Arizona republican., 1900-10-20

| Sm6lter. Tor II means more 10 Jerome
 than anyone can appreciate Situated
 as It is within half mile of the busi-
 ness part of Jerome. the success of the i Verde Queen people demonstrates to
 the world that the United Verde of
 orld-wide fame. Is not the only body
 of ore in or around this district. Every
 success spurs the other companies near | by to double their efforts to locate the | hidden treasure. That the Verde 1 Queen mine and smelter is a success | there Is no doubt: there is ore of high
 grade piled in bins and ready for sme,i- | ing on every hand. l saw five grades l of ore piled in reach of the charge ,. wheelers ranging from per cent to | 23 per cent copper. The average of l these five grades is about l3 Der cent | copper. as good as any company or in | dividual could desire at the present l pr1ce of the metal. The main shaft is
 down 245 feet. There is ore at this | depth as there is at the surface and at
 any depth between these extremes. In | the bottom the ore is so near a sulphide that there is no doubt about sulphdes being encountered at the depth of an-
 other hundred feet and possibly less. i The principal work is being done in the mine at the 135 foot level. where a large body of iron ore carrying 10 per 1 cent copper was struck. This ore is | very valuable for 1t needs no fiuXirg to
 make it smelt. The reason the furnace could not be operated before was the lack of this class of ore. The surface
 ore was too silicious to do anything with. Then there is another class of
 ore that is being quarrled from the sur face of the ground within a few hund- red feet of the furnace that is both fluX and ore. It is a lime rock, containing F5r cent copper. It is about as pure lime as there is to be had in Arizona. Be- sides the work going on In the mine
 and in the lime quarry, there are sever al different places where few men are getting out good ore. There seems
 10 be ore of more or less value where
 ever they start to work on the prem
 ises. Drifting will begin from the bot
 tom of the shaft right away. At pres ent there are 45 men at work for the Verde Queen company in the mine and
 smelter. This makes quite a neat little pay roll once a month. Colonel Bos-
 worth informed me that they were taking out enough ore at present to run
 their 40-ton smeter 15 days each month. They now have some fine bars of copper on the dump and are
 running out more at regular intervals. The first work of grading roads and preparing to put in the smelting plant was begun the 10th of last February. On the 18th of May the shelter was started up for the first run. As stated above the run was not successful on account of the lack of proper Aux. Without losing a day or an hour, the men in charge of the work went ahead to get the class of ore they needed, and their success In this line has al ready been told. Not caring to erect a costly plant till the value of the mine was proven Colonel BoswOrth gather ed up his machinery from different parts of the county. The engine was purchased from the Senator mine. the furnace from near Prescott. and other pieces of machinery from here and there. When the time comes they will discard the present plant and get in one as good as money can buy. Colonel BOsworth is president and gen. eral manager of the company. and secnrs to be the right man in the right place. Dr J. A. King. a mining and smelling man of wide experience is sup iintendent Harald Boedtker fills the position of assayer and chemist for the company. He is q thorough man in every branch of his work. F. F. Jor- dan. who was instrumental in interest ing Colonel Rosworth in the deal. and was one of the owners of the property. is listened to in everything pertaining to the good of the company. and isl satisfied to take 1t easy. and watch his stock go up. Tom Campbell is also an interested man. and holds nice book of the capital stock. If there is any stock for sale it is somewhere else; for none has ever been offered for sale in Jerome. Having been over the ground many times. and watched every move ment of the company since work was begun. l predict unlimited success in the future for the Verde Queen com | pany.
 Mayor Toyrea skinned J. B. Hoover, | A J. KnoblOck and others out Of $65 of their hard cash yesterday afternoon the shooting grounds in a few minutes. They were all discussing blue rocks. l and the number each was capable of breaking. when someone offered to bet Tovrea that he could not break eight In successor Tn IOur hours SleftuS | shooting. Tovrea took the bet, and asked If there were others with some more money 10 bet on the same propo- l sition. Two more sports took five apiece of the same easy money. Tov req then offered to bet $500 that he would win the bets. There was no taker, and he offered to bet 800 to 250 that he would win. Hoover told him | that If he made the right offer he would take some of it. Tovrea then of fered to bet $2OO to $50 that he would win. This was taken by three mem- bers of the club jointly, and Tovrea be- gan to shoot. He shot at 20 before get ting started off on the right foot. and | then he broke eight in succession. win ming the $65. He says he is no champ ion. but that he can shoot enough to hit a flock of moons.
 J. J. Fisher is in town on business. While here the surveys will be made ! for grading the streets of the town