Arizona republican., 1899-05-31

(COntinued From First Page-) ore Every rich, however. in places) and then for 400 feet in width the groun1 IS leached. with punches of ore remaining here and there indicating that large body of ore will be found when the per manent water level is reached, which is now very nearly attained. This has been the case in exactly similar cir cumstances in the United Verde mine in Arizona and in the Parrot and other rich mines in Montana
 At the Copper Bottom mine, adJoln- ing the patented mines, a shaft now 150 feet in depth is being sunk. The collar of this shaft is fifty-eight feet lower than the Lower tunnel, about 900 feet distant At forty-two feet in this shaft at point exactly 100 feet deeper than the Lower tunnel the sul- phide ores were struck, the ledge being from four to fourteen feet in width. averaging per cent copper and $20 in gold.
 Ore of the same class occurs in like position in the United Verde and gain ing depth is succeeded by the rich yell low sulphides and the same thing may be confidently expected in the Copper Mountain properties. The entire show ing of ore in the Equator mine, which has been the subject of litigation be- tween MT. Clark and others, is pre- cisely the same thing as this black sul- phide ore exposed in the shaft referred to.
 There are a large number of pros poets in the neighborhood Of the Cop per Bottom mine in a partial state of devlopment which MT. Stoddard anti cipates will be benefited by the work now in progress here.
 EMIGRATION AND COPPER RIVER
 MINES.
 In the exploration and development work now being done at these mines, situated about two miles north of Cop per Mountain, MT Stoddard is asso- ciated with ex-Governor. Adams Of Colorado and Messrs. William Bailey and o. P. Posey. At the Binghampton the chief deposit or showing of ere consists of chute known to be eighty to 200 feet in width and HOO feet in length. In the gulch at the lowesl point it is a solid mass of Sulphide of iron with copper bearing chloritic states on the west and lime adjoining On the east.
 There is one shaft 16O feet in depth on this property and another Of 100 feet at the south end of the chute. Also tunnel 460 feet in length cutting ore over thirty feet in width. Four hundred tons of ore averaging about 15 per cent of copper were taken out of this property while in course of devel- opment by Mr Stoddard, who expend- ed about $15 ,000 on the work. Now he has been joined by the gentlemen named, ten men are continuing the 100 foot shaft at the south end of the ore chute and doing other work prelimi nary to putting up a steam hcist. These operations are being carried on under the supervision of MT. Peter Houghton, for many years connected with Adams & Co.,, and the foreman is 4. H. Mitchell.
 It may be of interest to state that the name Copper Ruin took it's ori- gin from extensive Aztec ruins situat- ed near the mine-the most extensive indeed, in this section of the country outside of those at Montezuma wells.
 Among other numerous copper pros poets MT. Stoddard has one within 800 feet of the smelter known as the Yaller Kid where a shaft thirty feet down from streak on the surface has widened at the bottom to three feet of 25 per cent ore and two feet of 10 per cent ore.
 It IS interesting to note how the con- tinuity of what may be termed the copper belt, running almost due north and south, is proved from Jerome s@-thward. Six miles south of Jerome js the Equator mine; six miles south of the Equator is the Swiss Girl; three miles south of the Swiss Girl is the Binghamtcn and Copper Ruin; two miles south of the last named mines is the Copper Mountain the Jack Red din, and seven miles south Of the Jack Redden is the Buster. Prospects on the same line of country all showing the existence of copper ore deposits are too numerous to mention.
 Already there is abundant evidence that when greater depth is attained Ehere vii be string of immensely valuable copper mines extending over twenty miles of country south of Je- rome and the end is not yet.
 R. J. H. FRY