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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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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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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 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

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