Arizona republican., 1899-07-05
Mines and MininQ


 Among companies Iately recorded and registered under the laws Of ATt- zona is the Arizona United Copper Mining company. with Q capital stock of S1O,OOO GOO. It IS stated that the company own claims covering thirty five acres in Pima county, Arizona. Another statement made in connection with this company. which is Of more than ordinary interest, IS that "One of the claims is on q hill 225 Feet high, which by actual measurement shows 3.500, ,0G0 cube yards Of copper and silver ores, or about S0U0 900 tons Now if these eight million tons VIII run even only 10 per cent Tn copper ths company have 800, 900 tons Of cop per in that one claim, and as copper at the present time, is worth S3OO q tOn it is as evident as the nose on a mans face that the company have s24O, ,OOO,O 900 worth of copper in that 225-foOt hill. That is a hill worth having-f figures don't He.-Los An seles Mining Review.
 MT. John A. Fairch.ld of this city. president of the South Bisbee Copper Mining company of Arizona, acc0mpa- nied by MT. T. D. Rowan. MT. H. W. Lewis and Dr. C. B. Jones, directors in the company, have returned to Les Angeles from tvisit to the mines at B.sbee. President Fairchild, who was called upon by q representative Of the Mining Review, said: I've found everything running satisfactorily. and have every reason to be satisfied with the work that has been done and with che prospects of the mine. We shall aink the main shat,t to a depth Of 72O 1eet and then run drifts from the 50O 600 and 700-foot levels. All work has from the beginning been systematic ally pursued, one of cur principal ob- jects having been to determine the ex- tent of cur ore bodies, and our late visit to the properties has further con- vinced me that we shall not be Gisap- pointed in them.'@Los Angeles Min ing Review
 Dan W. Mitchell, haH owner of the Copper Cave and Apache prospects. was B.sbee visitor vest erday. These holdings are situated about midway bteween hare md Tombstone. and it is said that over $14,O00 have been expended on development work The outlook for a big strike is good Tombstone Prospector.
 The St. Louis Gold Recovery com- pany have doubled the capacity of their plart at Mammoth and are now asaying 240 tons of taiIngs daily.
 A gentleman just in from the Twin Buttes, where the Martinique com pany is operating, states that large body of azurite ere has been encount- cred at a depth of 400 feet, where the late projected tunnel tapped the ledge 1 Peter O'Dea, the superintendent, in formed his people from tie beginning that they had sClrrething or nothing, and following up his theory, it is evil dent that Mir. O'Dea knew what he was about, as our informant states that the extent of the high grade ore body l has not as yet ba'en a5certa ined.-Tuc- l son Citizen
 The San Xavier mines are cutting i down on their ore shipments prePara- 1 tory to erecting concentrating works, | The machinery will be on the ground {! in a few days.-Tucson Star.
 Thare has been wonderful progress at HelVatia since the mines were pur- | chased in March by the present own CTS. There are now two stage lines i running to the camp and a postoffice ] will soon be established there. The l company own twenty-n:ne claims all ] tCgathar-Tucs0n Star.
 An important copper find is report cd twenty miles wsst of Tucson. A mammoth vein of a paying grade Of copper at present ruling prices of the rich metal.
 The heirs Of W. V. Jacobs, a. well kncwn assayer of Tucson. are to come into a big thing in sstt,zrnent with St. Louis parties, who are to pay, con tit..onally, s1O0,000 for the Ajo copper property, eighty-eight miles west of Tucson.
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