Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-12-19
GLOBE DISTRICT.
Mining Matters of the Past Week in
ella County.


The Silver Belt gives the following
news of the last weeks mining activity
in that neighborhood:
The United Globe mines are shipping
two to three carloads of ore per day to
the Copper Queen works at Bisbee.
The Black Warrior Copper company
will put a big force of carpenters Il
work Immediately to complete the
housing of the reduction works. The
company has received advices of the
shipment from the east of several car
loads of sheet lead to be used in lining
the teaching tanks.
E j. Lawler and Perry Howle were
in town the fore part of the week TAX
ing a we'll earned holiday after having
completed a contract for the Black
Warrior Copper company. They went
out Wednesday to do the assessment
work on the Hunton estate property
and other property belonging TO them
selves.
Frank Trego, who has been at work
for several months developing claims
bonded from Harvey Morris q. b.
Hooker owning a fourth interest in
one of the clairns) has run a crosscut
tunnel 26O feet and has cut through
twenty-five to thirty feet of low grade
ore, averaging to 5 per cent There Is
about forty to fifty feet to go to strike
the main ledge, which it is expected
will be finished by the 18th instant
when the contract will terminate.
Frank Westbrook, a few days ago
brought in specimens of native copper
from the Alliance mine, situated In
Lost gulch. adjoining claims of tbs
Black Warrior company. The Alliance
is one of a group of claims owned and
being developed by the Lost Gulch Cop
per company The ore is from a winze
now down forty-five feet from the tun-
mel level, and represents a depth from
the surface of ninety-five feet The
showing is said to be excellent
D. r. Williamson, who came in last
Tuesday from Gun creek. reports great
activity in that district. The most I'M
portant of recent discoveries are on
the claims of Gowan and Pranty. re-
Gently located. They have seven claims
grouping with the Black warrior
showing rich glance ore on every cldllii'
The Erie is working the usual force IN
drifting. and good ore is being encouh-
tered. Williamson and Miller are sink
ing a shaft on one of their claims ana
are down thirty-eight feet in good sui
phuret ore, and are much encourage
by the showing.
Ed Sawyer came up from the Gun
creek mining district the latter part Oh
last week and says the group OF mines
known as the Erie Consolidated, owned
and being developed by the Wahnlta
Copper company, continue to Improve
as DEVELOPMENT work progresses. Inc
future of this property is now ABOUT
assured. The developments are almost
far enough advanced to warrant the
erection of a smelter, and the WORK
now being done is more for the purpose
OF determining the capacity or the
smelter than anything else.
Assessment work has been competed
on the Kingston, Pittsburg and jose
phine copper claims, situated near the
Gray mine, and owned by James whey
and Rolling Rogers & Starr. The
shaft on the Kingston has been cleaned
out and is now down 100 feet, showing
a two foot strata of oxide ore, averag-
ing Is per cent copper, from the surface
to the bottom. Drifts at forty-fve rect
and seventy feet in depth are all IN
ore, making a fine showing. The ledge
on the Kingston is fifteen feet wide.
The Pittsburg and Josephine also look
well for the amount of development
done the Josephine. especially, being
a very promising prospect.