Nevada Nugget Hunters

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for DECEMBER 15, 1930 ARIZONA

New mine locations have been filed with the county recorder, at Globe, Arizona, following the announcement of an important ore strike on the Goldenrod No. 1 Claim, of the Pat Savage Property, by Frank D. Rivera. The Pat Savage holdings, located about 10 miles southeast of Globe, are held by Rivera, under lease and option. The ore is said to assay 11 percent copper, $38 in gold, and 10 ounces of silver, per ton, across a four-foot ledge, which was uncovered in an abandoned shaft, at a depth of 70 feet. Plans are being made to start monthly consignments to the International Smelter, at Inspiration, Arizona. Two new claims, which have been filed on, are the Margarita No. 1, and the El Mono, both located in the Banner Mining District.
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Thomas Smart, for many years actively engaged in mining operations in Yavapai County, Arizona, has taken an option on the Al Irvine Claims, in the vicinity of the Vulture Mine, at Wickenburg, according to current announcement. The Irvine Claims, 11 in number, are known as the Vulture Extension property. The option is said to involve $75,000.
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The United American Mining Company, of Oatman, Arizona, has issued a call for a shareholders’ meeting to be held on or about December 20, for the purpose of reorganizing the company along broader financial lines. Under the new plan, it is proposed that shareholders of the present organization be given one share of the new corporation stock for ten of the old. This is on a basis of 10 cents a share for the old stock, the new issue to have a par of $1.
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J. E. Russell and R. B. Westervelt, of Prescott, Arizona, have filed articles of incorporation for the Bell Gold Mining Company, with the Arizona Corporation Commission. The concern has a capital stock of $750,000.
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Current reports state that Van Dyke Copper Company, of Miami, Arizona, is continuing shipments of high-grade, although development work is centered on its low-grade resources. The company has been consigning an average of 80 tons of high-grade, to the International Smelter, daily. Cleve W. and L. D. Van Dyke are the principals of the organization.
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T. Tindall and E. Krona are sinking a new shaft on a mining claim located half a mile southeast of the Tombstone Extension Mine at Tombstone, Arizona. A windlass has been installed, and the shaft is now down past 25 feet.
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Parties of Prescott, Arizona, leasing the Louis Craeber mining Claim at Octave, Arizona, have completed a new road to the property. It is expected that development work will follow.
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Official announcement has been made by President Gordon R. Campbell, of Calumet & Arizona Mining Company, that “the prospective merger of Phelps Dodge, and Calumet & Arizona, will not be completed for a year, and possibly may never be completed.” Prospect of this combination has been watched with keen interest throughout the mining industry during the past year, and especially since the recent acquisition of Nichols Copper, and National Electric Products, by Phelps Dodge.
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Directors of the New Cornelia Co-operative Mercantile Company have authorized payment of a rebate of 15 percent to employees of the New Cornelia Mines, at Ajo, Arizona, on all purchases for the period from December 1, last year, to November 30, this year. Payment will be made on December 20, to employees who were on the payroll September 1, 1930, and who are still on the payroll at the date of payment. In addition to employees of the mining company, and the New Cornelia Mercantile Company, employees of the Tucson Cornelia & Gila Bend Railroad Company, the Ajo Improvement Company, and the Employees’ Benefit Association, are also included in the profit-sharing plan.
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The United Verde Extension Mining Company of Jerome, Arizona, George Kingdon, Manager, has let the contract for sinking of the 500-foot, three-compartment shaft on the Vulture Property, at Wickenburg, Arizona, to A. B. Peach, of Prescott. Camp facilities are rapidly being put in shape for a proposed $600,000 program of development. About 30 men are employed in rebuilding the camp. New houses are being built for the miners, old buildings are being rehabilitated, and new equipment installed to speed sinking of the shaft. Foundations are, at present, being constructed for placing of the compressor and hoisting plant. It is understood that the mill on the property, may later be reconditioned. This work is being carried out under the supervision of D. R. Finlayson, Manager of the Vulture Mining & Milling Company, the former operators.
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Report of a second sensational gold ore strike in the Covered Wells District, in Southern Arizona has been reported made by Richard Ballas, of 2245 East Third Street, Tucson. The new find, estimated to run as high as $50,000 per ton, is on the Red Rock Claims, near the point where gold ore, running $68,000 per ton, was discovered by Newt. Meadows, last February. Ballas recently acquired the property under lease and bond, from Newt. Meadows, Keith Knight, Joseph A. Hunter, and K. G. Manley, of Tucson. The extent of the new find has not yet been determined.
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It has been announced that Calumet & Arizona Mining Company will reduce its copper production, between 14 and 15 percent, from the present schedule of approximately 7,500,000 pounds per month. Output had been running around 7,500,000 pounds since April. Harry A. Clark, of Warren, Arizona, is company manager.
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Victor Hoffman, 1515 East McDowell Road, Phoenix, has a crew of workmen engaged at the Oak Creek Placers, near Prescott, Arizona, building the first of a series of water dams. Mr. Hoffman has taken over William Hugget’s interest in this property.
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The Calzona Mining & Milling Company, Charles A. Dutro, President and Manager, 685 I. W. Hellman Building, Los Angeles, recently shipped by truck, to its mine at Arivaca, Arizona, a 1,160-cubic-foot air compressor, necessary rock drills, and steel, and an 1.800-g.p.h. duplex pump. This equipment is to be used in sinking the shaft from the present 200-foot Level, to 300 feet, where another level will be opened. Drifting is at present being carried out on four feet of milling ore on the 200 Level. A recent assay from the face of the drift, returned $5.60 per ton in gold, with other minerals bringing the value to $12 per ton.
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First machinery for the 50-ton milling plant, to be installed for the Boriana Mining Company, at its Yucca, Arizona, tungsten property, is expected to reach the mine by the middle of the month, and as soon as excavation work is completed, erection of the plant is to be put under way. The management, supervised by L. B. Rece, expects to have the plant in operation within the next 90 days. The raise from the 1,500-foot point in the tunnel, has reached above the fault, and is reported now in ore of excellent grade. Boriana development has reached a point more than 2,000 feet from the portal, and a large tonnage of tungsten ore is now open for production. The road from the valley highway, to the mine, is being widened and improved, and will soon be in shape for the transportation of new equipment to the property.
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Notice has been given that certain property of the Mercury Mines of America, Inc., situated in the Slate Creek Mining District, of Gila County, Arizona, was to be sold at public auction at the Courthouse in Globe, Arizona, at 10:00 a. m., November 29. It is claimed that this is to satisfy a judgment rendered Wesley Gaswick and the Old Dominion Bank, in the amount of $3,040.35, together with costs.
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Three miles east of Octave, Arizona, the Emerson Mining Company, operating property formerly known as the old Bee Hive Mine, has its 100-ton mill nearly completed, new camp equipment installed, and other improvements made, looking toward extensive development-production work. Water is obtained from the main shaft, which was sunk by former operators, to a depth of 250 feet. The shaft was reported flooded half full of water after the running of a crosscut toward the hanging wall ore streak. It is understood that this property has a substantial tonnage of high-grade milling ore. R. R. Weaver, with headquarters in the Homebuilders’ Building, Phoenix, is Secretary-Treasurer of the Emerson organization.
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At Camp Verde, the Arizona Chemical Company of which R. A. Asbury is Manager, is mining its sodium sulphate property, at the rate of 200 tons per day. This material is found in strata, varying from a few inches in depth to several feet. Operations are at present, being pushed forward on a surface area, running five feet deep. A shaft has been sunk 100 feet, where another deposit of the sodium sulphate has been encountered, and when the material on top is mined out, work is to be transferred to greater depth.
It is understood that by a process of elimination, dating from the first work done on the property, a fairly cheap method of mining has been worked out. Tunnels are driven into the hill at the same depth as the strata of sodium sulphate, the material between the tunnels, then being removed, with the exception of pillars that support the roof. Some work is also being done at other points on the property, with steam shovels and dump trucks.
As the sodium sulphate is removed from the workings, it is taken to a dryer and washer, where it is cleaned for consignment to Eastern markets. The payroll at the Arizona Chemical property varies with the amount of work outside, and of mining to be done. The average number of men employed is about 55. This does not include contractors engaged in hauling production to the railroad at Clemenceau, or those hauling supplies to the camp.
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New equipment has been reported installed, and work again started, on the old Johnson Mining Property, four miles north of Octave, Arizona, recently taken over by new interests. It is understood that it will be necessary to build about two miles of road, before extensive work can be undertaken.
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Machinery installation at the Gunsight Mine, 16 miles east of Ajo, Arizona, is progressing satisfactorily, and the new 50-horsepower oil engine and air compressor, are to be in operation in about 10 days. Equipment for the 50-ton flotation plant is now on the ground, it is stated, and foundations for its installation are about complete. Power for the mill will be furnished by a 120-horsepower Diesel engine. Six hundred feet of air and water lines have been run down into the mine, for operation of the drills. The well and pumping plant, located at Wall’s Well, five miles from the mine, have been put in condition, and water is now being supplied the property. This enterprise is backed by the Walter S. Wheeler interests, with offices at 1626 Dime Bank Building, Detroit, Michigan. J. D. Mitchell, Mining Engineer of Chandler, Arizona, is supervising the work.
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A definite plan of development for Big Jim Mines, Inc., is promised as the result of a recent property visit at Oatman, Arizona, by President A. G. Keating. Mr. Keating and Superintendent Jno. W. Henderson, made an exhaustive examination of the various workings, which have been repaired, and put in shape, and it is expected that development will now be started at an early date. It is understood that diamond drilling will play an important part in the company’s program.
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Directors of Phelps Dodge Corporation have placed stock of the company on a $2 annual basis, compared with $3 previously paid, by declaring a quarterly dividend of 50 cents per share, payable January 2, to stock of record December 13. Phelps Dodge is next to the last of the larger copper producers to reduce its dividend rate, since prices broke last spring. Howe Sound Company, operating in Mexico, and Canada, is the last of the larger copper companies still retaining its old dividend rate.
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A recent report of President L. C. Shattuck, revealed that despite the fact that Shattuck-Denn Mining Corporation has ceased production, with the exception of its development ores, the property has been established as one of the most promising and profitable producers of the Bisbee District. Development of the mine’s resources will be carried on during the period of lighter production, and this will be supplemented by a program of diamond drilling. One of the main features stressed by Mr. Shattuck, in his report, was the lowering of production costs from 12.5, to 8.9 cents, a pound. There were 3,563,019 pounds of copper produced from the Denn Mine, during the first six months of 1929, he stated. This copper was produced at a cost of 12.5 cents a pound. In the last half of the year, production had increased to a point double that of the first six months, or 7,167,032 pounds of copper, this resulting in the lowering of operating costs to 8.9 cents a pound. On the Ophir Claim, the company recently found good commercial ore, which gives promise of developing substantial tonnage. To the East and South of the shaft, commercial ore was also encountered, and during the coming development program, work will be carried on extensively in these areas.
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Notice of sheriff’s sale on foreclosure, scheduled for December 16, in Prescott, Arizona, has been published on property of the Hassayampa Placer Gold Mining Company, located in the Picacho Mining District, of Yavapai County, Arizona. It is claimed that this is to satisfy a judgment obtained against the company, by C. B. Broan, in the amount of $1,900, together with interest and other accrued costs.
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Word has been received that stockholders of the Arizona Commercial Mining Company, at a recent meeting in Portland, Maine, approved sale of the company’s mine and equipment at Globe, Arizona, to Old Dominion Company, for $20,000. The company’s Globe property is being closed down as completely worked out, by Arizona Commercial officials. However, it is understood that the management has been inspecting various other mine holdings in the West, with the idea in view of locating a property at which to continue operations.
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The recent awarding of contracts revealed the fact that copper and brass are to be used extensively in construction of the $300,000 Cochise County Courthouse, to be put up at Bisbee, Arizona. Copper will be used in every instance possible, and brass will be used in all heating pipes. In all ornamental work, bronze has been substituted for iron, as called for in the original bids. Bronze will be used in window trimmings.
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Stockholders of the United Republic Gold Mines Company, met November 15, at the offices of L. L. Wallace, in Kingman, Arizona, for the purpose of discussing reorganization of the concern. In the plans for the new organization, it was proposed that the new stock be issued at $1 par, and that the old issue be replaced on a basis of ten to one. However, it is understood that no real conclusion for new plans has yet been reached. The United Republic, of which P. L. Mullen is President, is the owner of the Century Mine, in the Wallapai Mountains, near Kingman, as well as a group of mines near Oatman, Arizona.
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The mill of the Tom Reed Gold Mines Company, Oatman, Arizona, continues to handle around 100 tons of ore, daily, from company operations, with offerings from leases running about 45 tons per day. This tonnage may be somewhat cut during the next few weeks, on account of practically all the developed ore of the Siders Lease, having been stoped out and sent to the mill, with only a small tonnage of clean up remaining, before commencing opening of the oreshoot, at a lower level. The Eyster-James Lease, below the Siders, is now producing a goodly tonnage of $25 ore. Lessees plan to shortly drive a 60-foot drift from the old Stony Shaft, with the expectation of cutting an oreshoot 50 feet below the old level. The Tom Reed Company is continuing its crosscut on the 1,100-foot Level, toward the Aztec Vein, at a satisfactory daily rate, and is now reported over half way of the estimated distance. A crosscut is also being driven to the same vein, on the 800 Level. Victor A. Light is in charge of Tom Reed development work.
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The mining camp of Walker, 15 miles southeast of Prescott, Arizona, again has a post office, after fervent protest when an order of abandonment was made several months ago, following curtailment of operations at the Sheldon Mine and mill. This settlement was first established in 1863, by Joe Walker.
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With capitalization of $500,000, the Lone Eagle Mines, Inc., of Globe, Arizona, has filed articles of incorporation with the Arizona Corporation Commission. The incorporators are W. W. McGart and Hannah C. McGart, of North Hollywood, California, and Graham Foster, of Globe.
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General Metals Merger, 1247 Dexter Horton Building, Seattle, Washington, is making provisions to increase its personnel from 6, to 31 individuals. E. A. Gabryel is President; W. J. Galbraith, Forbes Richard, A. H. Dougall, Jr., and Melville G. Henry, Vice-Presidents; and Paul C. Dubuar, Secretary and Treasurer. After the examination of many properties, five were selected and are either conditionally controlled or owned by the merger. They are: the Silver Cord Mine, Point Ashley, Alaska; the Lawrence property in Yavapai County, Arizona; the Alto property in Custer County, Idaho; the Boston American, and the Silver Creek Mines in Snohomish County, Washington; and the Bethania Mines in Mineral County, Nevada.
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UNITED VERDE EXTENSIONSTARTS WORK AT THE VULTURE

The United Verde Extension Mining Company of Jerome, Arizona, has let the contract for the sinking of a 500-foot, three-compartment shaft at the famous old Vulture mine at Wickenburg, Arizona. The contract was awarded to A. B. Peach, Prescott mining engineer, who expects to have the necessary equipment in place to permit the sinking to start, by the middle of the month. The United Verde Extension has acquired the Vulture property, under option, and is prepared to spend $600,000 in a proposed development program.

Thirty men are at present employed in rebuilding the old mining camp. New houses are being built for the miners, old buildings are being rehabilitated for use, and new equipment hauled in to speed sinking of the shaft. Foundations are at this time being constructed for placing of the compressor and hoisting plants. A 10-stamp mill is available at the property, which it is planned to later put in condition for treatment of development ore. However, should the ore vein give evidence of proving as extensive as estimates indicate, it is considered most likely that United Verde Extension will construct a new plant capable of handling .a large tonnage.

The shaft is being sunk at a point north of where the diamond drills were believed to have entered the main body of the original ore vein. It will be a three-compartment working shaft, two compartments to be ore-ways, with the other to be used as a man-way. The ore-way compartments will be four feet square. The other will be four feet by two feet, six inches.
Present work is being carried out under the able supervision of D. R. Finlayson, Manager of the Vulture Mining & Milling Company, former operators of the property. Mr. Finlayson’s experience and familiarity with Vulture ore, and its formation, gained through supervision of exploration and diamond drilling on the property, during the past three years, is expected to be of distinct advantage in United Verde Extension operations.

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BUREAU OF MINES PUBLISHES 2ND REPORT ON ARIZ. MINERALS

Indication that, despite low prices in the metal markets, Arizona is showing great progress in mining, is contained in a report on the mineral industries of the state by J. B. Tenney, recently released by the Arizona Bureau of Mines. This is the second report of this kind Mr. Tenney has supplied for publication, the first bulletin having been issued in February, 1928.

In the report, Mr. Tenney states that not only have the large, established properties of the state reduced costs, making possible greatly increased reserves, but numerous smaller mines have entered the field as producers, and a still greater number of development companies are working towards production.

The location and description of the larger mining sections of the state are noted in the bulletin, and a list of the principal operating companies and their chief officials is given. A section of the report is devoted to each of the minerals produced within the state, including copper, lead, gold, silver, mercury, vanadium, manganese, tungsten, molybdenum, asbestos, clay, gypsum, feldspar, and onyx.

Arizona copper production for 1929, according to the report, exceeded any other year, with output of 883,525,000 pounds. Approximately 20,000 men were employed during the year in the copper producing sections of the state.

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rehab · Joined: 15 Aug 2006 Posts: 939 Location: NEVADA

DECEMBER 30, 1930

ARIZONA

On December 15, the Consolidated Steel Corporation, with offices at 1015 North Fifteenth Avenue, Phoenix, started the erection of a new hoist house, and a 20-ton cran, for Calumet & Arizona Mining Company, at Lowell, Arizona. This construction work is in connection with rehabilitation of the surface plant at the C. & A. Junction shaft.
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A. B. Peach, mining engineer of Prescott, Arizona, has been awarded the contract for sinking the three-compartment shaft on the Vulture property, at Wickenburg, Arizona, for United Verde Extension Mining Company, of Jerome. The shaft will be sunk 500 feet, for exploratory purposes, and the contract calls for the work to be started immediately.
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November copper production of United Verde Extension Mining Company, Jerome, Arizona, George Kingdon, Manager, ran 8,008,000 pounds. Production figures of the company show a steady decrease since August, with 4,028,000 pounds produced that month, 3,772,000 pounds in September, and 3,404,000 pounds in October.
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The Keppler, Hilton, Hasselgren Placer Company. has 25 men working placer ground near Clifton, Arizona, and is handling 1,500 yards of gravel daily. The company has installed a jig capable of handling 40 tons of fines daily, and has nearly completed installation of a large vibrating screen, capable of daily handling 200 tons of material. New equipment planned for installation, will include a dragline, two trommels, 500 feet of sluice boxes, a three-stamp mill, and three amalgamators. The company intends to construct a two-engine powerhouse, a general, and assay, office, and a bath house, all to be completed by February 1. With the new equipment, it is expected that capacity can be increased to 5,000 yards every eight hours. This proposition is backed by H. W. Hasselgren, of Tombstone, Arizona, President; Buster B. Keppler, of Morenci, Secretary and Manager; and J. L. Hilton of Tombstone, Consulting Engineer.
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Ore with values, running $1,860 per ton, is reported being extracted from the old Bland Gold Mine, 38 miles northwest of Hillside, Arizona, which is being operated by E. Brown, and A. C. Bozarth. Six tons of ore have been taken out of the mine, and the first consignment will soon be ready for shipment. The ore is coming from a 30-foot shaft put down by the late Jefferson Bland. Seven men are now employed in the workings.
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A merger of the Del Rey, Imperial, Western Apex, and Lexington-Arizona, mining properties is now in the making, with negotiations expected to be completed within 30 days. A number of Bisbee, Arizona, people are interested in the new program, that is to be inaugurated at the holdings, under the direction of Joseph Walker, of Oatman, President and Manager of the Del Rey Gold Mining Company. Work is to be started first on the Western Apex property, and later operations will be put under way at the other mines. The Lexington-Arizona, and Western Apex, were formerly controlled by the Imperial Mining Company, which organization undertook rather extensive development work during the past year.
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International Geophysics, Inc., of Culver City, California, is conducting a complete geophysical survey of the Copper State Metals Company’s property, near Mammoth, Arizona. The work is being carried out by C. H. Wilson, John W. Daly, and M. Sperling. Martin E. Tew, of Copper Creek, Pinal County, Arizona, is manager of the Copper States Metals Company.
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Shipment of two cars of material, by the Smithsonian Institution, to W. T. Roberts, at Puntenney, Arizona, and the arrival of a quantity of camp supplies from the coast, marks a definite step toward prospecting for radium ore in Yavapai County, Arizona. Mr. Roberts, who is representative for the institution in Arizona, has completed a road from Puntenney, to the site of operations, and expects. to commence diamond drilling at once, as well as open cut work. Operations in search of radium ore have been carried on by the Smithsonian Institution, in Colorado, Wyoming, and Nevada, with proven deposits in the former two states. [REHAB Notes: about 25 miles south of Las Vegas, to the east of I-15, roughly between Sloan and Jean, is a series of old volcano calderas, on the flank of which can be noted two cuts in black pumice like material; one closer to the road than the other one. These were sites known for nearly pure Radium, that was exploited in the 1930’s. No other radium lenses were located in the area.]
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J. L. Mclver, of Phoenix, has lately been at Oatman, Arizona, making preparations to start the old Telluride Mine, on a campaign of development. New work is to be done largely below the 600 Level, plans having been outlined for the sinking of a winze from that level, to a depth of 800 feet, with considerable development laterally. There is a milling plant on the property, which needs only a few minor adjustments to be ready for operation, and it is stated that the shaft is equipped with hoisting facilities capable of carrying development below the 1,000-foot level.
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W. E. Little, of Los Angeles was recently in Prescott, Arizona, looking over various mining properties, in the interest of the Kingman Refining & Smelting Corporation, of which he is an official. The Kingman Refining & Smelting Company is interested in the smelting of vanadium ores, and controls output of the KaaJa Mining & Milling Company, of Mohave County, Arizona. Kaaba ore contains gold, silver, and lead values, in addition to vanadium, and the smelting corporation was compelled to equip a smelter especially built to handle ore of this character. The company has also equipped a refining plant for treatment of this production, and handles a limited amount of custom work.
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Wylie C. Pettis, accompanied by D. U. Beaver, was recently in Kingman, Arizona, from Long Beach, California, looking over the Pasadena Group of mines, which are under option to C. F. Robbins. Plans are understood now being put in shape to carry out the program of development started some months ago.
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The General Gold Mines, Inc., of Wilmington, Delaware, has applied to the Arizona Corporation Commission for a license, authorizing the concern to do business in Arizona, as a foreign corporation. The company has an authorized capital stock of $300,000. H. O. Hammond, Box 606, Tucson, has been named its fiscal agent in Pima County, Arizona, and L. G. Fahnestock of Tombstone, fiscal agent in Cochise County.
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Mining equipment, formerly in use at the Richardson Mine, in the Union Pass section of Mohave County, Arizona, has been sold to interests in Los Angeles. T. C. Slater of Kingman, Arizona, has been directing removal of the machinery, to the coast.
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The Giacoma Brothers are reportedly installing electric power at the Toughnut Mine, at Tombstone, Arizona. They operate the mine under lease.
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Secretary T. C. Miller reports that the Keystone Copper Mining Company, of Dragoon, Arizona, is at this time, overhauling its 300-ton milling plant, and getting everything at the mine in shape for future production. W. W. Craig is mill superintendent. The company is steadily continuing development work, principally through crosscutting and drifting. It has developed more than 250 feet of ore on the 500-foot Level, with the face of the crosscut still in ore. Nine men are employed at the Keystone camp.
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Sam Fields, Vice-president and Manager of the Fields Mining Corporation, reports that drifting is being undertaken on the 600 and 700-foot levels, of the company’s mine at Mammoth, Arizona, encountering good ore on both levels. A car of ore, a month, is being shipped to Douglas, from development work.
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The Spring Creek Leasing Company is steadily continuing its development-production program at its gold-lead property at Young, Arizona; the work requiring 12 employees. The property was equipped with a 50-ton milling plant several months ago. L. E. Foster, with headquarters in the Luhrs Tower Building, in Phoenix, is President and Treasurer of the company.
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The new three-compartment shaft having been completed to a depth of 500 feet, Christmas Copper Company of Christmas, Arizona, H. A. Rossell, Manager, is now driving a haulage drift to connect with old workings on the other end of the property. This new shaft is equipped with a 250-horsepower electric double drum hoist, and a steel headframe, formerly at the Iron Cap Mine, near Globe. The company also has plans for further development at depth, from both the No. 3 and No. 4 shafts. The mill, originally designed for 400 tons a day, is now handling 550 tons daily. Direct smelting ore swells the company’s daily production to around 695 tons. The Christmas payroll at present, totals 306 men. John A. Thorne is Mine Superintendent, and Samuel Knight is in charge of mill operations.
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C. H. Nelson has renewed the lease and bond under which he is developing the Paymaster copper claims, nine miles north of Phoenix. It is understood that Mr. Nelson has plans to soon start consignments of ore to El Paso. Assays of the ore show a return of 12.13 percent copper, and value of about $2 per ton, in both gold and silver. A 50-foot tunnel has been driven on the vein, which has also been exposed through a surface cut for about 20 feet. A shaft is to be sunk at the tunnel heading, which is directly beneath the surface cut. There are eight claims in the Paymaster group.
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A new hoist and compressor have been installed on the R. A. M. group of claims, at Tombstone, Arizona, owned by Russell J. Kohlen, J. D. Chadwick and John A. Kohlen. Three men are at present working on a 65-foot crosscut.
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Holdings of the Mercury Mines of America, Inc., situated in northern Gila County, Arizona, were, according to reports, recently sold for $6,100, to A. E. Richardson, at a public auction in Globe. It is claimed that the sale was held by Deputy U. S. Marshal J. F. McManis to satisfy a judgment of $3,040 in the recent court case of the Mercury Mines, against Wesley Goswick and the Old Dominion Bank, which was decided in favor of the defendants. The purchaser was represented at the sale by L. E. Foster, mining engineer of Phoenix.
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The Flux and Hardshell mines of the Richardson Real Estate, Mining & Commercial Corporation at Patagonia, Arizona, are being operated by lessees, who are shipping an average of about four cars of lead-silver ore per month. Nine men are employed in this work. E. F. Bohlinger of Patagonia, is Vice-president and acting manager of the Richardson organization.
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A comparison of records of United Verde Copper Company, W. V. DeCamp, manager, Jerome, Arizona, shows that the company’s operations are now requiring the services of 1,140 men, against 2,196 employed this time last year. Present production is running 2,000 tons daily.
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Articles of incorporation have been filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission, for the Consolidated Gold Mines Company, by C. W. Gabrielson, A. F. Sword, and John A. Campbell, of Bisbee, Arizona. Capitalization of the concern is fixed at $2,500,000.
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The Hartman Gold Mining Company plans to do 500 more feet of crosscutting on its property at Oatman, Arizona, early during the coming year; 1,160 feet having already been completed. New development is planned to connect with the Kokomo Shaft. The Hartman Company does not undertake regular development, a large part of the work being done under contract. H. O. Granberg, Algoma Building, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, is secretary and manager.
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Current reports from Prescott, Arizona, state that the Big Hill Mining Company, with properties on Date Creek, has purchased a new compressor, engine, and other mining equipment. This is said to be preparatory for immediate operation:
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President W. B. Twitchell, of the Verde Falls Gold Mining Company, has just purchased a complete outfit of prospecting equipment for work on the company’s properties in the Green Valley Mining District, near Payson, Arizona. This equipment is to be installed at the Gowan property, within the next 60 days. It includes a 40-horsepower Fairbanks-Morse engine, compressor, a hoist, capable of work to a depth of 500 feet, three jack-hammers, a complete blacksmith outfit, tracking, pipe, steel, etc. Two houses have also been made ready for employees. Mr. Twitchell is a Phoenix man, located at 144 North Second Avenue.
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Camp construction, and hoisting and compressor installations, are to take place in January, on the Santa Barbara group of claims, located six miles southeast of Amada, Arizona. This work is preliminary to sinking a shaft on the No. 1 Claim, and driving tunnels on both the No. 2 and No. 3 properties. A 25-ton semi-portable Southwestern flotation plant is proposed. A report has been made on the property by Colonel C. W. Steinman, of 1003 East Ninth Street, Tucson, who states that the ore is of a complex zinc blende, containing lead, copper, gold, and silver values. The property is owned by W. S. Stone of Boston, and associates.
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Magma Copper Company’s working force at Superior, Arizona, now totals 634 men, 426 of which are employed in the mine. The company has completed fully equipping its hospital, and has constructed nine new houses for employees. Two shafts are at present under construction.
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J. R. McDonald, 1741 West Jefferson Street, Phoenix, states that the Maricopa Chief Gold Mines Corporation, of which he is President and Manager, is to install a new gasoline hoist, compressor and drills, and construct two more buildings to house employees. A small building has already been built at the camp, and one mile of road has been constructed to the highway. An 80-foot incline shaft has been sunk on the property, and two drifts have been extended, at depths of 40 and 65 feet. It is planned to sink the shaft to a depth of 150 feet.
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The Tungsten Alloys Corporation has completed its 50-ton mill, at its Guijas Tungsten Mine, on the Ruby Star Route, near Tucson, Arizona, as well as the installation of considerable new mine equipment. A hoist and compressor have been installed, and a gallows frame and ore bin constructed at the shaft. Two additional ore bins have also been constructed at the adits. Superintendent Thomas L. Wells states that development work, at present under way, will eventually total at least 2,000 feet. A crew of 48 men is working.
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Shipments are to be started from the Gunsight Mining Company, at Ajo, Arizona, by January 1. Equipment for the 50-ton mill has been delivered at the property, and preparations are being made for its installation. Work in the mine is being centered upon general development of the ore bodies in sight. Ten men are employed under the direction of John D. Mitchell, Superintendent.
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The Lion Hill Gold Mining Company, of which Henry M. Sloan is Manager, has just completed installation of a Hendy rod mill, on its property at Parker, Arizona. J. P. Sebring of Tombstone was in charge of the installation. As soon as water can be obtained, the company will treat several thousand tons of ore, from the old Billy Mack Mine, and dump and dump ore from the Lion Hill Claim.
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Chester L. Proebstel, mining engineer in charge of operations of the Bunker Hill Arizona Mining Company, is installing a new 160-horsepower Diesel engine, and additional mining machinery, at the company’s properties at Sombrero Butte, Arizona, and is arranging for the installation of new milling equipment. A body of high-grade was lately encountered on the 400-foot level of the mine, and now that the new engine is almost ready for operation, plans are being made to sink to lower levels. At the same time that sinking is undertaken, the high-grade is to be mined from the upper levels. E. R. Anderson, 403 Arts Building, Vancouver, Washington, is managing the company’s financing program.
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A 20-stamp mill is being installed for operation at the Allison Gold Mine, near Tucson, Arizona, by the El Oro Mining & Milling Company, which was lately incorporated under the laws of Arizona. George Pearson, Jr., Secretary, states that the company intends to drift 400 feet, east and west, on the 625-foot Level of the mine, and to sink the shaft 200 feet further, to a depth of 825 feet. Plans have also been made for an 1,800-foot tunnel. George L. Dillard is in direct charge of the work as General Superintendent, and Art Worcester will have charge of mill operations. The company has offices in the Consolidated National Bank Building at Tucson.
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The Glenidick Mines Corporation, now operating a gold property at Kingman, Arizona, has plans for the installation of a 50-ton cyanide mill. At present three workmen are employed under the supervision of Homer Derrer, Manager. Glenidick has discontinued its operations near Florence, Arizona, due to the low price of the metals produced.
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Albert Thommesen has taken a $30,000 option on gold mining claims, belonging to W. W. Poindexter, of Globe, Arizona. A recent assay is said to have shown that value of ore from the property runs $12 per ton.
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The Hassayampa Gold Mining Company, Inc., is planning development work, which will continue until next spring on its properties, located 15 miles southeast of Kirkland, Arizona, at which time the company hopes to he in a position to install a mill. Gold is the predominating value on the property, although much of the ore shows some silver. Joe Serafini, Manager, reports a large tonnage of ore in sight on both the Gold Bug, and Gold Spring, properties. Present work is being directed toward driving south on the Gold Spring Vein, which is holding up most promisingly, and future work will be centered largely about this property. This work will consist of raising to the surface, a distance of 50 feet, followed by sinking the shaft, 150 feet below the tunnel level. It is then planned to drive north and south, 200 feet each way, this to be supplemented by two 100-foot raises.
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G. Warren Shufelt, industrial engineer of Los Angeles, lately arrived in Kingman, Arizona, via airplane, to attend a directors’ meeting of the Kingman Gold, Silver, Lead Merger Mines Company, which has taken over the O’Brien group of claims, 15 miles north of there. It is reported that financing of the property has been arranged, and that development will get under way within the next 60 days, plans having been made to sink a 500-foot shaft, with levels run, at intervals of 100 feet. Mr. Shufelt, who has headquarters at 3876 West Sixth Street, in Los Angeles, is manager of the company, and will be in complete charge of operations.
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The California-Arizona Copper Company, L. J. Soper, president and manager, 520 Luhrs Building, Phoenix, has installed a new power plant, and necessary mine equipment, at its Lion copper property, in the Agua Fria Mining District of Yavapai County, looking toward more extensive development work. Also, for work along this line, the old shaft has been re-timbered and the old workings made accessible. One shaft is down 307 feet, and another, 100 feet, with 205 feet of crosscutting. The ore varies from 2 to 40 percent copper, and carries approximately $3 in gold and silver, per ton. Future work will include extension of the crosscut and drifting on the veins exposed in the lower workings, after which additional sinking will be undertaken.
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New pumps and lumber arrived at Prescott, Arizona, the first of the month for the Midnight Test Mine, of the National Exploration Company, operating in the Groom Creek District. This company has been doing considerable construction work, in the way of a new boarding house, change rooms, bunkhouses, and other surface improvements. W. W. Linesba is Manager for the company.
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George Harley, in charge of mine holdings at Clifton, Arizona, which recently passed into the possession of the M. A. Hanna Company of Cleveland, has announced that work is soon to be started on core drilling the property. In fact, drilling is to be put under way as soon as the necessary equipment can be moved into the district, and it is hoped that active work can be started at several points on the old Lesinsky Property within the next week or two. Up until a couple of months ago, when purchase was made by the Hanna Company, this property was controlled by the United States Copper Mining Company.
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Another payment has been reported made on the purchase price of the Pilgrim Gold Mine at Chloride, Arizona, by the New York interests which recently took over financing of the property. It is understood that two payments have been made to the original owner, and two payments to interests who held an option on the property. The new company has been organized under the laws of Delaware, as the United Pilgrim Gold Mines, Inc., and has applied to the Arizona Corporation Commission for a license authorizing the concern to do business in the latter state as a foreign corporation. Its capital stock is placed at $3,000,000. At the present time, Superintendent M. C. Richardson has a small crew of men at work at the mine, awaiting orders to proceed with a larger force and a more comprehensive plan of development.
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Another carload of ore has been shipped from the Dripping Springs Mine, of the United Vanadium Corporation, near Globe, Arizona, making the second consignment within the past two weeks. Fifty workmen are now engaged at the property, and three eight-hour shifts are being worked. Gaettano Naddeo, of Globe, is General Superintendent.
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T. L. Siders, and B. D. Winberly, who have a lease on the section of the Tom Reed Estate, that lies close to the old Stoney Lease, at Oatman, Arizona, have moved their hoist and gallows frame from their present workings, to the Stoney Shaft for further operations at that point. Work will be done through drifting.
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Big Jim Mines, Inc., Jno. W. Henderson, Superintendent, has started a program of diamond drilling, from the North Drift on the 500 Level of its Oatman, Arizona, property. This work has been placed in the hands of the Continental Diamond Drilling Company, which recently completed 18 months of drilling on the old Vulture property at Wickenburg, which was early last month, taken over by United Verde Extension Mining Company. Big Jim intends to drill to the 900 Level, in the direction of one of the veins that comes in from the Tom Reed Estate.
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The present payroll at the Ray, Arizona, mines of Nevada Consolidated Copper Company is reported as approximately 650 men. The mines are being operated on a one-shift basis, with the surface and mechanical departments working only five days per week. R. W. Thomas is Manager of the company’s Arizona division.
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The Chase Mines, Inc., will resume operations at its Prescott, Arizona, properties about January 15, according to Henry Blachford, Secretary. Further work will include sinking the 300-foot shaft to 500 feet, and the company has plans for the erection of a 100-ton selective flotation plant. Approximately 10,000 tons of ore are on the dump, with around 50,000 tons developed in the mine, the latter tonnage being on the 100 and 200-foot levels, and on the tunnel level at 160 feet.
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Construction of the 120-foot steel head-frame, at the “A” Shaft, of the Old Dominion Company at Globe, Arizona, has been completed, as has the 1,500-ton steel storage bin at the same shaft. Other new equipment at the property includes a Dorr bowl classifier installed at the concentrator, and a new 2,250-horsepower F. H. Diesel engine. A survey of Old Dominion records shows that the company is now producing 1,400 tons of ore daily, compared with 1,250 tons this time last year. Records also show that the company has materially reduced its working force, 800 men now being employed, compared with 890 on the payroll a year ago. I. H. Barkdoll is Manager.
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M. Arbuckle and C. L. Ballard, operating the Phantom Gold Mine, at Bumblebee, Arizona, have installed two new Denver flotation cells at their 20-ton mill, and are now moving the plant two and a half miles west of the former mill site. Five men are employed.
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Colonel C. W. Steinman reports that reorganization of the Huggett-Hoffman Mines, Inc., is being effected, plans having been made for large scale operation of the Oak Creek Placers at Prescott, starting in January. Workmen at the property are now building the first of a series of back-filled dams for water supply, and will later develop three wells. It is planned to install gasoline motor-driven long toms. Approximately $4,000 has been spent on the property during the past two months, and at present between 20 and 30 cubic yards of gravel are being handled daily. Colonel Steinman, who has headquarters at 1003 East Ninth Street, Tucson, is consulting engineer for the company. Kenneth Manley, 1842 North Elm Street, Tucson, is Manager.
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Mining activity at Patagonia, Arizona, is reported continuing on the up trend. Juan Sesteaga is making regular shipments of high-grade silver-lead-gold ore to the El Paso Smelter, from the Pocahontas Claim, of the Bracey Curtis Estate, and Harry T. Richards, of Nogales, is also getting out some good ore for consignment, from the Belmont Mine, in the same district.
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PIC Leaching Plant at the Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company. This plant has handled the company’s entire production since the closing of the concentrator in June.

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EL ORO COMPANY PUSHES MILLWORK AT ALLISON GOLD MINE

The El Oro Mining and Milling Company is pushing construction work, to get the first unit of its mill in operation by January 10. This company, incorporated under the laws of Arizona, with a capital of $1,500,000, has taken over the Allison Gold Mine, in the Baboquivari Mountains, 70 miles southwest of Tucson, and is equipping it for production.

The property consists of 18 claims covering the outcrop of a strong vein, for a distance of a mile. The geological formation is a mass of andesite, intruded by rhyolite. Movement along the contact has caused a heavily crushed zone in the andesite, where the values occur.
Development work consists of an incline shaft, 625 feet deep, which is crosscut at 100-foot intervals. Above the 400-foot Level, nothing worth working was found. From the 400 Level down, values for the entire vein average about $20 per ton gold, with about 16 ounces silver. The ore body has been explored for 400 feet along the strike, without reaching limits. The width varies from 10 to 40 feet. Some 3,000 tons of ore, mined during exploration work on the 400 Level, show values of $19.80 gold, and 25.1 ounces silver, per ton. This ore will provide the initial mill feed.

Recovery by flotation was attempted by the previous owners of the Allison, but with indifferent results. The present operators report that tests indicate that stamping and amalgamation, followed by table concentration, will give a recovery of 65 to 70 percent of the values in the type of ore exposed at this time. The 40-ton mill, besides furnishing revenue, is expected to verify this test work, while deeper exploration discloses any change in the character of the ore.

Power is supplied by a 100-horsepower Fairbanks Morse Y-type fuel oil engine, belted to a generator. Hoist and compressor are motor driven. Water is pumped from a mountain lake, formed by a 65-foot concrete dam.

An 1,800-foot tunnel has been started, which is expected to cut the vein within 300 feet from the portal, and to pass through 1,500 feet of territory favorable to mineralization. The operating program for 1931 includes the operation of the 40-ton mill, the completion of the tunnel, and the start, at least, of a 300-ton mill, to be located at the portal of the tunnel. This location affords many advantages, including the gravity flow of water from the lake, an ideal place to store tailings for possible future treatment, as well as elimination of hoisting and pumping.

An unusual feature, which has attracted the attention and comment of visiting engineers, is the low mining cost possible. Protected by a strong rhyolite hanging wall, the ore body itself has undergone intense brecciation, making mining costs unusually low. Much of the drifting and raising, has been done for less than $3 per foot, some of it for $2. A portion of this low cost is due to the location of the property on the Papago Indian Reservation, with a good supply of steady, cheap labor available.

California capital, principally, is involved in the work so far undertaken. F. C. Hulbert, of Beverly Hills, is President; F. R. Pauli, Vice-president; George Pearson, Secretary-Treasurer, and George Dillard, Superintendent. A. W. Worcester, of El Paso is resident engineer,

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LINDEN-COBURN MINING CO. PLANS NEW WORK AT PRESCOTT

Plans for the development of a most promising vein of gold ore, on the Linden-Coburn mining property, in the Groom Creek District of Yavapai County, Arizona, were completed at a meeting held in Prescott early this month. Officials of the Linden-Coburn Mining Company, met with city and county authorities to complete negotiations for the construction of a road, from the Senator Highway, to the property, and at the same time definite plans were made for the erection of the first unit of a milling plant at the mine.

L. J. Coburn, of Phoenix, Treasurer of the company, states that Yavapai County officials have offered every co-operation for building of the new road, and it is expected that this work will be put under way immediately. The milling plant, the first unit of which is to have capacity for 50 tons of ore daily, is to be constructed at the juncture of the Cottonwood and Vera veins, on the Cottonwood Claim of the holdings. The company hopes to be able to start work on plant construction within the next 60 days.

Considerable development work, in the way of numerous small shafts and tunnels, has been done on various parts of the property, which in all, comprises 17 claims. The Cottonwood Vein runs through four of the claims; namely, the Black Horse, Golden Chief, Cottonwood, and Turner. The Vera Vein runs through the Mabel, Maude, and Vera claims. The development and construction work planned will call for the employment of around 30 men, when the new program gets fully under way.

This property was formerly prospected alone by William Linden, of Prescott, and following a close inspection of the holdings several months ago, William Coburn and his father, L. J. Coburn, became interested in the proposition, resulting in the organization of the Linden-Coburn Mining Company, and its incorporation under the laws of Arizona. Mr. Coburn and his father are both officials of the Aztec Investment Company of Phoenix.

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ORO FLAME GROUP INCLUDED IN IMPORTANT ARIZONA MERGER

A mine merger of consequence, has just been consummated by the transfer of the Oro Flame Mining Company Property, the Harriman and Kirkbride Mines, and the Harriman Gold Mines, all of Yavapai County, Arizona, to the Standard Ores Corporation, George A. Kirkbride, President. The newly consolidated organization will maintain its operating office in Prescott and will continue to engage in regular consulting engineering business. It will maintain the home office of the Standard Ores Corporation in the Thomas Arcade Building, 834 North Central Avenue, Phoenix.

Of the properties transferred, the Oro Flame Mine, in the Hassayampa District, near Prescott, is a regular shipper and has been in profitable operation since 1928, having shipped in excess of $55,000 in gold values during this period, on a small operation basis. New plans for this property include equipment, and sinking a 200-foot shaft at the present tunnel portal. A drift under the main ore body will be run a distance of 350 feet in a southerly direction. Further drifting under the Oro Grande orebody, to the north, should open up a large body of mill grade ore. It is estimated that the new development under the main ore body will open 40,000 tons of ore that will average from $18 to $20 per ton, in gold.

There is at this time available, an estimated 10,000 tons of ore of mill grade with all values in gold in minor ore shoots, not including the Oro Grande Shoot, which has to date, produced about $48,000 in free gold, to a depth of 110 feet. Plans are under way at this time for the construction of a 25-ton flotation plant as a pilot installation. Ore from development will be milled or shipped as produced, and mining operations will be carried forward on the present tunnel level, and in the Oro Grande Shaft, to produce mill ore.

Development of the Koerber, or Dora, quartz property, one mile east of the Octave Mine, of the Arizona Eastern Gold Mining Company at Octave, Arizona, will be carried forward within the near future. Plans for installation of equipment of sufficient capacity to sink to a depth of 200 feet are under way.

Two miles of new road has been constructed from the Octave Mine to the property, and ore shipments are going forward regularly. Ore values are in free gold and range from $12 to $65 per ton. There is an estimated 1,500 tons of gold ore now available, having an average value of over $20 per ton. Based upon ground now opened, the new development program should open an additional 12,000 tons of shipping grade ore.

In addition to the above mentioned properties, the Standard Ores Corporation controls a group of copper claims in the Black Hills District, about eight miles southeast of Jerome, and the Gold Bug Lease, a gold property near Prescott. The main development will be concentrated on the Oro Flame and Dora properties at this time. The project is backed by Eastern, Los Angeles, and local interests.
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THE MINING JOURNAL FOR JANUARY 15, 1931

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Excavation and grading for the construction of the new milling plant, to be erected at the Boriana [Tungsten] Mine, at Yucca, Arizona, are practically completed, and it will now be only a short time before the equipment will be going forward to the property for installation. Two additional carloads of lumber have been ordered, and it is expected that within the next month, things will be in shape, so that the machinery can be put in place. The men in charge of construction decided to make room for later installation of new units, and have graded beyond the present requirements.

The raise from the lower level of the mine has reached its objective, according to reports, the greater part of the distance being in ore of a good grade. This raise is of three-compartments, and will be used for the handling of ore from the various levels. It is indicated that an insufficient water supply may possibly prove a drawback in Boriana operation. L. B. Rece is locally in charge of the work.
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Work under way at the old Vulture Mine, at Wickenburg, Arizona, by United Verde Extension Mining Company, of Jerome, is reported at present requiring 50 men, with promise that the crew will, be added to later on. It is estimated that the new three-compartment shaft, being sunk under contract by A. B. Peach of Prescott, will take about three months.
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Operations have been started on the newly incorporated Black Bess Consolidated Gold Mining Company’s property, situated about 20 miles east of Ajo, Arizona. John W. Mayes is in charge of the work, and under his direction, a small crew of men have been cleaning out the shaft, during the past several weeks. Continuous development is planned on a small scale, and a little later, machinery is to be installed for the work. In addition to the shaft work, considerable drifting was done on the property, by former operators. J. W. Travers, Palm Beach, and New York author and publisher, is head of the company.
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It is reported that a four-foot body of ore, running in value about $30 per ton, has been uncovered on the 500-foot Level of the old Western Apex property, at Oatman, Arizona. This mine was recently merged with several other properties in the Oatman field, for further development under the direction of Joseph Walker. The new organization plans to make a thorough investigation of the stringers of ore running out from the 500 and 700-foot Levels of the Western Apex.
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Preparations have been made at the Midnight Test Gold Mine, located in the Groom Creek District, near Prescott, Arizona, so that a heavy snow, or another winter such as was had last year, will not affect operations. The mill building, filter plant, and hoist house, have all been completely enclosed. The property is supplied with power by the Arizona Power Company, and is one of the best equipped camps in the Prescott vicinity. Light and heat are furnished in all the bunkhouses, the company boarding house, and for other surface structures.

Recent improvements in the mine include electrification of the shaft so as to expedite pumping operations, and the placing of lights at the stations, with connections run to the drifts and stopes. A little later on, it is understood that arrangements will be made so that a system of electric blasting can be employed. On the Fourth Level, stoping has been started, that will place ore running $60 per ton, on the shipping schedule. The shaft is at present sunk to a depth of 425 feet, with four main levels and two intermediate levels started, to intersect the orebody encountered in both the upper and lower portions of the mine. Two raises have been made on either side of the shaft for better ventilation. The Midnight Test, operated under the direction of W. W. Linesba, Manager, and E. H. Crabtree, Superintendent, is controlled by the National Exploration Company.
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A vein of rich galena ore, two feet wide, has been reported encountered at a depth of 100 feet in the Gunsight Mine, 15 miles east of Ajo, Arizona. The strike was made in a drift that is being run westward from the shaft, toward the old glory hole. The ore was revealed soon after work was resumed in the mine, after several weeks spent in installing new machinery, and getting things in shape for the new program of development. This work also included cleaning out the old 300-foot shaft, which is to be used for hoisting purposes. The new equipment installed includes a hoist, 50-horsepower oil engine, 120-horsepower Diesel engine, a 50-ton concentration and flotation plant, and a Cochise air drill. Another Cochise drill has been ordered, according to J. D. Mitchell, Superintendent. The several carloads of ore now on the dump, are to be sorted for shipment.
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An application has been filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission, by the Wallapai Mines, Ltd., for a license authorizing the company to do business in Arizona as a foreign corporation. The concern is incorporated in California.
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Reports from Kingman, Arizona, state that George Pemberton has made an interesting ore strike on the Edith Claim, of the old Treasure Hill ground, in the Stockton Hill District, of Mohave County, a section where copper ore has never before been encountered. The showing was first uncovered at a depth of only 25 feet, and at 40 feet, the ore is reported averaging 25 percent copper. Mr. Pemberton, his two sons, and two helpers, are working at the property at the present time.
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Notice was recently given that certain property and equipment, of the Wright Creek Mines Company, at Kingman, Arizona, would be sold at sheriff’s sale, on January 3, at the Mohave County Courthouse in Kingman. It is claimed that this was to satisfy a judgment rendered C. H. Granger, November 29, in the amount of $554.
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A force of 10 men are working for silver, copper, and lead values, in the White Horse Mine, near Kingman, Arizona, under the direction of Henry L. Walleck, Assistant Manager, and A. Swan, General Superintendent. This property is owned by C. R. Walleck, of Van Nuys, California.
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The La Paz Placer Claims, near Quartzsite, Arizona, have been reported taken over by the W. C. Callahan Construction Company of St. Louis, Missouri.
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Articles of incorporation have been filed with the Arizona Corporation Commission, by the Vulture Divide Mining Company, naming Donald C. Finlayson, of Wickenburg, Arizona, and L. R. Sutherland and John C. Lee, of Phoenix, as incorporators. Capitalization of the company is placed at $750,000.
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Nine mining claims in Gila County, Arizona, have been sold to the Liberty Mining Company, by Anton Trojanovich, of Globe, according to papers filed with E. T. Stewart, County Recorder. The property includes the Eureka, Alice, Comstock, Defender, Commoner, Confidence, Empire, Tip Top, and Kentuck Claims.
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Renewed operations are to shortly be put under way by the Verde Falls Gold Mining Company, on the famous old Gowan property, on the East Verde River, West of Payson, Arizona. W. B. Twitchell, 144 North Second Avenue, Phoenix, President of the company, has purchased considerable new equipment for the work, and living quarters have been made ready for the employees. A seven-foot ledge of gold ore on the property, is said to assay around $15 per ton. This old mine was located more than 50 years ago by Dave Gowan, who was also the discoverer of the nearby Natural Bridge, famous for its scenic beauty.
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The Dos Cabezas Gold Mining Company, of Dos Cabezas, Arizona, has filed articles of incorporation with the Arizona Corporation Commission, naming capital stock of $2,000,000. The concern was incorporated by Nat McCutchan, of Kansas City, Missouri, and C. F. Spaulding and Thomas Bean, of Dos Cabezas.
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Tom Siders is reported to have sold his interest in what is locally known at Oatman, Arizona, as the Sap Lease, on the Tom Reed Estate, his share having been taken over by his partners. This lease has been producing about 25 tons of ore daily, averaging $25 per ton. Although equipment of the lessees was moved to the old Stoney Shaft for further development at that point, it is reported that after a survey of the ground, it was decided that the ore-shoot could better be reached from a lower level. It is stated that there are between 1,500 and 2,000 tons of broken ore in the old stopes that may be shipped to the mill while the other part of the vein is being explored. Mr. Siders is now interested in the Sunnyside Lease in the Oatman field.
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Mine and mill buildings of the Protection Gold & Copper Company, at House, Arizona, are being repaired and painted, according to reports from that district. Manager B. F. McAllister states that the company plans additional shaft work, a depth of 415 feet having already been attained. The property is equipped with a 50-ton mill.
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Charles S. Doane, in charge of operations of the Arizona Copper Belt Mining Company, at Constellation, Arizona, in the capacity of Assistant Manager, reports that the company plans to install a 50-ton mill, within the near future, probably using amalgamation, concentration, and flotation processes. A hoist and skip are being installed at Shaft No. 1, from which development is being carried out, to intersect the raise being made from the 430-foot Level of Shaft No. 2. Two 150-ton ore bins have been built at the No. 2 Shaft, and a 50-ton bin has been built at the No. 1 Shaft. The company expects to immediately start mining shipping ore from the No. 1 Shaft, and from the 430-foot Level of Shaft No. 2.

The gold vein encountered on the 430-foot Level in the No. 2 Shaft, has been opened for a length of 100 feet. The ore is mostly free-milling gold, down to 430 feet, at which point the company is entering the sulphide, or refractory zone. A crew of eight men is employed at the present time. Consulting Engineer George D. Jordan is now at the property, assisting in supervision of the new program. The organization has recently filed an amendment to its articles of incorporation with the Arizona Corporation Commission, extending the corporate existence of the concern, for 25 years.
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A new hoist and compressor are being installed at the Four Peaks property, of the Consolidated Arizona Mines Company, located nine miles southwest of Bouse, Arizona. This is preparatory to sinking the shaft to greater depth. W. B. Harris, of Salome, Arizona, is Superintendent of the company.
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John H. Walker, Manager, reports that the Johnson Copper Development Company intends to start new development on its properties at Dragoon, Arizona, the first of the year. Initial work will require a crew of only about four or five men. Mr. Walker states that consignments of ore are to be started from the mine as soon as copper prices are settled. Recent development has been centered upon drifting on the 440-foot level.
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According to President Richard J. Darling, the Copper Chief Mines Company has eight men at work, driving a crosscut from the 650-foot Level, of its copper-gold mine, at Quartzsite, Arizona. The mine workings total 2,500 feet.
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The Oatman Eastern Gold Mining Company plans to shortly resume sinking of the winze started, to the 750-foot Level of its property at Qatman, Arizona. This winze, situated at a point 1,000 feet from the 500-foot shaft, is being sunk for the development of a fine showing of ore encountered while drifting. An electric hoist has been installed at this point of development, capable of carrying the work to a depth of 1,000 feet. Oatman Eastern operations are under the able direction of William Tiercy, Superintendent.
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As soon as conditions are favorable to raise the required funds, diamond drilling and sinking of a 300-foot shaft are to be undertaken on property of the Picnic Mines, Inc., near Amado, Arizona. Hugo W. Miller, Mining Engineer and Assayer, of Nogales, Arizona, is President of the organization.
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A certificate of incorporation has been granted the St. John Gold & Copper Company, operating properties near Cleator, Arizona, by the Arizona Corporation Commission. The company has an authorized capitalization of $1,500,000, and was incorporated by John Slak, J. C. Davey, and George T. Wilson.
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E. Ross Housholder has completed road work to the main tunnel on his Chief Engineer No. 1 Claim, at Kingman, Arizona, and to the 90-foot shaft on the Chief Engineer No. 2, in addition to a trail leading to the tunnel on the No. 3 Claim. Since discovery last summer of the hidden portal of the tunnel on the No. 3 Claim, 1,000 feet of workings have been cleaned out, and several crosscuts run to prospect the gold vein. Samples of the vein, taken at 100-foot intervals, showed the ore to range in value from $2.50 to $10.40 per ton, in gold and silver. Width of the ore runs from two to five feet. The trend of the oreshoot has now been determined, with the ore showing increased value.
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Mrs. George F. Senner was appointed Manager of the Merged Mines, Inc., at a recent special meeting of the Board of Directors, held in Globe, Arizona. Mrs. Senner has been associated with the company for some time, and is one of its larger stockholders. A review of the company’s program was held at the meeting, and tentative plans were made for further development of the concern’s mining properties in the Sulphide Del Rey District, near Globe.
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The Calincoln Mines, Inc., operating the Lincoln Mine at Crown King, Arizona, is about ready to start increased mining operations, with a full force of workmen. This work is to be greatly facilitated by the new electric power plant, recently installed. Value of the ore is principally in gold, with some copper and silver. James Christiansen, and Pat O’Hagan, are back of the proposition.
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A crew of 10 men will be put to work the first of the year at the Golden Fleece Mine, 25 miles west of Bisbee, Arizona, according to G. A. Eastman, who has the property under lease and bond. Plans are now under way for the construction of buildings to house the workmen. A boarding house and several cottages for living quarters are to be erected. Sufficient supplies for the camp and equipment for the driving of a 500-foot tunnel, are to be on hand when the crew reports early in January. The Gold & Metal Company of Arizona has been organized for the inauguration of a development program, and it is planned to shortly begin production with the shipment of some of the higher grade ore. Mr. Eastman states that the vein has been traced for considerable distance, showing a width of two or three feet, and assaying from $20 to $75 per ton. The property has been worked by Sam Miller, for the past 30 years.
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William Linden of Prescott, Arizona, President of the Linden-Coburn Mining Company, reports that operations may be started almost any day at the company’s Linden Mine, in the Groom Creek District, of Yavapai County. He states that $50,000 has already been expended on development of the property, and that $50,000 more will be necessary for the proposed program. There are two larger veins on the property, and nine smaller ones. L. J. Coburn, Vice-President and Treasurer, and William M. Coburn, Secretary, Box 1371, Phoenix, are associated with Mr. Linden, in this enterprise.
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The St. Elmo Mines, Inc., operating the old Mildred Consolidated property, at Congress Junction, Arizona, is strictly confining development work to shaft and tunnel operations, according to E. A. Wayne, Superintendent. The shaft is down 200 feet, and the tunnel is out 500 feet. The working force varies from six to 15 men.
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Cheerful prospects are said to be ahead of the Vaughn, Macia, Palmer Lease, on the Bob Ingersoll Mine, at Tombstone, Arizona, with present development in a well-defined body of ore, running well up into values. In addition to the usual silver and lead values, the ore now under development is reported carrying a substantial quantity of gold.
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General development work is in progress on the Forty-Niner Placer Claims, and the Gold Center quartz property, owned by Frank Warning, and Dr. J. L. Barritt, at Oatman, Arizona. A 400-foot incline shaft has been sunk on the Gold Center property, and a tunnel has been driven 300 feet. Lessees made two shipments during the past year, averaging $18 gold per ton. When sufficient tonnage has been blocked out, the operators plan to install a cyanide plant.
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Work on the Little Johnnie gold property, in the Hassayampa District, near Prescott, Arizona, is being carried out with a crew of five men, under the supervision of F. N. Johnson, Superintendent. Development is done principally through tunneling. The mine workings total 1,500 feet, and a depth of 200 feet has been reached.
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Development on a small scale is being carried out on the Ophir Gold Property, of J. E. Harris, at Mayer, Arizona. An 85-foot open cut and an 85-foot shaft, with 12 feet of drifting at 30 feet, have been completed on Claim No. 22, and Claim No. 17 has also been developed by open cut work. Future development is to be centered on Claims Nos. 2, 8, and 5. R. M. Brazle is General Superintendent of the property.
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The recent announcement of the striking of the Aztec Vein, on the 1,100-foot Level of the Tom Reed Estate, at Oatman, Arizona, has created almost as much excitement in Mohave County mining circles, as relocation of the Tom Reed Vein at greater depth, achieved early in the summer. It is reported that the Aztec discovery opens a vein estimated at from five and a half, to seven feet in width. Specimens of the ore are said to be somewhat similar to that of the new shoot on the Gray Eagle, but different to ore found in the upper levels of the Aztec. The Tom Reed Mill is continuing to turn out its monthly quota of bullion. Victor A. Light is in charge of the Tom Reed as Assistant Manager.
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Drills are now exploring territory from the 500-foot Level of the Big Jim Mine, at Oatman, Arizona, Jno. W. Henderson, Superintendent. This work is being pushed ahead with all possible speed, and if exploration is successful, an extensive campaign of development is to be carried on laterally. President A. G. Keating, 436 Fidelity Building, Los Angeles, accompanied by F. B. Chapin, recently arrived at Kingman, for an inspection of the mine.
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R. W. Wood reports that some very high-grade cinnabar has been opened up in the Black Jack Mine, at Casa Grande, Arizona, of which he is Secretary and Manager. Plans have been made for a 120-foot shaft, expected to reach the water level.
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E. L. Tomlinson reports that the Westerner Gold-Lead Mines Company, of which he is president, is at this time endeavoring to finance for the installation of flotation equipment at its 50-ton mill at Venezia, Arizona. The company is advancing its tunnel No. 3 on the Starlight Claim, for development of the No. 1 Oreshoot, and new equipment is being installed in this tunnel for better ventilation. Tunnel work is being done on the Crook Westerner Vein, and it is later planned to equip this development with machinery for rush work. The company recently shipped a 30-ton lot of lead-zinc ore, carrying good gold and silver values, to the International Smelting Company in Salt Lake City. This consignment netted $27 per ton.
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Lessees of the Sunnyside Mine at Oatman, Arizona, are enthusiastic over the opening of the vein on the 500 Level of the property, and while the values are as yet running rather low, it is expected that further drifting will show a betterment of the ore, in both size and grade. Bob Lyons, at one time superintendent of the Telluride, is in charge of the work, and associated with him in the development work, are Tom Syders, and Austin Reed, both well known in the Oatman mining field.
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L. A. Newton and E. H. Bowly, Jr., 2507B East 55th Street, Huntington Park, California, have taken over the old Pittsburgh Mine, near Goldroad, Arizona, and Mr. Bowly is now negotiating with eastern capitalists for financing and operation of the property at an early date. The Pittsburgh was operated in 1912, but suspended operations during the war. Over 1,200 feet of development work has been done, disclosing a tonnage of good milling ore on the 200 and 300-foot Levels. Mr. Bowly states that the mine is fully equipped with modern machinery, and gasoline power is available. However, it is indicated that later on, a change over may be made to electric power.
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J. L. Fulton of Nogales, Arizona, is reported shipping 300 tons of copper ore per week, to the Douglas Smelter, from the Santa Niña Mine, at Patagonia, which he is again operating under lease. The ore also carries a good percentage of molybdenum. Fulton has 10 men employed.
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C. O. Foltz expects to be making shipments from his Oro Blanco Mine, at Ruby, Arizona, next month. The values are in copper, lead, silver, and gold.
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The Money Metals Exploration Company, Prescott, Arizona, J. K. Kilfeder, Superintendent, contemplates a changeover from gasoline to either Diesel, or electric power. This is expected to materially facilitate development work planned, which will include sinking of the shaft an additional 300 feet, with work laterally on the 600-foot Level. Recent work has consisted largely of crosscutting and drifting on the 300-foot Level. Thomas T. Turner, President of the organization, is located at 816 North Mariposa Avenue, Los Angeles, California.
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HASSAYAMPA GOLD MINING CO. OUTLINES DEVELOPMENT WORK

The Hassayampa Gold Mining Company, Inc., with gold properties located at Kirkland, Arizona, has plans for development work, which will continue until next Spring, at which time the company hopes to be in a position to install a milling plant. During the coming year, the management intends to do 200 feet of shaft work, supplemented by 800 feet of drifting. This is expected to put the property in shape for production.

A modern and up-to-date camp has been installed at the property, and, according to Claud F. Harmon, of Prescott, Secretary. Practically all machinery necessary for present development, is on the ground. A road has been built to the mine, and easy transportation is now available. The claims, numbering 42 in all, covering a total area of 800 acres, are but 35 miles from Prescott, the county seat of Yavapai County. Operations are further facilitated by an adequate supply of water available for both camp and milling purposes.

The geology of the holdings varies on different parts of the property. Formation of the Malapai Group consists of granite porphyry, with some schist intrusion, while formation on the Gold Bug and Pay Streak claims, consists of granite with some porphyry along the veins. The Crosscut Contact claim, is schist, with some quartz porphyry, and the Gold Spring claim, is schist. Gold is the predominating value, although much of the ore shows some silver.

Considerable development work has been done on each of these claims, and Joe Serafini, Manager, reports a large tonnage of ore in sight on both the Gold Bug, and Gold Spring properties. Present work is being directed, and future work will be centered largely about this claim. This work will consist of raising to the surface, a distance of 50 feet, followed by sinking the shaft 150 feet below the tunnel level. It is then planned to drive north and south, 200 feet each way, this to be supplemented by two 100-foot raises.
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BIG JIM STARTS DRILLING IN OLD UNITED EASTERN MINE
Following complete rehabilitation of the main workings on the Big Jim Claim, of the old United Eastern property, at Oatman, Arizona, Big Jim Mines, Inc., has started a program of diamond drilling from the North Drift, on the 500 Level of the mine. This work has been placed in the hands of the Continental Diamond Drilling Company, which recently completed 18 months of drilling on the old Vulture property at Wickenburg, Arizona, now under development by United Verde Extension Mining Company. Big Jim intends to drill to the 900 Level, in the direction of one of the veins that comes in from the Tom Reed Estate. This work is being pushed with all possible speed, and if exploration is successful, an extensive campaign of development is to be carried out laterally. It is quite probable that lessees will also soon be permitted to work on the property.

The Big Jim has been thoroughly sampled, and good ore has been found on a number of the levels, as well as in the bottom of the 600-foot shaft. This is a mine credited with having produced over four and a half millions in gold, from above the 600 Level. A. G. Keating, and Jno. W. Henderson, originally identified with the striking of ore at this well-known gold mine, are in charge of the new operations.
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“ARIZONA GOLD PLACERS,” A REVISED BOOKLET BY WILSON

The status and history of Arizona gold placers is given in a revised edition of the booklet, “Arizona Gold Placers,” by Eldred D. Wilson, just released by the Arizona Bureau of Mines, Tucson. While another gold rush may come to Arizona, it will never be the tented city of the “mushroom” mining days. If the remaining gold is to be touched in great quantities, gigantic dredges, and other equipment will be needed.

Greaterville, Quijota, and Arivaca offer the greatest gold possibilities in the Tucson District, according to Mr. Wilson. More than 200 worked the Greaterville Placers from 1875 to 1878, packing water on burros for four miles. By 1886, most of the activity had stopped, with an estimated production in gold of $7,000,000. Gold dirt in this district is said to average 40 to 60 cents a yard, and two companies are at present, in the field.
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ARIZONA STATE MINE INSPECTOR REAPPOINTS STAFF

Tom C. Foster, re-elected Arizona State Mine Inspector, has announced the reappointment of his former staff of deputy mine inspectors and office secretary. He began his new term of office, with headquarters in the State Capitol building, January 5.

Those renamed by Mr. Foster are J. C. Anglin of Globe, Deputy Mine Inspector for the Central District; Clifford J. Murdock of Mayer, Deputy Mine Inspector for the Northern District, and James Malley of Bisbee, Deputy State Mine Inspector for the Southern District. Mr. Anglin and Mr. Malley have both served as deputies since 1923, when Mr. Foster first became Mine Inspector for the state. Mr. Murdock has served as Deputy Mine Inspector, since August 1, 1928. Mrs. Nellie B. Plumb will continue as Mr. Foster’s office secretary.

A native of Scranton, Pennsylvania, where he was born in 1873, Mr. Foster has spent practically all of his adult life in some phase of the mining industry. He was brought to the West by his parents, at a very early age, and since that time, has been at some of the leading mining camps of the country, including the states of Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana and Arizona. He came to Arizona in 1898, where he worked for United Verde, the Copper Queen branch of Phelps Dodge, Calumet & Arizona, and the old Shattuck-Arizona Copper Company.

Through safety measures, Arizona mines have been successful in reducing the number of fatal accidents, to a remarkably low figure. Mr. Foster intends to continue to emphasize and direct close inspection of the mines in operation, and the conditions under which the men are working. This practice has been a regular feature of the conduct of his office, during his administration as State Mine Inspector.

According to Mr. Foster’s annual report, recently submitted to Governor John C. Phillips, at the close of 1930, there were but 21 fatal accidents in the mines of Arizona during the past year, compared with 32 accidents in the previous year. Serious accidents during the year numbered 446, compared with 674 in 1929. Mr. Foster’s report further showed that there are 2,488 men employed in surface work at Arizona mines, at present, with 6,475 working underground, or a total of 8,963. A year ago, there were 3,030 men employed in surface work, and 11,499 underground, or a total of 14,529.
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ARIZONA MAN EN ROUTE TO AFRICAN COPPER MINE

Mr. and Mrs. Stewart Carpenter have left Douglas, Arizona, for New York, on the first lap of a journey to northern Rhodesia, South Africa, where Mr. Carpenter will be engaged in construction work at the Roan Antelope copper properties. En route, they planned to make a brief stop at the Madeira Islands.

From Capetown, South Africa, the Carpenters will travel six days by rail, to Luanahya, where they are to be met by D. D. Irwin, General Manager of Roan Antelope, and former Superintendent with the Copper Queen branch of Phelps Dodge, at Douglas; James Sheppard, a former Arizonian, and George Neville, who was Superintendent for the Dwight P. Robinson Company when it rebuilt the Copper Queen smelter.

Mr. Carpenter will be with the Smelter Buildings Department of the Roan Antelope. He has previously lived in Arizona practically all his life, and is a graduate of the Phoenix High School, and the University of Arizona, Class of 1924, with a degree in civil engineering. He was with Calumet & Arizona Mining Company at Douglas for two years, before becoming identified with the Robinson Construction Company. When the smelter renovation work at Douglas was completed, he became Assistant Head of the Preparation Department of the Copper Queen branch of Phelps Dodge.
Another Arizonian who will also leave shortly for a position with Roan Antelope is P. L. Schefer, of Bisbee. It is understood that he will become Mill Superintendent with the company.
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THE MINING JOURNAL for JANUARY 30, 1931

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United Verde, W. V. DeCamp, Manager, is considering construction work on its No. 7 Shaft, as well as considerable underground work and shovel pit stripping. The company will continue diamond drilling on the Sixty-Four, and Cibola properties, acquired several months ago in the Miami-Superior District. It is expected that the No. 7 Shaft, now under construction, will be completed to the 3,500-foot level, in the latter part of 1932.
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J. C. Miller reports that 200 feet of tunnel work has been completed in the Seventy-Nine Extension Mine, at Hayden Junction, Arizona, during the past year. The workings now total about 1,000 feet.
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Five hundred feet of shaft work, and 2,000 feet of drifting and crosscutting, are to be undertaken by the Bronze King Mining Company, when it resumes development work at its properties at Miami, Arizona. The company stopped work in April due to the low price of copper. Thomas P. Kelly of Miami is President and Manager of the organization.
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The Swastika, Corda-Flannery, and Ohvette-Annette groups of mines, in the Olive Mining District, of Pima County, Arizona, have been merged into the Mineral Belt Mines, Inc., making a combined property of 24 claims. The Mineral Belt Company is largely an Eastern organization. E. A. Royce, formerly connected with the Swastika Company, will have active charge of the business. Albert L. Fritz, of Tucson, is Secretary-Treasurer, and Edward Holderness will act as Superintendent of the properties. Plans of the company include the establishment of a modern camp with living quarters, boarding houses, etc., and the installation of necessary equipment for the sinking of three shafts, with considerable lateral work.
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The Wolverine & Arizona Mining Company at present has a force of eight men busy at its property near Bisbee, Arizona, according to Hugh Dugan, Secretary. The company’s milling plant is at Don Luis, Arizona. J. E. McKenna is in charge of operations as Manager.
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Production at the clay mines of the Filtrol Company, at Chambers, via Halloysite, Arizona, is averaging 40 tons daily. A depth of 800 feet has been attained in the mine. J. A. Mullen, Mine Superintendent, reports that the working force varies from 25, to 50 men.
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The first consignment of steel has arrived for the new Boriana mill being constructed at Yucca, Arizona, the shipment of 20,000 pounds having been hauled in by truck, from California. This delivery is to be followed by others, until all the supplies and equipment for the plant are on the ground. The road to the property has been put in shape, and everything in the way of improvements at the camp is ready for use. A large tonnage of tungsten ore has been developed in the mine, ready for treatment upon the completion of mill construction. L. B. Rece is Company Superintendent.
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December copper production of United Verde Extension Mining Company, Jerome, Arizona, ran 2,473,000 pounds, which was considerably below any monthly record for the year. Production for 1930, compiled from monthly reports, totals approximately 44,800,000 pounds.
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Installation of the new Huntington mill, of 20 tons daily capacity, has nearly been completed on the Mammon mining property, near Casa Grande, Arizona, according to F. H. Rogers, in charge of operations. Work of opening up the property is progressing steadily.
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An extensive placer mining program is to be carried out in the Greaterville District of Pima County, Arizona, according to current reports. Los Angeles capitalists are behind the project, which calls for the working of 6,240 acres of land. While study of the material in the district shows only minor values, it is believed that the proposed large-scale operation will prove a profitable venture. The material is to be worked by steam shovels, and will be run through long troughs, with riffle boards. This area has previously been worked by small operators, but in most instances, it was given up because of the low returns.
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The working force of the Trench Mining Company, at Patagonia, Arizona, now totals 16 men. Mine development is being carried out under the direction of P. W. Carico, Superintendent, and J. C. Schell, Assistant Superintendent. H. Schwartz, President and Manager of the company, has offices at 1105 Bankers’ Building, Los Angeles.
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The Calincoln Mines, Inc., James Christiansen, Secretary and Manager, Crown King, Arizona, expects to be shipping 50 tons of ore daily from its Lincoln Mine, within the next 60 days. A Gardner-Denver compressor has recently been installed at the property, in addition to the new hoist, pipelines, and ore bins. At present, the old shaft is being opened up, and 14 men are employed. Pat O’Hagan is associated with Mr. Christiansen in the management of this property, in the capacity of Consulting Engineer and Superintendent.
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D. W. Driggs, President and Manager of the Moon Mountain Mining Company, reports that at the present time, only prospecting is being done at the company’s gold-silver property, at Parker, Arizona. The ledge is being uncovered at different points along the surface. The mine workings total about 400 feet.
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The company’s mine plant having been completely equipped for development work, the Chloride Consolidated Mines Company expects to soon begin operations at its Chloride, Arizona, property. The shaft will then be sunk to a depth of 500 feet, and 1,000 feet of drifting will be undertaken. R. E. Butler, 818 Yeon Building, Portland, Oregon, is Manager, and C. P. Lupher is the company’s Mine Superintendent.
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Report that the lost vein of gold in the Old Fortuna Mine, 22 miles southeast of Yuma, Arizona, had been rediscovered recently, caused a flurry of excitement among old-time mining men of that district. Fred J. Martin of San Diego, Superintendent of the mine from 1896, until it was closed in 1904, and a stockholder in the Elan Mining Company, present owners of the property, announced that geologists believe that they have found the lost vein, and that work at the mine may be resumed. At the present time, eight families are reported living in the vicinity of the mine, working over the old tailings for gold.
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An effort is being made to get stockholders of the Belcher Extension Consolidated Mines Company, operating the Fortuna Mine, near Superior, Arizona, to exchange their stock, for stock in a new company known as the Silva Consolidated Mining Company. It is stated that over 51 percent of the stock has already been exchanged, with payments, which will insure an operating fund. Company reports state that the new Fortuna Vein shows an average width of four feet, with values ranging from $23 to $100 a ton. The object of the consolidation is to start with a clean slate, and concentrate the ownership of several properties under a single management. The Silva Consolidated brings into the merger, a gold property which it holds under bond and lease. Frank Silva is President of the new organization, with headquarters at One Exchange Place, Jersey City, New Jersey.
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Organization and incorporation of the St. John Gold & Copper Company has been completed, and development of the company’s gold property, near Cleator, Arizona, is to get under way soon. The company announced discontinuance of operations at its copper properties, in the Cleator District, some time ago, and in the future, concentrate work on the gold property. A vertical shaft will be sunk to the water level. John S. Slak is head of the company.
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Work of sinking the three-compartment shaft at the Vulture Mine, at Wickenburg, Arizona, is progressing at the rate of six feet a day. Timbering is being kept up right behind the miners, due to the loose formation of the ground. The shaft is being sunk, under contract, for the United Verde Extension Mining Company by A. B. Peach, of Prescott.
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The old shaft on the Bunker Hill Extension property, at Tombstone, Arizona, which had badly caved, is to be put in shape for exploration, according to John A. Kohlen, of Tombstone. It will take several weeks to do this work, do necessary timbering, and install ladders.
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The Lone Butte Mining Company, of Warren, Arizona, plans the installation of a new hoist, compressor, and other equipment, looking toward the starting of development work in the Spring. The property is to be worked for its gold, silver, and copper values. H. F. Lietzow, 11125 Charnock Road, Palms Station, Los Angeles, is President and Manager of the company.
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C. E. Adair and associates, of Los Angeles, and New York City, who have the Harqua Hala Bonanza Gold Mines at Salome, Arizona, under bond and lease, report the 10-stamp mill on the Golden Eagle Group, about ready to start. Mr. Adair and associates have been quietly reopening this noted old gold property. Some ore was shipped during the Summer, and at present, material is being blocked out on the Tunnel Level, ready for mill treatment.
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The Blue Cloud Copper Company, of Parker, Arizona, intends to resume operations before the end of this month. New work will consist of sinking the shaft to a depth of 300 feet, followed by exploration from that point. Harry Green, Mine Superintendent, and C. M. MacFarlane, Consulting Engineer, are locally in charge of the property. Malin H. Campbell, of Santa Monica, California, is manager of the company.
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Work of diamond drilling from the 500-foot Level of the Big Jim Gold Mine, at Oatman, Arizona, is reported progressing nicely, with the cores showing an improvement in ore conditions. President A. G. Keating, 436 Fidelity Building, Los Angeles, is expected to shortly arrive at the property to outline further work for the 500 and 600-foot Levels of the mine.
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The Arizona Quicksilver Corporation is reported about to resume operations at its property in the Slate Creek Mining District, near Globe, Arizona. The announcement was made by R. B. Stitzer, Engineer.
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A one and a half-mile wagon road, and grading for the proposed new mill have been completed by the Grand Leader Mining Company, of Venezia, Arizona; C. E. Warren, President and Manager. When operations are resumed at the mine in the Spring, the shaft is to be sunk to 500 feet. It is planned that by that time, installation of the mill may be put under way. The property has been worked by lessees during the past 10 months.
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Recent work in the Silver Bell Mine, in Mineral Park, near Kingman, Arizona, by the Cornwall Mining Company, is reported looking favorable after the expenditure of about $30,000 in development. The ore carries gold and silver values. A winze, at present being sunk below the Tunnel Level, is disclosing softening of the gangue, and widening of the ore. E. S. Moulden, 305 North Craig Street, Pasadena, California, and John W. Yuill, 431 West 107th Street, Los Angeles, are among those back of the organization.
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Property located in the Wallapai (aka Hualapai) Mining District, nine miles from Kingman, Arizona, formerly operated by the Hayes-Nevada Mining Company, has been optioned to R. A. Leonard, of Kingman, who is at present, sinking a small prospect shaft on a part of the property heretofore unexplored, exposing a shoot of high-grade galena, about two feet wide. Mr. Leonard is following the vein on the incline, a depth of about 30 feet having been attained. A small consignment of ore from the shaft has been sent to the smelter, to more fully determine its value. The property is owned by J. A. Knight, of Oatman.
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Ten men are working the gold-silver-lead property of the Tombstone Mining Company, at Tombstone, Arizona, according to C. M. D’Autremont, 910 Consolidated National Bank Building, Tucson. Mr. D’Autremont is President and Manager of the company, and his brother, H. H. D’Autremont, is Secretary. W. E. Halt is in charge at the property as Mine Superintendent.
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Louis Hudgin, secretary-treasurer, reports that the Kino Copper Company, of Nogales, Arizona, is prepared to start shipping ore as soon as the price of copper advances. There are also lead and silver values in Kino ore. This is the Nogales property of which Colonel Allen T. Bird, who passed away early last month, was for a long time, the leading spirit.
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According to Manager Garfield Gray of Jerome, Arizona, a hoist, air compressor, and at least two drills are to be installed at the Gray Mine, at Vicksburg, Arizona, and later, a small mill is to be put in. Water can be obtained on the property at a very shallow depth. This is considered one of the most promising gold prospects in Yuma County, and present development work, consisting of several shafts and open cuts, is exceedingly encouraging. Approximately 40 tons of sorted ore are now on the dump ready for shipment. The property is operated under lease from J. Ramsay and W. Clark, the owners.
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E. L. Sweeney, now in full charge of operations of the Emerson Mining Company, reports that contracts are to be let immediately for a large-scale development program, at the company’s gold properties, at Congress Junction, Arizona. Development has been centered largely about the Zeiger Tunnel. Mr. Sweeney, a Consulting Engineer, of Phoenix, now has offices in the new Phoenix Title & Trust Company Building.
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The Lucy Bell Mining Company, of Lowell, Arizona, J. Frank Jones, President and Manager, plans the installation of a new ball mill and a compressor, as well as a lighting plant. Additional houses are to be constructed at the property for employees. The company’s present milling plant has a capacity for 25 tons of ore daily. In addition to the property in question, where the values are in gold, silver, copper, and lead, the company plans to develop deposits of tungsten, and asbestos, this next summer.
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A gratifying development in the Tom Reed Gold Property, at Oatman, Arizona, Victor A. Light, Assistant Manager, has been the recent cutting of four feet of milling ore, in a short raise from the 800-foot Level, of the Black Eagle Shaft. This vein is believed constant up to the 600-foot Level. On the 1,100 Level of Black Eagle Shaft, a drift has been extended 160 feet, in places showing seams of very rich ore. Success of the Tom Reed has stimulated interest in a number of other Oatman properties, which have been idle for a number of years, and has confirmed the belief of old-timers that Oatman is a camp wherein values may be found at depth.
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Lessees, under the direction of Charles Smith, are taking 30 percent lead ore, with some silver, out of the Belmont Vein, of The Belmont Copper Mining Company, at Superior, Arizona. The ore is being found in the limestone.
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The Maxwell Merger Mines Company expects to have tunnel development under way on its properties at Venezia, Arizona, not later than March 1. A small force of men is at present, at work under the direction of Lewis T. Lee, of Prescott, Secretary and Mine Superintendent.
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The Sap Lease, on the Ollie Oatman Vein, of the Tom Reed Estate, is again in the limelight at Oatman, Arizona, with the raise being made toward the surface, entering an orebody said to average $50 per ton. This ore was entered at a point above where the old stope ran out of ore, and it is expected that it will now hold good to the surface. The lessees, principal among which is B. D. Winberly, had transferred operations from the Stoney Shaft, to the old workings, and were sinking on the ore, when it was decided to raise through the stope, to the surface, which resulted in discovery of the new ore shoot. The raise is to be used as a working shaft, the winze to be connected up with it. Approximately 2,000 tons of ore broken in the stope, are soon to be sent to the Tom Reed Mill. A new ore bin has been installed below the shaft, which is expected to considerably facilitate handling of the ore, for mill production.
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Tom Hodges, of Hayden, Arizona, is making occasional shipments of ore from the Standard Gold Mine, in Gila County, which he is operating under lease and bond. The property is owned by A. Hogvall, of Winkelman.
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The shaft of the Apache Silver Mining Company, of Superior, Arizona, Richard Lobb, Mine Foreman, has been sunk an additional 100 feet during the past few months, and 7.5 feet of crosscutting has been done on the 200-foot Level. Further drifting is to be done on the 200, the ore body extending for a width of 24 feet at that point. Joe Canepa, 1111 Pacific National Building, Los Angeles, is President of the Company.
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Lessees of the Sunnyside Mine, at Oatman, Arizona, are much encouraged over a new ore strike made in a drift from the 500-foot Level; this development having been carried out more than 300 feet from the shaft. The ore has shown values ranging from $60 to $100 in gold, per ton, according to reports, with the vein rapidly increasing in width. A crosscut is soon to be run, for further exploration of the orebody. More than 400 feet of ground has been broken by lessees in this mine, with rather discouraging results, up until the recent ore strike. Bob Lyons is in charge of the property.
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A small syndicate of mining men, headed by W. L. Johnson and E. F. Krans, have taken over the Catoctin Gold Mine, in Yavapai County, Arizona, near Prescott, and are reported to have rediscovered the main ledge of ore on the property first encountered years ago. According to reports, assays from this ledge show values ranging from $12.80 to $192 per ton. The same interests are operating the Whipsaw Mine, near Wickenburg, and the Triplett property, near Prescott. Twelve men are employed at the Whipsaw, six at the Catoctin, and six at the Triplett. It is understood that Johnson and Krans have also taken over the Big Sam property, in the Copper Basin District. Plans are being made to erect a custom plant, in or near Wickenburg, to handle ores from these properties.
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Juan Sesteaga is continuing to make regular shipments of ore from the Pocahontas Mine, at Patagonia, Arizona, and Bert Logan is also making steady consignments from the Mowry Mines, in the same district. A. F. Parker, H. S. Reed, and H. T. Richards also recently shipped a car of copper-lead ore from the Silver Bell and Belmont Mines, at Patagonia.
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Ezra W. Thayer, 179 East Adams Street, Phoenix, Arizona, has 14 men at work at his Sunrise Relief Gold Mines, nine miles north of Peoria, Arizona. Jack Bolitho is in charge as Mine Superintendent.
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In the form of annual assessment work, Robert H. Barnes, Route 8, Box 1305, Phoenix, Arizona, will soon advance the No. 2 Tunnel, on his Tortuga Mine, at Ray, Arizona, to intersect the main ore body. This property carries copper, gold, silver, and molybdenite values.
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Excavation work of the Boriana Mining Company, at Yucca, Arizona, has been completed, and mill construction is now under way, under the direction of M. D. Simpson. In the meantime, water is being developed for operations, by drilling wells. The mill work is keeping 18 men busy, with 12 employed in the mine. The old workings have been connected with the haulage tunnel, by a three-compartment raise, 200 feet in length. Development work is for wolframite, sheelite, and copper values. L. B. Rece of Yucca is in full charge of the property as General Superintendent.
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The Dora property, east of Octave, Arizona, is again shipping gold ore. George A. Kirkbride, President and Manager of the Standard Ores Corporation, of Prescott, which is now operating the property, reports that four samples of ore taken from the mine several weeks ago, showed values ranging from $26 to $132, per ton. The recent shipments that have been made, have netted about $20 per ton. Arrangements have been made for the installation of a compressor unit, and equipment is to be placed on the property immediately. Sinking of the Dora Winze, to 100 feet below the present level, will be commenced sometime next month.

Standard Ores Corporation is also negotiating for a claim north of Octave. A recent sampling of this gold property showed the ore to range from $18 to $1,500, per ton. Another car of ore was shipped from the company’s Oro Flame property, at Prescott, December 30, which makes a total of five cars shipped from the two properties last month. The company is at present employing 13 men. George H. Hanson assists Mr. Kirkbride in operation of the Oro Flame Mine, in the capacity of Foreman.
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H. L. Berkey, 728 East Fourth Street, Tucson, Arizona, states that he has just completed negotiations for the installation of a flotation mill at Sahuarita, Arizona, for treatment of copper and molybdenite ore, from the Santa Rita Copper Company properties. Mr. Berkey is President and Manager of the Santa Rita Company. He reports about 10,000 tons of low-grade ore on the dump, and developed in the mine, ready for treatment.
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With the new equipment installed at its properties at Arivaca, Arizona, the Calzona Mining & Milling Company is sinking another 100 feet, and drifting on the vein 300 feet, to reach the apex of the exposed ore shoot. With S. M. Wilson in charge as Superintendent, a force of 23 men is employed. Charles A. Dutro, of 685 I. W. Hellman Building, Los Angeles, is President and Manager of the company.
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The Red Bank Gold Placer Company, John B. Ehrhart, President and Manager, 374 North First Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona, has started work on a small scale, and is now operating a 40-foot sluice box, with water developed by two wells on its properties, at Octave, Arizona. The company plans on purchasing eight and a half miles of pipe for the transportation of water to the property, from Peeples Valley. Five men are at work, at present.
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A new organization, to be known as the Arizona Potash Company, is being formed by William Whelan, for the development of potash deposits on the Whelan property, 30 miles west of Wilcox, Arizona. It is reported that after this deposit was discovered by Mr. Whelan, the U. S. Interior Department set aside 11 sections to be prospected, and sent a representative to inspect and survey the property. After two years testing and analyzing, it is estimated that there are more than 1,000,000 tons of potassium and sodium phosphate in sight. Mr. Whelan and associ