800-foot level, of shaft No. 1, where the ore body is said to be five feet wide, averaging $14 per ton. A new vein has also been encountered in virgin ground 400 feet west of shaft No. 1, samples from which indicated values of $14 and $28 per ton. The company will soon start drawing on the old mill tailings, comprising about 150,000 tons, from which by rough sampling values from $2.50 to $8.64 per ton were obtained.
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At a recent meeting of stockholders of the Great Bend Mining Company, with properties in Mohave County, Arizona, it is reported that affairs of that company were placed in the hands of interests, identified with the Realty Mortgage Company of Los Angeles, with whom the Wallace interests are co-operating. Stock of the Great Bend, which was formerly controlled by Jahn C. Feyes, passed into new hands when Mr. Feyes’ assets were secured by the Realty Mortgage Company. It is understood that a plan of financing for further operation is under consideration.
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The Verdun Mines Company, of which Charles H. Leeson of Idaville, Indiana, is president, is making arrangements for development of the Silver Coin Mine, three miles east of Klondyke, Graham County, Arizona. It is the intention to install concentrating tables and flotation cells at the mill, 25,000 tons of ore having been blocked out in the workings. The carbonate ore is said to average $24 per ton, with the sulphides varying from $31 to $47 per ton. Water is now being developed on the holdings, which comprise seven full claims and two fractional claims.
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Plans for extensive development of the New Era Gold Mining Company’s properties, in the Cave Creek District, 30 miles north of Phoenix, Arizona, have been announced. The first step on the program will be the installation of the milling plant, ample ore being available at this time to start production. The property consists of two claims, the Osage No. 1 and 2. The shaft has been sunk to a depth of 60 feet, and a crosscut tunnel has been driven about 800 feet, which is expected to intersect the main vein in another 100 feet. In driving this tunnel, a body of ore about 12 feet in width was encountered, which from indications will average from $6 to $10 per ton. There is an ample supply of water for both milling and domestic purposes in the creek, one-half mile east of the property. W. H. Linville, 2814 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, is president of the new organization.
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A complete rebuilding of the camp at the Copper Queen Mine, in the vicinity of Mayer, Arizona, is being effected. Houses and shops are springing up, and machinery and supplies are being hauled in, while the roads are being rebuilt, and put in shape. Tom Smart, manager, reports an appreciable tonnage available at the property, and development work is to be pushed as rapidly as possible.
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More than 100 tons of copper ore have been taken from property of W. J. Forback of Superior, Arizona, and placed on the dump, awaiting shipment to the Magma smelter upon completion of work on the road. This ore was taken from the recent strike at shallow depth, in tunnel operations, and work has now been started on sinking a shaft, from the breast of the tunnel. Mr. Forback is working property of the Lorraine Copper Company under a three-year option agreement.
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Calumet and Arizona Mining Company’s third quarter net income before depreciation and depletion of $8,309,284 showed a marked improvement over the second quarter showing of $805,325, although less than the $8,692,617 net income for the first three months of the year. The nine months’ gross, as compiled from quarterly reports, totaled $19,386,838, and net income, before depreciation and depletion, $7,807,176. Due to the fact that Calumet and Arizona, and New Cornelia, were merged early this year, no comparison with 1928 is available. The company’s copper production during October of this year, including the New Cornelia Mines, was 10,412,000 pounds1 compared with 9,583,500 pounds the previous month. In the first nine months of the year, the combined production of copper totaled 99,597,400 pounds, against 97,743,800 pounds
during the corresponding period of 1928. Production of metals in the third quarter showed a decrease from the first twp quarters, the copper output for the last quarter, being 30,519,214 pounds, the silver returned 462,123 ounces, and gold, 14,558 ounces. Harry A. Clark of Warren, Arizona, is general manager.
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It is reported that the suspension of efforts of the Meteor Crater Exploration and Mining Company, to locate the meteoric body near Winslow, Arizona, is to be temporary, and work is planned to be resumed following the installation of more powerful equipment. It may be necessary to enlarge the shaft to accommodate the pipes, and the heavy water flow will be pumped out as waste. It is understood that the machinery is being overhauled and reconditioned during the shutdown. Superintendent W. C. Geoglein remains in charge, at the property.
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N. A. Hrundage, Jr., planning the haulage of ore from the Arizona Apex Mine, near Winkelman, Arizona, has purchased a chain of seven trucks. Mr. Brundage resides in Winkelman.
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The United Verde Extension Mining Company, Jerome, Arizona, George Kingdon, general manager, produced 6,038,000 pounds of copper during October, which was the highest monthly production record this year. This output compares with 4,129,520 pounds in the same month of last year, and 6,140,000 pounds this last September.
Concerning foreign activities, United Verde Extension has surrendered its option on the Mount Nickel Property, in the Sudbury District, of Ontario, Canada, the results of diamond drilling not having proven sufficiently encouraging.
At O’kiep the South African Copper Company is continuing development work, and the Newmont Mining Corporation has bought the control of the stock from United Verde Extension, and from the American Metal Company, and U. V. X. holdings are now 24% per cent, American Metal, the same, and Newmont, 51 per cent. The option on the South African property has not yet been exercised, and no future program has been decided upon.
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From Kingman, Arizona, comes the report that G. P. Atlee and Frank L. McCracken have sold their turquoise mines, in Mineral Park, to Zan Zak and Florence Zan Zak, Mr. Atlee to remain with the new owners as general manager. The Mines are known locally as the William Tell, Ithica and Toltec properties.
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Diamond drilling of the Belmont Copper Mining Company, Superior, Arizona, Chester Hoatson, manager, has penetrated an important body of copper ore, according to current reports. The drill had been cutting through ore showing less than 1 per cent copper when the new formation was entered at a depth of 125 feet. All work in the immediate future will be centered on the new deposit. Drilling will be continued for a time to determine the extent of the body, but open work is to be started as soon as possible.
Announcement of company plans has been held up pending the arrival of A. MacKay, of Dundee, Scotland, at the property, when it is understood arrangements will be made for future development the sinking of an entirely new shaft below the Old Grand Pacific Camp, remaining under consideration. Considerable new work has been accomplished on the 1,400-foot level, opening up ore of consequence, which is now being made available for extraction.
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Robert C. Jacobson, mining engineer of Kingman, Arizona, recently spent some time at the Dutch Flat camp of A. Kempf, in the south end of the Chemehuevis Mountains, where he took samples from the Kempf veins. He reports that assays showed a high gold content, and that tests made by selective flotation, gave a saving of better than 94 per cent. The recovery was about 24 per cent lead, a small percentage of copper, up to five ounces gold and 24 ounces silver. A small milling plant is in operation on the property.
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MAGMA COPPER SHAFT DEVELPMNT SUPERIOR AZ TMJ 10 30 1929
THE MINING JOURNAL for OCTOBER 30, 1929
A NEW VENTILATION SHAFT FOR MAGMA COPPER COMPANY
As a part of its three-year improvement program, Magma Copper Company has started the sinking of what will be known as Shaft No. 7, in Magma’s series of shafts. This new shaft, primarily for ventilation purposes, will be located 700 feet due west of the mill and 8,000 feet west of Shaft No. 6, now in course of construction. The estimated cost of this new project is one-half million dollars.
Shaft No. 7 will be of three compartments, the compartments to be the same size as those in No. 3 shaft, and it will be sunk to the 2,800-foot level, and connected to No. 5. This work, as in the case of other shafts, will be done by contract.
At the No. 6 shaft, in the canyon just off the Miami-Superior highway, work is progressing satisfactorily. The tunnel has been completed, and is now being re-in-forced and concreted. As soon as this is finished the work of upraising from the floor of the tunnel will be started. This will require the letting down of 250 feet of hard ground before the surface is reached. Then sinking to the 2,250 level will be started.
The No. 2 shaft is now being concreted from the 2,600 to the 2,090 levels. The work will be completed during October and sinking to the 3,250 level started. This shaft is concreted to the surface.
With the completion of this development program, which will cover a period of three years, Magma will have more active shafts than any other mine in the state. The propect calls for an expenditure of two millions of dollars.
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MAGMA COPPER STRIKE TMJ 11 30 1929
THE MINING JOURNAL
IMPORTANT ORE STRIKE IS REPORTED FROM MAGMA COPPER
Magma Copper Company has found, on the 2,250-foot level, the upward continuation of the orebody discovered some time ago, on the 2,550-foot level west of No. 5 shaft. On the 2,250-foot level in No. 7 crosscut, about 525 feet west and south, of No. 5 shaft, the company has opened 26 feet of ore averaging 8.6 per cent copper, 1.6 ounces silver, and 0.02 ounce gold a ton. Of this 26 feet, 6 ½ feet averages 10.9 per cent copper, 4.5 ounces silver, and 0.047 ounces gold a ton.
About 150 feet west, a second crosscut has opened up in this same shoot, 81 feet of ore averaging 4.4 per cent copper, 1.1 ounces silver and 0.01 ounce gold a ton. Of this 31 feet, 21 feet averages 6.1 per cent copper, 1.55 ounces silver and 0.06 ounce gold a ton.
It is not believed this ore extends much farther west on the 2,250-foot level, before reaching the fault that cut off the ore on the west at the 2,550-foot level, but the ore should extend some distance farther east.
Ore Shoot Opened 700 Feet
On the 2,550-foot level, this ore shoot has been opened for 700 feet, and shows average width of 28 feet with copper averaging 8.6 per cent. Of this 28 feet on the 2,550-foot level, 11 ½ feet will average 6.1 per cent copper, 1.83 ounces silver and 0.018 ounce gold a ton. The vein has been picked up on the 2,550-foot level west of the fault that cut off the ore, but the mineralization was low-grade in lead and zinc, indicating considerable downward displacement along the fault, with result that to the west, the 2,550-foot level is above the copper ore.
Finding of this high-grade ore on the 2,250-foot level is a most important development, as it assures Magma of a new oreshoot of importance, and will result in increased production, and lower costs the next year or so.
Because of finding this new ore shoot, No. 7 shaft has been started 1,600 feet west of No. 5 to develop the ore zone west of the Concentrator Fault, and aid in mining this new shoot. No. 7 shaft will be sunk to 2,550-foot level and connected with No. 5.
Now Producing From Only One Shoot
Finding of the west shoot is important, as Magma is now producing only from the main ore shoot, one of the most remarkable high-grade shoots yet discovered in Arizona. Magma is the only mine that over a period of years, has supported a smelter with ore from only one shoot.
Another important strike has been made in crosscut to the vein on the 2,800-foot level from No. 5 shaft. It shows in the main shoot 7.1 feet of ore averaging 49 per cent copper, about 350 feet farther west than any previously struck in the main shoot.
Lowered Costs Seen
Magma is producing about 3,300,000 pounds a month and probably will produce about 40,000,000 pounds in 1929. Cost after depreciation, with gold and silver credited to copper, is around 9 ½ cents a pound. Outlook is for somewhat further lowering of cost in 1930, but while Magma ore is high in copper, temperature of the workings also is relatively high, lowering the amount of work the men can do in a shift, while much shaft sinking must be done each year to keep new ore ahead.
With copper averaging around 18 ½ cents for Magma in 1929, it should show profits before taxes, and after depreciation, of over $3,500,000. After allowing for the federal taxes, which will take depletion into account, this would equal nearly $8 a share on 408,155 shares of no-par common.
Last year net was $1,952,495, or $4.78 a share.
With copper promising to average 18 cents for 1980, and with strong financial position and ore developments most encouraging, it is not improbable that at the December meeting of directors, Magma will be put on a $6 a year basis. Present rate is $5 a year.
The outlook for Magma, in view of developments in the western section, and continuation of the grade and proportion of bornite in ore cut on the 2,800-foot level, is the most promising in many years.
—Wall Street Journal.
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SACRAMENTO SHAFT CONVEYOR SYSTEM TMJ 11 30 1929
THE MINING JOURNAL
Sacramento Shaft Conveyor System
By A. C. REIFSNIDER, Master Mechanic, Copper Queen Branch, Phelps Dodge Corporation.
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When Sacramento Pit steam-shovel operations were discontinued, the porphyry ore tonnage extracted by underground mining methods required extensive changes and additions to hoisting and conveying equipment to handle this tonnage.
At the Sacramento Shaft, skips were installed in two compartments formerly served by triple deck cages, and single-deck cages installed on all skips, making a combination four-compartment self-dumping skip hoisting for ore, and four-compartment cage service for the hoisting and lowering of the shifts, leaving the manway and pipe compartments unchanged.
The four 100-cubic-foot skips, dump into a steel surge bin erected at the collar of the shaft, and extending across the four compartments, as shown in the accompanying sketch.
In the surge bin, ore is deflected to either the No. 1 or No. 2 pan feeder, by the air operated deflector shown by dotted lines of elevation sketch.
The pan feeders are each five feet wide, and form the bottom of the surge bin. Flights, sprockets, idler and track wheels, are of manganese steel, with supporting frames of structural steel.
Pan feeders discharge onto Sheridan grizzlies, which absorb the shock of the dropping ore by a spring supported structure, and distribute the ore to the conveyor belts Nos. 1 and 2.
This intermediate step is for the protection of the conveyor belts, as the mine-run porphyry ore from the Glory Hole operation carries boulders up to 20x80 inches in size, or any size which will pass through a 20-inch x 8-foot grizzly in the bulldozing chambers.
The loading points of the conveyor belts are supported by rubber-covered idlers, and the troughing idlers are of the anti-friction Timken bearing type.
No. 1 incline conveyor is an 80-inch belt, running at 850 feet per minute; No. 2 is a 48-inch belt running at 165 feet per minute. No. 1 being a reconstruction of the original ore-handling system, and No. 2 is a new unit, expressly for conveying the porphyry ore.
No. 2 incline conveyor discharges over a motor-operated tilting chute, into standard gauge trains, on tracks Nos. 1 and 2. These trains are spotted for loading by a motor-operated car puller, under the control of the conveyor operator, whose station, “A,” is at the discharge end of the conveyor. Also, the conveyors, pan feeders and grizzlies are under push-button control from this station.
No. 1 incline conveyor, discharges on either No. 1 or No. 2 distributing conveyors, which are a part of the original ore-handling system.
The trains on tracks No. 8 to No. 6, inclusive, are loaded by the traveling tripper method, off of distributing belts Nos. 1 and 2.
This part of the system handles the limestone ore, native copper and waste, and is under the control of the operator at Station “B”.
The system in general has proven satisfactory, and has, with four skips heisting porphyry ore simultaneously, attained a maximum rate of 540 tons per hour.
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HISTORY OF MIAMI COPPER TMJ 11 30 1929
for NOVEMBER 30, 1929 9
History of the Development of Miami Copper
By F. IV MACLEAWAN, GeneraL Manager, Miami Copper Company. Active work at Miami
was started in 1906 when the General Development Company optioned the
ground, which has since become known as the Miami Mine.
STORY OF MIAMI COPPER OUTPUT
Editor’s note: F. W. Maclennan, general manager of the Miami Copper Company, has written in detail of the beginning, growth and development of this company to January 1, of this year. The following story of the Miami Copper Company is printed through the courtesy of Miss Nellie Kempf, chairman, history department of the Arizona Federation of Women’s Clubs.
The Miami Mine is located at Miami, about six miles from Globe, Arizona, but from a historic point of view, I think it would be proper to consider the Globe-Miami District as a whole. In the early days, Miami ore was smelted in Globe, and at the present time, Globe ore is being smelted in Miami.
The first mining claims in this district were the Globe and Globe Ledge, which were located as silver mines in 1878, but no mining was done until two years later, when silver production was started, and the Globe mining District was organized in 1875.
The first copper ore was mined in 1878 when ore from the Hoosier claim was mined and smelted in Mexican adobe furnaces located at Wheatfields. This first small copper smelter in the district had a short career, producing only 40 tons of black copper pigs, before it was finally closed down.
The first copper ore from Miami, was mined from the rich chrysocolla deposits on the Black Warrior Claim in 1895, and later from the Keystone, and Live Oak claims, in 1897, and shipped to the Old Dominion smelter in Globe for smelting. These operations were on a very small scale, and it was not until ten years later, that development work was started, which resulted in opening up the low-grade disseminated copper ores at Miami, which have since put Miami on the map as an important copper camp.
Optioned in 1906
In November, 1906, J. Parke Channing, consulting engineer for the General Development Company, took an option on the ground, which has since become the Miami Mine. At this time the so-called porphyry coppers were not so well known, but Mr. Channin had an opportunity previously of studying this class of ore deposit at the Clifton-Morenci District, and at Bingham, Utah, and at Ely, Nevada, and at Ray, and although no copper sulphide ore was actually showing at the time on the Miami property, the outcrop appealed to him, due to his familiarity with similar outcrops and ore occurrences elsewhere.
The terms of the option required no cash payment, and an ultimate payment of $150,000 cash, and $100,000 in stock of a $2,000,000 corporation, and the first payment of $50,000 was to made six months after taking the option.
Three shafts were immediately started on the property, Shaft No. 1 being sunk at the west end of the property, on an outcrop containing copper carbonates and silicates. This shaft was sunk to a depth of 200 feet and was a blank so far as encountering any ore, was concerned. Later development showed that had it been sunk 200 feet to the west at a point where there were no copper indications whatever on the surface, it would have encountered the rich Captain orebody at a depth of 75 feet.
The results of this shaft sinking of course were disappointing, as also were the results of No. 8 shaft which was sunk at the east end of the property in a very heavily iron-stained capping. This shaft encountered no ore, and later developments showed that it was 1,500 feet away from the nearest ore considered to be of commercial value at that time. No. 2 shaft was sunk approximately in the middle of the outcrop, midway between No. 1 and No. 8 shafts, and it entered ore at a depth of 200 feet, assaying 3 per cent copper in the form of disseminated chalcocite in schist. It was continued down 50 feet, and drifts were run out in all four directions of the compass, a distance of 50 feet, all in good ore, and the first payment under the option was made in June.
By March, 1908, fifteen months after of the beginning of this development work, No. 2 shaft was down 710 feet, and 2,500 feet of drifting had been done, and at least 2,000,000 tons of 3 per cent ore was assured. The Miami Copper Company was organized with 600,000 shares capitalization of $5.00 par value. Expenditures to date had been $400,000; $800,000 for the property; and $100,000 for development. Upon organization, 800,000 shares of Miami Copper Company were delivered to the General Development Company for finding and developing the Miami Mine, 200,000 shares were sold at $5.00 per share and later on the remaining 100,000 shares were sold at $10.00 per share. In 1909, additional money being required for mine development and equipment, the capital of the company was increased from 600,000 shares to 750,000 and these additional 150,000 shares were sold for $2,500,000. Thus it required $4,500,000 to convert this prospect into a going concern of 2,000 tons daily capacity.
Three Large Deposits
As indicated above, the Miami Mine belongs to the classification of mines known as the porphyry coppers, which is a popular term rather than an exact one, used to denote that class of copper deposit which consists of a large mass of rock, whether porphyry, schist or quartzite, or any other, which contains copper mineral thinly disseminated throughout the mass of rock, such that the copper mineral requires water concentration of some form, before being smelted. These deposits are usually very large laterally and of only moderate depth, although there are some exceptions to this rule.
The mines of this class are comparatively modern in the United States, with the exception of one, the Old Arizona Copper Company at Morenci, which now belong to the Phelps Dodge Corporation, and which started operations as a concentrator of copper mineral from a large low-grade ore body, as early as 1886. This was followed in 1904 to 1907 by the Utah Copper, the Boston –Consolidated, and the Ohio Copper Company in Bingham Canyon, Utah; the Nevada Consolidated in Ely, Nevada in 1908; Miami and Ray in Arizona in 1911; Chino in New Mexico in 1912; the Inspiration in 1915; and the New Cornelia in 1917,; and the Sacramento Hill of the Phelps Dodge Corporation in Bisbee in 1920. Of these, five are underground mines and the remainder are open pit or a combination of both.
By 1909 the Miami Copper Company had its ore body sufficiently developed to justify the building of the concentrating plant, and it arranged with the Gila Valley, Globe and Northern R. B. Co., to extend its line from Globe to Miami, under certain guarantees furnished by the mining company, and construction work was begun on the mill and the first sections were put in operation during March, 1911.
Flotation Process
Before building this plant, the mills of the operating companies in Utah and Nevada were studied, and a small test plant was operated at the Miami property, so that at the time the Miami mill was completed, it was “the last word” in copper concentrators of that day. In commenting on it, Dr. Ricketts, in his paper on the history of the Globe-Miami District, presented at the Globe meeting of the American Institute of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, in September, 1916, made the following comment:
“The Miami company, after developing their mine, undertook the construction of their splendid plant which up to that date excelled anything that had ever been built.”
In spite of all this favorable comment, the mill was out of date two years later, when in 1913 the Minerals Separation Corporation demonstrated the superiority of their flotation process, over the method of gravity concentration used universally in copper concentrators up to that time. These demonstrations were carried on in a small test plant at the Joe Bush Shaft of the Inspiration Company, and later in a 600-ton test plant at the new concentrator, which the Inspiration Company had under construction.
At this time, the flotation process was considered to be particularly adapted to the treatment of slimes, which were not so amenable to gravity concentration, and flotation cells were introduced in the Miami mill for the treatment of slimes, while gravity concentration was retained for the treatment of the coarser material. Fine grinding had not reached the state of perfection that it has today, and there was a great variety in the equipment used for this purpose. This included fine rolls, Chilean mills, Huntington mills, and stamp batteries.
Since better equipment has been developed for fine grinding, the entire tonnage is now ground finer than originally, so that at the present time the Miami mill is completely equipped with the flotation process of concentration to the exclusion of any gravity concentration. Besides giving better metallurgical results, the equipment for this process is so much more compact, that today, we are milling more than 12,000 tons daily in the same mill building and with less floor space than was originally designed for 2,000 tons capacity with gravity concentration.
Operated by Shafts
All of the water for operating the concentrator was originally brought by pipe line from the Old Dominion Mine in Globe, and in later years this supply has been supplemented by water pumped from wells located in the Miami Flat.
The Miami ore body is for the greater part mineralized pre-Cambrian schist and a small part of it consists of mineralized granite or granite porphyry which occurs as an intrusion in the schist, and both of these rocks are now in a highly metamorphosed and fractured condition. The original primary mineralization, which geologists tell us occurred in the late Mesozoic time, during hydrothermal action following eruptive action, was very low grade, possibly averaging four-tenths per cent copper.
The primary sulphide mineralization associated with iron pyrite was attacked by surface oxidation, and the copper mineral was leached out as soluble sulphates, leaving the present outcrops of these ore deposits barren for an average depth of 820 feet, and the copper thus leached out has been concentrated in a zone of secondary enrichment underlying this barren capping.
It is this zone, which constitutes the commercial ore bodies of today. It is underlain with primary copper pyrites and overlain with barren capping, and it is this considerable thickness of barren surface material which makes it necessary to apply underground mining methods rather than open pit, glory hole, or steam shovel, methods.
Contrary to the usual practice in developing ore in this class of deposit, the Miami ore body was opened up by shafts, drifts, crosscuts and raises, rather than by churn drilling from the surface. although a considerable amount of churn drilling was done later around the outside of the original ore body for the purpose of delimiting it, this drilling has since served a very useful purpose in connection with estimating the extent of the low-grade ore body which we are mining at this time.
Cave-Ins
At the time the Miami Mine was opened up, there was not so much known regarding caving methods of mining, as is known today, and as the ore was very high-grade for this class of deposit, it was decided to use the top slicing method of mining in the main ore body, which contained somewhat over 18,000,000 tons. It was decided to experiment in the northwest ore body, containing approximately 3,000,000 tons, with a system of mining involving large shrinkage stopes, 50 feet wide, and from 200 to 599 feet long, with similar size pillars between. This would be caved by sub-level mining after the shrinkage stopes had reached the capping, and the mass of broken ore drawn out together.
In connection with this mining it was decided to follow the Michigan practice, and put in a mat of timber between the top of the ore body, and the barren capping, to prevent admixture of this barren capping with the broken ore. The mining out of the top of the ore for the purpose of installing the timber mat so delayed matters, that the shrinkage stopes had to be held back, and considerable broken ore in them had to be drawn in order to maintain tonnage required by the mill.
This undercutting of the capping of the ore body caused a collapse, caving the shrinkage stopes below, and causing an air blast. It is estimated to have involved the sudden expulsion of air from within the mine, as if from a bellows of six million cubic feet of air from these openings. The ground gave warning of caving, and all workmen had been withdrawn from these stopes, but there were a number injured and five killed outright in adjacent workings, some of them 1,000 feet distant, by the cyclonic rush of air through these workings on its way to the surface.
This experience, early in 1913, naturally made the directors of the company conservative with respect to the application of the caving method of mining to the main ore body, which constituted the principal asset of the company, and it was not until a number of years later that caving methods were applied to this ore body, which in the meantime continued to be mined by the top slicing method. This mining finally got into difficulties through the great crushing effect of the overburden over the large area of the Main ore body, nearly 750 feet square. It was found impossible to keep entries from the main supply shaft to the various slices open and it was not until a new method of slicing was devised and applied to this ore body that this method of mining became satisfactory.
Slicing Operations
The northwest ore body, which was being mined by the first caving method tried out in the mine, and which collapsed in i913, was finally completely mined out in 1917 and produced 1,951,488 tons of ore.
In 1914 it was decided to begin mining operations in the Captain orebody, which was an orebody approximately 500 feet square, with a maximum thickness of 850 feet, and estimated to contain a little over 4,000,000 tons of ore. This was to be mined in two lifts of 175 feet each by a caving method similar to one in use at the Ray Mine, which involved breaking up the ore body with narrow shrinkage stopes spaced 25 feet apart. The caving method of mining worked out so well in the Captain orebody, that in 1918, it was decided to put it in effect in the main ore body, in place of top slicing, and the following year this was accomplished. There have been no slicing operations in the mine since 1919.
The caving method was continued in operation for the mining of the highgrade ore body until the exhaustion of this ore body in September, 1925. While this particular caving method gave good control of ore drawing, the cost of mining, approximately 80 cents per ton, excluded it from consideration for the purpose of mining the low-grade ore body.
The summer of 1924 found us faced with the exhaustion of the highgrade orebody within two years, and the alternative of closing down or advancing capital necessary for an additional plant, and trying to make a go of the lowgrade ore body. As the grade of this ore body in places is less than I per cent, there was left, after charging off treatment and other expenses, approximately 80 cents per ton available for mining and profit, so that unless the cost could be materially lowered, there would be no profit.
After considering carefully various methods of mining, it was decided to adopt the finger-raise system of undercut caving, which was already in successful use in several other mines, and to apply certain modifications which would adapt it to our particular requirements. We figured that by this system, as modified in certain important details, we could mine ore for 88 cents per ton and this was figured close, without any allowance for contingencies, and in estimating total over-all cost we added 12 cents and used a mining cost of 50 cents.
In an estimate to our New York office in September, 1924, we figured a total cost for copper on our then capacity of 6,600 tons per day of 12.57 cents per pound and on a basis of increasing the plant to 10,000 tons of 11.3 cents per pound of copper, and recommended an appropriation of $800,000 for the purpose of enlarging the plant to 10,000 tons daily capacity, which in addition to lowering our unit cost would furnish a copper production of 67.5 pounds of copper per share of stock which would compare favorably with the average annual production to date of 67.8 pounds per share.
There was considerable doubt expressed from many quarters as to the business wisdom of putting up $800,000 for the purpose of enlarging the plant in the hope of getting satisfactory returns from a sulphide ore which was only estimated to yield fourteen pounds of copper per ton. There were several elements of chance involved.
Enlarged Plant
In spite of these uncertainties, the directors of the company authorized the expenditure required to enlarge the plant and this work, together with the active preparation of the low-grade orebody for mining, was begun in the fall of 1924, and the first stoping of low-grade ore was started in July, 1925, and by October of the same year the entire production was coming from the low-grade ore body.
During the year 1925 public opinion expressed itself very emphatically with respect to the chances of success of this venture, by selling the stock of the company down from a price of 24 ¾ in January, 1925, to 8 in May of the same year, and one of the financial papers of New York expressed its opinion in its issue of October 21, 1925, with an article entitled “Miami Copper’s Salvage Value.”
Among other things it advised against holding the stock at the then price of around 9 ¼. Stating that, “The Miami has been one of the great copper mines of the world. It will have paid nearly $35,000,000 in dividends within about fifteen years before its demise, since dividends started in 1912.” This did not make very pleasant reading for some of us who felt that there was a great deal of life in the old property still, but about a year later, September 9, 1926, we had the satisfaction of reading in the same financial paper an article entitled “Miami Shares as a Buy,” in which it stated that “among the dividend paying New York Stock Exchange mines, we like Anaconda, Kennecott, Cerro De Pasco, and MIAMI,” (the latter in capital letters) “and among these dividend payers, we select Miami as a likely stock which is exceedingly attractive, because of its low price and excellent present earnings per share.” So within a year after this financial paper had consigned Miami to the scrap heap, the same authority put this property back in the best of copper companies, with such aristocrats as Anaconda, Kennecott and Cerro De Pasco.
Low-Grade Ore
The year 1926 represented the first complete year’s operation on low-grade ore exclusively and the results have been very gratifying, and have surpassed the estimates submitted to the New York offices of the company, in September, 1924.
Quoting from last year’s annual report, some of the outstanding figures were as follows:
Tonnage mined and milled, 8,793,207 tons assaying 0.979 per cent copper, and yielding 14.5 pounds of copper per ton of ore, at a cost of copper sold before depreciation and depletion of 10.624 cents per pound.
The thing which is principally responsible for the success of these low-grade operations, is an exceptionally low cost of mining, combined with a high extraction of the ore tonnage, and the copper values contained in same. In 1927 two stopes had been completely worked out so that final extraction results were available and these indicate an ore tonnage extraction of 121.19 percent and an assay extraction of 98.33 per cent, the combination of these resulting in a copper metal extraction of 118.11 per cent of the estimated amount contained in the ore. This excess copper extracted comes from overlying gob and capping not included iii the ore estimate.
This ore was produced at the rate of approximately 29 tons per man employed underground and the total mining cost, including a charge for preliminary development, was 37.1 cents per ton. The milling cost for the year 1926 of 49 cents per ton represented a reduction of 5 cents per ton as compared with the previous year and was reduced to .38176 in 1928, with further reduction in sight.
As mentioned above we are using in the low-grade ore body, a caving method of mining, with finger raise ore drawing, which method has been used for a number of years in various mines, and I understand was first used in the west about 20 years ago in the Ohio Copper Mine at Bingham, Utah.
If we can maintain our present operating costs in the future and if the price of copper metal is maintained around 15 cents or better, I believe the future of the Miami Mine will be greater than its past.
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D&C YAVAPAI COOP PROSPECTORS ASSN TMJ 11 30 1929
DRIFTS AND CROSSCUTS
THE MINING JOURNAL NOVEMBER 30 1929
The Yavapai Cooperative Prospectors’ Association is underway, with headquarters at Prescott, Arizona. it is a direct outcome of the Mining Revival meeting, held in Prescott, in August, when the problems of the prospector were thoroughly discussed, and where it was seen that a co-operative association could solve many of the problems.
Here is what Mrs. R. E. Logan of Prescott, the “mother” of the newly formed association, says of the prospector:
“An honest prospector values his properties as does the farmer, and he works it with the same pride, but not so great a risk. He does not need to cope with the elements, the insects nor the seasons. His product is an entirely new addition to the world’s wealth. It carries no blood stains, no heartaches, no guilty conscience, and no one is made poorer because the world is made richer.
“There is no other industry that demands the test of faith, courage and adventure; nor is there one that costs the individual a greater sacrifice. He is deprived of all that society stands for; he is cut off from the joys of his family, he leaves his cabin without a goodbye, but with a grim determination to go deeper, and with the hope that springs eternal in the miner’s breast. The day is done with little material gain; he returns to his cabin with no greeting, save the beans and bacon and biscuits he cooked the night before. Still he is elated with the day’s work for he is sure the next round will break big—and the next —and the next, and still that inner surging goes on as the years go by.
“What is this inner surging? Only the soul of man seeking its expression through the bowels of Mother Earth in accordance with God’s great plan.
“The prospector is in a class all his own. There is no jealousy between the prospector, and the honest engineer. Engineers are made, and are necessary to further the plan. No investor is jealous of the world that uses the fruits of his labor, and the prospector may well be classed as the trail blazer’ of everything that contains metal.”
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VERDE CENTRAL MINE, JEROME, AZ TMJ 10 15 1929
THE MINING JOURNAL for OCTOBER 15, 1929
The Cost of Bringing “In” the Verde Central Mine
By R. H. DICKSON, General Manager, Verde Central Mines, Inc., Jerome, Arizona.
Some of the difficulties in opening a mine in which there are no outcrops above the ore bodies.
The subject assigned me, “The Cost of Bringing a Mine to Production,” covers considerable territory and varies greatly with the showings one has to start on. To illustrate, I might cite a conversation, which was overheard in the backyards of Don Luis, a suburb of Bisbee:
Mrs. Burke and Mrs. Flaherty were discussing the relative merits of their husbands’ claims. Mrs. Burke said: “Me Mike’s ore runs twinty per cent copper and three ounces in silver.”
“Aw! That’s nothing,” said Mrs. Flaherty. “Me Tom’s ore is 75 per cent silver and 25 per cent gold.” Needless to say the cost of bringing in Flaherty’s mine, providing the ore stayed with him, would probably take very little time or money.
When the good Lord laid down Verde Central ore, He was not as generous with copper as He was at the Verde Extension. What we found was covered with a lot of hard rock, and the ore was not exactly in the spot where it was supposed to be. There were, however, a few ribbons of Irish green as markers, or teasers, for prospectors to speculate upon.
There are no outcrops on Verde Central ground above any of our ore bodies, excepting a few irregular, disjointed veinlets about the thickness of a piece of paper. In most cases it is even thinner and less conspicuous than this.
Our largest mineral showing is the Rock Butte Vein. This is a quartz vein carrying disseminated pyrite and chalcopyrite, which varies in width from five feet up to over 100 feet and extends below our lowest level—the 1,900. The top of the vein is just above the 1,000 level at the north end of our property, rising to above the 600 level at the south end, and finally outcropping some one thousand feet south of our end line on Venture Hill. All the vein is not ore. The individual lenses of ore in the vein will average 15 feet or more in width, and are up to 800 feet or more long. They extend to a much greater vertical extent— the ore persists to below the bottom level of the mine. As now outlined they vary in content from 2.5 per cent to 5 per cent copper.
The Verde Central now comprises properties known as the Verde King, the Venture Hill and the Verde Apex.
In 1904 the Verde King was organized, and during the next three years ran about 1,500 feet of tunnel and sunk a shaft about 200 feet deep. The capital necessary for these operations was secured by promotion from the public, it being necessary to spend more effort in selling stock than in developing the property. Finally, in 1907, the company was forced to shut down by inability to meet its obligations.
Mr. Joslin, and a syndicate of Prescott people, then obtained control of the property. They succeeded in interesting Mr. W. F. Staunton, who was one of the best known Arizona mining men, having had charge of the Congress mine, Silver Bell, and the Tombstone Consolidated mines.
The first encouraging sign was the finding of a small patch of copper oxide in the tunnel, about 400 feet from the portal. This was drifted on and then it was decided to get below it. The company was not very flush with money, so they sank an incline shaft on a fault nearby, which was the softest ground they could find. After reaching a vertical depth of about 150 feet, they drifted under the ore and found another little patch, not exactly under, and not much larger than the first patch. Development work was carried on, going downward, level by level, until the 1,000 was reached. Small patches of mineral were found, but the work on the whole was very discouraging.
Mr. Thomas H. Collins, and Captain Thomas Hoatson, directors of Calumet and Arizona, became interested in the property, and in 1921, through their efforts, the Calumet and Arizona Mining Company optioned the controlling interest in the company.
The directors of the Calumet and Arizona Mining Company learned a long time ago that one of the best places to look for new mines is in the vicinity of large old ones. They recognized the position that Verde Central holdings bore to the United Verde, and also that the dominant trend of the shear zones was toward the United Verde ore body. They also realized that it would take money to develop a property with no outcrop, but deemed the prize worth the chance.
In the latter part of 1928, commercial ore was located on the 800, and shortly after, on the 1,000 level. Up to this time all work had been done off an incline shaft. This shaft and the surface equipment was not suited for rapid development, so a new vertical shaft was sunk in 1924. This has since been continued down to the 1,900 level.
Since 1924 all efforts have been centered on developing the ore bodies already found, together with a general reconnaissance on one level of the whole property. The largest expenditure of work has been on the Rock Butte Vein. Drifts have been run at practically 150-foot intervals from the 600 to 900 levels. A few crosscuts, and one raise, has been driven off each level. The policy has been to do only the minimum amount of development work necessary to roughly outline the ore bodies. Stoping will determine their size and shape.
Verde Central ground comprises about a square mile. After finding two ore bodies, the natural thing to do was to look for more. Most of the surface is covered with limestone, which is later than the ore, so there is little to guide one in doing most of the exploratory work.
The 1,000 level, was deemed to be on about the right horizon, and was used as an exploratory level, in which to get the general conception of the geologic conditions covering the whole property. Some 5,400 feet of drifting was done, which incidentally found two small ore bodies of very promising area, and a large unpromising area. Very shortly development work will be continued 600 feet below the promising area.
Since Verde Central has been organized, not one dollar’s worth of treasury stock has been offered to the public. In the early days, Charlie Joslin sold some of his own stock and used the money in furthering developments.
The company’s balance sheet of January 1, of this year [1929], showed assets of some $2,727,859. Of this $752,497 represents property, which in turn includes the early development work. Buildings and machinery total something over $300,000. This does not mean that our present equipment is worth this much. This sum includes machinery and buildings long since worn out, or replaced. As the mine grew we have had to discard machinery continually for larger equipment. Early power was generated by diesels, and more recently we have been connected with the Arizona Power Company.
Up to the time commercial ore was discovered, about $400,000 had been spent in development work. It has since taken about $1,200,000 to develop this ore, sink shafts, run crosscuts and put the mine in shape, where stopes could be started. A part of this was used in obtaining the general line-up of the ground, through the 1,000 exploratory level.
Up to the beginning of this year there was about 75,000 feet of development work on the property. This includes about 4,000 feet of shafts, 54,000 feet of drifting and raising, and 17,000 feet of diamond drilling.
Verde Central has reached the productive stage, but has not passed the development stage. Prospecting and development will probably continue until favorable areas have been looked into, and the last pound of ore has been taken out.
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MORENCI MINING PRACTICES TMJ 6 30 1929
for JUNE 30, 1929
Mining Practices at Morenci, Arizona
In Four Parts—Part I
By McHENRY MOSIER, Mine Superintendent, and GERALD SHERMAN, Consulting
Engineer, Phelps Dodge Corporation, and Consulting Engineers, United States
Bureau of Mines.
The history and development of the present mining methods practiced at the Morenci Branch, PhelpsDodge Corporation.
Introduction
This paper describing mining practice at Morenci, Arizona, is one of a series of articles on mining methods and practice in the various mining districts in the United States.
At present (1929) practically all the mineral production in the Morenci district is from the Humboldt mine of the Morenci Branch, Phelps Dodge Corporation. The mining method used is adapted to the type of ore body being exploited; it has been developed by adopting methods used elsewhere and making necessary changes to fit local conditions. Improvements in current practices are still being made.
Acknowledgments
The authors acknowledge the assistance of L. F. Hersey, chief engineer, mining department, and C. P. Burford, engineer in-charge of stope control, both of the Morenci Branch; and of E. D. Gardner, supervising engineer, and C. H. Johnson, assistant mining engineer, United States Bureau of Mines at Tucson.
History of the District
The Clifton-Morenci district is in southeastern Arizona on the southern slope of the Gila Range of mountains, near the junction of the Gila and San Francisco Rivers. Its elevation is 4,800 feet. Clifton is about &9 miles by rail northwest of Lordsburg, New Mexico, on the Southern Pacific Railroad. Morenci is served by a narrow-gauge freight railroad from Clifton.
Gold was discovered in 1872 by a party prospectors from Silver City, said to
have been connected with the U. S. army. Copper ore indications were noted on Copper Mountain, and several claims were staked for copper ore, but, because of the lack of rail transportation in the early days, the first real interest was in gold. The first copper smelting began in 1873, when a cupola furnace having a capacity of one ton per day was built, but only the very richest ores could be treated.
The railroad was built through Lordsburg in 1881, and a branch line was extended to Clifton in 1884. The building of the railroads stimulated mining in the district by decreasing operating costs. In 1882, both the Detroit Copper Company, and the Arizona Copper Company, Ltd.,
were organized. In 1900 the Shannon Consolidated Copper Company began operations.
The first smelters in the district treated copper oxide ores mined from sedimentaries mined near the main porphyry contact. In 1893 chalcocite ore bodies were opened in the Copper Mountain porphyry. As the rich oxide ores became depleted, attention was directed to the lower-grade ores in the porphyry. The first concentrator was built in 1886.
In 1922 the Arizona Copper Company, Ltd., which had previously absorbed the Shannon Copper Company, merged with the Phelps Dodge Corporation, whose Morenci Branch was originally the Detroit Copper Company. Important economies in operations were made possible by this consolidation for the following reasons:
(1) On account of contiguous ore bodies, which are now being mined as single units by cheaper methods at a more intense rate; (2) by milling all ores at one concentrator, remodeled to treat efficiently the present ores; (8) by smelting ores and concentrates at one modern plant; and (4) by reducing overhead and certain operating costs through the elimination of duplication, as one organization now serves in the place of two.
In the production history of the district there have been three periods:
(1) From the discovery of the mines until the construction of the railway. During this time only the rich oxidized ores from the sedimentary rocks and from surface veins in the porphyry could be mined and smelted on the ground.
(2) From the construction of the railway in 1884 until about 1915. This covers the period of the concentration of comparatively rich sulphide ores while the production of direct smelting ores still continued in important quantities.
(3) Since about 1915 the smelting ore has shrunk to insignificant proportions, and the production has been made from secondarily enriched, but leaner, sulphide ores from un-oxidized areas in the porphyry.
Production
The annual production from the district attained its peak in 1916, with 70,000,000 pounds of copper. At present the output is almost 60,000,000 pounds per year; it is produced by concentrating 1,500,000 tons and by smelting a small tonnage of furnace ores and converter flux. To the end of 1927 the district had produced a total of approximately 1,800,000,000 pounds of copper.
General Geology of Morenci District
In the Morenci district, as distinguished from the Metcalf and Coronado deposits, copper mineralization was introduced with or after the intrusion of a large mass of porphyry below a series of sediments. Rich, irregular ores, often oxidized, were found in the limestone and shales adjoining the porphyry contact. Surface veins of good ore also outcropped on the exposed surface of the porphyry. These ores supported the mines during the early days.
The large deposit of concentrating ore at the Humboldt mine, which now is being worked, lies deeper in the porphyry and is localized by major systems of faults and fractures. The deposit is comparatively shallow and lies wholly above the level of the deep channel of Chase Creek which passes a short distance to the northeast.
The Humboldt Mine
The Humboldt mine, which was the principal source of copper of the Arizona Copper Company, and is now of the Morenci Branch of the Phelps Dodge Corporation, is in the center of the town of Morenci at the foot of Copper Mountain. The mine has been worked almost continuously for nearly 40 years.
The country rock at Morenci is a quartz-monzonite porphyry and a series of sedimentary rocks consisting of limestone, shale, and quartzite generally metamorphosed. The porphyry is intrusive and occurs as a large mass and also as dykes in the sediments in the contact zone.
The ore bodies of the Humboldt mine are in the main porphyry area a few hundred feet northwest of the contact with the altered sediments. The porphyry contains many small detached bodies of metamorphic limestone and shale. The porphyry has a close structural and genetic connection with the ore deposits; a porosity and looseness of grain have made it easily permeable to ore-bearing solutions.
Fresh rock occurs rarely, and a large part is completely altered to sericite, quartz, and pyrite; chalcocite being usually associated with the latter mineral. Chalcocite is the only important ore mineral in the mine. In the upper levels of the chalcocite zone, green films of malachite and brochantite are commonly found. In this mine the chalcocite gives clear evidence of being secondary and occurs deposited on pyrite, beginning as slight black films and gradually replacing the mineral entirely.
Fissures cut through the metamorphic rock as well as the porphyry, but in the former they are rarely productive the softened porphyry being evidently the most favorable ground for ore. The rich seams consist of pyrite, containing more or less chalcocite, but very little quartz. Frequently they are bounded by well-defined planes with evidence of movement and also may be traversed by slips parallel to the walls. The wall rock immediately adjoining the rich seams is, in some cases, converted to almost pure kaolin. This mineral, however, does not exist as a constituent of the rock. On both sides of these seams extends a mass of sericitized porphyry, of varying widths, containing little seams and grains of chalcocite.
The ore body now being mined is in zones of fracturing and has no definite walls. The limit of the ore is determined by assay. Irregular fracturing occurs in three directions, but the fracture planes have been more or less re-cemented with quartz and pyrite. The planes of weakness run from 2 to about 18 inches apart.
Permanent drifts and raises in the ore body have to be timbered. Temporary workings generally stand without timber.
The present ore reserves lie principally in one mass in the porphyry, striking irregularly N. 25degrees E., along two intersecting fault zones through a maximum length of 2,000 feet and a maximum width of 600 feet. The vertical range is about 1,000 feet.
The ore body, throughout the northern portions where it follows the Copper Mountain fault, dips 65 to 75 degrees to the eastward, while at the middle and to the south, along the Fairplay fault, it is nearly vertical. The ore body pitches northward along the Copper Mountain fault.
Much of the porphyry wall rock carries at least 0.4 per cent copper. It is generally stronger than the ore physically, because it is less altered, and carries less kaolin and sericite.
Above the fifth level, the southeastern edge of the ore body lies against the main porphyry-sedimentary contact, while below that level and to the northward, the ore lies at an increasing distance from the contact. The contact is highly silicified and consequently the ore along it is hard and breaks coarsely. Conversely, ores with increased alumina break more finely. The capping is occasionally soft hematite, but this material usually contains enough silica to prevent packing, as is indicated by the gob in old square-set stopes and by the waste, following down after former top-slice stopes.
The present lift of the ore body being worked is situated for the most part either (1) under top-slice stopes with overlying timber mats, or (2) below sub-level caving stopes immediately beneath those top slices. The timber mats are of no assistance in preventing dilution and, furthermore, cause delays at the grizzlies and even in the chutes below. The timber also interferes with flotation.
Although the ore in the Humboldt mine is somewhat harder than at other porphyry mines in the southwest its caving is made possible by the major faults with their sympathetic sheeting, by the universal jointing throughout the ore body, by the minute fracturing of the ore in all directions, and by the alteration of the ore.
The grade of the ore reserves is about 1.90 per cent total copper with .20 per cent acid-soluble copper. Near the bottom of enrichment the ore is slightly higher grade. In depth it carries somewhat more alumina, and the acid-soluble copper content decreases.
The average composition of the ore going to the mill is:
percent
Silica 65
Alumina 17
Potash 5
The ore contains 3.5 per cent moisture as it leaves the mine. Due to sericite, the alumina content of the ore is unusually high, and when finely-divided ore is wet, it tends to stick in the chutes and to hang up in raises.
Methods of Prospecting and Exploration
In the exploration and development of the large and comparatively regular low-grade Humboldt ore body the first work was unsystematic and was done in the search for high-grade ore. When the present low-grade ore became of importance, information gained in the former work was used and supplemented by systematic work to prove the assay grade, size, and outline of the ore body.
The thorough exploration of ore deposits to be caved is necessary because operations must be planned in advance for the whole operation. A large part of the cost of mining is incurred before production begins, and plans cannot be changed to suit unexpected conditions.
The Humboldt ore was explored entirely by underground drifts and raises. Churn-drills have been used elsewhere in the district, and a separate ore body is now being explored by diamond drills.
Methods of Sampling and Estimating Tonnage and Grade
Underground openings, such as drifts and raises, are sampled by cutting channels in the ore with hand hammer and moil. Care is taken to cut the channels perpendicularly to the vein structure. As the porphyry is cut by numerous tiny veins, the channels have no regular directions relative to the workings. Some are parallel to the floor about waist high; others are cut diagonally across the back. Each sample represents 10 feet of drift or raise.
In diamond drilling, 50 per cent of the core is recovered which does not truly represent the ground drilled. This has made it necessary to save all the core and a known fraction of the sludge from every sampling interval. These are combined according to weights and grades to obtain the average grade of each sample. The sludge is split, to deliver one eighth of the water and rock from the hole, with a splitter especially constructed for the work. The resultant sludge is allowed to settle in barrels until the water is clear. The water is then decanted off and the sludge evaporated to dryness in an electric drying oven. The dried sample is ground, mixed, and assayed. Tests are made periodically of the water decanted from the sludge.
To obtain the final assay for any sampling interval the following procedure is used: First, the core is weighed and put through the crusher and rolls in the sample mill. The resultant pulp is carefully mixed and split to a 3-ounce sample, which is ground to -200 mesh and sent to the assay office for electrolytic assaying for total and acid-soluble copper. The reject is placed in an airtight can for possible future reference. Second, the sludge is dried in electric dryers, weighed, and care-fully mixed and split to give another 3-ounce sample for pulverizing and assaying similarly to the core sample. The remaining pulp is also filed in an airtight can. Third, a known percentage of the water decanted from the sludge is evaporated to dryness, weighed, and assayed, to check the possible loss of sludge held in suspension and carried off by the water rejected.
Fourth, the average copper content of the sample is determined by combining the assays of the core and sludge in proportion to their weights. If the weight of C the sample does not correspond with the then calculated weight of the section of the hole drilled, the results may not be given full weight. Adjustments are made in using these results as well as the results of individual samples that are unusually high in copper.
For the estimation of ore reserves a full knowledge of the ore deposit must be obtained. Caving stopes have reasonably regular outlines, and selective mining is therefore not practicable by this method. Some material of a grade that will not pay to reduce must be mined, and some good ore on the boundaries must be left because its inclusion would bring in too much waste. The side boundaries, which are vertical or nearly vertical, are drawn as compromise planes to enclose as much ore as possible without too much waste.
Except for preliminary estimates, the volume of material within the stope outlines, constitutes the ore reserves which are bounded by (1) the undercutting level, (2) the shrinkage side outlines, and (3) the leached gossan, or a stope above, as the case may be. Within these boundaries the grade of ore in place is calculated by combining assays in a rational manner.
Development Work
The mine is worked through three shafts and has two adits. Ore only is hoisted through No. 6 shaft. Supplies and men are handled through the Joy shaft, and the Liverpool shaft is used mainly for handling waste and supplies and men doing development work on the lower levels. The main shafts are located at such distances from the ore body that they will not be affected by ground movement due to the caving system of mining in use.
The present development system is the outgrowth of former operations in more scattered locations.
The porphyry is fairly uniform in the mineralized section. Due to the planes of weakness, the rock is broken readily by explosives. The stope development work and the haulage drifts under the stopes are in the porphyry, and have been generally in ore. Development work and long haulage drifts are also driven in limestone, quartzite, and granite. The granite through which a drainage tunnel is being driven contains few planes of weakness and is very difficult to break. The other rocks are harder to break than the mineralized porphyry.
Development work is planned far enough ahead so that one operation does not interfere with another. Generally a miner is given two or three faces in which to work. With three faces available, miners frequently drill 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 rounds per shift. In drifting it is desired only to blast as deep a round as can be shoveled out in one or two complete shifts. This leaves a clean set-up for drilling the next round.
Standard rounds for all development work are of the same general type; the modifications are in the number of holes used. A standard is available for any type of ground that may be encountered. The V-cut round is used, and care is taken to make the cut holes meet to insure simultaneous detonation. This is especially necessary when gelatin dynamite is used, because it is relatively insensitive to shock. Cut holes are drilled in the center to take advantage of the most free-breaking area in the face.
The amount, distribution, and grade of explosive used are also standardized. The standards were obtained after making many experiments in different classes of ground, and it is considered that by the consistent use of the standards set greater economy can be obtained.
Occasionally a heading could be broken by a round with fewer holes or with less explosive; however, a few failures are more than offset by the advantages gained. The miners readily learn to drill standard rounds. The bosses advise the men in the selection of the round and specify the quantity and kind of powder to be used. Practically all development work is done on contract. A uniform price is set for each class of work.
Drilling
Drift rounds in large headings or in hard rock are usually drilled with drifting machines mounted on vertical columns. It is considered that they can be drilled more nearly to the standard by using columns that with crossbars. Small drift headings and some of the larger headings in the easily broken rock are drilled with un-mounted jackhammers. In most cases where an un-mounted drill is used, its weight is supported on a length of drill steel. A small hook is used for attaching the drill to the steel; one end of the hook fits around the end of the steel above the lug and the other end under the frame of the drill. As different lengths of steel are always available at the face, the holes can be started at any desired height.
In average Morenci ground, which drills easily, the jackhammer type drill gives excellent service. In the quartzite and granite occasionally encountered in the lower levels, drifting machines have proved more satisfactory; they drill faster, maintenance costs per foot of advance are less, and fewer pieces of steel per hole drilled are used.
Drills of the jackhammer type are used in sinking shafts and winzes. Raises are run with stopers. Hand-rotating machines are generally employed, but self-rotators are used in the hardest ground.
The drill-repair shop is under the direction of the development department, and spare drills in good condition are always available at tool houses located at convenient points in the mine.
Steel—Only hollow drill steel is used. Seven-eighths-inch hexagonal steel is used for jackhammers, and the same size of quarter octagon for the stopers. One-inch round steel is used for drifters in rock other than porphyry. The gauge of starters is 1-15/16 inches; the reduction in diameter for each succeeding bit is 1/16 inch. The difference in length between each change is about 15 inches. Bits are sharpened carefully, so that variations in the diameters of different bits are less than 1/64 inch.
Drill Bits—A double taper bit having angles of 8 and 14 degrees, with flattened wings, has been developed at Morenci. The porphyry is easily drilled, and the usual type of drill bit will lose its gauge before the cutting edge is dulled. It is considered at Morenci that the flat-wing type of bit drills faster with less loss of gauge than the standard form. In soft ground the side-hole bit is used.
Air Pressure—The air pressure at the compressors is 90 pounds per square inch and at the drills is 80 to 85 pounds.
Blasting
Loading Holes—A standard method of loading holes is followed for all rounds. Primers with fuse and detonators, are made up by inserting the detonator in the side of the primer cartridge, and securing it in place, by tying or taping the fuse to the cartridge. The primer is placed as the second stick from the bottom in each hole.
Explosives—Drift rounds in the ore are generally blasted with 27 per cent balanced dynamite or 40 per cent strength ammonia dynamite in harder ground. Forty per cent strength gelatin dynamite is used in raises. The cut holes of rounds in hard rock are blasted with 80 per cent strength gelatin dynamite, if necessary, and the other holes with 40 per cent strength of the same explosive. Cut holes of Iong rounds, are loaded with 80 per cent gelatin. The correct amount of powder for each round is issued to the miners upon the order of the shift bosses.
Detonators—All blasting in raises over 80 feet high and in shafts is done with electric delay detonators. Some drift rounds are also blasted in this manner.
All blasting in pillars on the undercutting level, on grizzlies and in hung-up misses, is by means of instantaneous electric detonators.
All blasts, except block holes, are detonated by No- 8 straight caps.
Fuse with No. 5 detonators are used in most drift work.
The caps of all electric detonators used in rounds are No. 8 in strength.
Rounds are blasted from the mine circuit of 250 volts. A special circuit-breaker switch for electric blasting is used, which breaks the circuit automatically and almost instantaneously after being applied in the blasting circuit. Since this switch was adopted, no trouble from side-spitting has occurred.
Stemming—Stemming in cartridge form is used in all rounds. The cartridges are made by packing a powder box full of paper shells with open ends upward. The shells are then filled with fine sand tailings and the ends of the shells closed by hand.
Drills
The contracts for driving drifts are generally divided into two parts: (1) Breaking and removing the rock; (2) timbering, including squaring out the section. Occasionally, where the ground requires timbering close to the face, breaking and timbering are included in the same contract.
Three general types of drifts are run:
(1) Motor haulage, 10 by 10 feet in cross section; (2) supply, 6 by 8 feet in cross section; and (3) grizzly and undercutting, 4 by 6 feet in cross section.
Motor Haulage Drifts—The motor haulage drifts are generally broken 10 by 10 feet in cross section in the timbered sections, and 8 by 9 feet in un-timbered sections. The timbered sets under the stopes are 8 feet 6 inches from the rail to the bottom of the cap.
The depth of the round broken depends upon the cycle of operations desired, and the condition of the ground in regard to timber support.
In ground where falls from the back may occur before the round is mucked out, protection is afforded the workmen by means of booms or stringers. After the round is shot, the cap and top lagging for the next set is put in place and rested on two booms.
The stringers are supported under the cap of the last set stood by heavy bars of iron bent to fit the stringers; the two ends are turned to hook over the top of the cap. The rear ends of the stringers are blocked down under the cap of the second set from the face. After the broken rock is removed, the posts of the sets are stood and the cap is lowered on the posts by knocking out the blocking over the rear end of the stringers.
Grizzly Drifts—Raises are run from the haulage drift to reach the bottom of the grizzly drifts at intervals of 14 or 21 feet before those entries are extended. Most of the ore broken by blasting falls into the raises. The rest is shoveled into them.
Undercutting Drifts—After the finger raises are put up the undercutting drifts are run. The tops of the raises are on 14-foot and 18 2/3-foot centers. The undercutting drifts are advanced by the same method as on the grizzly level. The costs are less, as the raises for receiving the broken ore are closer together and the Undercutting drifts are not timbered except for an occasional stull.
Use of a Mechanical Loader
The rate of advance of any single heading is generally dependent upon the time required for the removal of the rock broken by blasting. A very material saving in time was made by using a mechanical loader while advancing the fourteenth-level main heading. The shovel used in this work has a capacity of 80 tons per hour. It consists of a frame similar to that of a mine locomotive supporting a conveyor and scoop, and is electrically driven. Unlike many other types of mechanical loaders it does not clamp to the rail, but it travels back and forth on the track during operation.
As the shovel is moved forward the scoop digs into the pile of broken material. As it moves back again the scoop is raised, and the rock slides to a conveyor belt which discharges into the mine car. Power is transmitted through sprocket chains and clutches. The movement of thrusting the scoop into the muck pile is accomplished by driving the whole machine forward on the tracks, which avoids the complicated differential motion necessary in other small power loaders.
Organization of the drifting work on this level had to be completely changed to make the best use of the mechanical loader, and as a direct result it was some time before an actual gain in daily advance was obtained. However, between February 1, 1928, and September 30, 1928 2,848 feet was driven in the main heading, having an average rectangular cross section of 10½ feet in width and 9½ feet in height. Approximately 9 tons of rock was broken per foot advance.
The actual daily advance was 11.3 feet, as compared to 7.3 feet by hand-shoveling, which constituted a gain of 54.8 per cent. Delays during working periods for emergency repairs to the shovel averaged less than 15 minutes per shift.
Previous to installing the loader, four men were employed on the shoveling crew, two mucking and two handling the cars. Progress was slow and discouraging to the muckers because of water in the heading, which was being driven down-grade. This work, so distasteful to men, was eliminated by the use of the mechanical loader. The best crew for the loader consisted of three men, one man handling the main controls, one man tending empty and loaded cars, and one man dividing his time between handling the dipper controls and tramming.
The drifts were wide enough to permit double track for one-ton cars, which insured a good supply of cars to the loader. A portable switch or crossover was used, which reduced the delay while cars were being trammed to and from the loader.
Ordinarily two complete cycles were made per day—that is, two rounds were drilled and shoveled out in each 24 hours. The following tabulation gives the average total time spent on each operation for the 12 hours required to complete a cycle:
(hrs. and mm.)
Operation Time
Setting up 0.45
Drilling 3.30
Loading and firing 0.45
Tearing down 0.15
Waiting for smoke to clear 0.45
Mucking 6.00
Total 12.00
The relative distance mucked per man shift, in a section 1,788 feet long, where hand-shoveling was used, and in 2.843 feet run with the loader was 1.65 and 1.80 feet, respectively.
Although when the loader was used a slight increase in feet mucked per man-shift was apparent, the actual driving efficiency dropped. This was due primarily to the necessity of speeding up operations and consequently resulted in the unavoidable crowding of men in the face. Although the result was a drop in the efficiency for this size of heading the decrease was more than offset by the increase in daily advance. This crowding in the face also increased the cost per foot of advance.
The loader proved successful, as the work was done in 114 less operating days than would have been necessary had all hand labor been employed. This operation was planned for rapid progress. Lower mucking costs may be obtainable by reducing the number of men and adapting the organization to the most efficient mucking rate.
Raises
From the experience in the district it has been found that ore transfer raises, run at an angle of 70° are the most satisfactory, as at this inclination the ore neither builds up on the bottom side of the raise nor packs in the chutes.
Raises 4 by 6 feet in cross section and 50 feet high for ore chutes are run either vertically or on an incline of 75° from the haulage drift to the grizzly level and are not ordinarily timbered. The inclination used fits the spacing of the grizzlies. Where the ground will not stand, the raises are cribbed. One man drills and blasts a round in these raises in a shift or less, and generally breaks about 4 feet. No water or air pipelines are taken up these raises. A round generally consists of 9 holes, which are each loaded -with four or five cartridges of 40 per cent gelatin dynamite.
Pilot raises are used for making shaft connections. After the connections are made the raises are enlarged to full shaft size, beginning at the point of connection and carrying the timbering downward.
For distances of over 200 feet, raises are run with three compartments. One compartment is used for holding the broken rock, the middle one is a man-way, and the third compartment is used for a light cage to handle men and supplies used in the raise. Stations are cut every 100 feet. As soon as a raise has progressed 80 feet above a substation, the sheave for the hoist is raised and hoisting is done to that level.
To reduce the excessive weight of broken rock at the bottom of the chute of such a long raise, rock is transferred through auxiliary chutes spaced 100 feet apart.
All raise rounds are blasted electrically, using five delays. Before loading the holes the miner doing the work, obtains the only key to the lock of the blasting switch. After the round is loaded the man in charge connects the lead wires to the blasting line 25 feet from the bulkhead, where a second man is stationed. These men then descend to an interrupter switch at the bottom of the raise. After the approaches to the raise are guarded the interrupter switch is closed and the round blasted through the main blasting switch.
The back of the raise is never more than 12 feet above the timber. After a round is blasted a 5-foot set is put in place; on top of this a blasting set is installed, and then the next round is drilled. The broken rock in the raise is kept within 6 feet of the bulkhead. Just before blasting, enough rock is drawn from the chute to provide space for the material broken by the blast.
Shafts
The Liverpool shaft was sunk first, and development of the lower levels of the mine proceeded from it. The other shafts are deepened by first driving pilot raises from the lower levels.
No. 6 shaft of the Humboldt mine contains two 5 by 6 foot hoisting compartments and one 5 by 5 foot man-way. All ore for the mill is now hoisted from the fifth level, but plans are under way for deepening the shaft by raising from the fourteenth level.
The Joy service shaft has one 7 by 13 foot cage compartment and one 8 by 13 foot compartment divided for the cage counterweight and for pipes, wire conduits, and a ladder-way. The cage is large enough to take a truckload of timber and will carry 60 men comfortably.
The Liverpool shaft has two compartments above the fourteenth level and three below.
Early Mining Methods
Early mining methods in the Morenci district were very simple. After nearly 10 years of mining, during which the Longfellow Mine had been worked over an area of roughly 500 by 600 feet, no timber, ore cars, hoists, or power in any form had been used. Open stopes had backs 80 to 100 feet wide supported only by pillars of ore. These pillars had been thinned in times of financial stress, until the mine began to cave over large areas. Entrance to the mine was by means of gently sloping inclines from the hillside, and the broken ore was pushed up the inclines in wheelbarrows.
This was the situation faced by the Arizona Copper Company in its first years. In addition, the caving had tied up the best of the remaining rich ore in the Longfellow mine. Square-set stoping now came into general use, as it had been in other Arizona camps for many years. Tunnels were driven to reach the ore at lower levels, and tramming in cars was introduced.
In 1906 it was reported that attempts were being made to introduce caving methods into the district at the Shannon mine and elsewhere.’
By 1910 the Metcalf, Morenci, and Coronado mines were being worked by many different methods—open cut, surface and underground glory holes, open stope, cut-and-fill, shrinkage, and overhand and underhand square-sets.
In addition, two caved stope methods were in use, top slicing and sub-level caving. The development work for both methods was the same. Crosscuts were driven through the ore on 30-foot centers. Raises from them at 25-foot intervals were put up to the capping. With the ore body thus defined stoping began. For top slicing, a good timber mat was established, and the top of the ore body was leveled by square-setting two or three floors.
Then top slicing proceeded downward by what is still the accepted modem practice. Headings were run from the raise to the edge of the ore, and crosscuts were made for the width of the panel. Floors 9 to 11 feet high were mined, retreating to the raise.
In the so-called “block-caving” method, a sublevel was first driven in the ore, 20 to 35 feet below the top of the ore body. The larger figure applied in ground, which broke easily and regularly. The sublevel consisted of un-timbered drifts and cross-cuts on 20 to 35 foot centers. Each of the rectangular blocks thus laid out was divided into four parts by further drifting and crosscutting.
Caving was started by drilling and blasting the pillars between the drifts and crosscuts and at the backs of openings, thus undercutting and weakening a block so that it fell and crushed of its own weight. The broken ore was extracted partly by shoveling from the edge of the caved block into the yet un-caved openings and partly by extraction raises put up under the caved area. When waste appeared drawing stopped.
In 1917, an inclined top-slicing method was in use in the Coronado mine of the Arizona Copper Company.2 This method had the advantage of eliminating all shoveling of ore in the stopes (Figure 1). The broken ore was blasted down on the sloping floor of the stope from which it ran into a narrow shrinkage stope at the bottom of the trough. The ore from the shrinkage stope was drawn directly into cars through chutes on the motor haulage level. As a result of the substitution of inclined top slicing for ‘fiat top slicing, the tons of ore mined per man shift in top-slice stopes increased from 4.90 it 1916 to 11.20 in 1917. The total cost of labor and material decreased from $1.06 to $0.75 during the same period.
A variation of the same method of inclined top slicing was adopted in the Humboldt mine at Morenci in 1918. At this mine the development work consisted of running sublevels at 55-foot vertical intervals and extending raises from the sub-levels to the stopes. Each sublevel had a central drift through the ore body, with crosscuts at right angles to it at 60 or 60-foot intervals. From the latter, un-timbered raises, not over 4 feet in diameter, were put up every 15 feet. These lines of raises formed the centerlines of the individual slices.
In stoping, an inclined heading was driven 44 feet above the sublevel, starting at one end of the line of raises. This heading was timbered with sets 11 feet high and 2½ feet apart. As soon as the heading had gone far enough to intersect four raises stoping was begun. The ground was taken out in panels 10 feet wide and 50 or 60 feet long, corresponding to the distance between drifts on the sublevel. The floor of the panel was inclined 33° upon either side of the center heading, and the floor of the heading was funneled down to raises, so that ore blasted from the faces of the panels would run into one of the raises without any handling.
When the heading had advanced to open another raise, which completed the panel, the timber was blasted and another started. Posts in the panels were 8-inch round timber, 10 feet long, on 4-foot centers up the incline and 5-foot centers parallel to the heading. These posts were not set normal to the floor of the panel but inclined toward the center heading at an angle of 16½ degrees from the vertical. Flooring consisted of 2 by 12 inch planks laid upon sills of round timber. The sills were so placed as to be readily picked up by the posts of the next lower slice. The ore was drawn from chutes on the sublevel and hand-trammed to motor-haulage pockets.
The substitution of inclined top slicing for flat top slicing resulted in increasing the tons mined per man shift from 5.4 in 1917 to 8.8 in 1919. The timber consumption was 7.9 board feet per ton with flat top slicing and was 9.0 board feet with inclined slicing. The total cost showed a reduction of 15 per cent in favor of the inclined method.
The next development at Morenci was a modern caving method—”The Morenci timbered slide caving system.” From 1923 to 1926 this method was used for mining a large part of the Morenci ore. In this system of mining, a block or panel 150 feet wide is developed by three parallel hand-tramming drifts run on 50-foot centers (Fig. II). In these drifts every fourth drift set carries a pony set on top of it. From each side of the pony set en incline is driven at right angles to the tramming drift below and is sloped upward at an angle of 33°. Pony sets and inclines are timbered. The inclines do not connect with the corresponding inclines from the next tramming drifts but are stopped so as to leave a 10-foot pillar between. This completes the development work proper.
The next step is the first stage of undercutting and consists of driving small un-timbered drifts or “dog holes” parallel to the tramming drifts and just above the inclines or slides. These drifts are spaced on 10-foot centers. Where they cross over the inclines, the floor is cut down so that broken ore from driving and undercutting will roll into the slide without shoveling. A shrinkage stope is run on one or both sides of the panel and across the ends. Where the panel is bounded by caved ground this is not necessary.
The shrinkage stope varies from 5 to 10 feet in width and is carried within 5 or 10 feet of the top of the ore. It is mined with a stepped back like the back of a riIl stope, in order that entrance may be had at the low point from an undercut drift or the end of a timbered incline. This makes it unnecessary to have cribbed raises for entrance to the stope, or man-ways from the level above.
Actual production begins with the second stage of the undercutting process, which consists of blasting down the pillars between the undercut drifts. At the same times holes 8 feet long are drilled and blasted in the backs of the drifts. Caving is started at one end of the panel and progresses to the other end. Undercutting and drawing are controlled so that the “angle of retreat,” which is the angle with the horizontal made by the theoretical plane separating ore and waste in the working stope, varies between 50 and 800, depending upon weight developed in the stope.
(To be continued)
*re-printed by permission of the United States Bureau
of Mines. (Not subject to copyright.)
1. Woodbridge, Dwight, “Mining, Milling, and Smelting in the Clifton-Morenci Metcalf District.” Eng. and Mm. Jour.. July 1. 1906, pp. 89-108.
2. Scotland. P. B., “The Coronado Top-Slicing Method.’ Eng. and Mm. Jour., April 7, 1917.
pp. 108-561.
3. Scott, W. G.. “Incline Top-Slicing Method.” Trans. An,, Inst. En. Eng.. 1918, pp. 59-805.
4. Hodgson, S. P..,and Eliddie. John. “The Incline Slicing Method as Applied to Large Ore Bodies.” Eng. and Mm. Jour., May 27, 1922, pm 118-914,
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BAGDAD, AZ PILOT PLANT - COPPER TMJ 4 15 1929
THE MINING JOURNAL for APRIL 15, 1929
DESCRIPTION OF THE PILOT PLANT OF BAGDDAD COPPER CO.
After more than three years of research, the Bagdad Copper Company of Hillside, Arizona, has developed and patented a metallurgical process which has proven satisfactory in the laboratory and which, if successful commercially, will make it possible to produce electrolytic copper direct from copper concentrate, thus eliminating both the smelting and refining steps.
The following description covers the 50-ton pilot mill, its flotation and roasting sections, calcine treatment, the electrolytic plant and the test leaching plant, now in operation, and from which the necessary data will be obtained looking toward the erection of a plant having as its initial capacity 2,000 tons of sulphide ore per day.
Ore is delivered from the mine by car on an inclined tramway to a coarse rock storage bin. Ore passes through 12 x 15 Wheeling crusher and is then elevated to the mill storage bin of 75-ton capacity. Southwestern ore feeder feeds to 5, 6” x 5’ Marcy ball mill, which is in a closed circuit with a Dorr classifier. The overflow from the Dorr classifier is pumped to one 12’ rougher Southwestern flotation machine. The concentrates from this go to one 6’ cleaner Southwestern flotation machine. The tails from the cleaner are returned to the rougher. The concentrates from the cleaner are pumped to a vacuum tank and dried. This plant is housed in an all-steel building 60 feet by 45 feet.
The concentrates from the flotation dryers are charged on a waste heat dryer, incorporated in the furnace flues, where they receive a final drying and preheating. The concentrates are then charged into a single hearth oil fired furnace, where they are roasted to give a product which contains a high percentage of water soluble copper, a complete recovery of acid soluble copper and an insoluble iron content.
This roast, especially worked out for copper concentrates, is patented by Mr. H. E. Wetherbee of Cleveland, patent No. 1674491, and the Bagdad Copper Corporation owns a one-half interest. After roasting, the concentrates are delivered to a calcine storage bin. The roasting section is housed in an all-steel building 45 feet by 80 feet. The calcines are fed by a belt to an agitator, where they receive a 80-minute treatment with a 0.5 per cent sulphuric acid solution or solution returned from the electrolytic plant, which completely dissolves the copper. The pulp from the agitator is transferred to a Dorr thickener, the overflow of which goes to solution storage tanks. The underflow or thickened pulp is filtered and washed in a Butler continuous filter, the solution going to storage tanks and the washed pulp to waste. The solution storage tanks control the flow of solution to the electrolytic plant. The calcine treatment plant is housed in the main mill building.
The electrolytic plant consists of two sections to handle the solutions from the calcine treatment section. The major electrolysis section comprises 16 electrolytic cells and the stripping section 20 electrolytic cells. Lead anodes will be used and the cathodes will be copper starting sheets. This plant has a capacity of 1,500 pounds of electrolytic copper per day. The solutions after electrolysis are returned to the calcine treatment plant. This section is housed in an all-steel building 24 feet by 70 feet, a bay 20 feet by 28 feet houses the 180-horsepower engine which is direct connected to the generator.
In addition to the above a small leaching plant is being erected to thoroughly examine the process as applied to carbonate ores. This plant will consist of eight leaching tanks, four solution tanks, pumps and handling equipment. The solutions from this plant will be treated in the electrolytic plant.
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ARIZONA MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 8 15 1931
THE MINING
JOURNAL august 15 1931
ARIZONA
The sinking of a 600-foot, two-compartment shaft is to start immediately on the property of the Texona Mining Company, near Wickenburg, Arizona. The property, which is being developed under the personal direction of E. L. Sweeney, consulting engineer, Title and Trust Building, Phoenix, Arizona, has been explored by diamond drills and the results have been sufficiently encouraging to cause the Dallas capitalists, who own the property, to start underground exploration.
A contract has been given the Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company for a complete mining plant, including a hoist, compressor, two 120-horsepower Diesel engines, accessory equipment and buildings, and as soon as these have been put in place, shaft sinking will start, probably on contract, No plans are yet made for underground, lateral development until the shaft is down to 600 feet.
The Texona property is directly adjoining the Vulture on the north and was recently purchased by the present company from Irvine and Steadman. This work will give a new impetus to the further exploration of the Vulture district.
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S. F. Lyons, manager of the Copper Canyon Mining Company, located four miles from Camp Verde, Arizona, announces that although there has been a curtailment of operations at the mine, development work is still being carried on. A new shaft, started last winter, is being sunk to a greater depth, with satisfactory results. While the values thus far discovered have been principally copper, the greater depth reached has revealed a small content of vanadium as well.
Exploration work will be continued, with reduced forces, during the coming winter.
The long tunnel being driven by the Squaw Peak Copper Company, Camp Verde, Arizona, is nearing its objective, after about 18 months of work. The tunnel is said to have passed through very promising country, and gives indications of opening up new ore reserves which were indicated by diamond drilling conducted several years ago. Edison Thacker, president, has returned to the mine after spending three weeks on a business trip, which included San Diego, Los Angeles and Long Beach.
The first lost-time accident experienced during the last four years of continuous operation has been reported by the Squaw Peak Copper Company. The first of August one of the miners received a broken foot, due to the fall of a large rock.
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A fund of $1,000 has been appropriated by the state of Arizona to be used by the attorney general and the state tax commission to valuate property of the Shattuck-Denn Mining Corporation. The mine corporation recently filed suit for reduction of its 1980 tax valuations.
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The Samoa Gold Mines Corporation, intending to operate properties at Chloride, Arizona, embracing the old Samoan and Lucky Boy claims, was recently incorporated under the laws of Delaware, and has established offices in New York City at ‘72 Wall Street. The company plans the driving of a tunnel, now in about 135 feet, to cut the several veins of the group, and designed to reach the Samoan vein at a depth of 720 feet. It is understood that contracts will soon he let for the driving of this tunnel, and for other work.
At the present time, a wagon road is being built to the mine, preliminary to the hauling of machinery to the property. New York financiers hack of the project, and who recently visited the property, included: William Hemmingway, president of the company; H. Berger, first vice-president; Dennis Grundy, second vice-president; E. Evans, treasurer, and J. H. Hoffman, assistant secretary.
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It is understood that part of the machinery for the new crushing plant to be erected by the Kingman Feldspar Company at Kingman, Arizona, is now ready for shipment to the property. The first unit of the new plant is to be capable of handling approximately 100 tons of ore daily. It will handle silica as well as feldspar. The company, a subsidiary of the Consolidated Feldspar Company, has offices at 1005 Trenton Trust Building, Trenton, New Jersey, M. A. Murray, secretary.
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The crosscut from the winze of the Oatman Eastern property at Oatman, Arizona, at a depth of 700 feet, has intersected the vein, revealing values considered promising. This vein is reported to be the extension of one that runs through the United American property. The company intends to sink the winze to new depth, and to do considerable additional lateral work. J. J. Moss, 1909 Grand Avenue, Santa Barbara, California, is president and manager of the company.
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The Vulture Mining and Milling Company is the defendant in a suit filed in superior court by F. H. Mitchell, mining engineer, seeking $60,000, alleged commission in a stock selling agreement with D. B. Finlayson, president of the company. Mitchell charges he was negotiating to sell two blocks of 300,000 shares each of stock to eastern capitalists when Finlayson disposed of the stock to the United Verde Extension Mining Company.
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Stockholders of United Verde Extension Mining Company received their second quarterly dividend cheeks on August 1 at the rate of 25 cents a share. Output for the quarter—April, May and June— amounted to 9,728,822 pounds of copper. Accompanying the dividend was a report by James S. Douglas, president, stating that prospecting at the Vulture property has failed to disclose commercial ore and that all work has ceased except diamond drilling now being conducted.
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Prospecting in the Haynes group at Jerome has disclosed promising mineralization, but too little is known as yet to warrant company conclusions that further development will disclose a valuable ore body. The company’s mine and smelter were closed on July 1 for a 90-day shutdown.
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The Golden Ray property at Golden, on the Santa Fe railroad, 11 miles east of Aguila, in Maricopa county, Arizona, has been sold by Baker brothers, Zicovich, Glenn and associates of Los Angeles, California, to John C. Book, who recently consummated the deal in behalf of himself and others, also of Los Angeles. He plans the immediate installation of adequate machinery for development of the property on a scale encouraged by showings and values encountered in exploratory work during the past three or four months under the supervision of B. H, Baker. The sale involved transfer of the lease and bond obtained early this year from John Smith of Aguila, original locator of the Golden Ray group of 12 claims. It is understood that Baker Brothers and M. J. Zicovich will retain their lease and bond on 10 adjacent claims, known as the Marion gold group, with plans calling for early development on the property by the Golden Eagle Mine., Ltd. Assays from the latter property, taken from the 138-foot shaft, are said to show gold values averaging $22 per ton. Mr. Zicovich may be reached C/o S. H. Baker, 919 North 67th Avenue, Los Angeles, California.
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The Ajax Mining Company of Arivaca, Robert Francis, manager, is crosscutting on the lower tunnel level with a view to cutting the main ore body at greater depth.
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The Four Minerals Mining Company of Copper Creek, Arizona, W. 0. Reuss, manager, is said to be preparing shipments of two carloads of ore per month. The ore, which has been sorted, is running 50 per cent copper and 160 ounces silver per ton, according to reports.
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Jack Harris, Nevada mining man, together with the Silver Peak Mining Company of Silver Peak, Nevada, is negotiating with claim holders near Congress Junction, Arizona, for the control of the Leviathan and Yarnell mines in that section. The gold ores on these claims are said to average $7.78 per ton. If the project is completed the new operators plan the installation of a 50-ton mill. Mr. Harris is a guest at the Bees Hotel, Congress Junction, Arizona.
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The Arizona bureau of mines is preparing for publication a bulletin by Dr. Carl Lausen, entitled “Ore Deposits of the Oatman and Catherine Districts.” Dr. Lausen has determined the type of ore deposits that carry valuable gold mineralization, and has outlined the results of his special research project in the district.
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The Arizona Gold and Molybdenum Company is reported to be producing 1,000 pounds of molybdenum concentrates daily for which it has a steady market. A 15-ton Denver mill, crusher and rolls and another table are to be added to the present equipment. The water shortage has been overcome, the water level in the incline remaining at 73 feet despite the three-inch pump working 24 hours a day. James B. Kelly, Box 563, Tombstone, Arizona, is general manager.
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Under the direction of W. A. Buchanan, superintendent, the Wenden Copper Mining Company is trenching to open one of the three veins traversing the company’s holdings located west of the old Vulture property at Wickenburg. To date about 1,000 feet of such work has been done. It is believed that showings of sufficient merit have been uncovered to justify the sinking of a shaft and machinery for that purpose is being brought into the district. Work at the Wenden was undertaken under the direction of Edgar Bush, geologist.
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The Verde Falls Gold Mining Company has just completed the construction of two new buildings on its properties, near Payson, Arizona, and is said to have installed an engine, compressor and hoist for further development work. The Gowan shaft is to be unwatered, and additional underground work is to be done there immediately. It is understood that the mill at the Gowan is to be rehabilitated. J. R. McDonald, mining engineer of Phoenix, was recently in the Payson district with President W. B. Twitchell, for the purpost of making an examination of the Verde Falls properties and other mines in that section. A new shaft being sunk on the Delaware claim has reached a depth of SO feet, and sinking is also under way on the Excursion property.
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At Dos Cabezas, Arizona, 20 men are now working for three sets of leasers on a part of the property of the Consolidated Gold Mines ‘Company, Ltd. These men are mining ores from five separate and distinct veins on the Dives and Emma claims of the company, revealing values running from $80 to $60 a ton in gold. C. B. White is trucking the ore to Willcox for shipment to the Copper Queen smelter at Douglas. Several hundred tons of ore are now broken ready for consignment.
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Articles of incorporation have been filed with the Arizona corporation commission by the Triumph Mining Company of Nogales. The concern has a capital stock of 1,000,000 shares without nominal par value. The incorporators were Frank C. Thompson, E. C. Cunningham and M. L. Cooley, all of Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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With the completion of the installation of new hoisting equipment, the management of the Red Lion Gold Mining Company has announced plans to start crosscutting in a southeasterly direction from the 800-foot level of its mine at Oatman, Arizona, in the expectation of striking the extension of the Gray Eagle vein from the Tom Reed property. It is also planned to crosscut to the southwest on the 500-foot level. Frank 11. Teats is in charge of the property as superintendent.
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A reservoir for the conservation of water from the large spring at the Gold King Coalition mine, near Kingman, Arizona, is now under construction, and some of the camp buildings are being repaired. Pete Vukoye is in charge of the work.
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The winze in the Telluride mine of the Oatman Associates Mining ‘Company at Oatman, Arizona, has been sunk to a depth of 90 feet below the 600-foot level. The ore streak is showing a width of 16 inches, and is reported maintaining high values. About 80 tons of good grade mill dirt have been accumulated from this development. It is the intention of the management to cut a station and start drifting as soon as the winze has reached a depth of 100 feet. J. L. Mclver is back of the project.
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W. E. and 0. W. Little of Los Angeles have been at the Kaaba mining property at Kingman, Arizona, supervising annual assessment work and it is understood that as soon as the company is reorganized a comprehensive development program is to be started in the mine. This will consist of sinking the shaft to greater depth, followed by lateral work. The Littles have headquarters at 6603 Willoughby Avenue in Los Angeles.
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Jack Taylor, James Shaw and Charles Toos have secured a lease on the Katherine tailings pit at the old Katherine mine, near Kingman, Arizona, and are reported now hauling the material to the mill for treatment. It is expected that the leasers will be able to realize a substantial profit from the working over of this material.
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The Pliades group of mines, near Kingman, Arizona, have been taken over by a Los Angeles corporation, and it is understood that plans are being made to start operations at once. The new concern is said to be amply financed to go right ahead with development.
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TONOPAH MINING ENTERS AZ
for NOVEMBER 13, 1932 THE MINING JOURNAL
H. C. REEDALL* reports
Tonopah Mining Company Enters Arizona
The entrance of the Tonopah Mining Company into the Harqua Hala district is calling attention to that great area of western Arizona which in the early days of mining produced some of the greatest gold mines in the country. The Tonopah Mining Company has optioned the Hidden Treasure mine at Salome, Arizona, and is launching an extensive campaign of development and exploration.
M. B. Huston of Philadelphia, vice-president and general manager, is personally supervising operations at the mine. He states that a temporary plant of machinery is to be shipped from the company’s Tonopah, Nevada, mines for development purposes. In the meantime, the new organization will continue the shipment of high-grade ore to the smelter at El Paso.
The Hidden Treasure is a “grass-roots” mine, proving that all the surface ores have not been found. Last winter a local prospector located a group of claims and gave a half interest to other parties for doing the location work. They did the work on some of them, but did not think the Hidden Treasure claim worth the work. Some prospectors from Yuma discovered ore on it, but kept the find to themselves until the location ran out, when they located it. They succeeded in interesting Ed “Cactus” Johnson, who took it over on bond and lease.
Johnson started to ship ore from grass roots and packed it off the mountain by mule back. His first two cars did not run very high and had he quit then he would have passed up a rich gold mine, for today he has it opened up for over 175 feet on the dip of the ore and is shipping practically a car of ore a day to the El Paso smelters. A few weeks ago he ran into some $600 ore that showed plenty of free gold. At present he has built a road to the loading station at the mine and is breaking ore with jackhaminers from a face 15 feet wide, 6 feet high, and still has ore under foot, over head and on both sides. The ore is shipped as broken down, without sorting, and is running around $25 a ton. The thirtieth car of ore has already gone to the smelter.
Mining men and the public in general, whenever Arizona is discussed in a mining way, think of it in terms of copper, and very few realize that in the past Arizona was one of the premier states in the production of gold. The last big production of gold in the state came from the Oat-man district, from the Goldroad Tom Reed and United Eastern. Prior to that and during the early days of mining in the west, mines of northern Yuma county and east to the country around Wickenburg, in Maricopa county, were pouring forth their wealth of gold bullion.
Such mines as the Octave, Congress, Vulture, Harqua Hala, King of Arizona, and the North Star in this belt, produced millions in gold and paid their lucky stockholders rich returns. Not only have the lode mines but the early placers around Quartzite and Ehrenburg on the Colorado river, and Rich Hill on Weaver Creek, above Wickenburg, have paid their millions in gold dust. The U. S. government reports estimate the placer production from northern Yuma county alone at between 20 and 40 millions.
Ehrenburg was the scene of one of the west’s gold stampedes in early Territorial days when gold dust was the circulating medium of the miners, freighters, rivermen and merchants. The placer fields extended east from the Colorado river, about 50 miles and reached south to nearly Yuma. Even at the present time one can see the old timers washing out gold in this belt with their dry washers.
It has often been said of the belt that the ores do not go down, yet the Congress mine at one time was the deepest mine in the United States, having a shaft down 8,900. The Vulture took out “pay” down to the l,200-foot level.
The writer of this article has been in most of the big camps of the west and Mexico, where large-scale developments have led to the discovery of richer and larger mines than that of the original discoveries. The Tintic Standard and Silver King Coalition in Utah, the Tonopah Belmont and Tonopah Extension in Nevada, the Dos Estrellas in Michoacan, close to El Oro, in Mexico, are examples of what has been done in proven mineral districts by people who had the nerve, faith and vision to search for additional ore where millions had been taken out.
Raddatz, who made the Tintic Standard, was called a “Crazy Dutchman” for trying to make a mine five miles from the original discovery in Tintic, yet he opened one of the richest silver mines in North America.
Keith and Kearns of Park City were “working plugs” who had the nerve to tackle the Silver King and made their backers wealthy. The Tonopah Belmont was a “wild-cat” proposition that made good and paid over 10 million dollars in dividends. Fournier, who drove a long tunnel four miles from the producing mines at El Oro, Mexico, has his tunnel dubbed “Fournier’s ‘Folly”; yet he managed to sell development stock at a franc a share and six months after he had “hit it” his stock was selling for over 8,000 francs a share.
Most camps of the west, with production in excess of a million dollars, have been developed by thousands of feet of new work, seeking and finding new mines. Yet, right in the heart of this belt that has produced such wealth, there are three camps that have had little development. Vulture, Congress and Harqua Hala are standing today as one-mine camps, without other worth while development, probably 2,000 to 8,000 feet of outside work would cover all the subsequent development in any of these camps, which is negligible considering the stakes involved.
Some of the big mining companies, two from Nevada and two of the largest copper companies of Arizona, examined the Sheeptanks Mine, southwest of Salome, but did not wish to tackle it. However, Edwin Mills of Boston, backed by Dr. Henry Lloyd of Chicago, undertook to make a mine out of it. Under Mr. Mills’ able management, the Sheeptanks has ore to the value of approximately five million ready for the mill, most of this ore having been block sampled. After spending upwards of a quarter of a million dollars on mine development, plans for building a 500-ton mill are underway.
At Harrisburg, about seven miles south of Salome Glover, Douglas and associates are building a custom mill to treat the ores of that district. Harrisburg was the site of the first mill to be built in the District, back in the ‘80s, and treated ores from the Socorro, Rio del Monte and Harqua Hala mines, and at one time boasted a population of 8,000 people and had five stage lines running out of it to different parts of the state.
Undoubtedly, there are many more millions remaining in this belt than have been found and mined. This one of the richest gold belts of the West, has again been proved, this time by the Sheeptanks and the Hidden Treasure.
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MIDNITE TEST MINE, AZ TMJ 2 28 1931
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WICKENBURG, AZ GOLD RUSH TMJ 4 15 1931
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EL ORO MINING COMPANY, AZ TMJ 6 30 1931
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GOLDEN BELT MINE, AZ TMJ 8 31 1931
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WESTERN ARIZONA GOLD BELT
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CHASE MINES ACQUIRES NEW PROPERTIES, AZ & NM TMJ 1 15 19
for JANUARY 15, 1930
CHASE MINES HAS ACQUIRED SEVERAL NEW PROPERTIES
Affairs have been moving rapidly for the Chase Mines Incorporated of Prescott, Arizona, which now announces the acquisition of the old Senator Mines, and the Storm Cloud Mine, both adjoining the Sheldon-Superior Mines, upon which the company has already spent over $150,000 in development work. The acquisition of the Senator and Storm Cloud properties will permit the Chase Mines to reach the 1,200-foot level on the Sheldon Superior by continuing the tunnel of the Senator Mines, and crossing the Storm Cloud Property to reach the Sheldon-Superior, thereby doing away with the expensive necessity of sinking a deep shaft on the Sheldon-Superior.
Two subsidiary companies of the Chase Mines, Inc., have been formed, the Quicksilver Mines of America, with property near Payson, Arizona, and which it is hoped to have on a producing basis within the next six months, and the Verde Superior Mining Company, located a short distance from Jerome. This property is to be ‘Radiored’, and later diamond drilled, before actual development work is undertaken. Arrangements have been made in Philadelphia, for the financing of these companies, by the issuing of 10-year bonds.
A third subsidiary is the Vindicator Mine, with property at Fairview, New Mexico. At present this property is under examination, and if the mines prove satisfactory, the same line of financing will take place in the interest of Chase Mines.
Attorneys of the company have been devoting much of their time during the last two months, in preparing all the legal papers, abstracts, and transfers, on the different properties, and different organizations have been completed under the Arizona laws, for each group of claims.
George A. Kirkbride, chief engineer for Chase Mines, has just returned from the east, where he was called on company matters, and states that the necessary funds for the extensive development work will be available in a short time.
Aside from the subsidiaries to Chase Mines, mentioned above, the company has completed arrangements for a one-half ownership of the Ramsey-Comstock Mines in Nevada, but active work there will not be undertaken until next April.
Raymond A. Chase is president; Dr. J. A. Rene, treasurer, and George A. Kirkbride, general manager, Arizona; all of Prescott.
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Experimental investigation shows that proper classification of sands increases the recovery of valuable minerals by tabling, improves the grade of the concentrate, and Increases the capacity of the tables.
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ARIZONA MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 1 15 1930
THE MINING JOURNAL JANUARY 15, 1930
ARIZONA
The New Year witnessed the starting up of the new milling plant of the Monarch Lead Company at Chloride, Arizona, M. J. Keily, manager, and while it will take a few days to limber up the machinery to its full 100-ton capacity, its efficiency has been demonstrated. The completion of the plant marks a six or eight months’ period of construction, under the supervision of S. S. Jones, metallurgical engineer.
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The Bronze King Mining Company, incorporated last June, has struck 80 feet of ore, running from 1 to 20 per cent copper, with some gold and silver values, on its properties, 11 miles from Miami, Arizona. The discovery was made by crosscutting from the 100-foot level. Thomas P. Kelly of Miami, president, announces that his company recently purchased from Claude Batailleur of Globe, Arizona, interest in four claims adjoining the Bronze King group. The old Leadholm property was acquired in the transaction, and the Bronze King holdings now comprise 44 claims.
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Following months of extensive diamond drilling, the Magma Apex Copper Company, of Superior, Arizona, O. H. Anderson, president, now has its working shaft down 50 feet, plans having been made for comparatively deep sinking without interruption. Magma Apex is a reorganization of the old Sam Thorpe Mining Company.
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In the Huachuca Mountains of Cochise County, Arizona, work is being resumed in the Gold Reef Mine of the Vanadium Corporation of America. Under the management of F. F. Dett, a force of men is re-establishing the camp and putting the mill in condition.
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The Gallagher Mining Company has completed new improvements on its properties at Tombstone, Arizona, including the erection of a milling plant. Indications are that activities in this district are to be revived during the coming year.
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One of the most interesting new properties in the Superior District of Arizona, is that of the Pinal Copper Company, which is being actively developed by W. J. Forback and associates. Extensive plans are made, and the new road just completed will make possible shipments to the Magma smelter.
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The 2,000 tons of ore in sight on claims of the old Sterling Group, near Prescott, Arizona, being operated by W. F. Grove & Sons, is being mined, and shipped at the rate of four cars per month, according to H. K. Grove, 202 North Pleasant Street, Prescott, Arizona. The ore runs about $25 per ton in gold.
The property was purchased and operations started in July 1928, and to date, about 45 cars of ore have been consigned to the Magma Copper Company at Superior, Arizona. Substantial gold values are reported by reliable engineers, to exist in the old workings, which are now under water, and the present owners plan to unwater this section, and put the mine in shape, for further operation early in March.
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Ore of consequence has been reported uncovered in the upper tunnel on the Lucy Bell property, in Cochise County, Arizona, and a lower tunnel has recently been started, in the hopes of cutting the vein at greater depth. The mine is equipped with a compressor and drills and a blacksmith shop. J. F. Jones of Lowell, Arizona, is in charge of the work.
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From eight to 10 men have been in constant employment at the Mammoth Mine, of the Mason Copper Company, at Dragoon, Arizona, with development work being carried out through an incline shaft. Mammoth ore is a copper sulphide.
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The Midas Mine, owned by Tom Quilliham, at Dos Cabezas, Arizona, is being worked by George W. Kaske of Bisbee, Arizona, who has installed equipment capable of sinking to a depth of 300 feet. The shaft has gone through streaks of ore, which will later be developed by lateral work, and the vein is said to outcrop in several places on the surface.
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Mechanical department employees of the Morenci Branch of the Phelps Dodge Corporation, Morenci, Arizona, were recently entertained at a banquet, in appreciation of their operation for a six-months’ period without a lost-time accident. Frank Ayer, manager of the branch, was the honored guest, and tables were arranged for 185 employees. There have been no lost-time accidents in the power plant, for over four years, none in the machine shop, pipe gang and boiler shop, for three years, and the electric shop is nearing its third year, without a lost-time accident.
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Property of the Triangle Asbestos Mining Company, Inc., at Alpine, Arizona, W. M. Tenney, Jr., general manager, has been closed down for the present, awaiting better sale of its product. The company’s mine force varied from 20 to 50 men, with six men employed at the 10-ton mill. The workings total about 4,000 feet.
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Bearing a similarity to the strikes of the early days, a new ore uncovering has been made in the Tombstone Extension Mine, Tombstone, Arizona, now the property of W. K. Holt, and formerly known as the Old San Diego Mine. According to reports, Mr. Holt started a new shaft, west of the old San Diego one, which had been sunk on three paralleling veins, and at 83 feet, ran into $56-ore. The shaft was continued 50 additional feet, still in ore, and from this level crosscutting has been started, with assays giving returns of $54 and $186 in gold, silver and lead.
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A new 50-ton mill has arrived at property of the Gunsight Mining Company at Ajo, Arizona, which is now being installed, under the direction of Roscoe Powers, superintendent, and C. W. Steinman, construction and metallurgical engineer. The shaft has been sunk to a depth of 400 feet, four levels have been cut, and galena ore has been encountered during recent exploration work.
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McAndrews & Company of Tombstone, Arizona, J. F. McAndrews, manager, is at present engaged in development of a 8½-foot body of lead-silver ore, carrying values of $25 per ton, in its Pandora
Mine, and a recent shipment was made to the El Paso smelter. New ladders have been placed in the old shafts, and all of the early workings have been entered, resulting in the uncovering of lead ore in the stopes, as well as a body of manganese ore that has a width of 11 feet, one assay of which gave a 29 per cent return.
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The annual meeting of stockholders of the Silver Buttes Mining Company, W. B. Collom, president, will be held at 415 Ellis Building, Phoenix, Arizona, January 13, 1980. Regular business will be transacted.
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George A. Shea and associates, have purchased property of the Aztec Turquoise Mining Company, situated in Mineral Park, near Kingman, Arizona, which had been sold for taxes, from the County of Mohave. These turquoise claims were held for many years by New York interests, who developed semi-precious gemstones, which were cut in the company’s lapidary. Nearby are the old Atlee claims, which were recently sold by Messrs. Atlee and McCracken to manufacturers of gems.
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South of Ajo, Arizona, the Corne.lia Consolidated Copper Company, is reported sinking a new shaft, between New Cornelia property, and the old Cardigan group of claims. On an adjoining group, owned by C. A. Baker and associates, a 75-foot shaft has been sunk through over 85 feet of sulphide copper ore.
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A special pack train for transportation of ore from the Lee and Young mine, near Aravaipa, Arizona, has been secured by J. E. Hanson and George W. Sebastian, who have acquired control of this property. Ore running as high as $400 per ton is reported being taken from a 14-foot ore body. The Rickel-Hanson amalgamator-concentrator device, which has been bn display at the O’Brien Mill in South Globe, will be moved to the property, and installed for operation.
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The aerial tram of the Tom Reed Gold Mines Company, at Oatman, Arizona, is again in commission and ore is being transported to the mill from stopes on the 800-foot level. Mill operations are to be stepped up to 100 tons per da,y after stoping has been completed on the 950-foot level. A new rock breaker has been installed, and hereafter the ore will be crushed to milling fineness, at the collar of the shaft.
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Under the direction of Victor A. Light, assistant general manager, sinking is nearing the 1,000-foot level. The Treasure Vault Mining Company, M. B. Dudley, president, Kingman, Arizona, plans to start raising soon, from the north drifts in its Pilgrim Mine, to the surface, thereby affording better ventilation. The north drift on the 230-foot level is still in ore of milling grade. A holiday week was granted employees of the company around Christmas, work having been resumed after the first of the year.
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The initial shipment of concentrate from the Sheldon Mining Company at Walker, Arizona, George D. French, manager, has been made to the company’s recently reopened smelter at Humboldt, Arizona, over the Poland Branch Line of the Santa Fe Railroad, now being reconditioned. Four cars were used the first trip, and within a short time, it is expected that four trains a week will be run over the eight-mile stretch. Reconstruction work on the Poland Line is still under way, but has progressed to a point sufficient to allow trains to proceed with safety.
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Scott and Hyde have about completed camp construction, and new installations, at the old May Mine, near Paradise, Cochise County, Arizona. Ore chutes have been erected, and they expect to begin breaking ore, now in sight, for shipment to the Copper Queen Smelter at Douglas, Arizona. Rodeo, New Mexico, 18 miles distant, will be the shipping point.
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Upon completion of the 60-ton smelting plant of the Kaaba Mining & Milling Corporation at Kingman, Ariz., mine and mill operations are to be resumed, and later the company plans the construction of a vanadium refining plant, according to W. E. Little, 1614 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, president and manager. The smelter will also handle custom ores.
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S. A. Hamilton of Fritz-Hamilton Company, which is to undertake exploration work for the Helmet Peak Mining & Milling Company, in the Mineral Hill District of Arizona, has started active work on the proverty, and has brought in diamond drill equipment for thorough investigations. If the diamond drilling measures up to expectations, a complete reorganization and refinancing of the company is planned. R. D. Harper, 586 North Arizona Avenue, Tucson, Arizona, is among those officially interested in the organization.
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It is planned to shortly install equipment for placer mining, on claims of the Golden Rule Placer Company, located near Kingman, Arizona. This company was recently incorporated by J. Eddie Stewart and associates for the working of mines of Sandy Harris and Albert Noli. The claims are easily accessible, and operation will be under option agreement. . [Rehab Notes: part of the dividing line between Lost Basin & Gold Basin (Meadview area). Sandy Harris and Albert Noli had hardrock claims in Nelson, NV.]
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At the milling plant of the Goldroad Mining Company, Oatman, Arizona, R. H. Milne, superintendent, a cleanup has been made of a run of about 100 tons of ore from the 800 level of the mine. When the plant is again in regular commission it is probable that tailings will be sent through with the coarser material.
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The milling plant of the Enisco Asbestos Company, at its mines at Globe, Arizona, has been completed, and the first carload of fibre has been received at the company’s plant at Downey, California. The company announces the appointment of E. L. Foos as manager of sales, in the San Francisco District, and under the management of Chas. A. Gilbert, a new warehouse has been opened at 117 West 63rd Street, New York, in association with the Judson Motor Valve Company of Bell, California.
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Shaft-sinking has been started by the South Pilgrim Mining Company at Chloride, Arizona, with Fred Moyle in charge of the work. When a depth of 200 feet is reached, it is planned to crosscut to the vein. The new hoist and compressor are being put in commission.
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The old Pope-Hall mine, near Kingman, Arizona, is being cleared out for further development by S. S. Pope, W. H. Hall and W. W. Reed, according to reports. The property was formerly operated by lessees, and the shaft stands at a depth of 165 feet, with two drifts 120 feet in length. The gold values are said to run as high as $80 per ton. [Rehab Notes: could be one of 2 mines carrying the Pope name. One is west of Boulder Inn (Rosie’s Den) on the west side of the mountain that has a radio antenna on top. The other is also referred to the Kohenour Mine, or also as the Pope-Hall Mine, and that is located West of and near Temple Bar, accessible from a side road off the Temple Bar Road, on top of a mountain just east of Fortification Hill, and Kingman Wash, at Lake Mead.]
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The Samoan group of claims at Chloride, Arizona, were recently visited by Herman Berger of Lindsay, California, who, with S. H. Hoffman, plans the undertaking of further development work. Mr. Berger is now on a several months’ business trip to New York, where it is understood necessary funds will be made available. The mines are owned by H. B. Hampton and Leonard Hoffman of Kingman, Arizona. Some years ago extensive plans were made for tunneling, but because of the death of the promoter the scheme was held in abeyance.
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Calumet & Arizona Mining Company, Harry A. Clark, general manager, Warren, Arizona, was the only mining company in Arizona to disburse dividends during the month of December, 1929. This amounted to $2,042,165, or a quarterly dividend of $2.50 per share. This disbursement was a duplicate of the September quarter.
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New installations and improvements under way, and contemplated by, the Western Syndicate. Inc., indicate extensive operations at the company’s Bobtail Mine at Globe, Arizona. The shaft, and 200-foot level of the mine, are being retimbered, and upon completion of this work, sinking will be continued to the 800-foot level, and further lateral work will be undertaken. A Fairbanks-Morse pumping plant and new hoisting facilities are being installed, as well as a blower for ventilation. Construction work includes a new head-frame, blacksmith shop, and buildings to house the pumping and hoisting plants for winter operations. John H. Slate, 80 Broad Street, Room 807, New York City, is secretary and purchasing agent, and Mark Bradley is general superintendent in direct charge at the property.
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Property at Walker, Arizona, formerly owned by the Arizona Victory Copper Mines Corporation, is being surveyed for patent, and upon completion, will be formally turned over to the Sheldon Mining Company for further development. The Sheldon Company, of which George G. French is manager, already owns extensive holdings at Walker, as well as the smelter at Humboldt, Arizona.
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Construction work started on the milling plant at Calumet & Arizona Mining Company’s New Cornelia Mines at Ajo, Arizona, last May, is rapidly drawing to completion, a feature of the new program being the installation of the most up-to-date safety appliances and equipment. The improvements have been made without the interruption of the regular volume of production, despite the fact that the new mill is being practically built over the former plant. M. Curley is general manager of the company’s operations at Ajo.
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The corporate existence of the Wolverine & Arizona Mining Company of Bisbee, Arizona, has been extended 25 years from January 2, 1930, according to a petition granted by the Arizona Corporation Commission. M. S. Cunningham and S. B. McKenna, both of Bisbee, are President and Manager, respectively, and the mines are located at Don Luis, Arizona.
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Although properties of the Merged Mines, Inc., in the Sulphide Del Rey District, near Globe, Arizona, are not being operated at the present time, a 25-ton mill is planned for early installation. These tungsten claims were acquired under a 25-year lease from the Del Rey Silver Mining Company, and the development program includes a 200-foot tunnel. Mrs. B. H. Westlake is president of the company.
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Capital stock of the Contact Leasing Company was recently increased to $125,000 at a special meeting of stockholders, held at Lowell, Arizona. N. H. Morrison, 86 East Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona, is president.
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The Lillian Copper Mining Company of Florence, Arizona, has filed articles of incorporation with the Arizona Corporation Commission, naming S. H. Chenworth, President and Manager; B. M. Garner, Vice-president and Secretary, and Orville Watt, Treasurer. Capitalization is placed at $100,000, and R. William Kramer, First National Bank of Arizona Building, Phoenix, Arizona, is agent.
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A small force of workmen is deepening the shaft, and running drifts, for the Great Bend Mines Company at Chloride, Arizona, under the direction of William Mackie, superintendent. A depth of 800 feet has been reached. S. H. Engelhart, with offices in the Roosevelt Building, Los Angeles, is president and general manager.
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The Rio de Oro Mining Company of Phoenix, Arizona, has filed articles of incorporation with the Arizona Corporation Commission. The company has a capitalization of 6,000,000 shares of stock without nominal par value, and incorporation was effected by John B. Bock, Fred A. Curtis and S H. Swearingen.
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Arrangements have been made with the United Engineering Company of Philadelphia for the financing of two subsidiary companies of Chase Mines, Inc., the Quicksilver Mines of America, and the Verde Superior Mining Company, according to Dr. S. A. Rene of Prescott, Arizona, treasurer of the controlling company. Raymond A. Chase, president, is now in the east, where final negotiations are being completed, and George A. Kirkbride, general manager, just returned to Prescott, from Philadelphia, states that additional funds have also been made available for a third subsidiary of the company, Vindicator Mines, Inc, with holdings at Fairview, New Mexico.
Actual development work is to be put under way at these properties by the first of February, and the Chase company’s original Sheldon Superior property at Prescott, is also to come in for an extensive development program. The Quicksilver Mines of America, located near Payson, Arizona, is expected to be on a producing basis within the next six months, and property of the Verde Superior Mining Company, not far from Jerome, Arizona, is to be explored by Radiore Surveys, and diamond drilling, before actual development work is put under way.
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Claims of Swan Nelson of Morristown, Arizona, located in Yavapai County, are being worked under bond and lease by R. R. Alton, who has one of the shafts down 70 feet, revealing ore of fairly good grade for practically its entire depth. The ore is being stacked at the surface, the erection of a small mill being under consideration. These holdings comprise the Silver King and Nelson groups of claims, and Hot Springs Junction Railroad Station is the nearest shipping point.
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Articles of incorporation have been filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission for the Pinal Copper Company of Superior, Arizona, capitalized at $1,000,000. The officers are: S. W. Spray, president; W. S. Forback of Superior, vice-president; 0. Stanley Dresher, secretary, and I. M. McKeuzie, treasurer. These, with W. B. Easton, constitute the board of directors.
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Diamond drilling is in progress at the Southern Copper Mining Company’s Santo Nino Mine, near Nogales, Arizona, with Glenn Anderson in charge as general superintendent, and 30 tons of ore per day, are being mined during development work. This company is a subsidiary of the General Development Company, 61 Broadway, New York City.
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Activities at the Tortuga group of claims of Robert H. Barnes, Ray, Arizona, are being confined to driving the crosscut tunnel south, to cut a 24-foot ore body. Two shifts are at work, and a distance of about 80 feet has been attained toward the objective, at 128 feet.
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A smoldering fire which burned for two or three days in the Sulphide Tunnel of the Live Oak Mine, of the Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company, at Inspiration, Arizona, was lately completely extinguished by a crew of the Globe-Miami mine rescue service. The fire did not interrupt any of the regular work, only causing considerable smoke.
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Property of the Middlemarch Copper Company is to be sold at sheriff’s sale on January 14, 1930, at the Cochise County Courthouse, Tombstone, Arizona, to satisfy a judgment obtained by W. G. Gilmore, amounting to $1,388.85, together with interest and accrued costs.
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Dr. N. H. Morrison, 86 East Washington Street, Phoenix, Arizona, reports that the Contact Leasing Company, of which he is president, is continuing development of its properties at Lowell, Arizona, with five men employed under the supervision of Tom Fitzsimmons, general manager. The shaft has been sunk to the 600-foot level.
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Capitalized at $100,000, the Golden Rule Placer Company of Kingman, Arizona, has filed articles of incorporation with the Arizona Corporation Commission. The incorporators were J. E. Stewart, Harry L. Harris and Mrs. Celia Thompson.
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Work has been resumed at the Barbara Mines, near Mayer, Arizona, where things are being put into shape for additional development in the tunnel. Albert S. Konselman of Prescott, Arizona, has been the leading spirit of this organization for a number of years.
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Development work under way at the El Tiro and Imperial Mines of the American Smelting & Refining Company at Silverbell, Arizona. A. Kohler, superintendent, requires the services of 80 men at the present time. The Imperial is owned by the company, while the El Tiro is operated under lease. Offices of the company’s mining department of the southwest, are located in the Consolidated National Bank Building at Tucson, Arizona, J. Kruttschnitt, Jr., manager.
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According to S. A. Parker, owner, the Great Republic group of claims, near Cleator, Arizona, carry within their bounds, three separate veins carrying values in copper, gold and silver. Four shafts have been sunk on the property, but little lateral work has been undertaken. A 15-horsepower Fairbanks-Morse gasoline hoist is available.
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Operations have been suspended for a time at both the Reynolds Falls and Apache Hunter asbestos mines owned by William Andrews of Globe, Arizona, and located at Bear Canyon, on the San Carlos Indian Reservation. The Reynolds Falls property has been developed to considerable extent.
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E. S. Chafey of Cleator, Arizona, recently shipped four cars of ore, from his lease on the DeSoto Mine, to the Hayden smelter, and one car to the smelter of the Sheldon Mining Company at Humboldt, Arizona.
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Immediate development plans of the Rialto Mining Corporation, for its property at Dome, Arizona, include sinking to the 200-foot level, followed by drifting. In addition to development of this lead-silver property under the supervision of Sam Ashe of Yuma, Arizona, general manager, the corporation also operates lead-zinc claims in Oklahoma.
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Reports from Prescott, Arizona, state that J. M. Gallegher has acquired a lease on the old Monte Cristo Property, and is doing development work in the oxidized zone. A drift is being driven 160 feet.
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Workings on the 100 and 200-foot levels of the Pandora Mine, have been made accessible by McAndrews & Company, and development is also now under way in new sections of the property. This mine was one of the producers in the early Tombstone days, then known as the Ground Hog Mine, operated by Homer T. Smith. The values are in lead, silver and manganese, with some gold, and test shipments have been made to the smelter this month. J. F. McAndrews of Tombstone, Arizona, is general manager.
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The interest of George Pemberton in the Black & Tan Mine at Kingman, Arizona, has been sold to Nelson Brothers, of 914 Nineteenth Street, Santa Monica, California. Development work is at a standstill for the present.
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C. R. Woods of Bisbee, Arizona, president and manager, states that the Bisbee Expansion mining Company plans to proceed immediately with the sinking of a new shaft on the north end of its property, located near Bisbee. These holdings have been the object of extensive electrical prospecting during recent months, and the new shaft will be sunk to 400 feet, where it is expected to strike galena.
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Surface ores are soon to be shipped from the Manhattan Property at Casa Grande, Arizona, and the underlying mineral-bearing dikes are to be further explored by diamond drilling. Interests of New Mexico, including ex-Governor Miguel A. Otero, E. G. Ludlam of Santa Fe, and Fayette A. Jones, of Albuquerque, associated with a number of Casa Grande men, with Howard M. Snyder, resident agent, are the owners.
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A small force of workmen is engaged in the development of copper-gold-silver ore for the Green Monster Mining Company near Jerome, Arizona, under the direction of Harry Colbath, secretary and mine superintendent. The shaft has been sunk 940 feet, and the tunnel has been driven 1,500 feet. Will L. Clark, 346 North Kenwood Street, Glendale, California, is president of the organization.
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A 300-foot tunnel has been driven by the Blue Cloud Copper Company at Parker, Arizona, disclosing a mineral-bearing dike 100 feet wide, according to C. M. MacFarlane, general manager. The shaft, now down 150 feet, is to be continued to the 300-foot level. [Rehab Notes: Mine is actually located on the California side of the Colorado River.]
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Further exploration work of the Montizona Copper Company at Casa Grande, Arizona, will be carried out by diamond drilling, drifting and crosscutting, a depth of 1,100 feet having been attained in the shaft, and the tunnel extended 3,200 feet. Twenty-two men are at work under the supervision of B. A. Pike, general manager, main offices of the company being located at 43 Broadway, New York City, M. W. Bacon, president.
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A reservoir is being constructed at the Critic Mine, located in the Cunningham Pass Section of Yuma County, Arizona, by damming a drainage wash, according to R. H. Noblechek of Wenden, Arizona, treas urer. The mine is producing on a small scale at the present time, and the shaft has reached a depth of 485 feet.
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Two new hoists are planned for installation, to facilitate development work at the Consolidated Arizona Mine at Salome, Arizona, according to W. B. Harris, secretary. Part of the work is being done under contract, and the company contemplates carrying out 1,200 feet of shaft, and 500 feet of tunnel, supplemented by crosscutting. V. J. Harris is general manager, and C. C. Thompson of Bouse, Arizona, is in charge of engineering work. Operations have been discontinued at the Bishop Knoll Mine for the present.
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Directors of the Wenden Copper Mining Company, Wenden, Arizona, have been given authority to arrange necessary finances to complete construction of the company’s reduction plant, which provides a crushing plant of 500 tons’ daily capacity, and the installation of a flotation system of 125 tons’ daily capacity. The auxiliary power plant in course of construction will care for the company’s immediate power demands, according to current statements of Ned Creighton, Box 827, Phoenix, Arizona, president.
In addition to the budget of $50,000 for the reduction plant, the directors estimate a cost of $15,000 to complete the power plant, and the use of $70,000 for water development and mining, to connect old and new workings. The major improvement during recent months has been the electrification of the mine plant, and replacement of units of machinery, with modern equipment, commensurate with the company’s future needs. Tonnages have been disclosed sufficient to assure a two-year profitable run for the 125-ton mill.
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Reagon Brothers have surrendered their option on property of the Arizona Picacho Peak Copper Company at Picacho Peak, near Red Rock, Arizona, and the claims have reverted back to the controlling company, headed by George W. Burgess and H. M. Snyder of Casa Grande, Arizona. The property is not being operated at the present time.
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The Three R. Mines, Inc., has a 180-ton flotation mill under construction at Patagonia, Arizona, and contemplates the installation of a 450-horsepower plant in the near future. The management is composed of George S. Hulings, president and general manager; P. J. Stacey, general superintendent, and C. C. Easley, mine superintendent. The mine workings total 5,000 feet, copper ore being the chief objective.
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C. J. Foltz plans to shortly install a small hoist at his Oro-Blanco mine at Ruby, via Tucson, Arizona. This property is in the vicinity of the Montana mine, where extensive operations are under way.
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The Maricopa Mining Company is developing approximately 80 tons of ore per day at its Jack White mines, near Phoenix, Arizona, work having been centered upon drifting from the 400-foot level for some time. The milling plant has been reconditioned, and considerable new equipment has been installed. R. W. Millard is in direct charge at the property. Ralph Douglas, 1065 Empire Building, Seattle, is general manager, and the company also maintains offices at 416 Luhrs Building, Phoenix.
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Present mine production of the United Verde Copper Company, Jerome, Arizona, W. V. DeCamp, assistant general manager, is running about 4,000 tons of ore per day, and 1,500 tons are being treated in the 1,700-ton milling plant. The company employs 2,196 men, including the 400 at work at the smelter at Clarkdale, Arizona. T. W. Quayle is in charge at the mines, where 946 men are employed underground, as superintendent, and at Clarkdale; L. M. Barker is mill superintendent, Thomas Taylor is general superintendent and C. R. Kuzell is smelter superintendent.
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The Del Rey Gold Mining Company has 15 men at work on its Homestake-Jackpot Properties, near Oatman, Arizona, where preparations are being made for the sinking of the shaft to the 500-foot level. The mine is to be equipped with new machinery and further development work put under
way within the next 90 days. Considerable work had already been done on this property in the way of a 200-foot shaft, and a tunnel, with some crosscutting. Joseph Walker is president and manager.
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The first car of vanadium concentrate ever shipped from the Globe-Miami District, has left the Edward C. O’Brien & Company for Niagara Falls, New York, where it will be refined into ferrovanadium, used commercially for hardening steel. The ore from which the vanadium concentrate was produced came from the Wilson-Peters Property, and from the Apache Vanadium Mines at Radium. The shipment was valued at several thousand dollars, and after refining will be worth approximately $8 per pound. Walter X. Osborn of Globe, Arizona, is general superintendent of the O’Brien Company.
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Directors of the United Verde Extension Mining Company of Jerome, Arizona, have declared a regular quarterly dividend of $1, to be paid on February 1, to stock of record January 2. The company disbursed $1,050,000 for each of the last three quarters at this rate.
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At Christmas time each year, employees of the New Cornelia Mines at Ajo, Arizona, share in the company’s mercantile store earnings according to their seniority rights, and this year a bonus of approximately $98,000 was distributed among operating officials and workmen. This is an increase of almost $17,000 over the rebate of last year.
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Plans are made for the installation of necessary equipment at the Davis-Dunkirk Mines, Inc., at Prescott, Arizona, and construction of the 100-ton mill is to be put under way shortly. Camp buildings are being erected at this time, and the road is being reconditioned. The organization is headed by S. M. Shipley, 803 American Bank Building, Seattle, president, and H. L. Williams also of Seattle, is general manager.
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Too impatient to await favorable weather [boy howdy, how many of us have been in that situation!!??], a half a dozen veteran mining men ventured forth from Kingman, Arizona, during the recent snowstorm, over almost impassable roads, and snowbound trails, in an effort to reach the site of Arizona’s latest gold strike. This was the new find recently made by W. E. Dunlap, George Fancher, and E. V. Givens, in the mountains about 65 miles from Kingman, assays of which are reported to have shown values running as high as $96,000 per ton. The orebody varies in width from three to seven feet, and the highgrade occurs in white, and liver-colored, quartz. Further excitement was created in the District, when miners from the Tom Reed Property, where a new strike was made less than two weeks ago, worked their way through snow into town for supplies, bringing the report that gold ore estimated to be worth $35,000 had been taken out after 10 days’ work.
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Current reports state that a temporary five-day operating schedule, will shortly be adopted by Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company, at Inspiration, Arizona. The curtailment of operations is brought about by over-production on the world market.
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With the new mill of the Monarch Lead Company, at Chloride, Arizona, giving every indication of mechanical efficiency, and plans to step up operation to capacity, having been completed, officials of the company have turned attention to an extensive underground development program, to assure a long run for the new plant. Two stopes are being opened on the 900-foot level, one about 600 feet from the shaft, and the other, near the Tennessee and Schuylkill claims’ end line. Lead ore, carrying values in gold and silver, is being taken from the vein encountered on the 900 level, and stoping has also been done on the 1,200-foot level. A three-shift mill staff will be employed to handle the milling of 100 tons of ore daily. It is planned to run the two night shifts with four men, breaking, hoisting, and crushing of the ore to carry through the night runs being accomplished during the day. The plant is entirely new in its equipment, except for the crusher. M. J. Keily is manager.
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At the recent annual meeting of stockholders of the Big Jim Mines, Inc., an extensive program of development was outlined, and General Manager C. D. Pickering was instructed to prosecute aggressive exploration work, on the 350-foot level of the company’s lead-silver mine at Patagonia, Arizona, as well as further sinking of the shaft. F. B. Chapin, C. S. Wakeman, A. G. Keating, E. V. Gordon, and W. B. Oaks, were elected to serve on the Board of Directors. The company is also making plans to operate a gold property, recently acquired.
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The Huachuca Consolidated Mines Company has been reorganized, and reincorporated, under the name of the Lucy Mining Company, managed by J. Frank Jones of Lowell, Arizona. The company’s properties are in Cochise County, Arizona.
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C. O. Newton, superintendent of mines for the Vitrefrax Company, with offices in Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Cleveland, Chicago, and New York, is now in Casa Grande, Arizona, supervising the installation of equipment on the company’s properties, 14 miles northeast of that place. No specific information relative to the extent of operations has yet been released, but Mr. Newton will be at Casa Grande for the next 30 days, during which time work of the company is to be put under way. A local manager is to be appointed for the properties.
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A seven and one-half ton crusher, was recently moved from property of the Stargo Mines, Inc., Morenci, Arizona, to Globe, Arizona. The Stargo Mines were closed down and passed into the hands of a receiver several years ago.
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The minority stockholders of the Monte Cristo Mining Company, near Wickenburg, Arizona, have definitely established their ownership of that property, which was sold to C. C. Julian, in 1926, for a sum stated to be $1,000,000. These stockholders, who represented only a total of about 45,000 shares, contested the organization of the New Monte Cristo Mining and Milling Company, with a final outcome, that they are now in possession of the property, have multiplied their interest about 27 times, and have wiped out about half a million dollars indebtedness. C. C. Julian and his associates, have nothing further to do with the property. The minority interests were represented by Sloan, Holton, McKesson, and Scott, of Phoenix. Plans are being made for the organization of a new company to operate the property.
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A lease and option to purchase, has been taken on the Gladstone-Proto group of 10 claims, in Santa Cruz County, by E. E. Sullivan, and Burt Raymond, of Patagonia, Arizona. The lease was made through Hugo W. Miller, mining engineer of Nogales, Arizona, who has had charge of the property for a number of years. Shipments of ore were made from the property during the last six months, by Fulton & Smith, also former lessees of the Santo Nino Mine in the same District.
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Commercial ore has an average width of 30 feet, on property of the Glenidick Mines Corporation at Florence, Arizona; the mine having been developed to the 500-foot level on the dip of the vein. A large tonnage has been put in sight for treatment, in the 75-ton flotation plant, at this time under construction by contract, with the Collins Western Corporation of Los Angeles. Development work is in charge of Homer Derrer, mine superintendent.
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Notice has been given that property of the Silver Mines Consolidated, in Yuma County, Arizona, will be sold at sheriff’s sale, at the courthouse in Yuma, Arizona, February 8, to satisfy various judgments obtained against the company. The property was operated by Ogilby, California, interests.
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Plant facilities of the Miami Copper Company, Miami, Arizona, F. W. Maclennan, general manager, have been largely improved during the last 18 months. Its tailings disposal problems have been solved for the next 25 years, or more, and the greater efficiency in milling and mining, resulting from these improvements, and lower power costs, due to improvements in milling operations, is now beginning to be felt in lower costs of turning out copper. Miami, has at present, over 16 years of life ahead, in its ore reserves at the present rate of extraction, exclusive of the 7,000,000 tons of oxidized ore, although during the past two years or so, little attention has been given to extending the ore reserves, principal work having been centered upon improvements at the mill, and installation of the tailings disposal system.
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Plans of the Morenci Branch of the Phelps Dodge Corporation, at Morenci Arizona, for future treatment of its deposits of low-grade ores, are now being outlined, and new offices have been opened in Clifton, Arizona, where C. LeGrand consulting mechanical engineer, in association with W. C. Capron, will have charge of the proposed plans, which, it is understood will take around three years for completion. Draftsmen are engaged in the drawing of plans for the test mill, which is to be erected near Bunker’s Station. It is reported that the company is considering the construction of a tunnel, from its mines in Morenci, to the site of the proposed concentrator, this to be used as a direct haulage way.
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Shipments are being made to the Douglas Smelter from the Santo Nino ,ine of the Southern Copper Mining Company at Patagonia, Arizona, at the rate of 2 cars per week, averaging 7 and 8 percent copper. The ore body has been developed to a depth of 800 feet, by tunnels, the ore being chalcopyrite, occurring in vertical sheeting in the monzonite. A force of 25 men is employed in the mine.
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Articles of incorporation have been filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission, by the Gunsight Mining Company, Inc., of Ajo, Arizona. The company has a capital stock of 2,000,000 shares, without nominal par value, and was incorporated by George F. Germain, and Walter S. Wheeler, 1626 Dime Bank Building, Detroit, Michigan; Lewis H. Kirby of Kalamazoo, Michigan, and George W. Langford, William W. Newcomb, and Natha S. Potter, of Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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New equipment being installed by the Van Dyke Copper Company at Miami, Arizona, Cleve W. Van Dyke, president, is intended to increase output to 4,000 tons per month, weekly shipments now being made both to the International Smelter at Inspiration, and the Copper Queen Smelter, at Douglas, Arizona. A new Fairbanks-Morse 100 g.p.m. duplex pump, operated by a 75-horsepower motor of the same make, has been installed on the lower level of the mine. The load capacity of the hoist is being increased by one-third, and a new three-ton skip is soon to be put in place. A new cage has been ordered, and power cables are being installed in the shaft, from the surface to the 1,300-foot level. Crosscutting is under way on the 1,200-foot level, and drifting and raising are also in progress on that level, and the one below, by two shifts of miners. Plans are made for the sinking of a new shaft.
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Property of the Empire State Mining Corporation of New York, embracing 11 claims in the Amole Mining District, near Tucson, Arizona, is the scene of an up-to-date, and completely-equipped camp, and following examinations by reliable engineers, recommendations have been made that the crosscuts be further developed, as present conditions indicate that on the northwest side of the main shaft, an ore body will be struck within 42 feet, thereof, and within 82 feet, on the northeast side. It is also considered advisable to continue the shaft 50 feet, and carry out further exploration by diamond drilling. The personnel includes Wells W. Wilson, 698 West End Avenue, New York, president; Monroe Curtis, 100 East 42nd Street, New York, secretary; Leonard W. Sharpe, 310 West 95th Street, New York, treasurer; and W. F. Braun, Box 655, Tucson, Arizona, general manager.
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The El Pluma (sic) Mines, Inc., has been organized for operation of the old El Tigre Mine, eight miles east of Swansea, Arizona. George D. French of Humboldt, Arizona, is president; H. A. Reynolds is vice-president and manager, and E. Martin Thorniley, 514 Porter Street, Glendale, California, is consulting engineer.
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The Amado Mines, Inc., Arivaca, Arizona, is at present engaged in crosscutting to its north vein, from the 100-foot level, with 11 men at work under the supervision of Robert Francis, general manager, and George L. Dillard, general superintendent. The shaft was sunk on the south vein, and 90 feet of drifting has been done.
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The Commonwealth Mining & Milling Company at Pearce, Arizona, A. Y. Smith, manager, recently sold and shipped some equipment, including tanks, to the World Exploration Company at Van Horn, Texas. The latter company has a new 100-ton mill ready to go into operation.
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Property of the Portland & Mizpah Mining Company, at Hackberry, Arizona, was recently visited by John Phillips, president, 300 Caswell Building, Milwaukee, when arrangements were made, and a contract let, for additional shaft-sinking. Development work had been delayed by an uncontrollable flow of water. Much lateral work has been done, and the mine is equipped with a hoist, pump and compressor.
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Announcement has been made by Thos. H. Hearn, secretary of the Sodium Products Corporation, that property of the company at Camp Verde, Arizona, has been leased to eastern capitalists, who plan an initial expenditure of $200,000 in plant improvement, additional machinery, and road construction. The principal product is sodium sulphate, commonly known as salt cake. The plant on the property was shut down a year ago, last July, shipments having been made from Clemenceau, Arizona. R. W. Coad, 1120 Pacific Finance Building, Los Angeles, is president and manager.
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Capital stock of the Suter-Barnwell Mining Company, has been increased to $250,000, according to an amendment filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission. R. H. Barnwell of Bumblebee, Arizona, is president of the company, which is operating the Republican Mine in that vicinity.
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Jenkins & Lemons, who are sinking a shaft on the Lange Ranch, at Pearce, Arizona, have installed new machinery, including an engine, and air compressor, and it is now hoped that the water flow, which stopped work several weeks ago, can be put under control.
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Copper production, of United Verde Extension Mining Company. Jerome, Arizona, for 1929, is estimated roughly at 55,000,000 pounds. This would compare with nearly 44,000,000 pounds in 1928, an increase of 11,000,000 pounds. Average costs of the company, so far this year, have been slightly above 1 cent [per] pound.
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Cordelia and Lyon Kay are opening up a new body of ore, in what was known some years ago as the Setting Sun Mine, located in Mineral Park, near Kingman, Arizona. The orebody carried values in gold, silver, copper and lead, and is said to be wider than the drift. The Kays have owned mines in this vicinity for some years.
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Development of the Black Diamond Mine, near Superior, Arizona, has been started by the Superior Silver Queen Mining Company, which has business offices in the Ellis Building, Phoenix, Arizona, George R. Hay, general manager. The Black Diamond is believed to contain 47,000 tons of ore, and it is reported that of the known orebody, in the neighborhood of 10,000 tons will average 7% per cent copper, plus carrying values in silver. Present efforts are being centered on the completion of the road, to connect with the county highway, and as soon as this is completed, the company plans to start shipping ore to the Magma Smelter.
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Progress in construction of the new power plant of the Calumet & Arizona Mining Company. at the Junction Shaft, at Lowell, Arizona, and successful operation of the new anode plant, at the company’s Douglas Smelter, is reported from Warren, Arizona. Foundations for the power plant have been completed, structural supports for the high-pressure boilers placed, and the boilers are now being assembled. Work is also in progress on erection of the 180-foot stack. The anode plant cast 1,750 tons of anodes during December, for shipment to the Nichols Copper Company’s refinery at El Paso, Texas.
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The Quicksilver Corporation of America, operating the Dreamy Draw Mine, a few miles northeast of Phoenix, Arizona, will commence the sinking of its three-compartment shaft, to the 500-foot level, about the first of February. At the present time, about 50 tons of ore are being run through the plant, making about eight flasks of quicksilver per day. Regular work necessitates the employment of 25 men, supervised by E. W. Hartman, Route 2, Box 265, Phoenix, president and manager.
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Steady operation of the new 150-ton milling plant, at the Century Mine, of the United Republic Gold Mines Company at Kingman, Arizona, which has been delayed for some time, awaiting completion of the new shaft, that will give two mine outlets, is to be put under way the first of February, with an increased capacity, new cells and additional power being added to the present equipment. In making the new shaft opening, which will have a depth of 115 feet, and which will connect with other workings, a body of gold-silver ore of some dimension was encountered. The collar of the shaft is 20 feet from the ore bins, and the mill feed will go to the crusher by gravity, without any rehandling throughout the entire circuit, P. L. Mullen is president of the company.
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Twenty-two cars of ore have been shipped to the Hayden Smelter, from the Red Rover Mine, 50 some odd miles from Phoenix, Arizona, and regular consignments are now being maintained at the rate of a car a day, according to E. M. Moores, 3610 North Central Avenue, Phoenix, lessee of the property for five years. The ore runs abount 6 per cent copper, and 45 ounces silver, per ton, and ore is now being broken solid across a 10-foot face. Twenty-one men are employed, although the mill is not being operated at this time. A. C. Simpkins is mining engineer in charge of the work.
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December output of the Arizona Commercial Mining Company, Globe, Arizona, H. C. Plummer, superintendent, is estimated at around 286,500 pounds, compared with an actual output of 848,668 pounds in November. This company has lately been engaged in diamond drilling below the 2,200-foot level, ground in the upper levels being considered, now thoroughly explored.
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The interest of A. E. Place, 1020 Haas Building, Los Angeles, in the Vivian Mine at Oatman, Arizona, has been sold to Edgar Smith, of Pasadena, California, who will carry out extensive operations, in association with Francis King, of Oatman. Consignments of ore from this mine, are made to the Tom Reed Mill near by.
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As soon as weather permits, a mining development of major importance, will be started on claims of the Lucky Strike Copper Company, in the Hassayampa District, south of Prescott, Arizona, according to an announcement by Chester E. McCarty, vice-president, and general counsel of the Arizona-Oregon Development Company. The announcement followed the signing of a lease, by directors of the Lucky Strike company, by which the property was turned over to the Arizona-Oregon company for a long term lease, with option to buy at a fixed price. The lease was made out to Floyd B. Marsh of McGrath, Alaska, president of the Arizona-Oregon Company, who is well-known in mining circles, for his work with the Guggenheim interests in the far northwest. Crews will be put to work at the property immediately, cleaning up the workings, and making ready for a general development program in the early spring.
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December production of the Calumet & Arizona Mining Company of Warren, Arizona, including its New Cornelia Mines at Ajo, Arizona, was 10,265,000 pounds, compared with 9,962,000 pounds in November, and 14,071,700 pounds in December of last year. Harry A. Clark is manager.
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The four and a half mile power line, from Walker, Arizona, to the Davis-Dunkirk Mines, Inc., in the Senator District near Prescott, Arizona, has been completed by the Arizona Power Company. It was announced some time ago, that upon completion of this work, and the construction of a road to the mill site, the installation of a 100-ton flotation mill would be put under way. The crew of 40 workmen was recently isolated at the mine without provisions, by driving blizzards that buried Prescott and vicinity, in more than three feet of snow. The project is backed by Washington capital, with H. L. Williams, 803 American Bank Building, Seattle, general manager.
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Announcement was made some time ago, of the proposed tram line to be constructed by the Northern Arizona Lead & Zinc Company, on its properties in the Grand Canyon National Park, and rails and lumber are now being hauled in for 1,500 feet of incline work. The mines of which, W. I. Johnson of Supai, Arizona, is president and manager, are near the bottom of the Grand Canyon, on the Colorado River, surrounded by cliffs about 1,000 feet high.
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Arrangements have been made with the Arizona Power Company, by the Bagdad Copper Corporation, for a survey for a possible power line from a point on the Monte Cristo Line, approximately 85 miles west, to the copper company’s property near Hillside, Arizona. The sole purpose of the survey, for the present at least, is to determine just what such a power line would cost, without assurance that the line will be run. Depending upon weather conditions and other possible delays, the job will take from 80 to 60 days. The proposed power line would mean a substantial item on the extensive improvement program outlined for Bagdad, by George G. Thomas, general manager, which calls for an expenditure of approximately $600,000.
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Immediate construction work is to be put under way on the erection of a 250-ton mill and power plant, on the Clara-Swansea Property near Bouse, Arizona, by the American Smelting & Refining Company, which has taken a 15-year lease on the holdings. E. L. Sweeney, 1410 North Second Street, Phoenix, Arizona, is to be in charge of designing and construction of the mill, which will consist of an Allis-Chalmers ball mill, Dorr classifiers, Oliver filters, and Forrester flotation cells. Some time ago, it was announced that an agreement had been entered into with A. S. & H. for the working of this property to determine if the indications of a better grade of ore would materialize.
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The Southwestern Miami Development Company, which recently disposed of its holdings in the Miami District, of Arizona, to Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company, has declared a dividend in liquidation of 60 cents a share, payable when certificates are presented to the main office, 85 Devonshire Street, Boston. Several months ago a disbursement of $3.75 per share was made by this company to the owners of stock.
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New ore has been developed on the 300-foot level of the Johnson Copper Development Company at Dragoon, Arizona, Howard P. Saunders, manager, and work on the 600-foot level is also said to have cut several veins showing copper values. This property has been in continuous operation during the past year.
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Between 20 and 80 men are employed by lessees on property of the Commonwealth Development Company at Pearce, Arizona, and ore, carrying values in gold and silver, is being mined for shipment. A. V Smith, manager of the company, is also developing the Black Diamond Mine, nine miles distant.
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Fire which broke out in the change room of the Del Norte Leasing Company, Bisbee, Arizona, George Gillman, president, resulted in the loss of that building, and approximately $1,000 worth of supplies. The cause of the fire has not yet been ascertained.
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In recent development work of the Gold Dust Mining & Milling Company, A. C. Belcher, manager, Globe, Arizona, consisting principally of a 50-foot shaft, and 40 feet of drifting, 40 tons of ore have been extracted, averaging 15 per cent copper, and $10 in gold per ton. A 100-foot tunnel has been run on the property, and a depth of 115 feet has been reached. Further exploration work is to be carried out by drifting and crosscutting. The property is accessible over a good road, and a more convenient way for transportation is now under way.
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Miners working in the Barbara Mine, east of Mayer, Arizona, are reported to have recently struck a good-sized body of ore of considerable consequence. Under the direction of Albert S. Konselman of Prescott, Arizona, manager, it is understood that plans are being made for additional development work in the tunnel.
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Stringers of gold ore, were lately discovered in the shaft of the Red Bird Gold Mining & Milling Company, at Cochise, Arizona, M. H. Merrill, general manager, and further exploration is being undertaken by drifting. The Red Bird has been worked at intervals during the past year.
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News from Prescott, Arizona, states that Bill and John Blount, are extracting profitable ore from the old Gold Rock Mine, in the Walnut Grove District, and a recent shipment of sorted ore returned $60 per ton, the values being in copper and gold. As soon as a hoist is put in place, mining is to be started on a somewhat larger scale.
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The Miami Copper Company of Miami, Arizona, disbursed $747,184 in dividends during the month of May, at the quarterly rate of $1 per share. This was a duplicate of the last three quarters. United Verde Extension Mining Company, Jerome, Arizona, paid its regular $1 quarterly, totaling $1,050,000 during the same month.
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P. C. Beckett, general manager of Phelps Dodge Corporation, has announced the signing of a long-term contract with the Western Gas Company of El Paso, Texas, for the piping of natural gas to the Phelps Dodge mines and smelters, at Douglas, Bisbee, Clifton and Morenci, Arizona. The contract will cover the company’s fuel requirements for a period exceeding 10 years. Engineering work on the pipeline is now under way. It is reported that Calumet & Arizona Mining Company of Warren, Arizona, has also signed a contract with the same interests. Natural gas is also to be made available for domestic use in Bisbee and Douglas, according to an announcement of W. C. Hornberger, vice-president and general manager of the Arizona Edison Company, with offices in Phoenix, which company has contracted with the Western Gas Company for distribution of natural gas to those districts.
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Possibility that large mining interests of New York, may enter the mining field of Gila County, Arizona, within the next 60 days, is seen in the fact that Maurice Blumenthal, representative of the interested company, has spent the past month investigating the Irene Claims of the Liberty Mining Company, located one and a half miles north of the Old Dominion Mine at Globe, Arizona.
It is understood that A. Trojanovich, developer of the Irene, from a prospect, will soon leave for New York, to complete final details of sale and settlement. When the deal has been consummated, Mr. Blumenthal states, it is planned to put a crew of 20 or 30 men to work at once, initial development work to involve an expenditure of approximately $75,000. It is uncertain at present whether a new mill will be erected, or whether an old plant on the property will be repaired for use. The workings total 700 feet, 275 feet of which is shaft, and the remainder drifts.
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The Pan-American Mining & Investment Company, Congress Junction, Arizona, C. K. Greer, manager, has resumed its development program, and plans the installation of a sampling mill to determine the proper method of milling the tonnage of ore already opened up. The Marcus Claim of this property, was one of the earliest producers of gold ore in that district. J. U Dillon, one of the old-timers, has sold his interest in the mine, which is now controlled by eastern capi talists.
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Joe W. Mowles, manager of the Edes Gold Mining Company, operating north of the Moss Mine in the Silver Creek District of Mohave County, has left Oatman, Arizona, for Los Angeles, to confer with officials of his company concerning the program of development now under way at the property. A 40-horsepower hoist has been installed for use in sinking the main double-compartment shaft on the Lindenberg Claim, according to reports, and a compressor and engine will also be installed to supplement the equipment already on the property. Upon Mr. Mowles’ return from the coast, the erection of a gallows frame is to be started. The shaft is now 25 feet deep, and timbered. Engineers have recommended that the shaft be sunk to the 300 or 400-foot level before lateral work is undertaken.
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The Eagle Gold & Copper Company, with properties west of Morenci, Arizona, is understood about to enter the ranks of producing mines of Greenlee County, with the recent opening of a new deposit of copper ore. The ore was encountered by drifting from the bottom of the 66-foot shaft, and assays of the body, have shown the ore to run from 15 to 40 per cent copper. Considerable ore has been extracted for shipment to the El Paso smelter. Samples taken from consignment ore show an average of 20 per cent copper. The property is being operated by a trio of leasers, composed of J. M. Savage, John W. Anderson, and E. C. Bunker of Clifton, Arizona. A car of ore was shipped to El Paso about five months ago from a different location on the property, but this deposit is understood to have proven small although of fairly good grade. It is reported that much ore was shipped from the mine about 12 or 13 years ago.
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Recent development work on property, four miles south of Quartzsite, Arizona, owned by Harry L. Duty and Harry McPhaul of Yuma, Arizona, revealed a solid vein of dumortierite, at a depth of 18 feet, and 30 feet of kyanite. Work has been under way to crosscut the vein.
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It is reported that the United American-Tom Reed drift at Oatman, Arizona, has broken through, making sufficient air available for the furtherance of operations on the levels above, without mechanical means. More air was a necessity to both the United American, and the Tom Reed Company, and it will soon cool off the levels and stopes, making for better [working conditions] on levels in both mines. As soon as needed repairs are made to United American machinery, the work of driving the drift eastward will be put under way.
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With a capitalization of $500,000, Calincoln Mines, Inc., has filed articles of incorporation with the Arizona Corporation Commission. The incorporators were J. P. Smith of Hanford, California, and James Christianson, and Pat O’Hagan, of Crown King, Arizona.
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Development of low-grade copper properties, which give promise of considerable importance, is to be started June 15, according to an announcement of H. Greenway Albert, recently chosen president and general manager of the Ajo Extension Copper Company. The property comprises 84 claims, near the New Cornelia Mine at Ajo, Arizona, and it is stated that there is sufficient surface ore on the holdings, to justify continuous steam shovel operation, for a period of five years, at a rate of ore removal of 2,500 tons a day. The leaching process will be used in recovery of the copper values. Mr. Albert is a well-known Arizona mining man, and for the past 10 years, has been operating mines in the vicinity of Tombstone, Arizona, where he now maintains headquarters. He will have personal charge of development of the Ajo property, and main offices of the company will be established at either Tucson or Phoenix. Others interested in the new project are: Joseph A. Hunter and Ralph W. Langworthy of Tuscon, and A. A. Odium, C. C. Michener, I. M. Addington and Clyde Cordner of Denver.
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The Swansea Mines, north of Douse, Arizona, are reported now being worked by a crew of more than 120 men, under the direction of E. C. Lane, local superintendent for American Smelting & Refining Company, now operating the property. It is believed that the company has located the main ore body, and if this is found to be true, that section may boast of a copper mine, that will take five years to work out, within the present surrey. The railroad from Bouse to the mines, lends economy to the shipment of ore. The new 250-ton mill was completed at this property some weeks ago.
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Mining property sold by Paul and Hall Smith of Tombstone, Arizona, to a group of Boston men, four years ago, is soon to be worked again. The Boston interests have let a contract for timbering the shaft on the property, and as soon as this is completed, a compressor is to be put in operation for development work.
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Hugo W. Miller, mining engineer and assayer of Nogales, Arizona, reports the completion of a road to the tunnel site of Picnic Mines, Inc., several miles east of Amado, Arizona. New development work is expected to follow. Mr. Miller is head of the Picnic organization.
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Present attention of the Money Metals Exploration Company, is being centered upon drifting north and south, on the 300-foot level of its property, in the Black Canyon Mining District, near Prescott, Arizona. Since acquisition of the holdings, by the Money Metals Organization, in September, 1928, unwatering and retimbering of the shaft to the 300-foot level has been completed, and approximately 1,000 feet of drifting has been done on the 100, 200 and 300-foot levels. The ore bodies opened up give an average assay value of over $30 per ton in gold, silver, copper, lead and zinc. Consignments of ore have been made to the Copper Queen Smelter at Douglas, Arizona. Following the completion of further development work, the company plans to install a milling plant. Thomas Turner is head of the organization, as president and manager, and work at the mines is in charge of J. K. Kilfeder of Prescott, superintendent.
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It is reported that Standard Ores Corporation Mining Organization of Prescott, Arizona, has secured an option on the Sterling Group of claims, in the Hassayampa District of Yavapai County. The Sterling has been operated during the past year or more, by W. F. Grove and Sons of Prescott, who shipped considerable ore, averaging about $22 per ton. George A. Kirkbride is head of Standard Ores Corporation.
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The haulage-way tunnel being driven by the Squaw Peak Copper Company at Camp Verde, Arizona, now extends over 650 feet from the portal, intersecting stringers of copper ore. In addition to cutting into the ore bodies at depth, this tunnel is expected to completely unwater the mine, as well as to permit delivery to a site which will prove most suitable for the erection of the proposed mill. The main tunnel has revealed bodies of primary ore, and, according to Edison Thacker, president of the company, indications point toward centralization of the ore bodies at a depth of about 175 feet below the main tunnel level. A 75-horsepower engine has been in use, and it is understood that it is now planned to replace this with power direct from the lines, which run within a mile of the property.
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The National Exploration Company of Prescott, Arizona, W. W. Linesba, general manager, has increased the working force at both its Midnight Test Mine, and mill, putting on an extra shift at each place. The mill will soon be operating three shifts daily.
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Work of developing the Tombstone Extension Mine at Tombstone, Arizona, by the newly incorporated Tombstone Mining Company, is reported progressing rapidly, with the prospects looking better daily At the 120-foot Level. Ore has been penetrated for 500 feet, the vein running in both directions from the shaft. The shaft is now being sunk to greater depth. The new organization was incorporated by Hubert H. and Charles M. d’Autremont, 910 Consolidated National Bank Building, Tucson, and W. E. Holt, and H. W. Hasselgren, of Tombstone, Arizona.
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It is reported that Albert Kempf, owner of a number of mining claims near Yucca, Arizona, has encountered a new body of ore, in the winze, sunk below the tunnel level of the Jupiter Claim. The ore is said to show free gold all through it. The body is about four feet thick, and is of a much better grade than that found in the oxidized zone. A small mill is in operation on the property.
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The new lime quarry, and kilns, of Sheffield, Paul & Sheffield at Perkinsville, Arizona, will be put in operation June 15, according to reports. This plant succeeds the plant at Puntenney, and is considered the most modern of its kind in Arizona. When working at capacity, the plant will employ about 50 men.
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Current reports from Cordes, Arizona, state that Thomas B. Smart and Associates, are clearing out, and retimbering an old shaft, in the Copper Creek District, about 60 miles north of Phoenix. Indications at the surface, point toward the exposure of considerable copper value at depth. A gallows frame is being erected, and it is considered likely that a small mill may be installed for treatment of ore to be mined from the shaft, as well as the tonnage of low-grade material already available. It would be necessary to haul the ore about 25 miles over bad road, to Mayer, Arizona, for shipment.
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Leading Arizona copper producers posted notice of a 10 percent reduction in wages May 26, the decrease to be effective from June 1. This places the per day employees, on the scale, in effect October 1, 1928, and similar adjustments were made in the pay of salaried employees. The first of May, a 5 percent decrease in wages was put into effect, and this 10 percent cut comes as a second reduction this year, due to the drop in the price of copper. It is understood that no further cuts can be made, without violating an agreement which has been in effect more than 10 years.
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Employees of Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company, Inspiration, Arizona, F. A. Wardlaw, Jr., general superintendent, resumed a six-day week working schedule, June 1, according to current reports from that District. The company had been operating on a five-day basis for some time past. This announcement closely follows that of plans to suspend operations at the company’s concentrator early in June. Present rate of output is to be continued by operation of the leaching plant.
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Additions to the working force at the Arizona Chemical Company’s sodium sulphate property at Camp Verde, Arizona, has resulted in a shortage of living quarters for employees at the camp. Old adobe houses, and the remnants of the Old Fort Verde, are being renovated to relieve the situation. Production from the pits, is reported averaging around 200 tons daily, and a steady train of trucks is being kept busy hauling the material to the loading platform, at Clemenceau, Arizona. E. M. Ashbury, assisted by James Powers, is supervising operations, and Floyd Wingfield is in charge of work at the company’s mill.
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Additional encouragement is being received from exploration work at the old Vulture Mine, at Wickenburg, Arizona, according to reports from that district. This famous old Arizona producer has been the scene of extensive diamond drilling for some months. It is believed that the company is on the verge of locating the extensions of the lost ore body. D. A. Finlay•son is in charge of operations, as manager.
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For the purpose of providing funds necessary for further development of property of the Imperial Mining Company at Oatman, Arizona, new interests have entered into a contract with that company, to purchase the unsold portion of stock authorized to be sold, and issued at par, for cash, under the terms and conditions of a permit issued to the company, by the State Corporation Department of California, dated May 11, 1929. The new interests will undertake the executive management of the company, and the development of its properties, under the supervision of competent engineers. George W. Long is vice-president and general manager of Imperial Mining, executive offices of which are at 423 Hives-Strong Building, Los Angeles.
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The Hayden Mill of Nevada Consolidated Copper Company, is continuing treatment of ores, from the company’s Ray branch at Ray, Arizona, although on a restricted scale. The plant is of eight sections, each with capacity for handling 1,500 tons of ore daily, and capable of extension to 2,000 tons. Recovery runs about 88 percent, with a 20 percent concentrate, handled in the nearby Hayden Smelter of American Smelting & Refining Company. B. W. Thomas, of Ray, is manager of the company’s Arizona mines, and W. I. Garms is mill superintendent at Hayden.
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Although the small mine operators in Yavapai County, Arizona, have been considerably affected by the closing of the Humboldt Smelter, owners of gold properties in the district are steadily continuing development work, especially in the Cleator and Bumblebee sections. Special activity is noted at property of the Suter-Barnwell Mining Company at Bumblebee, at the Bonanza Gold Mine, and at claims of Ballard & Arbuckle. Renewed work is also under way on placer claims of the county. A. H. Woodward is washing sands on the Gold Spot Placer, near Congress Junction, Arizona, and the Oak Creek Placer deposit is to be worked by an organization lately formed in Prescott. The Savoy Placer Claim, on Big Bug Creek, near Mayer, Arizona, has been taken over by S. S. Coffer, who has installed a small concentrator. Ample water is now available for this work.
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The shaft on the Bunker Hill Property at Sombrero Butte, Arizona, Chester L. Proebstel, manager, has been completed to the 400-foot level, and drifting is now under way to crosscut the vein. It is expected that the vein will be intersected in about 10 days or two weeks. Minor shipments have been made from the property since the first of the year.
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Shaft sinking is about completed at the property of the Fields Mining Corporation, whose property is adjoining the Calumet and Arizona property at Copper Creek, Arizona. A station is being cut on the 700-foot level, and after completing this work, Sam Fields, the manager, proposes to do lateral development on the 600 and 700 levels. The lowest lateral work is now on the 500 level, where the vein has been exposed continuously for 800 feet. This is a lead-silver property, having a vein varying from a few inches in width, to about a foot. No stoping has been done, but there was shipped from development work alone, in 1929, almost 500 000 pounds of lead, 17,000 ounces of silver, 45 ounces of gold, and 50,000 pounds of copper. Thirty six men are employed.
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Directors of Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company, Inspiration, Arizona, have declared a quarterly dividend of 50 cents a share on common stock, or one-half of the $1-dividend paid quarterly during the past year. The disbursements is payable July 7, to stock of record June 19.
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The Arizona Mine Supply Company of Prescott, Arizona, reports the sale of new equipment, including a hoist, engines, pump, compressor, etc., to James Christianson, and Pat O’Hagan, operators of the Lincoln Mine at Crown King, Arizona. The machinery, manufactured in Quincy, Illinois, is to be placed on the property, not later than June 15. Pending arrival of this equipment, a road is being built to the mine.
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The Phelps Dodge Corporation has declared a quarterly dividend of 75 cents, payable July 1, to stock of record, June 6. The dividend disbursements of this organization have amounted to $1,500,000 at this rate, for each quarter, since July of last year.
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Among new additions to equipment of the Midnight Test Mine, near Prescott, Arizona, is a small gas engine, reported recently sold to the operating company, National Exploration Company, by the Arizona Machinery Company. The engine will be used to operate a pump at an old shaft, on the property that was abandoned by former operators, because of inability to control the water flow. W. W. Linesba of Prescott is in charge of operations.
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After six weeks delay, repair parts for the Diesel engine at the 150-ton selective flotation mill, of United Republic Gold Mines Company, have arrived at the company’s mines near Kingman, Arizona. Installation was immediately put under way. The orebody recently opened up in the new crosscut, measures 111 feet wide, between walls, it is stated, the entire mass being low-grade milling ore, carrying values in copper, gold and silver. Besides this, two bodies of high-grade have been blocked out in the mine, and increasing tonnages are daily being added to the reserves. J. B. Peyton of Los Angeles has been appointed secretary-treasurer of the company. P. L. Mullen of Kingman, is head of operations as president.
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Members of the board of directors of the Sheldon Mining Company were all re-elected at the recent meeting held in Prescott Arizona. The official roster includes H. R. Lathrop of New York, K. D. Lathrop of Carbondale, Pa, J. H. Cross and Victor Mauk of Philadelphia, and C. A. Hastings, E. O. Jadwin, and A. V. Duncan of New York. President H. B. Lathrop states that the company’s Humboldt Smelter, recently closed down, is to be reopened again when the price of copper goes up. Operations will be continued at the company’s mine and mill at Walker, Arizona, although on a reduced scale. About half of the force of 125 men employed will be retained.
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New equipment lately purchased by Baker and Riney, operators of the Yankee Girl Mine, six miles from Prescott, Arizona, includes a hoist, compressor, pump, and a jackhammer. They expect to start breaking ore as soon as these additions have been put in place. The values are principally in gold, with some silver. Samples run as high as $100 per ton.
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Following incorporation of the Gold Wing Annex Mining Company, it is understood that an immediate development program is to be put underway, on the Gold Wing Property, near Kingman, Arizona, the scene of a sensational gold strike in January of this year. Five claims have been purchased by coast interests, and a meeting will shortly be held in Los Angeles to plan and arrange for necessary equipment. Harry Stimler of Los Angeles, manager, is expected to shortly arrive at Kingman to start operations. Initial work will consist of surface trenching and thorough sampling of the property, this to be followed by the sinking of a shaft, supplemented by lateral work.
[Rehab notes: this was the site of the “65 miles from Kingman, during a severe snowstorm...” blurb noted on previous posts. FYI.]
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Directors of Calumet and Arizona Mining Company, have effected a second decrease in the Company’s quarterly dividend rate, since the first of the year, with the declaration of a quarterly dividend of 50 cents a share payable June 23, to stock of record june 6. This compares with $1.50 a share, paid three months ago, and $2.50 prior to that time.
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A certificate of incorporation has been issued the Tip Top Mines, Inc., of Phoenix, by the Arizona Corporation Commission. The company has a capital stock of 1,250,000 shares, without nominal par value, and was incorporated by Roland S. Baker, Martin D. Hughes, and Leslie M. Dill, all of Missouri.
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Renewed activity is promised in the Tombstone District, with the opening of a number of new and old properties. The road to claims of J. D. Chadwick and Russell Kohlen has been finished, and soon the compressor and hoist will be ready to continue development work. Joe Bishop and partners of Tombstone, are doing assessment work on their group of claims in the No ‘Count Hill section. This group comprises the Morning Star Claims, and others recently taken over. Reports from San Antonio, Texas, headquarters of the Gallagher Vanadium and Rare Metals Company, state that work is shortly to be resumed at the company’s mine near Tombstone. Work on the Schuster Claims is now being done for the owners, by John Kohlen and associates.
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To avert possible fire, it is reported that Calumet & Arizona Mining Company, Warren, Arizona, has made plans to bulkhead the area, 1,000 feet north of the Briggs Shaft, which for the past two months, has been giving off sulphur fumes, and [sulphur-] dioxide gas. The gas is confined to a sulphur area on the 1,400-foot level of the property, in low-grade ore territory. The bulkheading will not interfere with production, or other operations in any way.
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Production is being continued from the bentonite mines of the Filtrol Company, at Halloysite, Arizona, at the rate of four and a half cars per week. Thirty employees are at work, under the direction of Joseph A. Mullen, mine superintendent.
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Kean St. Charles, recently in Kingman, Arizona, from his Golden Door Mine, reported drifting being steadily continued along the vein, which is cut in places by faulting. This is at a depth of 100 feet. By continuing work along the vein to the northweast, a depth of 350 feet is to be attained. The Golden Door is equipped with a small milling plant.
[Rehab notes: This mine can be accessed off the road to Meadview. Either take the (private) Mohave Drums road West to the old state highway (dirt), then turn north for about ¼ mile, or take the next well used road off the paved highway, about ½ mile north of the Mohave Drums Road, and follow it WSW past the old state highway, and continue on west, past the old stone house, and the fallen down wood house, and continue over the ridgeline towards Hualapai Wash. The Golden Door Mine is on the flank of a hill that sits on the downward side, to the NW. It’s hard to see until you pass it. If you have a map, the road you are taking is just South of the Climax Mine. There was a lot of really decent gold picked up around the old stone house (private property), and on some of the adjacent ground (my claims since 1979. Do all the digging and detecting you want, just don’t be a litterbug, as other people have been in the past). Great drywashing but the gypsum in the red dirt makes for tight soil and clods that defy breakup. Besides drywashing, wet recirc runs of the drywash tails yield plenty of fine gold. To do that, you’ll need water, and the nearest public well (25 cents per 50 gallons) is at the Queen Tit Mine, about 1 1/2 miles north of the stone house. most of the nuggets I picked up in this part ran about 5-7 dwt. One hole yielded about 85 nuggets roughly ½ inch in diameter, and between $7,000 to $8,000 in flakes at $350 oz/gold, within a 3 month period. The hard rock mines don’t appear to have any connection to the placer gold in the area. A good USGS study of the area and placer gold orgins is Professional Paper 1361. There’s more, but part of the process is the discovery…]
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Articles of incorporation for Grove, and Sons, Mining Company, of Prescott, Arizona, have been filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission. The company is capitalized at $1,000,000, and was incorporated by W. F., H. K., and M. K. Grove, all residents of Prescott.
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NEW RUSH TO TOMBSTONE TMJ 6 30 1930
for JUNE 30, 1930
REPORT OF OPTION & STRIKE RESULTS IN RUSH TO TOMBSTONE
Mining activities at Tombstone, Arizona, threatened to bring an original “Helldorado” back to the old camp, with the announcement in daily newspapers, this month, that the Guggenheim interests had taken an option on the Tombstone Extension Mine, immediately followed by the opening of a body of high-grade ore in the bottom of the shaft.
Led by these reports, a rush for No ‘Count Hill took immediate form, with claims being staked out right and left. The option report, however, proved to be only a myth, and confirmation from officials of the American Smelting & Refining Company has since shown the rumor to be without foundation.
Reports direct from this semi-ghost town, have now been circulated to the effect that Charles Gerdes of Courtland, and J. Y. McLendon of Patagonia, have taken a short-time option on the property, and that one of the larger mining companies in Arizona is negotiating for its acquisition.
The Tombstone Extension has been somewhat extensively developed since the first of the year by the D’Autremont Brothers of Tucson, Arizona, and W. E. Holt and H. W. Hasselgren of Tombstone, who have lately formed a new organization known as the Tombstone Mining Company.
Development is being carried out laterally and to greater depth, the vein extending in both directions from the shaft.
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BIG JIM, OATMAN, AZ, SHIPPING ORE
BIG JIM TO BEGIN BREAKING MILLING AND SHIPPING ORE
Reconditioning of the main shaft of Big Jim Mines, Inc., at Oatman, Arizona, has now reached a point where Superintendent Jno. Henderson plans to reach the station on the 300-foot Level, by June 15. As soon as this is reached, it is understood that a working force will begin breaking ore, for opening up of the reserves of both milling and shipping ore. Some delay in re-timbering the shaft was occasioned by loose ground found at a depth of 120 feet, but this has been caught up, and since, work has been progressing at the rate of two sets of timbers daily.
It is planned to shortly put on a night shift in the mine, as it is expected that some re-timbering will be necessary to put the 800-foot Level in working condition. The Big Jim Shaft is three-compartment. Three-ton skips have been ordered, and are now en route, so that hoisting of the ore can commence as soon as ground on the 300 Level has been entered.
The Big Jim, and the Tom Reed companies, are now striking for the same ore zone, and it is expected that the drift in the Tom Reed, on the 1,100-foot level, and development of the Big Jim, will reach their objective about the same time.
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ARIZONA MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 6 30 1930
for JUNE 30, 1930
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Production from the sodium sulphate mine of Arizona Chemical Company at Camp Verde, Arizona, is now averaging about 250 tons per day, and increased production is expected as the plant and facilities are improved. B. A. Asbury, manager, plans to increase production as fast as the general progress of the mine warrants. In addition to the open-pit work, a five by seven foot shaft is now being sunk on the property, and an estimate is being made of the ore reserves. Electrical power for operation is supplied by the Arizona Power Company, whose lines run near the plant. Two large compressors furnish compressed air for 10 jackhammers, and a 100-horsepower motor is used to operate the compressors. Others on the company’s personnel, besides Mr. Asbury, include W. L. Powers, superintendent, Edwin L. Sturges, chemist, and Bert Wells, mine foreman.
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The shaft at the White Horse Mine, near Kingman, Arizona, has made connection with the tunnel, at a depth of 150 feet, a station has been cut, and the work of sinking below that level continued. A fine body of ore has been entered in the shaft, and as the work is proceeding into the mountain, on the tunnel level, the third ore body has been cut. C. R. Walleck of Van Nuys, California, president of the organization, was lately in Kingman, when the mine holdings were increased by the addition of surrounding claims.
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A car of lead ore has just been shipped from the Wandering Jew Mine, in the vicinity of Alto, Arizona, by Francisco Figuero. The property is leased from Josiah Bond of Alto.
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The old Connecticut Property, in the Patagonia District of Arizona, has been leased from the Richardson Improvement Company, B. F. Bohlinger, manager, by Reid & Francione, who are taking out ore for shipment. They are installing a compressor and hoist, and will work continuously. Mr. Francione, lately of Los Angeles, has established a camp on the bank of Josephine Canyon, between the Josephine and Connecticut claims, and has moved his family from California. The road from Alto, Arizona, to the Josephine has been finished, and ore is now being hauled with a Graham truck.
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Current reports, to the effect that Christmas Copper Company at Christmas, Arizona, had suspended shipments of smelting ore, continuing only production of milling grade, is entirely erroneous, according to H. A. Rossell, manager. Consignments continue to be made to the Hayden smelter.
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Three feet of copper-gold ore has been reported discovered in the Rackensack Mine, located in the Camp Creek District, about 80 miles northeast of Phoenix. This claim, now owned by L. E. Hewins, 1622 West Washington Street, Phoenix, is said to have been a well-known gold producer 40 years ago.
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In line with the policy of the large copper companies, in concentrating production on their low cost work during low metal prices, the Calumet and Arizona Mining Company, New Cornelia Mine, M. Curley, manager, Ajo, Arizona, has announced the stopping of production from the electrolytic plant, and the concentration of production from the newly remodeled flotation plant. Ore available for the leaching and electrolytic plant at this property is nearing an end, and will not permit of profitable operation with low cost metal.
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At the time of starting construction on the new concentrating mill at United Verde Extension Mining Company, Jerome, Arizona, it was stated that the plant was being erected to handle the 100,000 tons of 4 percent copper ore, that had been opened up, while developing for direct-smelting ore. Since starting mill construction, efforts have been directed towards opening an additional tonnage of milling ore, and it is now reported that the U. V. X., has approximately 400,000 tons of 5 1/2 percent copper ore developed for the mill when it gets under way. At no previous time has development been aimed towards finding mill ore, the whole attention having been given to high-grade smelting ore, and the success of the work of the past few months indicates that U. V. X. has a much larger milling proposition than either the mine officials, or the public, had realized. George Kingdon is general manager.
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The Glenidick Mines Corporation, Homer Derrer, superintendent, is preparing a carload shipment of ore, from the Martinez Vein, on the company’s Blue Bell Property, near Florence, Arizona. This is to be followed by regular consignments.
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Although mining activity in the Tombstone District is not up to the level of 1929 production, the past two months have shown a decided improvement over the first quarter of this year, according to F. H. Soderstrom, manager of the Bunker Hill Mines Company. During April, only two cars of ore were shipped from leases on the Bunker Hill Property, but during May, this jumped to 11 cars, and this month’s output, is expected to reach a total of eight cars. Most of the production is coming from the John Perrotti lease.
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It is understood that Van Dyke Copper Company of Miami, Arizona, is changing back to a one-shift basis, and will ship only 1,000 tons of carbonate ore monthly, compared with April’s production of 1,600 tons. Development work has been progressing at the rate of approximately 1,000 feet per month, and diamond drilling has been under way by the Continental Diamond Drilling Company.
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The drift designed to cut the vein of the Tom Reed Gold Mines Company, at the 1,100-foot Level, is now in 400 feet from the shaft, encountering a considerable volume of water. However, the company is prepared to meet all water emergencies, so there will be no holdup in the work, it is stated. That the vein is close at hand, is evidenced by conditions that have followed the vein from the 800 Level. Victor A. Light of Oatman, Arizona, is in charge as assistant general manager.
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United States Marshal George A. Mauk, of 612 North First Avenue, Phoenix, and Robert V. Born, of Prescott, deputy U. S. Marshal, have just named one of their placer claims on the Hassayampa River, the “Shooting Sally,” and are making plans for additional work. They are reported getting some real honest-to-goodness gold out of this property, a nugget worth $22.50 having been picked up in the workings in May, while three others, worth about $5 each, and several valued at $2, have also been found. The present owners have heightened the dam, which now impounds about 1,000 acre-feet of water. A centrifugal, and a “China” pump, are in use, and draglines are being installed. These claims are three in number—the other two being known as the Linger Longer, and the Nip-and-Tuck properties. They are nine miles from Prescott.
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E. H. Crabtree of Los Angeles is making a survey of the Telluride Property, at Oatman, Arizona, which he holds under bond and lease. He was accompanied to the mine by two engineers, and plans an extensive survey before launching a development program. The Telluride is located on the south side of the United American Property, and south of the Black Eagle Claim, of the Tom Reed. A 75-ton cyanide plant is on the property, it is understood, which needs only the installation of new transformers to be ready for work. There is some ore available in the mine for milling, but it is the intention of the management to sink the shaft deeper, before starting the mill. Development has reached a depth of 600 feet.
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Superintendent L. B. Rece, reports the opening of an interesting body of ore, on the tunnel level, on property of the Boriana Mining Company, 14 miles east of Yucca, Arizona, and development is now under way at a rapid rate.
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Reports of the Great Eastern Mine, located some 40 miles from Casa Grande, Arizona, and owned by Mrs. Elizabeth Elliott, indicate that this property, after a long period of idleness, is again in operation. The mine has been leased to Tom Young, who has installed machinery, and stocked new supplies.
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May output of United Verde Extension Mining Company, Jerome, Arizona, George Kingdon, manager, totaled 4,014,000 pounds of copper, compared with 4,094,000 pounds in April. This may also be compared with 5,464,000 pounds in May, 1929. The company has reduced its quarterly dividend to 50 cents a share, compared with $1 paid previously.
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The Twin Buttes Copper Corporation has filed articles of incorporation with the Arizona Corporation Commission, naming its principal place of business as Twin Buttes, Arizona. The company, incorporated by Alberta Bertram, and John W. Ross, 2008 East Fifth Street, Tucson will have a capital stock of 8,500,000 shares, without nominal par value.
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Operations were ceased at the concentrator of Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company at Inspiration, Arizona, on June 9. As previously announced, this is not in any way planned to affect copper output, as the shortage caused by closing of the mill will be made up by increased production from the leaching plant, which includes the newly constructed slimes plant. Following suspension of milling operations, G. H. Ruggles, mill superintendent, plans to spend some time at Cananea, Sonora, Mexico, where Cananea Consolidated Copper Company is remodeling its concentrator.
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Marked development has taken place in property of the Money Metals Exploration Company, 18 miles south of Prescott, Arizona, since its acquisition by that firm two years ago. Although the camp is adequately equipped with surface equipment, and comfortable living quarters, the largest expenditure of funds has gone into actual development of the property. Machinery sufficient for present work, is in good condition, although it is understood that later additional equipment is to be installed, and power changed from gasoline, to either Diesel generated, or direct electric, current from the Arizona Power Company.
According to Consulting Engineer N. S. Kelsey of Los Angeles, 210 feet of drifting on the main fissure at the 100-foot Level has disclosed a strong ore shoot; 600 feet of drifts at the 200-foot Level has revealed two ore shoots of considerable proportion; 300 feet of drifting on the 3oo Level, has opened up one of the shoots of ore developed on the 200 Level, and from all indications, work is just entering a second shoot at this point.
Also, 125 feet of drifting on a second parallel fissure, has given indications of the existence of still another shoot of ore.
The values of the ore in order of their importance are gold, silver, lead, copper and zinc. At the present time, the development program consists principally of drifting on the 300 Level, to the end lines of the property. The shaft is to be sunk to the 600 Level. Later, the management intends driving intermediate levels, and completing blocking out ore, by raises. Thomas Turner, president and manager, spends most of his time at the property.
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Articles of incorporation have been filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission, for the California-Arizona Copper Company, capitalized at 1,000,000 shares of stock, without nominal par value. The incorporators were B. E. Marks, Harold A. Marks, and L. J. Soper, 115 North Central Avenue, Phoenix.
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Tony Vrang, recently in Kingman, Arizona, reported the completion of a mill, on his mining claims between Union Pass, and the Colorado River. The cyanide process is to be put in use.
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May production of Calumet & Arizona Mining Co., including its New Cornelia Mines at Ajo, Arizona, amounted to 7,598,000 pounds of copper, or the highest monthly output since January, when 9,182,000 pounds were produced. In May of last year, production totaled 13,463,000 pounds of the red metal. H. A. Clark of Warren, Arizona, is general manager.
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Machinery installation and development work is to start immediately at property of the Gold Bar Mining Company, Cleator, Arizona. This property has been worked for the past two years, by a capable lady named Mrs. Ray Siedletz, and has developed a good gold showing. A short time ago the mine was examined by W. A. Marvin, mining engineer of Los Angeles, with the result that Hollywood movie capital has become interested, and ample finances are now assured by systematic development and operation. A compressor and hoist and accessory equipment are to be installed at once, and a small milling plant is to be erected shortly.
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Mine operations in the Tombstone District have been somewhat slowed up during the past few weeks, with further decline in silver prices. June 1, the Tombstone Mining Company, laid off 35 men, leaving a crew of 15 to continue sinking the main shaft to the 200-foot Level. A vein, four and a half feet wide, has been uncovered in the bottom of the shaft, now down about 150 feet. A winze is being sunk below the face of the crosscut, west of the No. 1 Shaft, where the original orebody on the 180-foot Level, was cut through. This is now down 40 feet, revealing an 18-inch vein of high-grade silver ore. Development work is to be continued, and the present crew augmented as conditions warrant.
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A. V. Crawford, representing the Argenta Mining Company, 201 Pemberton Building, Boston, purchasers of the State of Maine Extension Claims, from the Smith Brothers of Tombstone, Arizona, returned to his home, June 6, after spending a couple of weeks at the mine, in the interest of his company. Mr. Crawford came to Arizona with the intention of sinking the Argenta Shaft to water level, but the present silver market, he declared, was too uncertain to justify carrying out original plans. However, Mr. Crawford let a contract for sinking the shaft 50 feet deeper. This property lies between the State of Maine, and San Pedro patented claims, both of which have high silver values at water level.
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Following an inspection of property of the Imperial Mining Company at Oatman, Arizona, by Frank Davis, secretary-treasurer, plans have been announced for the starting of work,from the 700-foot Level of the Western Apex Mine, before the end of this month. The Imperial Company was organized in the spring of last year, to take over a portion of the Western Apex, and the Lexington-Arizona mines, and considerable development work followed, but owing to circumstances, operations were discontinued some months ago. It is now the plan to drift to the west end of the Western Apex Claim, exploration having previously been carried eastward to a connection with the west end property of the United Eastern. It is expected that development will also be put under way in the Lexington-Arizona.
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It is understood that L. Lindsay of Los Angeles, one of the principal owners of the Molly Gibson Mine, at Patagonia, Arizona, has authorized Superintendent Bert Logan, to continue sinking of the shaft to greater depth. This is one of the old properties of that district.
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In spite of low silver prices, the Head Center Lease, near Tombstone, Arizona, John Pirotti, lessee, ships a car of ore per week, and the Toughnut leasers, lately consigned two cars. The Crozier and Chadwick Silver Thread Lease also broke into the limelight, with a car of ore, carrying high gold values.
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The Arizona Corporation Commission has issued a certificate of incorporation to Pacific Minerals, Inc., which was incorporated by William R. Brown, of Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan; Raymond O. St. John, of Royal Oak, Michigan; J. L. Fordyce, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, and Frederick W. White, and Raymond L. I'm a dufus, of Detroit. The company will have 8,000,000 shares of stock without nominal par value.
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Placer mining is going on in the southern part of Yavapai County, Arizona, with considerable success. Work has been under way on the Weaver Placers, first worked in 1862, with heavy gold returns; and the R. A. Bank Placer Company, headed by Earhart and Grove, of St. Louis, has acquired placer ground 1,000 feet north of the Old Weaver, and is operating a Gilbert placer machine. C. B. Hosford, of Octave, Arizona, has completed considerable work on his 160 acres of placer ground, as well as on his quartz property.
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The 1930 report of the Sunrise Relief Mines, Inc., submitted to the Arizona Corporation Commission, shows that the company is owner of its entire gold property, 9 miles north of Peoria, Arizona, and has no liabilities or indebtedness of any nature. The total amount of capital stock issued is 1,200,000 shares, all of which is paid up. Ezra W. Thayer, 179 East Adams Street, Phoenix, is president and manager of the company.
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An 18-foot body of vanadium ore was uncovered on the Larrieu-Chadwick Ground, adjoining the Gallagher Vanadium Corporation’s property, at Tombstone, Arizona, last month. A shaft, 15 feet deep, has been sunk in the ore. The material is of an excellent milling grade, clear vanadium crystals being visible throughout the mass.
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Regrind equipment, and new classifiers, are being installed in the regrind section of the Old Dominion Company’s concentrator at Globe, Arizona, I. H. Barkdoll, manager. A pump shaft is being sunk from the 2,000, to the 2,600-foot Level. It is planned to sink a new winze on the west side of the property, from the 2,400 to the 2,600 Level, for ventilation purposes.
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New improvements and installations planned for the Hunker Hill Mine, at Sombrero Butte, Arizona, by Chester L. Proebstel, manager, are a small concentration plant, a new engine, compressor, an electric hoist, and a steel headframe. He also intends to enlarge the working shaft, to three compartments, and sink an additional 300 feet, with crosscutting to the vein on each 100-foot level.
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Pending an increase in the market value of asbestos, the Emsco Asbestos Company of Globe, Arizona, E. V. Draper, mine superintendent, has reduced its working force to six men. A few months ago, the crew totaled between 25 and 30 men.
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The Tungsten Production Company, Inc., J. C. Clark, president and manager, Boulder, Colorado, intends to build a mill at its King Mines, in the Little Dragoon Mountains, located some 14 miles from Benson, Arizona. This company has operated a mill at its Colorado properties, for a number of years, and recently placed a 200-ton mill in operation near Lovelock, Nevada.
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Two small houses for employees are being built by the Fields Mining Corporation, at Mammoth, Arizona. Present development work in the mine consists of sinking the shaft to greater depth, and drifting on the fifth, sixth and seventh levels. Sam Fields, 1416 North First Street, Phoenix, is back of this proposition.
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To permit repair work and alterations, it is reported that the Magma Smelter at Superior, Arizona, has ceased operations for about a month. The plant is scheduled to again start work July 25.
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L. P. Merriman, general manager of the Amado Mines Company, Arivaca, Arizona, has completed sinking of the shaft to the 200 level, and a 20-foot sump, in record time, and is now driving a crosscut to cut the contact vein, some 20 feet away. The shaft was sunk in solid formation. Considerable water was developed, but the pumps handled the flow successfully.
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A mile and a half of new road is being built to the property of the Central Arizona Mining Company, near Venezia. Arizona, preparatory to the hauling of machinery for the construction of a milling plant, which is to be erected as soon as the road is completed. This is a gold property and is largely owned by Dr. E. Payne Palmer, Goodrich Building, Phoenix, Arizona.
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C. H. Wright of West Virginia, operating a group of claims known as the S. W. Mining Company, southwest of Dewey, Arizona, was lately in Prescott, with samples from a strike on a four-foot vein, at 110 feet in the mine. Wright is working a force of five men, drifting on the new discovery.
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J. B. Mester, manager of Calizona Mines, Inc., 401 Wright & Callender Building, Los Angeles, announces that equipment is being installed on the company’s property in Santa Cruz County, Arizona, for reopening of the mine. Continuous development and production is planned.
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The road to the Colossus Mine, owned by Josiah Bond of Alto, Arizona, will be finished in a few weeks, and as soon as convenient, machinery will be moved to the property, unless a sale now being negotiated is arranged, in which case, the further work will be directed by the purchaser. Nine feet of commercial ore has lately been exposed in a crosscut at 50 feet. The carbonate ore runs around $25 per ton, with gray copper coming in the shaft, of higher grade. The gold values run up to $30 per ton, and the copper up to 15 percent, with some silver, and a little lead. Mr. Bond plans to run a long tunnel on the lode, which will give a depth of 800 feet. If this development proves attractive, a mill will be erected, as the upper tunnel produces sufficient water for its operation.
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The Shattuck Denn Mining Corporation, Bisbee, Arizona, S. C. Flynn, manager, is unwatering the 900 Level of the Shattuck Unit, followed by development at that point. New development will be directed on the 400, and 2,200-foot Level of the Williams Claim.
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Engineers of Calumet & Arizona Mining Company recently made an inspection of its subsidiary, Verde Central Mine,, Inc., at Jerome, Arizona. It is understood that a very interesting discovery has been made in a long 11OO level drift to the south, where the formation is softening, and where there are indications of an ore body of considerable value. The company’s mill is operating steadily, and an ample water supply is secured from the shaft. R. H. Dickson is general manager.
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The White Horse Shaft, near Kingman, Arizona, struck another vein, when it reached the crosscut on the Tunnel Level, and at the same time went into a water flow that has to some extent, impeded sinking below the level. The new vein is said to be the best material so far encountered in the mine, showing native silver, in addition to the gold, and copper values. Owing to the striking of water in the shaft, General Manager A. Swan hurried back to the property, from Los Angeles, and now has the water under control.
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Complete new equipment, including engines, hoist, compressor, pumps, tanks, etc., has been installed within the last few months, on the Apache Silver Mining Company’s holdings at Superior, Arizona, of which H. S. Bach, 3902 West Sixth Street, Los Angeles, is president and manager. The No. 1 Shaft, and the tunnel have been timbered, and 1,875 feet of road have been constructed to the claims. The company plans immediate sinking of the shaft, and crosscutting to the ore bodies.
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It has been announced that the Gossin Mining Company of Los Angeles has entered into contracts with Prescott interests, for the purchase and development of two gold properties, the Klondike, and Weepah, in Yavapai County. The Klondike is located near the old Congress Mine. Ernest Nichols has been in charge of annual work on both properties. Among those interested in the claims are Dr. H. C. Buck, S. Andrew West, W. H. Duncan, and W. C. Evans, all of Prescott, and E. P. Moorhead of Minneapolis.
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The Oatman Eastern Gold Mines Company has installed a new electric hoist at its mines at Oatman, Arizona, and is continuing sinking of the winze on a vein of good ore, about 1,000 feet from the shaft. Later it is planned to further extend the long crosscut. Levels are being driven at intervals governed by the ore showings. S. S. Moss, 2014 State Street, Santa Barbara, California, is manager of the company, and William Tierey is in charge at Oatman, as superintendent.
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High-grade, as well as good milling ore, has been struck while tunnelling in the Bishop & Beehive Property, at Congress Junction, Arizona, Joe Lain, manager. A 75-ton mill will soon be ready for operation, and lumber is already on the ground for erection of a cook house, and sleeping cabin. The old wagon road is also being repaired.
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Drifting is being continued toward the ore shoot on the 400 Level of the Yavapai Silver Company at Humboldt, Arizona, Fred Gibbs, manager. Raising is to be started from that depth up to the 100-foot level.
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While the Hammon Copper Company, Ltd., operating at Kirkland, Arizona, will not discontinue work entirely during the slump in the metal market, only necessary construction work will be kept up. The following is a statement issued by W. S. Loring, general manager: “The Hammon Copper Company has decided to restrict all underground work as far as possible, and devote all energy to treatment plant construction, with the crew which will be kept on. Excavation for the new plant is going on as fast as possible, employing the power shovel that was used to construct the roads. Timber consisting of about 22 cars, or about 550,000 board feet, is being delivered at the mine.”
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Net profit of $36,709 is reported for the first quarter of this year by Christmas Copper Company of Christmas, Arizona. Production was 1,577,700 pounds of copper, 238 ounces of gold, and 7,849 ounces of silver, from about 50,000 tons of ore. Work is progressing on regular schedule at the mines, states H. A. Rossell, manager, with the mill working three shifts, and the mine two. Twenty-eight tons of concentrates and 100 tons of crude ore are shipped daily, to the Hayden Smelter. The company’s new 600-foot, three-compartment shaft is practically completed. However, considerable drifting is yet to be done, and it will probably be several months before the shaft is put in use. Work on the 500-foot Level of the mine was scheduled to start July 1. A hoist and compressor house has been constructed at the new shaft, and the steel headframe and double drum electric hoist, formerly in use at the Iron Cap Mine, has been moved, and installed at the Christmas.
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Improvements and equipment for the mine and mill, at a cost of approximately $50,000 having been completed, General Superintendent Walter X. Osborn of Globe, Arizona, has announced that the Dripping Springs Property, of the United Vanadium Corporation, is to be put in full-fledged operation immediately. The final piece of important equipment, a $5,500 compressor, has been placed in position for operation. A 25-ton concentration mill, consisting of crusher, ball mill, Dorr classifier, Deister table, and Isabell vanner, has just been completed, and is scheduled to go into regular operation early in July. A large Dings magnetic separator will be installed for cleaning concentrate. Camp facilities have been constructed for the accommodation of about 20 men. It is expected that regular shipments, which will be consigned by rail to San Pedro, California, for water shipment to Germany, will be started in about a month.
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Eighteen inches of gold ore, assaying $1,100 per ton, has been opened up, 20 feet north of the main shaft of the Gold King Coalition Mine, according to Pete Vukoye, mine superintendent. A drift is now being carried forward on the 130-foot Level, for further exploration of the new find. Copper, zinc and silver also comprise the vein material. Manager P. M. Woods of Los Angeles has been spending some time at the property, and with Mr. Vukoye, is getting new development work well under way. The 45-foot gallows frame has been completed, and workmen are now sinking the shaft to the 500-foot Level. A station is to be cut at 830 feet.
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Retimbering of the Big Jim Main Shaft at Oatman, Arizona, has reached the bottom of the ore pocket, 30 feet below the 800-foot Level. At this point bearers will be put in, and the timbering of the ore pocket will be completed up to the level. Exploration of the mine workings will then be carried out, and upon the result of the survey, plans for further opening of the mine will be worked out. A. G. Keating of Los Angeles, president and manager of the company, arrived in Oatman, the last of June, when plans were formulated for further exploration of the properties. It will be remembered that it was under Mr. Keating’s management that the Big Jim was developed in 1916-17, after which time, the mine passed to the United Eastern Mining Company, which company mined over four and a half millions in gold above the 600 Level. Since the discovery of high-grade on the 950-foot Level of the Black Eagle Claim, of the Tom Reed Property, it is expected the same horizon will extend through, and into the deeper levels, of the Big Jim. Jno. W. Henderson was superintendent of the Big Jim at the time it was developed, and is now in active charge of the work at the mine.
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The Keystone Copper Mining Company of Dragoon, Arizona, is understood about to enter the ranks of producing mines of Cochise County, with the recent opening of a new deposit of copper-silver ore in the crosscut on the 500-foot Level. The main shaft, now down 600 feet, is rapidly being sunk to the 1,000-foot mark. Later it is planned to drift at each 100-foot level, to intersect the ore that has been opened up on the 500 for more than 150 feet, with the face of the crosscut still in ore which will average from 3 ½ to 6 percent copper, with some silver. The management, composed of U. R. Miller, president and manager, and T. C. Miller, secretary and superintendent, expects to put the milling plant in shape, to handle at least 200 to 300 tons of ore daily.
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In the June 30 issue of The Mining Journal, it was stated that the United Verde Extension Mining Company of Jerome, Arizona, had increased its ore reserves of milling grade from 100,000 tons of 4 percent ore, to 400,000 tons of 5% percent ore, since the starting of mill construction. General Manager George Kingdon advises that this statement is not correct and that the ore reserves have not been increased from the original estimate.
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Edison Thacker of Camp Verde, Arizona, president and manager of the Squaw Peak Copper Company, reports work continuing in the Squaw Peak Mine, with satisfactory results, and while the working crew will not be increased, no curtailment of the present force of men is planned.
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New ore strikes have been made in the tunnel workings of the 79 Extension Mine, near Hayden, Arizona, according to information brought to Miami by Jack Miller, pioneer Gila County mining man. Mr. Miller is working the property, in association with Charles Reedy, Ben Terry, Bill Reynolds, and C. D. Pyle. It is planned to make shipments of the lead, silver, and copper ore, to the Hayden Smelter.
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Improvements, additions and new construction, amounting to approximately $100,000, are being started by Old Dominion Company at Globe, Arizona, according to current reports. It is understood that contracts have been awarded the El Paso Foundry and Machine Company to furnish steel for the construction of the 120-foot headframe, and the 1,500-ton hopper bottom storage bin, upon which work is already under way. The work of installing the new headframe, which is being constructed over the present timber frame, is expected to be completed by September 1. Following this construction, work is to be commenced on cementing the 2,600-foot shaft, from top to bottom. This work will probably take several years, and it is stated, will involve an outlay of more than $50,000. Rearrangements are being made at the present hoist house to take care of new additions. Additional speed in operation will be gained through the use of new five-ton skips, to be installed in the shaft. With the exception of probably two or three days, while new drums are being installed on the hoist, it is planned to continue regular mine operations during the entire improvement program. I. H. Barkdoll is general manager.
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Directors of United Verde Extension Mining Company, Jerome, Arizona, have declared a quarterly dividend of 50 cents a share, placing its stock on a $2 annual basis, compared with $4 formerly paid yearly. The dividend is payable August 1, to stock of record July 2. The company had been disbursing a $1 quarterly dividend, amounting to $1,050,000, since May of last year.
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Cessation of production from the electrolytic plant at the New Cornelia Mines at Ajo, Arizona, will result in the laying off of nearly 200 men from the company’s payroll, within the next three weeks, according to reports. Production will now be maintained at the newly remodeled flotation plant, thus effecting lower cost work during low metal prices. Approximately 800 men are now on the payroll. M. Curley is manager.
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New surface facilities, and machinery, are being installed by the Spring Creek Leasing Company, at the Spring Creek Gold Mine at Young, Arizona. Active operations are to begin shortly. L. E. Foster, Luhrs Tower Building, Phoenix, is back of this proposition.
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The authorized amount of capital stock of the Consolidated Tonto Copper Company, was fixed at $1,000,000 at a recent special meeting of stockholders held in Globe, Arizona, according to the filing of an amendment to the company’s articles of incorporation. P. J. Keeling is president of the company, and William D. Peck is secretary.
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Plans for a somewhat extensive mining program, in an undeveloped district, south of Tucson, Arizona, are being completed by J. T. Martin, of Phoenix, and V. S. Lewis, of Chicago, according to current announcement. They were recently at the property before leaving for Los Angeles, where it is understood necessary equipment will be secured for development. It Is reported that arrangements have been made with the Mace Smelter Company of Denver, for the installation of a 250-ton smelter on the claims, which are located about 30 miles west, and 30 miles south, of Tucson- Others connected with the venture include C. Pivan of Chicago, and J. A. Adams, Otto Campbell, C. F. Edwards, and S. B. Price of Phoenix.
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Work has been renewed in the Tombstone Extension Mine, at Tombstone, Arizona, backed by D’Autremont Brothers, of Tucson, and shaft-sinking is reported lending added encouragement, as development progresses. The shaft, eight feet across, is claimed to be entirely in silver-lead ore that justifies most optimistic predictions for the future of this proposition. Mining engineers have lately inspected the new strike, on the 142-foot level. It is now indicated that Tombstone is to see the formation of a second mining company, for operation of claims adjoining the Tombstone Extension.
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Superintendent L. B. Rece reports the opening of a high-grade body of ore at 1,550 feet from the portal, in the main haulage tunnel of the Boriana Mine, 14 miles east of Yucca, Arizona. The development program as now outlined includes continuation of the haulage tunnel 600 feet further, and the driving of a three-compartment raise, 200 feet, to tap the old workings. This raise is to be used as an ore passage, in the mining of the ore reserves on the upper levels. A raise has recently been completed for ventilation on the haulage Level.
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July 15, Magma Copper Company, operating at Superior, Arizona, will disburse a quarterly dividend of $1 per share, to stockholders of record, June 30. This compares with $1.25 formerly paid for each share, and places the stock on a $4 annual basis.
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The Lone Butte Mining Company has taken an option on a group of patented lode mining claims near Bisbee. The property has some shallow workings on it, from which a car of gold ore was shipped several years ago. It is understood that a well-known geologist inspected the property recently, and was favorably impressed with the possibilities of developing a gold mine. H. F. Lietzow of Warren, Arizona, is president and manager of the company.
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Efforts are being made by the Silver Strike Mining Company to open up a new mining district in the northeast corner of Cochise County, Arizona. Development work of this company, headed by Walter J. Schilplin of Bowie, Arizona, is centered upon driving a 500-foot tunnel, to cut a known ore deposit. Approximately 840 feet of tunnel has been done by hand. Mr. Schilplin estimates that the tunnel will give considerable stoping ground, this to be largely augmented by the contemplated lower tunnel. The company has built five miles of mountain road, put in a reservoir for water, and constructed bunk houses, a blacksmith shop, and other surface structures.
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The name of C. C. Julian, oil and mine operator, was written from the records of the Ballas Mine, near Ajo, Arizona, with the filing of a release, in Pima County, to Richard Ballas of Tucson. In 1926, Julian took a lease and option, on claims owned by Ballas, but it is understood never proceeded with development work. The recent action was taken to clear up title to the property, which is under option at the present time, to W. Stewart Button of Riverside, California.
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An unaccounted-for movement of earth, which had been going on for 10 days, in the Mayer District, affecting mines in that entire vicinity, is believed to have been the cause of a cave-in of a wall of the DeSoto Mine, which fatally injured Frank S. Beach, miner. Beach had been working In the DeSoto, leased by E. S. Chafey, of Cleator, for several years.
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Statement from General Manager W. V. DeCamp, at present in New York City, to officials of United Verde Copper Company, Jerome, Arizona, is reported as follows: “Owing to the continued depressed condition of the copper market, it has been found necessary for United Verde Copper Company to undertake a further curtailment of production, as it is believed by so doing, we can avoid the necessity of a complete curtailment. At the mine, we will continue underground development work, and the construction of No. 7 Shaft, and work in the steam shovel pit, will also be continued. At Clarkdale, two furnaces will be kept in operation. We greatly regret the need for this action, and sincerely hope that operation on this reduced basis will not be of long duration. We do not anticipate any further curtailment.”
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Emerson Gee, former mine operator of Mohave County, Arizona, lately arrived in Kingman, from Los Angeles, to complete an option on the old Frisco Mines, in the Union Pass Section. These mines have been idle for some time, but recent examination has disclosed the possibility of further ore development. Since leaving Kingman several years ago, Mr. Gee has operated mining claims in Mexico. Operations at the Frisco are to be put under way some time next month.
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The working force at the Century Mine, of the United Republic Gold Mines Company, 15 miles east of Kingman, Arizona, is being materially added to, looking toward increased development. P. A. Eyerman, vice-president of the company, has lately been at the mine, assisting P. L. Mullen, president, in getting matters adjusted for the mill run.
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The Gold Wing Annex Mining Company recently announced the opening of bids for the sinking of a 150-foot regulation 5x7-foot shaft, and approximately 200 feet of crosscuts, at the Gold Wing Annex Mine, in Mohave County, Arizona. Bids were made to the company’s offices at 120 West Fourth Street, Los Angeles. The contractors will be required to supply all necessary equipment, accommodations, and transportation. E. A. Shaw of Kingman is local representative of the work.
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The drift east on the North Vein, of the United American Mining Company at Oatman, Arizona, on the 1,015-foot Level, is progressing most satisfactorily. The high-grade ore, which has been two feet wide on the hanging wall, has widened to about four feet. Material from this point is being placed in the ore house ready for shipment. The drift does not take in the full width of the vein. Lawrence Richardson of Oatman, a substantial stockholder in the company, has just received returns on three character samples, showing the high-grade to run $1,220.80 per ton; the green quartz, $888.60; and the red quartz, $170. The connection with the Tom Reed, is providing excellent air conditions, and practically no water has to be handled, the Tom Reed draining the whole area. W. K. Ridenour is head of United American operations.
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It is reported that the Consolidated Arizona Mines Company, Salome, Arizona, W. B. Harris, superintendent, has completed Shaft No. 2, and is now ready for crosscutting into what is stated to be a body of ore, 150 feet in thickness, carrying oxidized copper. Considerable tunnel, open, and pit work, has been done in a body of silicified schist traced on the surface of Copper Hill, for a length of 1,000 feet, and a width of about 400 feet. The Rialto Shaft at Four Peaks, eight miles south of House, is down 200 feet.
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ACTIVITY IN TOMBSTONE DISTRICT TMJ 8 15 1930
for AUGUST 15, 1930
MINE WORK IN TOMBSTONE DISTRICT CONTINUES ACTIVE
Mining activity throughout the Tombstone District of Arizona, continues brisk for that section, with 32 new claims having been filed on, within a 25-day period. The Tombstone Extension Property is nearing the 200-foot level in its shaft; the Vanadium-Gallagher Rare Metals Corporation, has started a shaft on its Aurora Claim, in the old Charleston area, and tunnelling on the Sunset group of claims is progressing rapidly.
Much interest is being centered in the “New Tombstone” Mining Company’s plan to sink shafts at points East and West of the Tombstone Extension, the work to be started within the next two weeks. In the Tombstone Extension Shaft, the ore is said to be holding up remarkably well in both quality and quantity. One streak of high-grade has gone out of the shaft on the east side, it is stated, but another has put in appearance on the west side. It is expected that as soon as the 200-foot level is reached, crosscutting will be started, and at the same time, storage room will be developed.
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ARIZONA MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 8 15 1930
for AUGUST 15, 1930
ARIZONA
Dividends amounting to $2,499,142 were paid by Arizona mining companies, during the month of July. This included the $1,500,000 dividend paid by Phelps Dodge Corporation; the $408,154 dividend paid by the Magma Copper Company, and the $590,988 paid by Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company. This amount shows considerable decrease when compared with July 1929, when $3,258,410 was paid, but is about on a par with the January 1929, schedule of $2,610,881. The reduction has come about because of the decrease in Inspiration’s dividend, from $1, to 50 cents, quarterly, and of Magma’s dividend, from $1.25, to $1, quarterly. Arizona Commercial, among the dividend payers of last year, passed its semi-annual dividend last month.
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The United Vanadium Corporation, Globe, Arizona, has announced its intention of installing sufficient machinery to increase mill capacity to 100 tons daily. The possibility of securing power from Coolidge Dam is being investigated. However, should this not be practical, the company will generate its own power. Some of the necessary equipment will be moved from Wickenburg, some is already ordered and on the way, and the remainder will be secured at an early date, so that installation may proceed immediately. Improvements will include a rod mill, magnetic separator, crusher, and water tanks. Walter X. Osborn is in charge as superintendent, with G. Naddeo, assistant superintendent.
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A new camp site is now under construction, with several buildings completed, and ground broken for others, at the Emerson Mining Company, near Octave, Arizona. It is reported that a mill and cyanide plant have been purchased for early installation. Power and telephone lines are being extended to the camp. J. C. Lane, who owned the lease at the time plans were made to develop it extensively, has retained a major interest in the new company, and is its vice-president and general manager. B. R. Weaver of Phoenix is secretary-treasurer. Amos A. Betts, Arizona Corporation Commissioner, Phoenix, is president.
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During the three months ended June 30, Magma Copper Company, Superior, Arizona, produced 8,028,997 pounds of refined copper, at a cost of 9.51 cents per pound, after deducting precious metal values. This cost does not include any allowances for federal taxes, but includes depreciation, and all other fixed and general expenses. Net earnings for the period were based on a net sale price of 12.2875 cents, per pound of copper.
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From January 1 to May 31 of this year, the Bagdad Copper Company of Hillside, Arizona, George S. Thomas, general manager, has completed 11,628 feet of development work. Contracts call for 4,800 feet of additional drilling. This work has developed, it is stated, 48,000,000 tons of ore, with a mine-able thickness of 270 feet. Drifting has so far proved the ore body 1,600 feet East and West, and 1,000 feet North and South, without reaching the limits of the ore body. A block of ground, 100 feet square, is being prepared for stoping by the Miami caving system, and from it, mining cost data will be obtained as to handling of the ore by this method.
General Electric storage-battery locomotives have been installed underground for use in development work. At the mill, which was enlarged to 200 tons capacity this spring, a recovery of 84.4 percent copper is recorded. Awaiting the completion of the stope, it is being operated at a daily rate of 150 tons. Among general improvements that have been made, are a new mine change house; a new steel sharpening shop, a new hospital, in charge of a resident physician and surgeon; rehabilitation of camp water supply system, and new houses. Bagdad employs an average of 135 men.
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At a meeting of the Bunker Hill Arizona Mining Company, held at Chehalis, Washington, in July, the following stockholders were present: Glen Barlow of Portland, president; B. B. Anderson and Dr. O. W. Caldwell of Vancouver; Dr. H. L. Lee, and Thos. Anderson of Seattle. It was reported that a new 165-horsepower Diesel engine has been ordered, and with complete electrical equipment, will be installed early in August. This will enable the company to mine 50 tons of ore per day. The capitalization of the company has also been increased from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000, retaining the par value of $1 per share. Chester L. Proebstel, mining engineer, is in charge of developments at the mine.
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Jno. W. Henderson, superintendent of the Big Jim Mines, Inc., Oatman, Arizona, has just returned to the mine, from a consultation in Los Angeles, with General Manager A. O. Keating. Plans were discussed and agreed upon for the further immediate exploration of the property. Additional ground, a portion of the Hartman Group, adjoining the Big Jim property on the north-east side line, has been added to Big Jim holdings. The re-timbering of the main shaft at the Big Jim has already reached below the 300 level.
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A new electric lighting system has been installed during the past few weeks at the Gold King Coalition Mine, near Kingman, Arizona, providing light to the camp, hoist house, and underground workings. According to Pete Vukoye, mine superintendent, the shaft has reached the 275-foot level, on a 75-degree incline, and is still in the gold-copper-zinc ore, characteristic of the workings. M. J. Daily, general manager of the Silver King Coalition Mines Company, at Park City, Utah, recently visited the property at Kingman.
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Output of United Verde Extension Mining Company, Jerome, Arizona, for the second quarter of this year, compiled from monthly reports, amounted to 11,689,258 pounds of copper. Silica ore shipped totaled 388,865 pounds. In the quarterly report, President S. S. Douglas stated as follows: “A flotation plant of 200 tons daily capacity has been installed at the smelting works, and is in operation to reduce the silica in some of the upper level sulphide ores, which will result in a less silicious furnace charge.”
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It is proposed to move the 40-ton gold mill, now located on the Gold Leaf property, south of Aguila, Arizona, to Wenden, Arizona, and operate it as a custom plant, handling also Gold Leaf ores. T. L. Griffith of Wenden is manager of the Gold Leaf property.
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Mining men have reported a new gold strike on the 100-foot level, of property of the Black Cat Prospecting Company, at Salome, Arizona. Ore from the Jupiter Vein, in the mine, is said to have assayed $600 per ton in gold, silver and copper. The property is being developed by a group of Pacific Coast men, headed by John B. Smiley of San Diego.
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The post office at Walker, Arizona, was discontinued the first of August. Lack of business, since the Sheldon Mining Company reduced its working force, and the fact that no one wanted the job of postmaster, were given as reasons for its closing. Mail for that District will hereafter be received at Prescott.
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George M. Colvocoresses, mining and metallurgical engineer of Phoenix, has just completed an underground examination of the Payroll Mine at Chloride, Arizona, for the Scott Estate, New York owners of the property. It is understood that this mine has been turned back to the owners, by Payroll Mines Co., Inc., which developed the ore bodies during the past few years, and built a selective flotation plant. The drop in the silver and lead markets came just about the time the operators completed the new mill. The owners are endeavoring to decide whether the underground showing warrants a further development program.
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The Kingman Refining & Smelting Corporation of Kingman, Arizona, has filed articles of incorporation with the Arizona Corporation Commission, fixing its capital stock at $1,000,000. Elmer A. Hester, William F. Engler, and W. E. Little, 1614 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, were named as incorporators and directors of the concern. Announcement was made several months ago that this organization was being formed, with the idea in view of constructing a custom smelter at Kingman.
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Development is rapidly progressing on the Spring Creek Leasing Company’s gold and lead property, near Globe, Arizona, according to announcements from principals of the company. L. E. Foster, Luhrs Tower Building, Phoenix, president of the concern, was lately in Globe, to file on nine new claims adjoining the site of the present mine and mill. W. D. Russell and George E. Russell, other members of the company, filed on 17, and 23 claims, respectively, in the same vicinity. These 40 claims are in the locality of a rich copper deposit, where the company already owns 43 claims.
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It is reported that exploration work is scheduled to shortly be renewed by the Meteor Crater Exploration & Mining Company near Winslow, Arizona, with the idea in view of sinking to 1,400 feet, and as much farther as necessary. Shaft-sinking was doing very nicely, until almost a year ago, when a large volume of water was encountered at around 800 feet, necessitating the installation of more powerful engines and pumping equipment. Walter C. Goeglein has remained at the property, in charge as superintendent. G. M. Colvocoresses, mining and metallurgical - Luhrs Tower Building, Phoenix, is general manager of the company.
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In carrying out work on the Chief Engineer group of claims, near Kingman, E. Ross Housholder broke into an old tunnel having about a thousand feet of drifting and crosscutting, exposing a vein, from which 10 assays were taken at intervals, returning values ranging from $2.50 to $10.20 per ton. The ore ranges in width from 80 inches to five feet.
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George Pemberton of Kingman, Arizona, is reported to have uncovered ore carrying better than 60 ounces of silver per ton, a few dollars in gold, and some lead, on the Edith Claim, near Kingman. This property is to the East of the Chief Engineer Mine.
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A recent shipment from the Sap Lease, at Oatman, Arizona, to the Tom Reed Mill, ran $26.18 per ton. The 48-ton lot was mined by Tom Siders and B. D. Winberly, operating ground originally known as the Stoney Stope. Siders, who has made a special study of highgrade ore occurrences in the District, is working the ore to the north of the Barbershop Shaft. This is in virgin territory, and promises to open up an important ore body. One shift is working at present, getting out from 12 to 15 tons of ore daily. Additional shifts are to be put on as soon as the drifts are pushed ahead.
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.A strike of ore running 12.18 percent copper, and also carrying values in gold and silver, has been reported made by C. N. Nelson on his Paymaster Claim, nine miles north of Phoenix. The property has been developed only by shallow workings so far, there being no point where a depth of more than 85 feet was attained. However, the surface showings are said to be most favorable for a good-sized ore body.
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That another effort is to be made to work the old La Paz placers, south of Parker, Arizona, is indicated by the reports from that place, that a contract has been let for the sinking of a number of wells on the property, which is several miles East of the Colorado River. Numerous attempts have been made to recover the gold from these gravel beds, but the question of sufficient water supply has not been solved.
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Articles of incorporation have been filed by the Arizona-Mexico Copper Smelting Co., Ltd., capitalized at $1,000,000, divided into shares at $1 par. The incorporators are A. M. Conrad, Fred Alford, and Emory D. Miller, all of Nogales, Arizona.
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Shipments averaging about $50 per ton, are being made from the Tombstone Extension Mine, at Tombstone, Arizona, the ore running about 50 percent lead, and from 40 to 50 ounces of silver and $5 in gold per ton. The company has a force of 20 men working in the mine. At the present a station is being cut at the 200 level, and drifts run on the ore vein, both north and south from the shaft. Shaft work is to be continued to the 800 level. The work at Tombstone Extension is backed by D’Autremont Brothers of 910 Consolidated National Bank Building, Tucson, Arizona.
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A 100-foot shaft is being sunk at the Warnock Brothers Co. Property, rear Morristown, Arizona, by L. H. Foster.
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A small force of workmen is employed at the Monte Cristo Claims, Constellation, Arizona, under the direction of J. W. Bandhauser.
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Work has been started on headframe and bin to be built at the Old Dominion Copper Company, Globe, Arizona at a cost of approximately $20,000. The first carload of steel has arrived, and been unloaded at the site. The contract for the work is held by the El Paso Foundry and Machine Company of El Paso, Texas. The new headframe and new bin will be built of steel, and is the largest single piece of construction to be done at the mine during the last six months. I. H. Barkdoll is general manager.
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The mill at the Katherine Gold Mining Company, operated under lease by Ray Dimmick of Kingman, Arizona, has been handling about 180 tons of tails daily, but this tonnage is being increased, and savings of values are reported excellent. While no agreement has been reached as to the handling of raw ores, it is understood that some of the better ores will be milled, should all the machinery remain on the property.
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Better ore conditions are showing in the United American Mining Company ground
at Oatman, Arizona, as the drift from the 1,000 level is forced forward. The East Drift has been advanced 115 feet, and crosscut to the south 125 feet. The drifts are said to be making little water, owing to the deeper drainage at the Tom Reed. Ore shipments from development work are going forward regularly, the heads showing excellent values. W. K. Ridenour is president and general manager.
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Further development at the Tom Reed Gold Mines Company, Oatman, Arizona, Victor A. Light, assistant general manager, has resulted in the opening of the new ore body on the 1,100 level. This ore is of very fine grade, about equal to that opened on the level above, or the 900 level. Some samples have given very high-grade returns, but this does not represent the value of the whole vein. A raise, 5 ½ feet by 17½ feet in the clear, is to be started from the 1,100 level, to connect with the winze from the 950.
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Arizona copper mines are producing at the rate of 48,000,000 pounds per month, as against a production in 1929 of 66,000,000 pounds monthly. This is an average curtailment of 28 percent.
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Magma Copper Company, Superior. Arizona, reports net earnings of $222,787 in the second quarter of the year, against $888,676 in the preceding three months, and $818,737 for the June, 1929, quarter. Net earnings for the first six months of the current year were $611,418, as against $1,805,774, a year ago.
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W. F. Grove and Sons of Prescott, Arizona, have made an offer of interest to many small operators in Yavapai County, proposing to sample, ship and handle direct small lots of ore from various properties. Mr. Grove is prepared to visit properties, arrange for trucking, and to look after all details of marketing the ore. He and his sons have been active operators in the county for many years. A short time ago they successfully handled the old workings and dumps of the Blue I'm a dufus Mine in the Hassayampa region, and are now developing the Sterling Property in the same district, making regular shipments.
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Considerable placer tungsten ore has been found in Cochise County, near Dragoon, Arizona. T. S. Robinson, Box 85, Dragoon, Arizona, is planning on installing a placer wet washer to handle this material, provided he can find one that can be satisfactorily adapted to the handling of tungsten.
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The Westerner Gold.Lead Mines Company, Venezia, Arizona, J. B. Tomlinson, manager, has been the scene of considerable activity during the past six months. In addition to the construction of a road, and two new camp houses, the old stamp mill has been overhauled, a Wilfley concentrator installed, new tank for battery water, and plans completed for installing flotation machinery in the mill, with air equipment for main tunnel operations.
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The old tunnel workings on the Crook Vein have been opened for approximately 1,250 feet, 460 feet as crosscut, and the remainder along the vein. Heavy gold-lead ore is showing in the bottom, and old stopes, in backs. Mr. Tomlinson estimates that 84 percent of this distance is in workable ground, with average gold values of $17. The main development tunnel is to be carried along the Westerner-Crook Vein, to the North end line, where it, will show a depth of 1,200 feet under the outcrop.
Further road building to the Starlight Tunnels is well under way, where a considerable tonnage of gold-silver-lead ore is ready for stoping. The project offers steady employment for from five to seven men.
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A diamond drilling campaign is to be undertaken immediately by the Rainbow Group of claims, owned by J. P. Cleator. The property is located near Cleator, Arizona.
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The main shaft of the White Horse Mine, near Kingman, Arizona, is nearing the 800-foot level, where lateral work is to be undertaken. Owing to the increased water flow, the sinking of the shaft has been slow, but the water has been controlled with one pump.
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The International Consolidated Mining Company, has just completed its 100-ton cyanide mill, and has placed it in operation. The mill is said to be of the latest type, and is powered by Diesel engine. Arnold A. Wheeler, who has had many years of experience in operating cyanide mills for the London Development Company, in Mexico, is in charge of the mill. He joined the International organization in December, 1929, and has been devoting his time to the building and equipping of the mill since that time. The mine, consisting of the Golden Belt Group, is one of the oldest in Yavapai County, having been located in 1876. It was taken over by the present company in 1929, and further developed and equipped under the direction of Alvin White, president. A new hoist, and trackage, have been completed, modern surface structures built, and the camp supplied with complete water and lighting facilities.
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The Cabana Mining and Milling Company is to resume operations at its property near Arivaca, Arizona, and is reported to be installing new machinery. J. B. Mester is manager.
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Labor claims, said to amount to slightly over $1,000, are reported to be the cause of the appointment of receivers for the Three R. Mines, Inc., Nogales, Arizona. The court has appointed Theodore L. Stauffet of Nogales, and Norman M. Hulings, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, following a hearing on the petition. The company recently installed about $100,000 worth of machinery, but the mine was shut down shortly after the slump in the price of copper. Huling Brothers of Tulsa are said to hold the controlling interest in the mine.
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A certificate of incorporation has been issued to the Red Bank Gold Placer Company of Octave, Arizona. The company has a capital stock of 750,000 shares without par value.
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The long drawn-out litigation involving the Minnesota-Arizona Copper Company, and others, at Copper Creek, Arizona, has been settled in favor of the mining company, and against the Albert Steinfeld Company, by a decision handed down by the Arizona Supreme Court. The judgment involves mining claims of important value, together with improvements and development work. This decision affirms an instructed verdict for the mining companies, given last summer in the Pinal superior courts.
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GEORGE KIRKBRIDE YAVAPAI COUNTY AZ GOLD 8 30 1930
PRESCOTT ENGINEER PLACES ANOTHER MINE IN OPERATION
George A. Kirkbride, President and Manager of Standard Ores Corporation, well-known engineering firm of Prescott, Arizona, is getting another property in Yavapai County, ready for operation. The new organization, financed by a Chicago syndicate, will be known as the Oro Flame Mining Company, and present plans, provide for the sinking of a shaft, 100 feet below the 140-foot tunnel level. Contract for this work has been let to Harry K. Grove, of Prescott. The operators will employ for the present a crew of about 10 men.
This gold property comprises three claims on the Lower Hassayampa River, and development to date, consists of two tunnels, of lengths of 450 and 800 feet.
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MONEY METALS MINE, PRESCOTT, AZ TMJ 8 30 1930
THE MINING JOURNAL
THE MONEY METALS MINE
By Grace M. Sparks, Prescott, Arizona
While the name of Yavapai County will always be linked by the mining and financial circles, with the names of its two great wonder mines, the United Verde, and the United Verde Extension, it is interesting to note the marked development which is taking place on smaller properties throughout the various districts of the county; in this connection might be also mentioned the Verde Central, Arizona Bagdad, Hammon Copper, Ltd., the Boston Arizona, Sheldon, etc.
This article will treat one in particular, that of the Money Metals Exploration Company, whose property is located 18 miles south of Prescott, in the Big Bug Mining District. This is one of the oldest districts of the region, lying on the northeast slopes of the Bradshaw Mountains, extending from Big Bug Mesa, down to the foothills of the Agua Fria Valley. Its waters flow into Agua Fria River. The upper slopes are heavily timbered, but the foothills are generally open country.
The Money Metals Exploration Company is incorporated under the laws of Arizona. The president, Thomas Turner, is well and favorably known in Arizona and Los Angeles. Most of his time is spent on the property. Claud Harmon, Secretary-Treasurer, is a permanent resident of Prescott, Arizona. N. S. Kelsey of Los Angeles is the consulting engineer, and J. K. Kilfeder, superintendent.
There are seven claims in the group, conveniently located on the head of Big Bug Creek, one and one-half miles west of the railroad terminal at Poland, thus giving an opportunity for excellent transportation facilities, in addition to the road to Prescott.
The property was originally owned by Fred Reif, pioneer resident of Prescott, and was later acquired by George Beatty, of Ohio. Mr. Beatty died in 1916, leaving a will, whereby the estate was placed in control of a trustee for 10 years. The property was sold September 7, 1919, to George Elias. It was acquired by contract from Elias, by the Money Metals Exploration Company. Operations by this company have been under way approximately two years.
A visit to the property will show that the largest expenditure of funds has gone into actual development of the property. True, the camp is adequately equipped for comfortable living, there being bunkhouses, a cookhouse, dining room, even showers, but no extravagance. Machinery sufficient for present work is in good condition; however, later additional equipment will be installed, and power changed from gasoline, to either Diesel, generated, or direct electric current from the Arizona Power Company. Timber is available on the ground.
Un-watering the shaft, re-timbering the same to the 300-foot Level, and opening up approximately 1,000 feet of drifts on the 100, 200 and 800-foot Levels, has occupied the attention of the management.
According to Engineer Kelsey, the development to date, has consisted of opening up the 800-foot shaft, which is carried on the main fissure, with an average dip of 75 degrees, 210 feet of drifting at the 100-foot Level, disclosing one strong shoot of ore; 600 feet of drifting on the main fissure on the 200-foot Level, disclosing two strong shoots of ore; 300 feet of drifting on the 800-foot Level, disclosing one of the shoots of ore developed on the 200
Level, and, from all indications, work is just entering the second. 125 feet of drifting has also been done on a second parallel fissure, giving increasing encouraging indications of the existence of the third ore shoot.
Values of the ore, in order of their importance, are gold, silver, lead, copper, and zinc.
At the present time, the development program consists of drifting on the 300 Level, to the end lines of the property, a distance of 3,000 feet, with systematic crosscutting in both granite-porphyry contacts, at regular intervals to definitely prove, if possible, any regular occurrence, and recurrence of ore shoots, that may exist. The shaft will be sunk to the 600 level, or possibly to the un-oxidized zone, and as much of the 300 Level work repeated as may be necessary.
Officials of the Money Metals Company, other than those mentioned, are: A. S. Johnson, Vice-president, an oil operator with headquarters in Los Angeles; C. La-Verne Larzelere, an attorney at law, Los Angeles, and M. C. Wonderly, rig building contractor of Long Beach, directors. Attorneys for the company, are Favour and Baker of Prescott, and W. C. Shelton, of Los Angeles.
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ARIZONA MINING NEWS MINING JOURNAL 8 30 1930
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ARIZONA
The first of a series of model bunk houses, using reinforced construction, is being completed at the Gold King Coalition Mine, 21 miles southeast of Kingman, Arizona. They will contain an adequate sleeping room, to accommodate several miners, a modern bathroom, and be provided with electric lights. Each is fireproof, and so built as to be cool in summer, and warm in winter.
Pete Vukoye, Mine Superintendent of the Gold King, states that more water has been encountered in the double-compartment working shaft, within the past few weeks. Ruby silver has been found in the ores at the 280 foot Level, but the main values continue in gold.
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The Arizona Magma Mining Company is understood to be making preparations for early reopening of its properties at Chloride, Arizona. Harold Carpenter, Assistant Superintendent, having reported as follows: “Inasmuch as our ore is dominantly gold, we are, of course, anxious to again start operation. The present price of metal was not the reason for our shut-down; it was due to several external conditions over which we had no control at the time. However, we now have these matters well in hand, and are making every preparation for early operation.”
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Amended articles of incorporation for the Culture Mining & Milling Company, of Wickenburg, Arizona, have been filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission, increasing the concern’s capital stock to $1,000,000. The company was originally incorporated in June, 1927, with a capitalization of $100,000. D. R. Finlayson of Wickenburg has long been head of this operation.
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Metallurgical tests recently made by S. S. Jones at the new mill he designed and built on the Loftus Property, for North Star Gold Mining Company, north of Oatman, indicated the necessity of two additional copper amalgamating plates, which have now been installed. Ore from the 100-foot Level of the mine, is assaying between $14 and $18 per ton. Manager George McDevitt states that both mine and mill production will start immediately.
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George H. Koyk, of Wickenburg, Arizona, and Neil C. Clark, of Phoenix, have filed articles of incorporation with the Arizona Corporation Commission, for the Diamond Joe Mining Company, Inc. The authorized capital stock of the corporation is 1,000,000 shares, without nominal, or par value.
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Gold values have been reported ranging between $37 and $157 per ton, from the Kingman Merger Mines Company Estate, 15 miles north of Kingman, Arizona, by C. Warren Shufelt, of Los Angeles, who is in charge of the property. E. Ross Housholder, Mining Engineer, of Kingman, recently completed an examination, and prepared a working map for the entire group, including the Gem, Idaho, and O’Brien Claims.
Shufelt has been conferring with other officials of the company in Los Angeles, and has announced that it is the intention of his organization to be actively engaged in a development program within 90 days.
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By September 1, a force of about 20 men, is expected to be added to the crew working the Spring Creek Leasing Company’s claims, near Globe, Arizona. It is reported that this increase will be made, to start further improvement and expansion work. L. E. Foster, Luhrs Tower Building, Phoenix, is back of this proposition.
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Amended articles of incorporation have been filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission, for the Independent Silver Mining Company, of Phoenix, changing the number of shares and par value of stock, from the original authorization. The company was incorporated in July, 1918, with a capital stock of $1,000,000, divided into 1,000,000 shares valued at $1 per share. This is now changed to 4,000,000 shares of stock, of the par value of 25 cents a share.
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The Tin Cup Mill, in the Kingman District, jointly owned by the Gold Cliff Central, and the North Star, mining companies, was lately started up on a trial run, after having been in process of reconstruction, under the direction of Smiley Jones, the past few months. The plant has been moved to a spot below the shaft, making for a more convenient handling of the ore.
If mill operation proves successful, it is considered quite probable that some equipment from the North Star Plant, will be moved to the property, with the idea in view of providing further crushing capacity. Only a small amount of surface work has been done at the Tin Cup, the shaft having been sunk to a depth of 80 feet. Some of the ore being taken out runs $25 per ton. The shaft is to be carried to 100 feet, followed by lateral work at that point.
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Two mining claims, located in the Banner Mining District, 300 yards northeast of the Christmas Powerhouse, have been located by the Christmas Copper Company, of Christmas, Arizona, according to papers filed with the County Recorder’s Office, at Globe. H. A. Rossell is manager.
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Kean St. Charles, President and Manager of the Golden Door Mines Company, operating 28 miles northwest of Chloride, Arizona, (Lost Basin area) reports that development has entered the main gold-bearing vein on the property, where assay returns show three feet of the ore to run $85 per ton. This is free-milling ore.
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J. C. Lane and Associates, have taken an option on the Johnson Mine, located three miles above Octave, Arizona, from James Smith, of Los Angeles, which option includes some property owned by C. B. Hosford, which had been optioned to Smith. The option agreement calls for the keeping of at least four men at work. Mr. Lane is Manager, of the Emerson Mining Company, with headquarters in Phoenix, which company recently took over the
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