The copper era., 1901-08-29
NORTH END OF THE
 GREENLEE DISTRICT
New Mines Being Developed by New
 Companies and Individuals.

companies ana lnQlVlQudlS.
 At the present time there Is great activity in the north end Of the Green lee district, in the country lying be- tween the San Francisco river and Metcalf. There are now 9ome five or six companies pushing work on their properties, besides considerable amount of work being done by individ- uals. Some of these new companies are backed by ample means, and are operating quite extensively. The Ari- lona Copper Company and the shannon company-which purchased num- Der of claims in that section during the past year-are also operating extensive ly in that section. It is said that sev- eral of the best mines owned by the Arizona Copper company are located between Metcalf Hill and the San Francisco river.
 A representative of the ERA visited that section last week, and was sur prsed at the amount Of work being done.
 In the country near the river the formation is mostly granite, the ore occurring in true Assure quartz veins and porphyry dykes, having strikes varying from northeast and south west to cast and west. The veins, Of which there are many, vary in width of from few feet to fifty and sixty feet, and arc uniformly mIneralized on the surface, and all development work done on the veins have been most en- couraging.
 CLIFTON CONSOLIDATED COPPER co.
 Under the management of MT. L. A. Dunham, a mining man of much ex- perenco, secured about forty claims there in the early part of the present year, since which time much work mostly of preliminary nature has been donc When the ERA representative tlea at tRG eamR Mr. aq RpRRamp R95mpFSssoEa Sas 4e and other machinery, hence nothing of a detailed nature can be given at the present time as to the development work. Surface improvements such as lodging houses, offices, etc. have been erected, which was no small job, as it was necessary to "pack" the lumber and other supplies in on mules. A first class wagon road, which was laid off by Engineer Cobb, has about been com pleted, which will prove n great con- venience and materially lesson the op- erating expenses. A good trail has also been built from the camp up over the mountain, leading to the mines on the other side. Three adit tunnels have been started at different points on tho side of the mountain to cut the inn mense quartz lead which crops out many feet above the surface. An engine has been ordered to drive tho air compressors, and as soon as this machinery arrives the tunnels will be run into the mountain as fast as they can be driven by double shifts. At a rough estimate it is per haps safe to say that these tunnels will cut the vein at depth of from one to | two thousand feet from the surface at the crest Of the mountain, leaving an | immense amount of stoping ground to | be brought out through the tunnels. | Assessment work has been, or is being, | done on all Of the claims Of the group, | and a large amount of development | work is being done under double shifts on claims on the south side of the | mountain by Await S Murphy, con- tractors. A large amount Of work has been done on several claims of the group by former owners, and much ore of very high grade Is exposed in the workings, besides large bodies of second grade ores---rhss property was thor
 Ally examined by w. X. Parish, one of the most noted min- ing men in the west, who has had a knowledge of the district for more than twenty years. and he states in his re- port that the mines when fully devel- oped will equal the best mines in the district. Mir Parish wrote the report upon which the Arizona Copper com pany made its original purchases, and Is doubtless more familiar with the entire district than any other expert. With such an extensive group Of most favorably situated property, and with q strong company, it is only reasonable to expect that the Clifton Consolidated Copper company will within a couple of years be among the large producing companies of tho territory.
 THE NEW ENGLAND COMPANY. This company has thirteen claims, three of which are on the old Copper King lead, upon which the Clifton Con- solidated Copper company are doing their principal development work. This company is the outgrowth Of the ( Copper King company, one of the old. I time companies of that section which, however, made failure owing to lack , A.