Arizona republican., 1900-09-26
FINAL COUNTY MINES
A Number of Large Operators in
 Florence Last Week.

Speaking of the activity in Pinal county mining enterprises the Florence Tribune says:
 The Ray Copper company, whose big plant is thirty miles from here, is Q success beyond all question, all reports to the contrary notwithstanding. The big mill is TOW running day and night after a three weeks shut down for re- pairs to the gasoline engines and ma chinery. New pulleys and belts have been put in which concentrates the power to one grand center, and some of the most expert mill men and ma chinists to be obtained now compose the force. About 200 tons Of ore are being run through the mill every twen- ty-fOur hours, and all things are work ing smoothly. The cOmpanys nesv store building will be occupied this week and the new boarding house will be in full blast. The company proposes to build substantial bridge over the Gila river that will answer both for a railroad and a wagon way. A smelling plant is also to be erected at the june ton of Mineral creek and the Gila river.
 Arrangements are being perfected as rapidly as possible to have one of the largest and best equipped plants in Arizona or the United States.
 The company has during the last week bought out thirteen different min ing properties near them to add to their already vast possessions, which substantially proves their faith in the big copper and gold bodies almost on the very outskirts of Florence
 MT. J. R. Mclean has just arrived from Boston. He is the president of the Kelvin Copper company. of g State street, Boston; Mass. This company has bought the Piety group, directly adjoining the Ray Copper companys mill. A tunnel will be driven that will cut seven distinct veins of copper. TCm Hall was awarded the contract for 200 feet of tunnel work there, also 200 feet more on adjoining claims of the Kelvin company's group.
 MT. Mclean will also put machinery at Dagger Well to further develop the Agassiz Mining companys valuable properties. They are down now 10O feet on a vast body of sulphides over twenty feet in width that show up good values in copper, gold and silver. The Agassiz company have their main of A'S 1N '- oNdle street, bpSlOU, MtSS.
 MT. Joseph Mulnajron, who has rep- resented both companies in the field all summer, has brought things to q very satisfactory condition. and the two companies, in which he is a large stock holder, own two of the largest and rich est bodies of copper in the field having over 5000 feet of river front with mill sites and roads, all easy of access. and With favorable conditions generally.
 MT. Cutting of Boston is also in the field at Troy, better known as skin nerVilIe.' some six miles above Rver- sice and will have a force of about forty men at work in a few days on their big copper property.
 MT. Pike of Chicago is also opening up his copper properties just above Kelvin about two miles.
 The outlook is certainly the most encouraging in the history of Florence and Pinal county since the palmy days of the Silver King. The present min ing wave will engulf and overshadow an thing in the past. Copper is now king and there are vast bodies of it here beyond all question.
 The lower field, just above Florence ten miles, and near the Buttes, is jus.