The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1901-04-18
TERRITORIAL MINING NEWS.

The new mining law OF Arizona fixe:
/ thu price of recording claims and the
atfi Iavit OF location work al one dollar.
/ Tniz Is a reduction OF fifty cents.
The Ell Paso Herald says that min
Ing deal involving many millions oi
dollars has just been cOnsummdted.
whereby one OF the most extensive and
valuable copper prop rites in the
world passes into the ha1ds Of Amer
icau capitalists. Copper Minis are
! now more eagerly sUug At Than those OF
any other metal.
The Great Western, two miles from
T. gu arty. 1t il under the manage
ment of l. n Knapp. AN experienced
mining man. At least SJ0).000 worth
of orr, has bsen shipp-d from this pro'-
erty Within the last eighteen months.
They are now putting in pumping ma
chinery TO rid hrmselves of surplus
water in one Of IN" shaft,.-C ,rres-
pUndencc X ,nge News.
Charley Birkenfi Id and r. b. Cnch-
ran came in from Guijas hills last Sun
day. where they are working t"O
groups Of min. aggr gatint ID clai lns.
mos ly gold. The veins run from l.
inches to feet il width. The deep 81
working il 81 feet at the bOttum. They
have tunnel On the same, with a vein
averaging feet. \ Wine in he lun-
nel 30 feet gives Il 4fuot vein, showing
free gold averaging over fl5 to the ton.
Star.
Edward Braun and Lieutenant Arm
strong, the owners of some tiue gold
properties. consisting OF four clai-cs
in the Tevis mining district, have
BONDED them for $4,000 10 Mike Obi
and W. c. Bridwell. Thcy out up a
forfeit uf 500 and are To max. Il fur
thrr payment Of 81 800 on May | and
the whole amount to b paid ny the
first of February next. OLl and Brid-
well think they have secured some
valuable property.
The late legislature of Arizona
amended the mining law of the terri
t'ry 50 that locatOrs are required To
put up only seven monuments. three
at each end of the claim and one at the
discovery shaft This claim can be
recorded as soon as located. but the
location work can be performed at any
time during ninety DAYS after the loca-
tiOu has been made This is IL cude
dill and may not take effect till The
first day Of September, as Il majority nf
the new code laws do not 20 into effect
till that date.
The production Of precious stones in
Arizona is sooner or later to build up
an important industry. There are
IN my of the finest gems in the wOrld
To be found in this country, such as
the turquoise, sapphire, garnet. ame-
thvst, ruby and may other gem stones
that could be handled by local lapi-
diaries. The turquoise produced in
this country i of the finest color and
texture and brings tn highest prices
in thu markets of the country.-Mo-
have County Miner.
Thomas chatham. of Bowie, was in
Tucson last week. From him the Star
learns that the DIS Cabtzd, CIn,oli-
mated Mining Co. has driven the tunnel
in on lis mines about | 20J feet. 1t
will rrQuir' 300 feet IN ire drifting to-
bring the tunnel under the mammoth
iron cappiug under which larGe cop
uer deposit or vein exists. this done Il
large c'pp - vein il exp 'cle To he et.
countervd. This company j. composed
of Los Angeles parties. The Casey
mines have been c,osrd down awaiting
the arrival Of the own r. who ar.
exp 'cted daily from Riverside, Cali
foruia.
Peter johnson of the Sputh Bishee
companr WAS in Los Angeles to confer
Nith the direct r. of the South i:isb.e
company in rrgIrd to tn, BURNING of
the new hoist at shaft No 3 Peter
Johnson anu Maurice D .uu have IL con
tract Ia sink this shaft Il distance uf
500 feet. The g.llows frame will b.
put in place Immediately and sinking
resumed. The huiet and boiler were
not seriously dIma red in The fir Of
last week and will no doubt b. used
again at AN early date. Last year two
ear loads of ore were shipped from this
-haft which urtted the owners 5iS49.
The shaft has now reached u depth of
3S5 feet. and the contract calls for a
depth of Il5 feet IN 're.-S ar.
Bob Bradford is in fr ,m Copper Hill
camp, where he has be n working
force o mtn "u the Copper Hill mines.
The main shalt i down 30 eel. with
IL feet of ore at the bottom of the shaft.
On the l00-fOot level the vein is Is feet
%ide. The ores on these two levels
averages II per cent. copper. The
shaft has been sunk at a place which
develops the ore body above the shaft
l"r a height of 2)0 feet. thus develop
ing the ore body from a't.x to bottom
of SHAFT for IN IRE than 400 feet. Work
has been temporarily suspended owing
to ;he fact that the dumps are over
crowded with ore. But six men will
he re'ained Ia do pumping while ore
bins are being erected, which will be
i ne at once. Mr. Copeland is now
east arranging for leaching plant,
which il is eNnected will ba in on..r,,-