The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1901-07-04
ARIZONA WEEK BY WEEK.
TERRITORIAL MINING NEWS.

down the shafts on the Great Belcher
mine. The shaft is now down $50 feet
and will be sunk to a depth of l ,00(
feet The work is being done by con
/ tract The last contract cost $40 &
. foot The Belcher is a great ledge o!
low grade ore, and some surprise was
felt few days ago when block OF ore
was taken from the mine which gave
an assay value OF 1891 silver per ton
, Work is also being pushed on the Sill
yer Belt, the Rebel, and the Kicker
. mines.-Prescott Courier.
DR.. ]. VI. Ford, Col. Christy and
wife returned this morning from Mex.
leo. They are spending the day in
--the ci.E With. Judge w. BIZ paoIe wihese
gentlemenHar left arm ar in one of the
largest mining prospects that has ever
been attempted in Mexico. They
have organized their company at a cap
italization OF S10,OO0,OOO. Judge
Barnes and DR.. Ford will leave for
New York very soon TO finance the
proposition. The sulphide hill which
they have secured is one OF the richest
mineralized sections in Mexico.-Tuc-
son Citizen.
The Prosperity group OF mining
claims, which also includes the old U.
S. group, situated on the Skull valley
slope of Copper Basin district, was
sold yesterday to eastern capitalists
for $1,000. This is the property from
which the owners, Burt Grove and w.
b. Moore, have been recently shipping
high-grade gold, silver and lead ores.
The purchasers expect to proceed with
extensive developments at once. This
property has produced considerable
| bullion in the past, the Prospect is
pleased to know that general activity
is to be resumed in this district. At
torney John Forrest negotiated the
deal.-Prospect.
Andy Griffith came in yesterday
from his mines in Carr canyon in the
Huachucas. He reports considerable
activity in the mining industry there.
The Exposed Reef company have their
new mill about ready to start, and it is
thought the big rolls will be started
about the first of July. The tramway
from the mine to the mill has been
completed, and several cars of ore have
already been delivered at the mill.
The cyanide plant in connection with
the mill has capacity OF 100 tons
every twenty-four hours. The com
pany has during the past year spent
nearly 100000 in machinery. The
road from the canyon to the mill is one
of the steepest in southern Arizona,
in some places going up at an angle
70 30 degrees.-Review.
The mineral district lying adjacent
to the Bill Williams Fork of the Col
orado river will soon make itself known
in the mining world as a great copper
belt. While this district has long
been isolated unnecessarily, and little
work has been done there for many
years, it was not because the mineral
indications did not warrant it, but for
the reason that incompetent men had
charge of the mines on one side and on
the other prospectors, too poor to de-
velop their claims, kept the district
from coming to the front. All this
Arizona can claim that it has another
great copper belt outside of those al
ready prominently known. One
big mine has already been found
in the upper end of the district which
bids fair to equal in production other
noted copper mines in the territory.
1t is called the Roseborough. Situated
about four miles from the Bill Williams
river it is easily accessible from that
stream, and from it receives its present
water supply to operate a small hoist
ing Plant being used temporarily to
prospect the ground. AT the present
time shaft is down POO feet and a
great body of re has already been dis
closed. At the 150-foot leyel cross
cut has been run for 135 feet, eighty
five feet OF the distance being solid |
body of copper sulphides with an aver
age value in copper of six per cent,
three dollars in gold and about eight |
ounces in silver. 1t is fine self-fuxing
iron ore and can be cheaply handled !
when the mine is equipped with re.
duction works. At the 200-foot level, |
which has only lately been reached,
a cross-cut has been started, which, ac-
cording to report, already shows thirty |
fixe feet Of ore and as far as can be |
seen the mine looks as il it would make |
another United Verde. Without be- |
ing too enthusiastic it certainly is, |
in its present state of development,
one Of the greatest prospects found for
years in the territory. Sufficient
work has not been done yet to show |
the extent OF the ore body, it being |
confined to sinking and cross-cutting, |
but drifting will begin shortly and them
just estimate can be made Of its value. |
James Smith, of Colorado Springs, |
holds the bond and it is reliably re-
ported that he is operating in the in
terest of the Bonbright people, a well |
known firm Of promoters in Colorado
who will develop the ground to the
fullest extent.