The copper era., 1901-04-11

hem. The grand jury took sbor
r cess 80 Cost llo could go up u the
bank. sign the deeds 10 the mines anC
receive q hall million dollars in cash
A. soon a. be had counted the money
be returned To the court house and the
jury proceeded with the investigation
of criminal affairs.-LioeraI.
r. E Humphreys. owner OF the
Humphreys group of "a quartz claims,
near MorristOwn, Ariz., is in town
For distance of two miles h has sunk
10 shafts on his property, and they are
all IN copper-gold ore. His properties
are not for sale. In places the body oi
copper ore is 500 feet wide. His prop
critics adioin the Hdrcules group, being
worked by Mr.. Armitage, and from
which very rich ore is being taken, ac-
cordi ing to reliable eport.-Prescott
| Courier.
.Inbn Bryant yesterday brought in a
sack of ore from his quartz location in
Copper Basin. The ore shows well in
metal; galena and silver are much 10
evidence. The assay value of the ore
/ is from 30 10 90 per cent. lead, $40 to
$50 gold. and 80 To 80 ounces silver
per ton. The property is located eight
miles from Prescott. The ledge ranges
, from two To six feet in width and has
shaft 80 feet deep. Mr.. Bryant feels
that he has the bonanza he has been
in search of for 20 years past. Prescott
Courier.
w. c. Greene yesterday completed
his settlement Of the Cobre Grande
business by the payment Of nearly
$500. 00O. There were 125,000 shares
of stock taken and paid for at the rate
Of 81 so per sh,re. together with the
attorneys fees which were Insiderahle.
NJ. Greene settled Every dollar accord
ing t. his agreement of several months
since. l. II. Chalmers Of Phoenix we
understand received 1000 as his fees
as an attorney in The case. Mr.. Chal-
mers worked hard for his clients and
is deserving of all he received from the
settlement t-GdZctte.
The Arizona G. izatte has the follow
ing in regard to II property near Pres
colt: "tmon" the quiet but noticeable
mining properties of the territory is
the Blue Bell Copper cOmpany'S prop
erty about five miles east of Mayer on
the Oil Bl ck c ,nyon road to Prescott.
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and it is owned by capitalists in the
east. who are quietly and gradually
developing it. The work has been
going on for the past three years and
a depth of 30 feet has been reached,
with considerable cross-cutting. until
il is now known that the property is
undoubt 'dly among the best copper
mines in AriZona.r
A pack train will leave here today
for the head of Pinto and Mineral
creeks to commence packing ore to the
wagon road. when it will be hauled to
town and shipped to FL Paso for treat
ment. Thee is now about 100 tons
ready fur shipment, of which Ed. Fon
dren has about 30 tons. the balance
being owned by Richard Welch. Me
Alice, Jerry Coughlan. Fitzgerald, F. L.
ThOumbs, "a party nf Italians aud some
others. This section will make a won
derful showing this season, considering
the fact that everyone who is working
there have very limited resources and
must depend on the returns from their
ore to continue their Development
Globe Belt.
O. F. kuencer has Just closed deal |
for the sale of the Treadwell group of |
mines, near Boundary Cone, to New
York people, says the Muhave County |
Miner. The transfer i said To involve |
the payment of big sum of money. !
Next week MIR. Kuencer will put
force of men To work on the property |
and will open up the miues in good |
shapc. The company is said to be one |
of the wealthiest now operating in |
Arizona and it is their intention to put /
Il big reduction liant on the river for
he treatment of ores. The mines are
among the best gold properties in Ari
iona and have thousands of tons of ore !
in sight. They are situated five miles
from waite, but the road from the
mines il one OF the best in the country,
SD that immense loaus of ore can be
hauled by team. The mines were own
ed by @ w. Roster, F. L. Smith and
Harvey Hubbs.
Thomas Kavanaugh. mine foreman of
the Troy Copper company, spent sew
eral days of the present week in Globe.
He rrpor ed that development work
was progressing we'll, and TWO of the
c 'mp2ny's claims were now beyond the
prospect stage, being demonstrated
min,s showing good bottles of nigh
grade copper ore. y 22-horsepo~er
Morse gasoline hoist is ex-
pected to arrive at camp shortly, and
W hen installed development will prn-
gress more rapidly. Mr.. Kavauaugh
spoke fav"rably uf the proposition to
build good wagon road To connect
Try with Globe. and expressed the
opinion that If the road was built the
business OF Troy wodld come this way.
In regard TO the probable location of
the Troy smelter the company has two
sites in view. one ON the Gila river and
the other in Dripping Springs valley. u
Mr. K.vanauuh thinks we'll of th,. lat /