Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-09-27
Proposed Development.


 Following the broad plans origin ally mapped out by the promoters ol this organization, great macy thousand feet of the Verde belt hSs beea acquired by the Pride of Ari- zona company and they propose to sink four shafts down to a depth ol l000 feet each and cut through all lesched ground, and it Is hoped to soon strike sulphides. At each one of he locations where they propose to sink these shafts there are 6ne in dications of mineral-being oxides and carbonstes some running ss high as 40 per cent copper. But with the sxperience taught by years of sue cess and disSppointmen;s in the veSy bsg inUing of quotations, It IS msie plain 10 the supporters of the com psny that they anticipate su early closing out of the oxides aad that for long time the company Will bs m barren ground. At tWo oi the points there IS today sufficient indi- cations to admit of the claiming that there IS a great body of ore under the apex where the work wili be started.
 The promoters Of the Pride of
 'rzoua Copper company propose, m Iue very beginaing, to explain thoroughly to the public that a branch of their business Is of the -r,-.....l .t... .b .r-.f.r. t,..f r auas.sr, the organization during the period of development proposed. the com pany will be iB position to constant - 1 iy ship ore from the mines they owa, which are today classcf smung the best m this county. Aside from the property that may be termed speeu- Istive, the company will own &li Of | the. Clifford mines in Yavapsi couB- tF. which are considered a valuable group of mines, all of which are held 10 lee. and among which are The American Beauty, the first south eX- tension of the Blackberry mine from which several hundred thousand dollars have been extracted; the Virginia, on the Boggs vein; the Good Times on the Verde belt, a shipper of ore; tke Pride of Arizona un he Verde belt. located near the
 Biu ghamtOn and where ore of the
 IOSO-foOt shafts are to be sunk; the
 Boston Girl group now in pay ore
 snd in active operation, aud average
 oi -oPprr ore r. per cent; the Cop
 per Czsr, average l2 per cent; tae
 Copper Prince. q mine of more than
 ord mary possibilities, containing a
 silicate Of copper averaging a peT
 cen the Admiral aud Corporal
 miues on the Boggs vein, aud the
 great Lone Pine. The Lone Pine
 will be used as the ksy~'oue and de
 veloptd as a dividend payer Ths remarkable mine IS too well known 1 to require comment. From present indications and the volume of ore
 extracted, 1t justly deserves to b.
 called the best copper mine in thi'
 county ae1t to the United Verde; lu fact the formation, size of the veiI
 and character of ore IS identical tC that great proOeIty. Tha Lone
 Pine has the distinction of carrying on general average the highest grad,
 of copper ore of any copper mine 1T the United States. the size of the mine taken into consideration, thsr, being small streaks of glance 1T , other mines that assay higher. bu on volume of ore 1t IS the king ot all copper mines in copper values
 The United Verde copper values ar said 10 be 10 per cent; the Cope
 Queen, s per cent; the Globe prop , critics, per cent; the Clifton, pc cent; and the Lone Pine average first and second class, II and l2 pe cent.
 , Origis ally 1t was intended 70 plsc, 2 the Easy Boss. Governor Teddy s War Ship and Black Wonder minini , claims in this group, but the Cliff P lords recently sold these propertie . to the Arizona, Eastern & Montau !. company. They arranged to sim
 1000 feet on the Easy Boss mine
 which development will prove ul
 the Pride of Arizona Copper com
 pany's properties on the south en
 of the belt. The company also ha Q some valuable leases, including f lease on the ore reserves of tn . Sterling mine, and also have unde bond and nearly paid for, the BrOos
 group of mines, which are the eI n tension of the Sterling, so that th f company is well equipped to msk Q an. effort to become chased as ' dividend payer from the date of Il 1, incorporation.
 l. Mir. CiifFord's Views.