Tombstone epitaph., 1899-07-23
COPPER DEVELOPMENT
Progress of q Company in the
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| Ni'LOu9 suo v hosufS TUT coP'o' en" directing attention of the investor to our iue xhsustible fluids Of mineral wealth.
 l The PRosPECToR has never ceased to call attention to the virgin copper fields Of Arizona and particularly t CoCLise county AS one tf the most | prod and wonderful storehouse for copper dsvelopmentin the terri- tory. The march d pro.ress, the reports of activity, the moiern i'm '. provements, and the successes iu min. ! ing heresbouts as not, d from year to year gives announcement that our county has certainly become most prominent factor in production of the red metal, and yet the prospeetor's pick has scarcely begun it's discovery work
 One oi the mountain ranges of ou, county which has attracted wide tpiCnu obtOuiiOh nS . NofpNi Oi great possibilities and which Is now feeling the stimulus of the general. copper prosperity, is the Drayoon Mountains. Certainly a more inviting copper field would be hard to find. Here are located soms good copper producers and soms of the most pro- missing mines to be found in the west We have given considerable space to descriptions of the mining movement of various properties along this belt and kept our readers in touch with the activity and developm eut attained |. One of the g-sIps of mine, which is claiming considerable distinction, by reason of the remarkable showing of its development, is the property of the Black Diamond Copper Co. A recent visit to the mines of the company revealed an air Of activity ard prosperity that is refreshing. CJnven- tent to the mines has just been erect ed large new office, commodious boarding house and other sab.tsnt tial and comfortable Improvements. At the mines the force of miuers are employed on three eight hour shifts and work Is vigorously pushed win pick and drlll. To further facilitate work several Burli'gh drills to be operated by steam have been secured and the necessary machinery and boilers will be in operation shortly. The Black Diamoni is regarded as a most promising property and has perhaps the most prominent and bold ledge outcroppings Of any mine in the west. Besides being locateS in the heart Of the copper bel. of the range, with producing mines on same lead and two smel:ers of 60 and 30 tons respectively on properties prscti- cally adjoining either end o' the group, lends color to the theory advanced .ha. this big copper ledge is un- doub.edly the mother lode of the range.
 The Black Diamond form stion i, oi lime and porpheretic character the ores of peacock and black sulphide carry ing high percentages in copper and silver and 8 goodly quantity oi the ore on the dumps and openings where work has been done, while quite 6 number of sha!ts and d:i!ts slong the ledge have been made uncOvering ore, The surface indications together W ith the most favorable formation of this property sheoreucs cslly portends 1t as an ideal copper bonanza. To demon s,raie the permanency and extent of the ore body, MT John Graham, 6 we'll known experienced and thorough mining man, under whose efficient supsrintendency the work is b.iDg supervised is having Q tunnel run into the mountain 10 tap the ore deposits below. From present indications of this tunnel the outlook is most en- couraging. The smelter site near 8 spring ol ws:e., the supply of which is estimated sufficient for all pur- poses, is ds.irably located. With the building O! s sme!ter the ores could be handled very economically and conveyed to the furnaces by 6 gravity system, the prscticabili,y of which would be at once apparent. Altogether the Black Diamond Go have . pro- perty of merit and are demonstrating z its worth in . workmanlike and sub stsntisl manner. The company Id composed principally of New York and Calumet people with Sens'ol Charles J. Faulkner of West Virginia as president, N. o. Bsgge as treasurer