The copper era., 1901-12-05
TERRITORIAL MINING NEWS.

;. 4. Parnall, late of Globe, who re- gently accepted the superintendency Oi
 the Manzanel copper mine below Cananea. Is to receive a salary Of sl2,- OO0.-Globc Times.
 Tn the Happy Jack mine, near l Patagonia, the shalt is now down lle
 feet. The tunnel is in 40O feet, with l0C
 feet more to go before connection is
 made with the shalt. There is good
 ore all along the tuunel-Globe Times.
 It is stated that there is now enough ore in sight in the lower levels of the l Congress mine, Arizona, to keep the so
 stamps and cyanidein9 plant at that
 camp in operation for several years. l The Congress mine is the deepest
 mine in Arizona. It has an incli0e
 shaft 3220 feet in length.
 The Sabino oil Co. now have their well down about 100 feet. They are at i present drilling s feet per day in black sandstone. E. F. Hoyt the Standard ] oil Co., expert, stated that the com
 paBy's property was in the oil belt and that an analysis showed parafine but further that he expressed no oplnion.- Citizen.
 The copper mines Of the country are reducing the cost of smelling and mat ting to a considerable degree. At Phoenix, B. C., the Granby shelter
 mates ore for a cost Of Sl. 90 a ton, at Duck town. Tenn, copper is mined and
 matted for S4. 10 per ton; at Bingham, L tah, the Utah Con. company is pro-
 ducing copper at u cost of but 2 cents d
 pound. In some of the Arizona hines
 T ,t..
 4 gentleman who came in from
 Groom Creek district yesterday says
 he saw quite q force of men engaged in
 cleaning of the surface of the old Web
 foot mine, putin. up buildings, and
 making general preparations for the development of this well known prop crty. The We0foOt is located on a
 ledge which runs for miles and miles
 through the country, being plainly
 traced by the willows which spring up along its course. It has been known as the Willow ledge. The great diff culty is sinking on it is the presence of so much water.-Prescott Courier.
 Frank Olson, the Tucson mining man
 has bought the gold claims of Mayor
 Schumacher in Canada del Gro for S60 GOO. These claims are rich in gold and are located in a district which has pro- duced considerable gold with only sur face work. Judge Purcell took out S2 = GOO of ore in six feet of work from his claims which are in this district and Dr. Matas took out several thousand dollars from one claim there. The dis trict is one of the most promising in this part of Arizona. l.. G. Davis, brother of Judge Davis, and w. E. Murphy of the Surveyor-General's office a,so own clai in the district.- Tucson Post.
 After many years Of weary waiting, Dos Cabezas is meeting the eXpecta- tions of its stHunch supporters and an activity has commenced there which will bring hundreds Of men in these mountains in the near future. The Pearl Mining company has now ledge that averages 9 feet in width and runs on an average of $50 per ton in gold. In the central portion Of the ledge is streak about , feet wide running 800 per ton in gold. Fifteen men are at work in this group now taking and sackine ore ready for shipment. A larger force will be put on in the near future. The Buckeye Mining Co. has completed Il wagon road from Bowie and are developing their mines with energy. They have fine ore body and are putting up a mili.-Range Nows.
 An exchange prints the foll owing interesting item about mining prop critics that Were at one time or another abandoned but which have proven to be good mines when properly worked. The writer quotes J. C.. Sherwood, a mining man of Arizona. as his author ity for what he states:
 It is Il remarkable fact that some of the best mines in the southwest have been abandoned at one time or another by men who ought to have known bet ter. Sheedy and kountse of this city, made great miss when they abau- dOned the Mccormick claims, in the Dragoon mountains, about 20 miles out of Tombstone. The Denver men had bond and lease on long time-S1OO. 600 on the four claims. They went to work but never seemed to have any heart in the matter for they quit when they had sunk only POO feet. and left the country in disgust. Along came a party Of eastern fellows that knew nothing about mining, and took bond and leaso on the abandoned property at S3O, 900. They soon opened one Of the richest bodies of ore in Arizona, and ! now the Great Western Copper com pany is the result. The ore is now coming out of the shaft that was aban- | doned by the Denver men at the rate ! of 5000 day. and the shaft is only 250 | feet down. The actual price of the ! fl it were on the market, would be millions of dollars"
 Work on the many groups or claims | between Jerome and the Mingus prop ! critics continues good, and in some in- stances the number of men employed 1 is larger than at any time heretofore. ! At the Decatur, Superintendent Owens i is drifting from the shaft at a depth Of | 200 feet. They are yet some distance | from the point where they think their | ore body lies. The work is being | pushed rapidly. At the Iron King ! seven men are at work. In the neigh ! borhood of the Iron King and Chief | there is much speculation of the prob i able action of the owners Of these two i will take to make the two | pay There is general im- ! pression that the Copper Chief will ! sell to Senator Clark and that he will | open both mines as soon as the deal is | While work is being | done on the Copper Chief it is not on | an extensive scale. X new boiler is be- | ing prepared for the Iron King. It | may be added that those who talk a | great deal and have very little knowl- ! edge on which 10 base their predictions, ! claim that the new boiler is the first l of the outfit for small shelter which | is to make matte. The Brookshlre | and Cliff properties are both being de- i veloped. The character of ore from