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for AUGUST 15, 1930

MINE WORK IN TOMBSTONE DISTRICT CONTINUES ACTIVE

Mining activity throughout the Tombstone District of Arizona, continues brisk for that section, with 32 new claims having been filed on, within a 25-day period. The Tombstone Extension Property is nearing the 200-foot level in its shaft; the Vanadium-Gallagher Rare Metals Corporation, has started a shaft on its Aurora Claim, in the old Charleston area, and tunnelling on the Sunset group of claims is progressing rapidly.

Much interest is being centered in the “New Tombstone” Mining Company’s plan to sink shafts at points East and West of the Tombstone Extension, the work to be started within the next two weeks. In the Tombstone Extension Shaft, the ore is said to be holding up remarkably well in both quality and quantity. One streak of high-grade has gone out of the shaft on the east side, it is stated, but another has put in appearance on the west side. It is expected that as soon as the 200-foot level is reached, crosscutting will be started, and at the same time, storage room will be developed.
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ARIZONA

Dividends amounting to $2,499,142 were paid by Arizona mining companies, during the month of July. This included the $1,500,000 dividend paid by Phelps Dodge Corporation; the $408,154 dividend paid by the Magma Copper Company, and the $590,988 paid by Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company. This amount shows considerable decrease when compared with July 1929, when $3,258,410 was paid, but is about on a par with the January 1929, schedule of $2,610,881. The reduction has come about because of the decrease in Inspiration’s dividend, from $1, to 50 cents, quarterly, and of Magma’s dividend, from $1.25, to $1, quarterly. Arizona Commercial, among the dividend payers of last year, passed its semi-annual dividend last month.
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The United Vanadium Corporation, Globe, Arizona, has announced its intention of installing sufficient machinery to increase mill capacity to 100 tons daily. The possibility of securing power from Coolidge Dam is being investigated. However, should this not be practical, the company will generate its own power. Some of the necessary equipment will be moved from Wickenburg, some is already ordered and on the way, and the remainder will be secured at an early date, so that installation may proceed immediately. Improvements will include a rod mill, magnetic separator, crusher, and water tanks. Walter X. Osborn is in charge as superintendent, with G. Naddeo, assistant superintendent.
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A new camp site is now under construction, with several buildings completed, and ground broken for others, at the Emerson Mining Company, near Octave, Arizona. It is reported that a mill and cyanide plant have been purchased for early installation. Power and telephone lines are being extended to the camp. J. C. Lane, who owned the lease at the time plans were made to develop it extensively, has retained a major interest in the new company, and is its vice-president and general manager. B. R. Weaver of Phoenix is secretary-treasurer. Amos A. Betts, Arizona Corporation Commissioner, Phoenix, is president.
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During the three months ended June 30, Magma Copper Company, Superior, Arizona, produced 8,028,997 pounds of refined copper, at a cost of 9.51 cents per pound, after deducting precious metal values. This cost does not include any allowances for federal taxes, but includes depreciation, and all other fixed and general expenses. Net earnings for the period were based on a net sale price of 12.2875 cents, per pound of copper.
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From January 1 to May 31 of this year, the Bagdad Copper Company of Hillside, Arizona, George S. Thomas, general manager, has completed 11,628 feet of development work. Contracts call for 4,800 feet of additional drilling. This work has developed, it is stated, 48,000,000 tons of ore, with a mine-able thickness of 270 feet. Drifting has so far proved the ore body 1,600 feet East and West, and 1,000 feet North and South, without reaching the limits of the ore body. A block of ground, 100 feet square, is being prepared for stoping by the Miami caving system, and from it, mining cost data will be obtained as to handling of the ore by this method.
General Electric storage-battery locomotives have been installed underground for use in development work. At the mill, which was enlarged to 200 tons capacity this spring, a recovery of 84.4 percent copper is recorded. Awaiting the completion of the stope, it is being operated at a daily rate of 150 tons. Among general improvements that have been made, are a new mine change house; a new steel sharpening shop, a new hospital, in charge of a resident physician and surgeon; rehabilitation of camp water supply system, and new houses. Bagdad employs an average of 135 men.
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At a meeting of the Bunker Hill Arizona Mining Company, held at Chehalis, Washington, in July, the following stockholders were present: Glen Barlow of Portland, president; B. B. Anderson and Dr. O. W. Caldwell of Vancouver; Dr. H. L. Lee, and Thos. Anderson of Seattle. It was reported that a new 165-horsepower Diesel engine has been ordered, and with complete electrical equipment, will be installed early in August. This will enable the company to mine 50 tons of ore per day. The capitalization of the company has also been increased from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000, retaining the par value of $1 per share. Chester L. Proebstel, mining engineer, is in charge of developments at the mine.
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Jno. W. Henderson, superintendent of the Big Jim Mines, Inc., Oatman, Arizona, has just returned to the mine, from a consultation in Los Angeles, with General Manager A. O. Keating. Plans were discussed and agreed upon for the further immediate exploration of the property. Additional ground, a portion of the Hartman Group, adjoining the Big Jim property on the north-east side line, has been added to Big Jim holdings. The re-timbering of the main shaft at the Big Jim has already reached below the 300 level.
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A new electric lighting system has been installed during the past few weeks at the Gold King Coalition Mine, near Kingman, Arizona, providing light to the camp, hoist house, and underground workings. According to Pete Vukoye, mine superintendent, the shaft has reached the 275-foot level, on a 75-degree incline, and is still in the gold-copper-zinc ore, characteristic of the workings. M. J. Daily, general manager of the Silver King Coalition Mines Company, at Park City, Utah, recently visited the property at Kingman.
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Output of United Verde Extension Mining Company, Jerome, Arizona, for the second quarter of this year, compiled from monthly reports, amounted to 11,689,258 pounds of copper. Silica ore shipped totaled 388,865 pounds. In the quarterly report, President S. S. Douglas stated as follows: “A flotation plant of 200 tons daily capacity has been installed at the smelting works, and is in operation to reduce the silica in some of the upper level sulphide ores, which will result in a less silicious furnace charge.”
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It is proposed to move the 40-ton gold mill, now located on the Gold Leaf property, south of Aguila, Arizona, to Wenden, Arizona, and operate it as a custom plant, handling also Gold Leaf ores. T. L. Griffith of Wenden is manager of the Gold Leaf property.
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Mining men have reported a new gold strike on the 100-foot level, of property of the Black Cat Prospecting Company, at Salome, Arizona. Ore from the Jupiter Vein, in the mine, is said to have assayed $600 per ton in gold, silver and copper. The property is being developed by a group of Pacific Coast men, headed by John B. Smiley of San Diego.
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The post office at Walker, Arizona, was discontinued the first of August. Lack of business, since the Sheldon Mining Company reduced its working force, and the fact that no one wanted the job of postmaster, were given as reasons for its closing. Mail for that District will hereafter be received at Prescott.
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George M. Colvocoresses, mining and metallurgical engineer of Phoenix, has just completed an underground examination of the Payroll Mine at Chloride, Arizona, for the Scott Estate, New York owners of the property. It is understood that this mine has been turned back to the owners, by Payroll Mines Co., Inc., which developed the ore bodies during the past few years, and built a selective flotation plant. The drop in the silver and lead markets came just about the time the operators completed the new mill. The owners are endeavoring to decide whether the underground showing warrants a further development program.
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The Kingman Refining & Smelting Corporation of Kingman, Arizona, has filed articles of incorporation with the Arizona Corporation Commission, fixing its capital stock at $1,000,000. Elmer A. Hester, William F. Engler, and W. E. Little, 1614 South Flower Street, Los Angeles, were named as incorporators and directors of the concern. Announcement was made several months ago that this organization was being formed, with the idea in view of constructing a custom smelter at Kingman.
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Development is rapidly progressing on the Spring Creek Leasing Company’s gold and lead property, near Globe, Arizona, according to announcements from principals of the company. L. E. Foster, Luhrs Tower Building, Phoenix, president of the concern, was lately in Globe, to file on nine new claims adjoining the site of the present mine and mill. W. D. Russell and George E. Russell, other members of the company, filed on 17, and 23 claims, respectively, in the same vicinity. These 40 claims are in the locality of a rich copper deposit, where the company already owns 43 claims.
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It is reported that exploration work is scheduled to shortly be renewed by the Meteor Crater Exploration & Mining Company near Winslow, Arizona, with the idea in view of sinking to 1,400 feet, and as much farther as necessary. Shaft-sinking was doing very nicely, until almost a year ago, when a large volume of water was encountered at around 800 feet, necessitating the installation of more powerful engines and pumping equipment. Walter C. Goeglein has remained at the property, in charge as superintendent. G. M. Colvocoresses, mining and metallurgical - Luhrs Tower Building, Phoenix, is general manager of the company.
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In carrying out work on the Chief Engineer group of claims, near Kingman, E. Ross Housholder broke into an old tunnel having about a thousand feet of drifting and crosscutting, exposing a vein, from which 10 assays were taken at intervals, returning values ranging from $2.50 to $10.20 per ton. The ore ranges in width from 80 inches to five feet.
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George Pemberton of Kingman, Arizona, is reported to have uncovered ore carrying better than 60 ounces of silver per ton, a few dollars in gold, and some lead, on the Edith Claim, near Kingman. This property is to the East of the Chief Engineer Mine.
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A recent shipment from the Sap Lease, at Oatman, Arizona, to the Tom Reed Mill, ran $26.18 per ton. The 48-ton lot was mined by Tom Siders and B. D. Winberly, operating ground originally known as the Stoney Stope. Siders, who has made a special study of highgrade ore occurrences in the District, is working the ore to the north of the Barbershop Shaft. This is in virgin territory, and promises to open up an important ore body. One shift is working at present, getting out from 12 to 15 tons of ore daily. Additional shifts are to be put on as soon as the drifts are pushed ahead.
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.A strike of ore running 12.18 percent copper, and also carrying values in gold and silver, has been reported made by C. N. Nelson on his Paymaster Claim, nine miles north of Phoenix. The property has been developed only by shallow workings so far, there being no point where a depth of more than 85 feet was attained. However, the surface showings are said to be most favorable for a good-sized ore body.
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That another effort is to be made to work the old La Paz placers, south of Parker, Arizona, is indicated by the reports from that place, that a contract has been let for the sinking of a number of wells on the property, which is several miles East of the Colorado River. Numerous attempts have been made to recover the gold from these gravel beds, but the question of sufficient water supply has not been solved.
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Articles of incorporation have been filed by the Arizona-Mexico Copper Smelting Co., Ltd., capitalized at $1,000,000, divided into shares at $1 par. The incorporators are A. M. Conrad, Fred Alford, and Emory D. Miller, all of Nogales, Arizona.
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Shipments averaging about $50 per ton, are being made from the Tombstone Extension Mine, at Tombstone, Arizona, the ore running about 50 percent lead, and from 40 to 50 ounces of silver and $5 in gold per ton. The company has a force of 20 men working in the mine. At the present a station is being cut at the 200 level, and drifts run on the ore vein, both north and south from the shaft. Shaft work is to be continued to the 800 level. The work at Tombstone Extension is backed by D’Autremont Brothers of 910 Consolidated National Bank Building, Tucson, Arizona.
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A 100-foot shaft is being sunk at the Warnock Brothers Co. Property, rear Morristown, Arizona, by L. H. Foster.
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A small force of workmen is employed at the Monte Cristo Claims, Constellation, Arizona, under the direction of J. W. Bandhauser.
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Work has been started on headframe and bin to be built at the Old Dominion Copper Company, Globe, Arizona at a cost of approximately $20,000. The first carload of steel has arrived, and been unloaded at the site. The contract for the work is held by the El Paso Foundry and Machine Company of El Paso, Texas. The new headframe and new bin will be built of steel, and is the largest single piece of construction to be done at the mine during the last six months. I. H. Barkdoll is general manager.
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The mill at the Katherine Gold Mining Company, operated under lease by Ray Dimmick of Kingman, Arizona, has been handling about 180 tons of tails daily, but this tonnage is being increased, and savings of values are reported excellent. While no agreement has been reached as to the handling of raw ores, it is understood that some of the better ores will be milled, should all the machinery remain on the property.
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Better ore conditions are showing in the United American Mining Company ground
at Oatman, Arizona, as the drift from the 1,000 level is forced forward. The East Drift has been advanced 115 feet, and crosscut to the south 125 feet. The drifts are said to be making little water, owing to the deeper drainage at the Tom Reed. Ore shipments from development work are going forward regularly, the heads showing excellent values. W. K. Ridenour is president and general manager.
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Further development at the Tom Reed Gold Mines Company, Oatman, Arizona, Victor A. Light, assistant general manager, has resulted in the opening of the new ore body on the 1,100 level. This ore is of very fine grade, about equal to that opened on the level above, or the 900 level. Some samples have given very high-grade returns, but this does not represent the value of the whole vein. A raise, 5 ½ feet by 17½ feet in the clear, is to be started from the 1,100 level, to connect with the winze from the 950.
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Arizona copper mines are producing at the rate of 48,000,000 pounds per month, as against a production in 1929 of 66,000,000 pounds monthly. This is an average curtailment of 28 percent.
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Magma Copper Company, Superior. Arizona, reports net earnings of $222,787 in the second quarter of the year, against $888,676 in the preceding three months, and $818,737 for the June, 1929, quarter. Net earnings for the first six months of the current year were $611,418, as against $1,805,774, a year ago.
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W. F. Grove and Sons of Prescott, Arizona, have made an offer of interest to many small operators in Yavapai County, proposing to sample, ship and handle direct small lots of ore from various properties. Mr. Grove is prepared to visit properties, arrange for trucking, and to look after all details of marketing the ore. He and his sons have been active operators in the county for many years. A short time ago they successfully handled the old workings and dumps of the Blue I'm a dufus Mine in the Hassayampa region, and are now developing the Sterling Property in the same district, making regular shipments.
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Considerable placer tungsten ore has been found in Cochise County, near Dragoon, Arizona. T. S. Robinson, Box 85, Dragoon, Arizona, is planning on installing a placer wet washer to handle this material, provided he can find one that can be satisfactorily adapted to the handling of tungsten.
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The Westerner Gold.Lead Mines Company, Venezia, Arizona, J. B. Tomlinson, manager, has been the scene of considerable activity during the past six months. In addition to the construction of a road, and two new camp houses, the old stamp mill has been overhauled, a Wilfley concentrator installed, new tank for battery water, and plans completed for installing flotation machinery in the mill, with air equipment for main tunnel operations.
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The old tunnel workings on the Crook Vein have been opened for approximately 1,250 feet, 460 feet as crosscut, and the remainder along the vein. Heavy gold-lead ore is showing in the bottom, and old stopes, in backs. Mr. Tomlinson estimates that 84 percent of this distance is in workable ground, with average gold values of $17. The main development tunnel is to be carried along the Westerner-Crook Vein, to the North end line, where it, will show a depth of 1,200 feet under the outcrop.
Further road building to the Starlight Tunnels is well under way, where a considerable tonnage of gold-silver-lead ore is ready for stoping. The project offers steady employment for from five to seven men.
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A diamond drilling campaign is to be undertaken immediately by the Rainbow Group of claims, owned by J. P. Cleator. The property is located near Cleator, Arizona.
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The main shaft of the White Horse Mine, near Kingman, Arizona, is nearing the 800-foot level, where lateral work is to be undertaken. Owing to the increased water flow, the sinking of the shaft has been slow, but the water has been controlled with one pump.
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The International Consolidated Mining Company, has just completed its 100-ton cyanide mill, and has placed it in operation. The mill is said to be of the latest type, and is powered by Diesel engine. Arnold A. Wheeler, who has had many years of experience in operating cyanide mills for the London Development Company, in Mexico, is in charge of the mill. He joined the International organization in December, 1929, and has been devoting his time to the building and equipping of the mill since that time. The mine, consisting of the Golden Belt Group, is one of the oldest in Yavapai County, having been located in 1876. It was taken over by the present company in 1929, and further developed and equipped under the direction of Alvin White, president. A new hoist, and trackage, have been completed, modern surface structures built, and the camp supplied with complete water and lighting facilities.
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The Cabana Mining and Milling Company is to resume operations at its property near Arivaca, Arizona, and is reported to be installing new machinery. J. B. Mester is manager.
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Labor claims, said to amount to slightly over $1,000, are reported to be the cause of the appointment of receivers for the Three R. Mines, Inc., Nogales, Arizona. The court has appointed Theodore L. Stauffet of Nogales, and Norman M. Hulings, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, following a hearing on the petition. The company recently installed about $100,000 worth of machinery, but the mine was shut down shortly after the slump in the price of copper. Huling Brothers of Tulsa are said to hold the controlling interest in the mine.
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A certificate of incorporation has been issued to the Red Bank Gold Placer Company of Octave, Arizona. The company has a capital stock of 750,000 shares without par value.
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The long drawn-out litigation involving the Minnesota-Arizona Copper Company, and others, at Copper Creek, Arizona, has been settled in favor of the mining company, and against the Albert Steinfeld Company, by a decision handed down by the Arizona Supreme Court. The judgment involves mining claims of important value, together with improvements and development work. This decision affirms an instructed verdict for the mining companies, given last summer in the Pinal superior courts.
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PRESCOTT ENGINEER PLACES ANOTHER MINE IN OPERATION

George A. Kirkbride, President and Manager of Standard Ores Corporation, well-known engineering firm of Prescott, Arizona, is getting another property in Yavapai County, ready for operation. The new organization, financed by a Chicago syndicate, will be known as the Oro Flame Mining Company, and present plans, provide for the sinking of a shaft, 100 feet below the 140-foot tunnel level. Contract for this work has been let to Harry K. Grove, of Prescott. The operators will employ for the present a crew of about 10 men.

This gold property comprises three claims on the Lower Hassayampa River, and development to date, consists of two tunnels, of lengths of 450 and 800 feet.
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THE MINING JOURNAL

THE MONEY METALS MINE
By Grace M. Sparks, Prescott, Arizona

While the name of Yavapai County will always be linked by the mining and financial circles, with the names of its two great wonder mines, the United Verde, and the United Verde Extension, it is interesting to note the marked development which is taking place on smaller properties throughout the various districts of the county; in this connection might be also mentioned the Verde Central, Arizona Bagdad, Hammon Copper, Ltd., the Boston Arizona, Sheldon, etc.

This article will treat one in particular, that of the Money Metals Exploration Company, whose property is located 18 miles south of Prescott, in the Big Bug Mining District. This is one of the oldest districts of the region, lying on the northeast slopes of the Bradshaw Mountains, extending from Big Bug Mesa, down to the foothills of the Agua Fria Valley. Its waters flow into Agua Fria River. The upper slopes are heavily timbered, but the foothills are generally open country.

The Money Metals Exploration Company is incorporated under the laws of Arizona. The president, Thomas Turner, is well and favorably known in Arizona and Los Angeles. Most of his time is spent on the property. Claud Harmon, Secretary-Treasurer, is a permanent resident of Prescott, Arizona. N. S. Kelsey of Los Angeles is the consulting engineer, and J. K. Kilfeder, superintendent.

There are seven claims in the group, conveniently located on the head of Big Bug Creek, one and one-half miles west of the railroad terminal at Poland, thus giving an opportunity for excellent transportation facilities, in addition to the road to Prescott.

The property was originally owned by Fred Reif, pioneer resident of Prescott, and was later acquired by George Beatty, of Ohio. Mr. Beatty died in 1916, leaving a will, whereby the estate was placed in control of a trustee for 10 years. The property was sold September 7, 1919, to George Elias. It was acquired by contract from Elias, by the Money Metals Exploration Company. Operations by this company have been under way approximately two years.

A visit to the property will show that the largest expenditure of funds has gone into actual development of the property. True, the camp is adequately equipped for comfortable living, there being bunkhouses, a cookhouse, dining room, even showers, but no extravagance. Machinery sufficient for present work is in good condition; however, later additional equipment will be installed, and power changed from gasoline, to either Diesel, generated, or direct electric current from the Arizona Power Company. Timber is available on the ground.

Un-watering the shaft, re-timbering the same to the 300-foot Level, and opening up approximately 1,000 feet of drifts on the 100, 200 and 800-foot Levels, has occupied the attention of the management.

According to Engineer Kelsey, the development to date, has consisted of opening up the 800-foot shaft, which is carried on the main fissure, with an average dip of 75 degrees, 210 feet of drifting at the 100-foot Level, disclosing one strong shoot of ore; 600 feet of drifting on the main fissure on the 200-foot Level, disclosing two strong shoots of ore; 300 feet of drifting on the 800-foot Level, disclosing one of the shoots of ore developed on the 200
Level, and, from all indications, work is just entering the second. 125 feet of drifting has also been done on a second parallel fissure, giving increasing encouraging indications of the existence of the third ore shoot.
Values of the ore, in order of their importance, are gold, silver, lead, copper, and zinc.

At the present time, the development program consists of drifting on the 300 Level, to the end lines of the property, a distance of 3,000 feet, with systematic crosscutting in both granite-porphyry contacts, at regular intervals to definitely prove, if possible, any regular occurrence, and recurrence of ore shoots, that may exist. The shaft will be sunk to the 600 level, or possibly to the un-oxidized zone, and as much of the 300 Level work repeated as may be necessary.

Officials of the Money Metals Company, other than those mentioned, are: A. S. Johnson, Vice-president, an oil operator with headquarters in Los Angeles; C. La-Verne Larzelere, an attorney at law, Los Angeles, and M. C. Wonderly, rig building contractor of Long Beach, directors. Attorneys for the company, are Favour and Baker of Prescott, and W. C. Shelton, of Los Angeles.
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ARIZONA

The first of a series of model bunk houses, using reinforced construction, is being completed at the Gold King Coalition Mine, 21 miles southeast of Kingman, Arizona. They will contain an adequate sleeping room, to accommodate several miners, a modern bathroom, and be provided with electric lights. Each is fireproof, and so built as to be cool in summer, and warm in winter.

Pete Vukoye, Mine Superintendent of the Gold King, states that more water has been encountered in the double-compartment working shaft, within the past few weeks. Ruby silver has been found in the ores at the 280 foot Level, but the main values continue in gold.
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The Arizona Magma Mining Company is understood to be making preparations for early reopening of its properties at Chloride, Arizona. Harold Carpenter, Assistant Superintendent, having reported as follows: “Inasmuch as our ore is dominantly gold, we are, of course, anxious to again start operation. The present price of metal was not the reason for our shut-down; it was due to several external conditions over which we had no control at the time. However, we now have these matters well in hand, and are making every preparation for early operation.”
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Amended articles of incorporation for the Culture Mining & Milling Company, of Wickenburg, Arizona, have been filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission, increasing the concern’s capital stock to $1,000,000. The company was originally incorporated in June, 1927, with a capitalization of $100,000. D. R. Finlayson of Wickenburg has long been head of this operation.
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Metallurgical tests recently made by S. S. Jones at the new mill he designed and built on the Loftus Property, for North Star Gold Mining Company, north of Oatman, indicated the necessity of two additional copper amalgamating plates, which have now been installed. Ore from the 100-foot Level of the mine, is assaying between $14 and $18 per ton. Manager George McDevitt states that both mine and mill production will start immediately.
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George H. Koyk, of Wickenburg, Arizona, and Neil C. Clark, of Phoenix, have filed articles of incorporation with the Arizona Corporation Commission, for the Diamond Joe Mining Company, Inc. The authorized capital stock of the corporation is 1,000,000 shares, without nominal, or par value.
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Gold values have been reported ranging between $37 and $157 per ton, from the Kingman Merger Mines Company Estate, 15 miles north of Kingman, Arizona, by C. Warren Shufelt, of Los Angeles, who is in charge of the property. E. Ross Housholder, Mining Engineer, of Kingman, recently completed an examination, and prepared a working map for the entire group, including the Gem, Idaho, and O’Brien Claims.

Shufelt has been conferring with other officials of the company in Los Angeles, and has announced that it is the intention of his organization to be actively engaged in a development program within 90 days.
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By September 1, a force of about 20 men, is expected to be added to the crew working the Spring Creek Leasing Company’s claims, near Globe, Arizona. It is reported that this increase will be made, to start further improvement and expansion work. L. E. Foster, Luhrs Tower Building, Phoenix, is back of this proposition.
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Amended articles of incorporation have been filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission, for the Independent Silver Mining Company, of Phoenix, changing the number of shares and par value of stock, from the original authorization. The company was incorporated in July, 1918, with a capital stock of $1,000,000, divided into 1,000,000 shares valued at $1 per share. This is now changed to 4,000,000 shares of stock, of the par value of 25 cents a share.
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The Tin Cup Mill, in the Kingman District, jointly owned by the Gold Cliff Central, and the North Star, mining companies, was lately started up on a trial run, after having been in process of reconstruction, under the direction of Smiley Jones, the past few months. The plant has been moved to a spot below the shaft, making for a more convenient handling of the ore.

If mill operation proves successful, it is considered quite probable that some equipment from the North Star Plant, will be moved to the property, with the idea in view of providing further crushing capacity. Only a small amount of surface work has been done at the Tin Cup, the shaft having been sunk to a depth of 80 feet. Some of the ore being taken out runs $25 per ton. The shaft is to be carried to 100 feet, followed by lateral work at that point.
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Two mining claims, located in the Banner Mining District, 300 yards northeast of the Christmas Powerhouse, have been located by the Christmas Copper Company, of Christmas, Arizona, according to papers filed with the County Recorder’s Office, at Globe. H. A. Rossell is manager.
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Kean St. Charles, President and Manager of the Golden Door Mines Company, operating 28 miles northwest of Chloride, Arizona, (Lost Basin area) reports that development has entered the main gold-bearing vein on the property, where assay returns show three feet of the ore to run $85 per ton. This is free-milling ore.
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J. C. Lane and Associates, have taken an option on the Johnson Mine, located three miles above Octave, Arizona, from James Smith, of Los Angeles, which option includes some property owned by C. B. Hosford, which had been optioned to Smith. The option agreement calls for the keeping of at least four men at work. Mr. Lane is Manager, of the Emerson Mining Company, with headquarters in Phoenix, which company recently took over the old Bee Hive Mine at Octave.
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Opening of a new gold vein, has been reported, on the North end of the old Cordelia Mine, in Mohave County, Arizona, operated by John M. Gross and Associates. The Cordelia, was the Northwest extension of the old Todd Mine, now a part of the Oro Plata Estate, held under option by the Copperconda Mines Company.

Samples taken from the new find, assayed in Kingman, are said to have shown values ranging from $20.53, to $341.77, per ton. The owners of the property, we understand, are to merge their interests, which will give them practically all of the outcrop of the vein. Alongside of the main vein of the group is another, carrying important values in lead.
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Bob Roberts lately brought to Phoenix, word of the discovery of mineralized round carrying some moderate values in copper, silver, and gold, on the Daisy Property, 40 miles north of that place. The find was made while doing assessment work on three of the 23 claims, and it is now planned to do work on the others during the summer. It is understood that recent work on the property has been under the direction of A. Caveness, President of the Camp Creek Mining Company.
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Owing to heat in the Tom Reed Mine, at Oatman, Arizona, a circulating air column is reported being installed, to provide better ventilation, while the raise from the 1,100-foot Level is being driven to connection, with the winze from the 950 Level. The management, locally headed by Victor A. Light, is doing everything possible to improve working conditions at the mine, looking toward greater production.
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Copper production of United Verde Extension Mining Company, Jerome, Arizona, showed an increase in July, over that of June, or 3,898,000 pounds last month, compared with 3,580,000 pounds produced, during the previous 30 days. However, May production was 4,013,796 pounds, and April output, 4,094,740 pounds.
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Calumet & Arizona Mining Company has at this time completed, or is drawing to completion, a number of major improvements at its various operations in Arizona. Steady progress has been made in the modernization program under way at the company’s Douglas smelter, about half of which is to be completed within the next few weeks.

The new power plant at the Junction Shaft, at Lowell, is now in operation, and the old plant is being torn down. At Bisbee, installation of the new surface plant, which includes an Allis-Chalmers double-drum hoist, driven by a 1,350-horsepower a/c. motor, has been completed, and remaining sections to be concreted in the Campbell Shaft, are being finished up.

It is interesting to note that Calumet & Arizona’s copper output has totaled practically the same amount, during the past four months of the year, or slightly over 7,500,000 pounds. July production was 7,534,000 pounds. Specific metal output during the second quarter of this year was 23,284,746 pounds of copper, 387,607 ounces of silver, and 13,594 ounces of gold.
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J. H. Kelly, of Hereford, Arizona, is opening up a new shaft on his LueIla Group of claims, located five miles Southwest of Gleeson, Arizona, the ore running $86 gold per ton, 8 percent copper, and with some silver. At 17 feet, the vein, which is 18 inches wide, assayed 82 ounces gold, and nine ounces silver per ton, and 5 percent copper.

Mr. Kelly is opening up another ore shoot, 500 feet from the new shaft, which assays $90 per ton in gold. In another vein, running parallel to this, 150 feet west, a shaft down 60 feet, shows $40 gold values the entire depth. The first car of ore, was scheduled to be trucked to Douglas, Arizona, the middle of this month. Mr. Kelly has expressed intention to put in a milling plant at an early date.
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The Morning Glory Mining & Smelting Company, of Patagonia, Arizona, is offering for sale, its 100-ton flotation mill completed last year. Insufficient water supply at the mine, is given as the reason for its disposal. E. H. Evans, of Patagonia, is Manager.
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Alleging that nearly $6,000 is due it from the Kay Copper Corporation, of Canon, Arizona, for electrical power and equipment, the Arizona Power Company is said to have brought suit against that company, for the collection of the amount due, the foreclosure of a lien against the company's property, and other relief. D. J. Richards, former manager of the Kay Company, Ben Warner, merchant of Rock Springs, near the mine, and H. O. Roberts, were named as co-defendants. According to the complaint, the mining company contracted for supplies, electrical equipment, and power, on September 1, 1929, and used such power and supplies, until March 22, of this year, at a total cost of $6,239.29, of which only $650 has been paid.

According to reports, Richards and Warner were named as co-defendants, due to the fact that on June 8 of this year, the former filed a lien against the Kay Company, attaching part of the property, and on July 1, bought part of this in a sheriff’s sale, to satisfy his judgment, while 152.15 acres of real estate, went to Warner, at the same sale.
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It is reported that operations at the Swansea Mine and Mill, of American Smelting & Refining Company, north of House, Arizona, have been ceased indefinitely, due to the low price of copper. The mill had been handling daily, about 250 tons of ore, averaging about 3 percent copper, since it started operation several months ago. H. C. Lane has been in charge of the Swansea property for at least four or five years, and was active manager for A. S. & R., since that company acquired the property about a year ago.
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The firm of Paul, Sheffield & Paul, former lessees of the lime quarry at Puntenney, Arizona, and at present, developing a quarry, near Perkinsville, is now to be known as the Sorey Lime Company, reorganization of the concern having been effected in Douglas, early this month. Alfred Paul, of Douglas, Arizona, was named President of the company; his son, Alfred Paul, Jr., Vice-president; and John T. Sheffield, Secretary and Treasurer. Until recently, Paul, Sheffield & Paul, held the Puntenney Quarry under lease, from M. B. Hazeltine and Associates, of Prescott.

The firm, however, decided to take over the lime deposits at Perkinsville, and concentrate activities at that point. This led to formation of the new company. It is understood that approximately $50,000 worth of equipment and facilities had been installed at Puntenney. The new firm intends to purchase additional equipment, and to construct a large warehouse.
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The discovery made by Tom Siders and Associates, on the West end of the Tom Reed Property, at Oatman, Arizona, has acted as a stimulant to the Eyster-James Lease, of the block of ground below the 300 Level, where these two men have entered the same showing, that appears in the lease above. The vein was picked up through a crosscut from the 300 Level.
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The Copperconda Mining Company, has been taking out ore from the 280 and 380-foot levels of the Oro Plata Mine, in the Hualapai District of Mohave County. Shipments are being made to Salt Lake City. The product is in gold, with a small amount of silver. R. O. Gruwell of Vicksburg, Arizona, is interested in this property.
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The No. 2 Shaft, at the Ray, Arizona, mines of Nevada Consolidated Copper Company, was flooded August 8, the result of a nine-hour downpour in southeastern Arizona. It was necessary to suspend operations for a time. on the 1,825-foot Level of the property. Roads in the vicinity of Ray, were washed out in many places, and the town was practically isolated, except for impaired telephone communication.
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The United American Mining Company, at Oatman, Arizona, is raising from the 1,000-foot Level, to the level above, this raise being in the recently entered ore body. The management, headed by W. K. Ridenour, has carded its crosscut to the south, 360 feet, and expects to soon enter one of the main ore veins. Regular consignments are being continued to the mill.
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Fred Miller, and Ed Cluff, lately arrived In Kingman, Arizona, after six months spent at the Chapin Manganese Mines, below Signal, in Mohave County. They have completed assessment work on the group, tunnels, and crosscuts, all having been driven into the deposit with gratifying results. Owing to the property’s isolation, considerable distance from transportation, the mines are to be held until a rail route is available. A large amount of work was mapped out last year, but due to the low price of manganese ore in the American markets, it was thought best to await a better opportunity for development-production work.
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Parties operating the Escapule Baryta Claims, near Tombstone, Arizona, are understood to be making arrangements to begin actual shipments. A car of the material will be loaded soon, and shipped to California for a test of its quality. Should there be a sufficiently high barium content, further action is to be taken.
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It is reported that work of establishing a mess hall, living quarters, and work shops, will be started some time between now, and October 15, on property of the Camp B. Copper Mines Company, 11 miles east of Wickenburg, Arizona. Archie E. Webb of Glendale, California, who has become interested in the future of this mine, was a recent visitor at the camp.
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Drifting on the 200 Level, in the Tombstone Extension Mine, at Tombstone, Arizona, continues in ore, in both faces, north and south. August 1, the forty-fifth car of ore was shipped, making a total of about 2,200 tons of ore sent forward, since work started last December. Over 400 feet of development has been done in that time.

The ore being shipped is of a rich carbonate, coming from a two-foot vein, in the ledge matter. Sinking to the 300 level, will begin this month, and it is planned to have a station cut at that depth by Thanksgiving. D’Autremont Brothers of 910 Consolidated National Bank Building, Tucson, are back of this proposition.
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Negotiations have been started which may result in the opening of a new school near the United Vanadium mines, in Dripping Springs Wash, near Globe, Arizona. Officials of the United Vanadium Corporation, of which Walter X. Osborn, of Globe, is superintendent, are to erect the building, and furnish it, while Gila County furnishes a teacher. About 20 children now reside at the site, and if the force at the mine is increased, which is quite probable, since the announcement of intention to increase mill capacity at the mine, the total number of students would doubtless be considerably larger.
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Gold ore, assaying $73 per ton, has been reported uncovered in the workings of the Del Norte Leasing Company, at Bisbee, Arizona. A carload of this ore, samples of which were run off by the Copper Queen engineering staff, is in sight in the mine, according to George Gillman, President. The property is operated through Calumet & Arizona’s Hoatson Shaft, one of the oldest copper producers in the district, and heretofore no gold ore has ever been shipped from the Del Norte Lease, the company’s president states.
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Giving “Pard”, a little pup, a lift down a steep hillside, later brought Curley L. Minium into Phoenix, with specimens of molybdenum, said to be some of the richest unearthed in Arizona. While helping the dog down the incline, Minium noticed specks of the mineral, and returning to the spot with a pick, cut into an ore vein.

The extent of the deposit has, of course, not yet been determined, but the vein, showing a width of six feet at the surface, has a rich streak of ore, 14 inches wide through the center, and six inches of this, Minium declared, is practically pure molybdenite. In support of his declaration, Minium showed specimens of the ore, and some of the pieces, measuring four inches across, are said to have been pure ore, while others showed as much as 80 percent metal.

It is understood that steps will be taken at once to develop the property, located two and a half miles from the Yavapai County line, in Maricopa County, 56 miles northeast of Phoenix. Minium has staked out five claims in the district, and has formed a partnership with H. A. Starnes, A. D. Hall, and H. W. Maxwell, to develop the property. Mr. Starnes will direct business affairs of the proposition at Phoenix.
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W. Stewart Button of Riverside, California, who has an option on the Ballas Mine, 45 miles east of Ajo, Arizona, is understood to have recently shipped in from the coast, a truck-load of equipment and supplies, for use in reopening the property. This mine was formerly held under lease and option, by the C. C. Julian interests. A hoist and suitable surface structures are on the ground.
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PLACER GROUND NEAR PRESCOTT TO BE WORKED BY NEW COMPANY

Operations are to be started the latter part of this month, on the Oak Creek Placers, located in the Walnut Grove Mining District, in Arizona, 25 miles south of Prescott. The new work will be by the Hugget-Hoffman Mines, Inc., which company was recently issued a certificate of incorporation, by the Arizona Corporation Commission, naming its capital stock at $250,000.

Officers of the new organization are:
William G. Hugget, President;
Victor Hoffman, Vice-president and General Manager;
and John B. Wright, of Tucson, Secretary-Treasurer.
Colonel C. W. Stein-man, mining engineer of Tucson, will serve the company in a consulting capacity.

These placers are comprised of the Black Rock, Mint, and Moonflower Claims, of 20 acres each. They were held for six years by Peter Zerbey, and were recently sold to Victor Hoffman,of San Antonio, Texas, who, with eastern capitalists, plans the new development. The new interests plan to, very shortly, purchase other properties.
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for OCTOBER 30, 1930

ARIZONA

The Howard Kenyon Dredging Company has started operations on its newly acquired placer holdings along the San Francisco River, south of Clifton, Arizona. The company’s dragline outfit has been moved down the river, and located at a point five miles below Clifton, where a camp has been established. The equipment is capable of handling 1,500 cubic yards of gravel daily. Warren J. Kenyon, Manager of the company, has been at the properties, supervising the beginning of work.
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No further curtailment of operations is contemplated by United Verde Extension Mining Company, according to President James S. Douglas, who has been spending some time at the company’s properties at Jerome, Arizona, following his return from a trip abroad. The mines are running full time, and the company expects to continue operations on the present scale. Mr. Douglas was accompanied to the copper camp by Mrs. Douglas, and Arthur Notman, prominent mining engineer and geologist of New York City.
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Surface structures and improvements of Bagdad Copper Corporation, at Hillside, Arizona, having been completed for the present, attention of the company is now being centered upon development underground. Bagdad Copper is operating on a considerably reduced scale, only about 20 men being employed regularly. General Manager George G. Thomas is at this time in the East.
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The First Associated Mines Company of Yavapai County, Arizona, has filed articles of incorporation with the Arizona Corporation Commission, naming its capital stock at $1,000,000. Robert Wingfield and O. A. Hesla, of Prescott, and Richard Kingdon, of Cleator, Arizona, are incorporators of the new concern.
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Suit for the collection of $1,116 alleged to be due for work done on mining properties, and foreclosure of a laborer’s lien, has been filed in the Yavapai County Superior Court, by Albert H. Pruett, against Mrs. R. E. Logan, and the Colossal Gold Mining Company, of Wagoner, Arizona. Mr. Pruett claimed that he had performed labor for the company, since March 4 of this year, amounting to the sum named. This work is understood to have included the erection of a milling plant.
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Durlin and Bayless have men at work, driving a tunnel on the old Marion Derrick Mine, located in the Silver Creek section, of Mohave County, Arizona. The tunnel is being driven toward the vein, and lateral work is soon to be undertaken. Mr. Durlin has long been a resident of Oatman, Arizona, and feels sure that the Derrick will prove up, with inauguration of the development work mapped out. Sam Bayless, formerly of Oatman, is now a resident of Bakersfield, California.
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Mine work of the Hassayampa Gold Mining Company, Inc., Kirkland, Arizona, is being centered upon drifting, which type of development is to be continued for some time to come. The company plans to do at least 200 feet of development work, before purchasing a mill. Secretary Claud F. Harmon reports that there are several hundred tons of ore of good milling grade now on the dump. Others interested in the company are Paul Mathey, President; Joe Serafini, Vice-President and Manager, and Albert Zimmerman, Treasurer.
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Possibilities for development of placer ground in the Big Bug District, near Prescott, Arizona, are being watched with keen interest by mining men of that section of the state. Gold nuggets valued at $1,200, have been reported recovered, by two men working the Windy Group of Claims, in that district. The men are said to have collected the nuggets in less than two months’ time. C. A. Logsdon is the owner of the property, which is leased to Charles Roman. Mr. Roman has been working the ground with the help of one man, using a wheelbarrow and sluice boxes. The water of Big Bug Creek is used, and is reported plentiful for the purpose. Mr. Logsdon is understood now making arrangements to group a number of properties along the creek, into one body, for development work on a larger scale.
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Regular shifts of the Old Dominion Mine at Globe, Arizona, have resumed work, following a five days’ lay-off of approximately 400 employees, occasioned by the installation of new drums on the hoists, and a number of other changes made under the new improvement program inaugurated by the company, several months ago. The necessary adjustments have now been made, and the men have resumed work in all quarters. Improvements completed under the new program, include hanging of the new skips, and construction of the head-frame, and 1,500-ton ore bin. Hoisting is to be done in two shifts, and the third shift at the mine is to be devoted to repair, and concrete work. Work is to be started immediately on concreting the 2,600-foot shaft from top to bottom. I. H. Barkdoll is Manager.
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Erroneous reports have been circulated to the effect that Phelps Dodge has abandoned plans for the proposed gas line to transport natural gas, for its operations in Arizona, from New Mexico gas fields. The truth of the matter is, that while extension of the line to the Globe-Miami District has been temporarily postponed, plans are going ahead to carry the gas to Bisbee and Douglas operations.
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Gold ore from the Fairview Mine, near Crown King, Arizona, recently assayed in Prescott, showed values running $10.80 per ton. It is believed that some of the ore at this point of development will run $25 per ton. Considerable work has been done on this property, principally tunneling. The mine is owned by Ed. Block of Prescott.
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The Eder Gold Mining Company, J. G. Mowles, general manager, Oatman, Arizona, has all its new equipment installed, and is now sinking to a depth of 100 feet. This property is near the old Moss Mine, located in the Silver Creek section, of Mohave County.
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Work on electrification of the Midnight Test Gold Mine, of the National Exploration Company, at Prescott, Arizona, is fast nearing completion, and the “juice” will very shortly be turned on for full operations. A construction program, to include new bunkhouses, larger mill capacity, and other surface improvements, is to be undertaken by the company. Immediate mine work will include sinking of a deeper shaft, and the extension of several drifts. A large pile of concentrates, and crude ore, is reported awaiting consignment at the present time. W. W. Linesba is manager.
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The Boriana Mining Company, L. B. Rece, superintendent, is getting everything in shape for the erection of the new milling plant, on its properties at Yucca, Arizona. A carload of lumber has been hauled to the mine, and others are to soon follow.
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Plans to establish a refining plant, possibly at Santa Ana, California, were made at a recent stockholders’ meeting of the Copperconda Mining Company at Kingman, Arizona. The plant is to be constructed on the coast, in order to take advantage of cheap fuel available there. The meeting was the annual gathering of the stockholders, and a full board of directors was selected for the coming year.
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The old smelter at Benson, Arizona, is reported being torn down, and sold piece by piece, to various mining companies. The plant had been sold and re-sold many times, and numerous attempts were made to place it on a profitable basis.
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The shaft of the White Horse Mine, near Kingman, Arizona, is now below 300 feet, with sinking being continued toward the 500 Level. Considerable water was encountered below the 300, but this is being readily handled with present equipment. A station was cut at the 300 Level, and timbering has been done, to allow crosscutting to the vein from that depth. It is hoped that the vein encountered on the 200-foot Level will show up in levels below. C. R. Walleck, of Van Nuys, California, is President of the organization.
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Instructions having been received from Detroit interests back of the proposition, J. D. Mitchell, mining engineer, Chandler, Arizona, is to start immediate work on a silver, lead, copper property, 12 miles from Ajo, Arizona. This property, worked in the 1910’s, is said to have considerable pay ore now in sight. There is a 50-ton mill on the ground, and the operators expect to soon be able to treat the ore at the property. Output will be hauled to Ajo, for shipment to El Paso. Twenty-five men are to be employed at the mine.
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James Devine and several of his mining associates were in Kingman, Arizona, the middle of the month, looking over the Devine properties, south of Oatman. Mr. Devine is the owner of the Thaicourt Mine, where recent work is said to have shown a section of the ore body, to run between seven and eight feet in width, carrying values averaging $15 per ton. A hoist has been installed at the mine, and when the compressor is in place, sinking is to be carried to the 200-foot Level, this to be focllowed by lateral work.
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Extensive development is being planned for the Madrose Mines, eight miles southeast of Prescott, Arizona, following rehabilitation of the shafts. This property, formerly known as the Sterling Group, is being operated by George A. Kirkbride, mining engineer of Prescott, and George R. Hannan, of Hollywood, California. Results of preliminary work have been such that installation of larger equipment is considered justified, and it is hoped that with this in place, consignments of ore to the smelter can be started within 30 days. The road to the property is being rebuilt, and a new compressor, and 50-horsepower engine are being installed. A crew of men is engaged in installing a 1,500-foot pipeline between the Mormon, and the main shaft, and a new head frame is being constructed at the former point of development. During the past three months, the main working shaft has been rehabilitated to the 120-foot Level, and the 110-foot shaft on the Mormon Group has been cleaned out to the 65-foot Level. This work is said to have disclosed considerable gold ore, ranging in value from $15 to $50 per ton. Mining operations will be started on the 200 Level of the main shaft, while un-watering of the lower level is in progress.
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After many months of negotiations, White Hills Silver Mines, Inc., is understood to have accepted a proposition with French financial interests, to full finance development plans originally outlined for its properties at White Hills, near Chloride, Arizona. This is expected to mean resumption of sinking of the main working shaft, with crosscutting, and drifting to the known veins of the property, at depth, and provision for the construction of a reduction plant. The property is said to be well equipped for immediate needs with hoists, compressor, drills, sawmill blacksmith shop, and necessary camp facilities. The White Hills property has been under continuous development during the past few years, the degree of such development varying from time to time, depending upon the financial position of the company. Eight assessments of 1 cent each, per share, have been levied against the outstanding capital stock. At a recent meeting, the company authorized the reinstatement of all delinquent shares upon payment of all unpaid assessments, and set the time limit for such reinstatement as October 31, 1930. The organization has offices in the E. C. Lyon Building, Reno, Nevada, Ben Gill, Secretary-treasurer.
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Members of the Los Angeles Curb Exchange have been advised that effective September 2, the registrar for stock of the Tom Reed Gold Mines Company, with properties at Oatman, Arizona, was changed from the Security First National Bank of Los Angeles, to the Security National Bank of Pasadena, California.
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Reports of Magma Copper Company, at Superior, Arizona, state that output for September will run close to 3,000,000 pounds, and that a good margin of profit is assured even on present copper prices. Money expended for increased efficiency at this property is beginning to bear results, and output per man, is larger than at any time previously. Report of the company states: “We hope, this month, to do as well as last month, and if everything goes well, expect to produce for 6 ½ cents a pound, before depreciation, If able to do this, we should have fair costs for the quarter, notwithstanding only 1,500,000 pounds were produced in July.” William E. Koerner is the company’s manager.
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All officers and directors of the Central Copper Company were re-elected at the recent annual meeting held at Dos Cabezas, Arizona. The officers re-elected are T. N. McCauley of Tucson, President; O. S. Stevenson, Vice-President; Frank M. Utt of Tucson, Secretary; and C. M. Kirby, Treasurer. H. J. Gilbert, a director from Rockford, Illinois, and Dr. Harry R. North of Trenton, New Jersey, at tended the meeting. John W. Prout, Jr., is general manager of the company’s properties located at Dos Cabezas.
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The Whitman Metals Reduction Corporation is preparing the old E. P. and S. W. roundhouse at Tucson, Arizona, for the machinery purchased in Denver, and on the coast, by Henry L. Whitman, President. The business, which was incorporpated recently at $200,000, will manufacture, through special process, copper and lead products. Initial installation of machinery wilt involve approximately $25,000, according to reports. Using both junk and new metals, the following products will be manufactured: Aluminum alloys, linotype ingots, casting bronze, aluminum solder, plumbers’ and tinners’ solder, and zinc oxide.
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Drilling has been started by the Continental Diamond Drilling Company on the large group of claims, in the Pinto Creek District, between Miami and Superior, Arizona, recently optioned to United Verde Copper Company of Jerome. The option held includes the Sixty-Four Copper Group, and the adjoining Cibola Property. The first hole is being drilled about a mile north of Summit Camp, on the Superior Highway. United Verde officials have announced themselves ready to fully develop the property should the exploration show sufficient merit. The property is believed by geologists to offer a good chance for development of a large disseminated copper deposit.
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Present attention of the Tom Reed Gold Mines Company, Oatman, Arizona, is being centered about the 1,100-foot Level, where stopes are being opened up, and a station cut to accommodate the installation of an electric hoist, to carry development work downward. From this point, the sinking of a winze to the 1,200 Level is now planned. The stopes are reported in good ore, this material going to the mill as it is broken, and at the plant, being mixed with lower-grade ore from other parts of the property. Victor A. Light is in charge of the work.
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The Southwest Metal Extraction Corporation expects to be able to resume work at Congress, Arizona, within a few days, according to President 0. J. Senum, 1850 Galbreth Road, Pasadena, California. A new rod mill is to be installed. for regrinding the coarse sands, which caused the trouble. A milling plant was erected on the property late last year, for treatment of tailings at the old Congress Mine.
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The shaft at the Gold King Coalition Mine, near Kingman, Arizona, has reached a depth, considerably over 800 feet, plans having been made to continue work to the 500 Level before lateral development is undertaken. Although the richer material is said to run to the north of the shaft, present development is in ore of milling grade. Pete Vukoye is in charge of the work, and is getting satisfactory results with a small force of workmen.
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A new hoist has been delivered and installed at the Johnson Born Mine, at Wickenburg, Arizona. This is expected to facilitate further development work.
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The United American Mining Company at Oatman, Arizona, W. K. Ridenour, President and Manager, continues showing substantial values in its stope near the crosscut from the 1,000-foot Level. The drift to the east is being pressed forward, and is expected to reach another ore shoot in that direction soon.
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A 22-inch vein of ore has been struck by the St. EImo Mines, Inc., operating at Stanton, Arizona, under the management of E. A. Wayne. Assays are to be made, and its value fully determined. This company, with headquarters at 310 Fuller Building, 1 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, N. J., H. M. Conover, President, is developing property formerly held by the Mildred Consolidated Mining Company.
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A certificate of incorporation has been issued the Arizona Beel Mines Company, by the Arizona Corporation Commission. The company has capital stock of $50,000, and was incorporated by E. C. Moore, Wayne Hubbs, and A. Sweem of Phoenix.
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A crew of 10 men has been engaged to start sinking the shaft at the Wall Street Mine, near Kingman, Arizona, from the 100-foot to the 200-foot Llevel. John S. Sartain, Superintendent, was recently in Kingman, looking over the properties. [rehab Notes: J S Sartain also held a group of claims, located near Nob Hill, NE of Searchlight, NV. These mines produced high grade gold and silver ore, taken from a vertical stope extending about ¼ of a mile on the surface, and down about 650 feet. The stope has stulls, and is a similar working like that of the Techatticup Mine just south of the Nelson,NV townsite.]
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The old Derrick Mine, in the Kingman locality, is now being operated by Sam Bayless and associates. Important results are reported being obtained from present development work.
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M. H. Force and associates, of Oatman, Arizona, have been putting their placer mines, in the Silver Creek section of Mohave County, Arizona, in shape for examination by engineers, who are to shortly arrive at the property. The holdings are situated along Silver Creek Wash, not far from claims of the Silver Creek Bonanza Mining Company. [rehab Notes: my first gold nugget found with a metal detector came out of this wash; it being nearly 3 ½ ounces.]
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Michael Curley, manager of the New Cornelia Mines at Ajo, Arizona, reports that contrary to current rumor, operations are being continued at 60 percent of capacity, and will likely continue on this basis until business conditions are better, when output from the mines will again be increased.
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D. D. Ford and James B. Wright of Tucson, are the incorporators of a new mining company, to be known as the Larrymade Mines, Inc., recently incorporated by the Arizona Corporation Commission. The company is capitalized at $500,000.
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UNITED VERDE EXTENSION ACQUIRES OLD VULTURE MINE

An option has been acquired on the famous old Vulture mining property, near Wickenburg, Arizona, by the United Verde Extension Mining Company, of Jerome, Arizona. The completion of this transaction was immediately followed by the announcement of plans for the sinking of a three-compartment shaft, to a depth of 500 feet.

Recent diamond drilling by the Vulture Mining and Milling Company, under the direction of D. H. Finlayson, manager, has resulted in the discovery, beneath 375 feet to 480 feet of capping lava flows, of a new faulted section of the old Vulture Lode. This new discovery lies fully 1,800 feet northeast, of the easternmost walls, of the old surface workings on the lode, and a probable length of 1,000 feet is indicated. The vertical shaft is to be sunk near the discovery drill hole, which should allow convenient prospecting of an immense amount of the new lode.

It has not yet been stated whether the work will be done by contract, or by United Verde Extension Crews. More than $125,000 has been expended by the Vulture Company in the exploration, which resulted in the relocation of the lost vein, according to Mr. Finlayson. This program has been carried on over a period of three years. Early in the development, some milling equipment was installed, and the old vein worked in an effort to meet development costs. However, the faulting became so intricate, that this program was given up, and exploration carried on without production.

The Vulture Mine was discovered by Henry Wickenburg, in 1863. Published reports, credit the mine with a gold production as high as $15,000,000 during the early days, when the oxidized gold ores were mined almost at grass roots. The first period of Vulture history was ended in 1887, when the early day operators believed the vein had been worked out. In 1909, a faulted segment of the vein was located, and approximately another $2,000,000 in gold recovered, but the complicated faulting again baffled the operators, and the mine was closed in 1917. It was practically idle from that time, until taken over by the Vulture Mining and Milling Company, in 1927.

The old Vulture made history for the central portion of Arizona, and this new discovery, with the development now planned, should give a tremendous impetus to mining in the Wickenburg District, and adjacent territory.
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THE MINING JOURNAL

IMPORTANT GOLD STRIKE AT ARIZONA COPPER BELT MINE

A strike of gold ore, running about $60 per ton, has been made at the property of the Arizona Copper Belt Mining Company, and bids are in to make that property a gold producer of importance. This gold vein has been opened up on the 430-foot Level, for a length of over 70 feet, and still continuing, and has been shown to be from 12 to 16 feet in width, maintaining high average values.

The Arizona Copper Belt Mining Company is the operating unit of the Copper Belt Smelter Co., Inc., with properties at Constellation, Arizona, directly adjoining the famed Monte Cristo Mine. The property consists of 22 patented claims, on which work has been progressing for a number of years, with varying success, primarily for the development of copper.

A gold-bearing quartz fissure vein, traverses the property from east to west, and has a prominent outcropping which shows for over 3,000 feet on Copper Belt ground. This vein has attracted much attention in the past and, many years ago, the No. 1 Shaft was sunk about 200 feet, following the gold vein, but the vein was lost before the bottom of the shaft was reached. At that time, construction was started on a 10-stamp mill, which was never completed because they ran out of gold ore.

The No. 2 Shaft, from which the new discovery was made, is located 610 feet from the old workings, and is sunk to a depth of 430 feet. The development work from this new shaft had been done with a view to exploration of the Amethyst, and other veins for copper.

A complete examination of the property was made in March, 1930, by George D. Jordan, a mining engineer and geologist, of Colorado, who was impressed more with the gold opportunities. He has laid out, and carried out the exploration work, in search of the extension of the gold vein from the No. 2 Shaft, which had been lost in sinking the No. 1 Shaft.

The vein was encountered as predicted by Mr. Jordan, 790 feet southwest of the bottom of the No. 2 Shaft, and values have been opened, that indicate the making of an important gold mine. While average values are shown to be about $60 per ton, picture rock is found that has values running up into several figures. The vein is quartz, in dioritic granite walls, and is persistent. The gold is free, even at this depth, although slight values are found in copper, lead, and silver, indicating an association with sulphides, at greater depth.

The Arizona Copper Belt Mining Company is now managed by George D. Jordan, as engineer and general manager, with Charles S. Doane, as assistant manager. Wm. J. Dilthey is President of the company, with offices at 120 Liberty St., New York. The properties operate exclusively on electric power, obtained over the lines from the Arizona Power Company, that were installed for Monte Cristo operation.
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for NOVEMBER 15, 1930

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Articles of incorporation have been filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission, for the Mineral Belt Mines, Inc., naming Thomas K., and Oscar T. Richey, of 204 Southern Arizona Bank Building, Tucson, Arizona, as incorporators. The company has an authorized capital stock of $2,000,000.
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Repair work at the Big Jim Mine, at Oatman, Arizona, has reached the 500 Level, and clearing of debris from the lateral workings is now under way. Further work outlined will include preparations for the laying of trackage, and this is to be followed by opening of the block of ore known to exist some distance from the shaft.
Operations are being pushed as rapidly as possible, another shift having been added to the force. With the work on the 500 Level completed, the management, supervised by Jno. W. Henderson, intends to drive northward. A. O. Keating of Los Angeles, President and General Manager of the company, was expected at Oatman the first of the month, with a delegation of 25 Big Jim, and Tom Reed, stockholders.
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A certificate of incorporation has been granted the Little Johnnie Mining Company of Phoenix, by the Arizona Corporation Commission. Capitalization of the company is fixed at 250,000 shares of stock without nominal par value. E. S. and N. S. Clark are named as incorporators.
Considerable tonnage, running high in value, is reported going forward to the mill from the 950 and 1,100 levels of the Tom Reed Gold Mines Company, at Oatman, Arizona, Driving of the crosscut from the 1,100-foot Level, to the Aztec Vein is one of the most important developments at present under way.
The crosscut is now out 200 feet, with the contractors driving ahead with all possible speed. Twenty-five tons of ore daily is reported also going to the Tom Reed Mill, from the Ben Harrison Lease, on the property, this material averaging about $25 per ton. An air compressor has been hauled to the Tom Reed from a property at Jerome. Victor A. Light is Superintendent of the company.
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Excellent specimens of quartz crystals for optical purposes have been discovered in the vicinity of Nogales, Arizona. S. W. Hertz, and L. B. Hubbard, of Glendale, California, have taken a lease on the property, and propose to organize a company for exploration work.
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Authority to issue and sell 750,000 shares of its capital stock at 10 cents a share has been issued by the Arizona Corporation Commission to the Southwest Mines Development Company of Humboldt, Arizona. This company controls the Union Jesse property, near Humboldt.
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Because of low metal prices, H. Schwartz, head of operations of the Trench Mining Company, of Patagonia, Arizona, has filed a petition in federal court, asking for a reduction in royalties being paid in operation of the World’s Fair Mine. The property is being operated under receivership proceedings in the court, Mr. Schwartz having entered into a contract some time ago, with Mose Drachman, Receiver, in the case of Myra A. Emery, administratrix of the estate of James H. Emery, deceased, against Frank Powers, and others. It is reported that Mr. Schwartz has expended $20,000 on repair work at the mine. His headquarters are at 1221 Hrllingswortli Building, Los Angeles.
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Report comes from the Evahom Mine at Mineral Park, near Kingman, of the cutting of a rich vein of ore carrying gold, silver, and lead values, the enrichment crossing the original vein, diagonally. This property, formerly known as the Woodchopper, has been opened by tunnelling for considerable distance. H. C. Haverly is in charge of the work.
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Incorporation of the Savey Mining Company of Duluth, Minnesota, incorporated under the laws of Arizona, has been renewed for a period of 25 years, according to an announcement of the Arizona Corporation Commission.
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A group of mining men from Redlands, California, headed by B. Mayer, is installing a hydraulic pump for placer operations, on property formerly known as the old Monitor Claim, located several miles up the Gila River, from Yuma, Arizona. A crew of men has been put to work on the property. Considerable activity on placer claims has been reported from that district.
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The Red Bank Gold Placer Company, of Octave, Arizona, which had planned for the pumping of water from the Hassayampa River, to its property at the foot of Rich Hill, has changed its plans and now expects to secure water from springs and wells in the Peeples Valley section. This water, to be piped with an 1,800-foot head, through an eight and a half mile pipe line, will provide power and water with sufficient force for hydraulicking.
It is also proposed to supply water to other mines in that section. Recent surveys by competent engineers indicate that sufficient water can be developed to carry out this plan, which is considered much better than to pump from the river, with a lift of over 600 feet. The river, however, can always serve as an auxiliary supply. Headquarters of the company are in the Luhrs Tower Building at Phoenix, John B. Ehrhart, Manager.
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Amended articles of incorporation for the Verde Annex Mines Company of Prescott, Arizona, have been filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission, changing capital stock of the concern from 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 shares without nominal par value. The company was originally incorporated in December, 1928. W. F. Burns is Manager.
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Consignment of another car of concentrate, showing values running $250 per ton, marks another step forward in the development, and operation, of the Midnight Test Gold Mine, of National Exploration Company at Prescott, Arizona. Power has been wired to the property by the Arizona Power Company, from the Walker and Poland Junction line, and new electrical equipment has been installed for mine and mill work.
Several changes have been made at the property among which was the moving of the large compressor to the shaft house. A pneumatic sharpener for steel, and an oil furnace, will be among new equipment to be added to the blacksmith shop. A modern boarding house has been equipped, and the change house, complete with new showers, hot water equipment, and heating arrangements, is to be finished early in November. General Manager W. W. Linesba has been in Reno, Nevada, and on the coast, on company business.
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Ore and concentrate consignments from mines at Prescott, Arizona, and immediate vicinity, are reported on the up-grade. Major shipments are from the National Exploration Company, the Chase Mines, the Oro Flame Mining Company, Grove & Sons’ operations, and the Verde Annex Mines Company. Most of these consignments are made to the Superior and Hayden, Arizona, smelters, with a few forwarded to Douglas.
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A strike of gold ore, running approximately $60 per ton, has been made on the copper property of the Arizona Copper Belt Mining Company, at Constellation, Arizona, where C. S. Doane is in active charge, as assistant manager. The new body of ore, varying from 12 to 16 feet in width, has been opened on the 480-foot Level, for a length of over 70 feet, with the ore continuing and maintaining high average values. The No. 2 Shaft, from which the new discovery was made, is located 610 feet from the old workings, and is sunk to a depth of 480 feet. Development work from this new shaft had been done with a view to exploration of the Amethyst, and other veins of copper. A gold-bearing quartz fissure vein traverses the property from east to west, and has a prominent outcropping which shows for over 8,000 feet.
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Articles of incorporation have been filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission for the Maricopa Chief Gold Mines Corporation, of Phoenix. The company has a capital stock of $1,000,000, and was incorporated by J. R. McDonald, L. L. McDonald, and J. H. Lee.
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The mill at the Tin Cup Mine of the North Star Mining Company, near Kingman, Arizona, has been put in excellent condition, and sufficient ore is now being drawn from the upper level, to keep the plant well supplied. The shaft on the property has been sunk to a depth of 140 feet, and a crosscut is being driven to the vein at that level. George B. McDevitt, of Kingman, is Manager of the North Star Company.
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A certificate of incorporation has been issued the El Oro Mining & Milling Company, by the Arizona Corporation Commission. The company has a capital stock of 1,500,000 shares without nominal par value. The concern proposes development of the Allison gold property, 75 miles southwest of Tucson. George L. Dillard, of Arivaca, is to be in charge of operations.
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The Morris Run Mining Company, Inc., of Tucson, Arizona, has filed an amendment to its articles of incorporation with the Arizona Corporation Commission, changing the amount of its capital stock to $129,500, divided into $75,000 of common stock, with the par value of $1 per share; $4,500 of first preferred stock, with a par value of $100 per share; and $50,000 of second preferred, also with a par value of $100 a share.
Management of the company is to be conducted by Thomas Hale, President; Charles V. Sutherland, Vice-president; Roy C. Clark, Secretary; and George M. B. Hawley, Box 288, University Station, Tucson, Manager. The company has headquarters at 184 Grand Avenue, Nogales, Arizona, James V. Robins, agent.
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Interests of Prescott, Arizona, have purchased the Dora Mine, at Wickenburg, and have started operations. A crew of four men is at work.
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It is reported that Arizona Chemical Company has resumed full-fledged operations at its sodium sulphate mines at Camp Verde, Arizona, following a brief shutdown, to allow repair work and general overhauling of the plant. A new gear, weighing over two tons, has arrived at the property, for use on the dryer. Manager B. A. Asbury expects to work a full force of men throughout the winter.
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Assays from the recent ore strike, made by the St. EImo Mines, Inc., at Stanton, Arizona, showed 7.85 percent copper, 80 ounces silver, per ton, and some gold content. This company is operating the old Mildred Consolidated property, with E. A. Wayne in charge of the work. Company headquarters are at 310 Fuller Building, 1 Montgomery Street, Jersey City, New Jersey, H. M. Conover, President.
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Tungsten ore of unusual quality, has been uncovered while raising from the 2,000-foot Tunnel on the Boriana Property at Yucca, Arizona, which is managed by L. B. Rece. Lumber is being received at the property, for the new milling plant, and the ground is being put in readiness for construction work. The flow sheet as worked out by company engineers, makes use of gravity concentration to separate the minerals from the gangue, and the concentrate produced is then treated by oil flotation, to separate the copper from the tungsten.
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Edison Thatcker, president and general manager of the Squaw Peak Copper Company, reports the haulage-way tunnel, being driven on the company’s properties, at Camp Verde, Arizona, now in 975 feet from the portal, with good progress being made by every shift. In addition to cutting the ore body at depth, this tunnel is expected to keep the mine clear of water, as well as to permit ore delivery to a site suitable for the construction of the proposed milling plant.
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The Copperconda Mines Company, operating near Kingman, Arizona, is considering the building of a refining plant at Santa Ana, or Huntington Beach, California, for the purpose of manufacturing zinc oxide. Its establishment on the coast, is to take advantage of cheap fuel available there.
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EL ORO COMPANY ACQUIRES GOLD PROPERTY IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA

Property of the Allison Gold Mining Company, located in the foothills close to the western slope of the Baboquivari Mountains, 75 miles southwest of Tucson, Arizona, has been take over by the El Oro Mining & Milling Company of Los Angeles and Phoenix. Announcement of the transaction was made by F. C. Hulbert of Beverly Hills, California, President of the El Oro Company.

The road to the property is being graded, and the new concern is reported moving in a 20-stamp mill for treatment of the ore. Water for development work will be provided by a water right in an adjacent canyon, where a concrete storage dam has been constructed.

F. R. Pauli is Vice-President of the El Oro organization, and George Pearson, Jr., is Secretary-Treasurer. George I. Dillard, of Arivaca, Arizona, formerly connected with development of the property, will serve the new company as Mine Superintendent.
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