Arizona silver belt., 1901-05-09

! suuh uhoVhOi lOO lCCb w WnGIc tIlS ltuHS will be again cut, and if the ore should be found there the question of large ore bodies between the great United | Verde mine in Jerome and the Iron King mine on Equator hill, which is l proving to be almost as wonderful a mine as the United Verde, will be forever settled, and then will com mence the real and earnest develop ment of Jerome's great copper belt, tunnels will be or should be aban- doned, and the more costly but more sure way of thorough development will be commenced by way of deep shafts and crosscuts. To Jerome and the district the strike in the Brook shire means more than any discovery made in this section since the opening of the United Verde mine by Senator
 w. A, Clark. And to the Treadwells will go out the well deserved praise merited by the splendid work accom- plshed through their ability as busi- ness and mining men.-Jerome Min ing News.
 One of the best and most prosper ous mining camps in northern Ari- zona, one which is going right ahead in first class businesslike manner, but of which very little has been or is being said, is the Octave Gold Mining company's camp at Octave, about ten miles east of the great Congress mine. This company, which is composed largely of Standard Oil men, began operations only few months ago, but they went at it in a manner that showed that they meant business, and that they intended to demon strate whether or not there was mine there, and with their unlimited fiinan- cial resources to back them they have successfully carried forward their aims, and have demonstrated beyond a doubt that they have great prop. erty. During the closing months of last year the company was working in a zone of low grade ore at about the i 100 foot level, which was scarcely ' profitable to work, but about the first | of January the work of sinking was begun, the shaft being run to the 600. foot level when drifting was resumed and magnificent body of very high grade ore was opened up and the forty stamps of the null have been pounding away day and night, with three shifts in the mine, ever since, and the profits are said to be very large. The Journal Miner is informed by parties that are in a position to | know. that there is an almost inex. haustible supply of this high grade ore opened up, and no company in Yavapai county has better future in store for it than the Octave. Journal Miner.
 Dr. J. Nj. Ford, Col. William Christy and Judge w. II. Barnes of Tucson, accompanied by T. E. Parish and +. E. Ford, have returned from an exten- sive trip in the Sierra MadreS in Mex ico, where they visited the celebrated mining district of Sahuaripa. They have been interested for some time in rich copper properties there and the excursion was to close up a mining deal and take charge of the property. pr. Ford stated to an Enterprise rep resentative: "The property visited bore out all the representations that have been made, as to extent and value. The mines are very extensive and are exceedingly rich Tn silver and copper, and also carry a moderate amount of gold. These properties are the largest 1 have ever seen," he con- tinued, and l believe that there is ore enough in sight to run large smelling plant for lifetime. The property embraces nine groups ui "antiquas," or ancient mines. The principal group is the Chipiona, em bracing the Chipiona, Colorado and Plomosa mines. This group IS on the great vein trayersing that region de- scribed by D'Aumalie as the great "Veta Madre," or mother vein of the Sierra Madres. Mr. Parish examined the mines in December and in his re- port stated that there were 300, 900 tons of ore in sight of an assay value of five per cent copper. eighty two ounces of silver and S2.50 in gold. l believe there are million tons of this class of ore now ready for reduction" While in Mexico the gentlemen or ganized a company for the purpose of working this great property and also to construct railroad to run from Guaymas to the Sahuaripa district. The company organized last week at Hermosilo and is known as the Com pania Minera de la Cieneguita. a.-Phoe- nix Enterprise.