Arizona weekly citizen., 1896-12-26
oED DOMINION COPPER.


 The mAe is furnishing the usua quantity of ore. Owing to the breaking Of one of the bower shafts at the smel. ter only the l00-ton furnace Is in blast A new shaft will be received today, and a small jacket blown in at once. A new Warrington pump for the smelter well hss been received. Coke is comIng in freely.
 A new office building is being erected at the mine, and carpenters are framing timbers for a change house to replace he building destroyed by fire. The new house, with the exception of tho skele. ton frame, will be constructed of iror sheathlng as precaution against ire.
 BLACK WARRIOR COPPER.
 The company has erected several buildings at the mines, among them a house for Superintendent Hill, and be will now spend more of his time at the mines personally directing development work.
 The holst is in place on the Black Copper and the sinking of the shaft, to a depth of several hundred feet will be resumed at once. Sinking on the Dade. vile continues with very encoursginR results. The shaft is ID ore of good quality.
 THE JOYCE.
 Hugh Higdon and H. O. Haverly have a good copper claim in the Joyce, in Webster gulch, adjacent to the Black Warrior property, and upon the same ledge. They have sunk 30 or 70 feet on the ledge, and have ore of very good grade, and apparently there is CD abun- dance of 1t. Work on the claim, sus- pended for several weeks, will be resum. ed within few days.
 THE CONTINENTAL.
 An English syndicate has become interested with N. L. Amster in the bond on the Continental group, eleven miles west of Globe, and the development of the property wIll be commenced within a few days. The first work contem- plated is to drive crosscut tunnel 500 feet and continue the present shaft down 150 feet to connect with the tunnel. B. D. Stoutz, M. E., is expect ed here today from New York, to assist Mir. Amster in directing the work.
 The Continen tai is we'll known pro- perty, that has been several times favor ably reported upon, and is believed to be one of the most promising copper for the amount of work done, 10 Globe district. The parties who have become interested in the Continental nave ample capital, and propose to thoroughly exploit. the mine.
 THE BADGER.
 This, the principal claim of the group D Lost Gulch, owned by Louis Sultan | md James Graham, continues to show | The shaft 260 feet north- l 'ast from the original location, has been | unk to depth of l25 feet. The ledge | !verages 31a feet in width the full | ength Of the shaft. and numerous | sssys of sthe ore show average re- urns of about S20 per ton in gold. Be- ow the 60 it. level the character of the | re has changed to @ sulphuret. and | gain below the sulphuret a white | usrtzv ore was struck sssaying in gold | yer Sl00 per tor. Free gold is visible | hrough the quartz. There are no fur her developments to report on other laims of the group.
 LOST GULCH M. AND M. co. Activity narks the operations of this ompeny. The mill is running steadily nd the supply of ore is ample. The sual force is employed in the mine, and development work is being one.
 PINTO CREEK NJ. & g.. COMPANY.
 Articles of incorporation of the Pinto 'reek Mining and Smelling Company re published for the first time in this sue of the Silver Belt. The ipcor- orators are: T. R. Ashbrook. Geo. W. tcksoD, NJ. O. Blsckmore, Jauss NJ. Wilson, Donald Cam pbell and Grant s. ystkins of St. Joseph, Mo, and Mrs. 7innis Ferguson, of Globe. Ariz. The company has been organized for le mining ard reduction of copper and old ores principally. The capital stock the corporation is to be Sl, ,000, 900 full paid up; the principal place of busi- ess Globe, Arizona, and a branch office St. Joseph. Mo.