The copper era., 1901-05-30

very enthusiastic over the result Ot his labor. The lead, be says, has widened in depth from three inches to eighteen inches and late assays gave from SEQ to :lsO per ton in gold and ten ounces in silver. The ore body lies in a diarite and granite contact. The Inferno group is surrounded by many good mines and some excellent showings are daily coming to the surface in this old and well established district.-Prescott 1 Journal-Nliner.
 Yesterday the Courier noted the sale Of the Whale group of mines to the Middleton people for s2O,OO0. Before the day was over H. K Mcdonald one Of the parties who sold the Whale group, sold another group of slightly developed claims, in the same neigh borhood, to Oscar Bergstrom, Of New York, for SI0, 900 cash. Like the Whale group. these four claims are copper properties, carrying some gold and sil- yer. The claims are contiguous to the old Peck, and Black Warrior and Silver Prince. About 900 feet of work has been done on the four.-Prescott Courier.
 William Bright and Jake Reese, who returned yesterday from an inspection of the new strike in the Venture Hill mine at Jerome, cOrroborate late reports of the immensity of the showing of that property Both of these people are in- terested as stockholders, and are prac- tical miners as we'll and feel somewhat enthusiastic over the mine after an in- spection of it. The Venture Hill is a copper property, carrying some gold values. and when the tunnel is cOmplet- ed the general suppositiOn among min ing men is that it will develop one of the biggest bonanzas in the vest Prescott Journal-Miner.
 Responsible parties have submitted to the Ray company proposal to place the Ray mines on paying basis inside of year if the company would put up 800, 900 to meet the cost of the work. The parties offer to put up q twenty thousand dollar bond, binding them selves to pay the company S2O,0OO at the end of year if they fail to put the mines on a paying basis within the time specified. The parties submitting the proposition are thoroughly familiar with the Ray mines and their ore re- serves, and the values contained, and know they are making safe proposi- tion.-F'lOrence Blade.
 Another discovery of rich ore has been made in the King of Arizona mine. Senater Eugene $. Ives today received word that vertical shaft which was sunk to catch the vein of the King of Arizona has penetrated a rich body of ore. The vein was reached at q depth Of 600 feet and the pay streak at that depth produced S54 ore, the width of the streak being four feet. A perfect wall was found and crosscutting will be prosecuted at once to determine the actual width of the vein at that depth. The King of Arizona grows richer as the mine is developed and now that the vertical shaft shows con- clusively the permanency of the vein a boom may be looked for in Kofa.- Tucson Citizen.
 Dr. A P. Campbell, superintendent of the Pinal Copper company, returned last Saturday from Denver, Colo. He informs Us that the tunnel from the bottom of the 1OO-foot working shaft on the Black Copper mine was completed to a connection with the old workings, during his absence. The tunnel, 130 feet in length, tapped the old incline shaft at 140 feet, and released the water which partially filled the old shaft. The important result of the tunnel work is the striking of an ore body in the vein, eleven feet wide and assaying eighteen per cent copper The incline shaft was sunk by the former owners, Higdon & Haverly, who extracted ore on which they real ized something like Sl2,O0O to sl5,O0O. Globe Belt.