The Florence tribune., 1901-08-24
OPERATIONS IN FINAL COUNTY.
The Prospects of the Troy and Manhat-
 tan Companies.


 From recent interview with c. Il. Cutting we gleaned the following in- formation in regard to mining opera tions at the Troy camp, says the Silver Belt. Mr. Cutting is manager of the Troy Copper company and superintend- ent of the Manhattan Copper company, whose properties at Troy adjoin each other. The Troy company owns thirty one claims and the Manhattan com pany twelve claims. A large amount of development has been done on the Troy company's claims and they are | opened in three places where it may be said mines have been demonstrated. Shipping ores are being taken from two levels, oxidized ores from the upper level and high grade sulphids from the 230 foot level. Ia another part of the property six thousand tons of six per cent snlphide ore has been blocked out Teams from Casa Grande bring ing in supplies load back with ore and a reserve of ore is being accumulated at the mines. The m ain working shaft has reac he'd depth of more than $50 feet and sinking continues.
 The Manhattan property is being de-
 veloped by an incline shaft now down sixty-five feet, and there is vertical shaft on the west end of the property, considerable distance from the in-
 cline. There are two parallel leads on
 the Manhattan, defined by strong crop
 pings and respected by tunnels show
 ing snlphide ore near the surface. Even the porphyrtic rock in proximity to the lodges carries scales of copper sufficient to make the average assay
 six per cent, and at the bottom of the less leached there are occurrences of rich snlphide in punches.
 MT. Cutting has about sixty men em- ployed in the development of the two , properties under the immediate super vision of Tom Kavanauagh, foreman. Mir. Cutting wants more men. He is
 employing all the miners who apply for work, and by September l hopes to . increase the force to one hundred The companies at Troy pay s for
 eight hour shifts.
 h regard to the erection of plant i. for the treatment of the ores, Mir. Cut. n ting stated that the eastern officers oi I the Troy Copper company had favored taking immediate steps to that end, i,
 but they had deferred to his judgment
 Mir. Cutting is conservative in this mat.
 ter and if more mining uperintendents :. in Arizona pursued the same policy r there would be fewer failures to re- = cord. Mir. Cutting insists that the t mines should be well opened and the 9 character ana probable output of the
 ores determined before the erection of
 a large reduction works is undertaken.
 The question of water supply will
 affect the location of the works, al.
 though sufficient water has been devel- oped at the mines to supply 2 sme,ter
 of moderate size and shelter will in l. all probability be erected at the mines J before many months.
 ' The building of a railroad to some ' point on the Southern Pacific to Troy l. is also receiving consideration from 1 the Troy and Manhattan companies
 They are financially able and are will . ing to undertake such an enterprise a but the matter will be allowed to rest in abeyance at least until next year. The future certainly look bright for the Troy camp.