The copper era., 1901-09-05
TERRITORIAL MINING NEWS.

The commonwealth InlIl at IedrCe
 has resumed operation. The roads
 have been in good condition lately and
 they have been able to lay in good
 supply Of oil for fuel, so there is not
 likely to be any fuel famine in the
 future necessitating shutdown again.
 The uncovering of cons iderable bodies
 Of good ore during the past few days is l reported from both the Lowell and Arizona and the Calumet and Arizona
 properties and the ore dumps confirm
 these reports. The find at the Lowell and Arizona was in the main shaft at a depth Of a thousand feet, and at the Calumet and Arizona in the drift at the | TOO foot level.-Review.
 ! The final papers iL the sale of the Last Chance mine and millsite in the Grand Canyon of Arizona were signed last week says the Coconino Sun. The | purchaser was Henry T. Barbour a representative of an eastern syndicate, the price paid being S35, 900. Of this amount S2500 was paid Thursday. Payments are to be made every four months, the final payment to be made in eighteen months. The property is patented, and work will begin at once on the mine for development.
 It is currently reported that the Zeckendorf interests have gained en- tire control of the Ray Copper Mines, I iruitn1 htr r,auinn fn tho nl liSb stockholders all they expended in rail- road construction and improvements at Kelvin. It is also stated that the new owners will resume operations at the mine and mill very soon. We sincere ly hope the reports are based upon facts. The closing down of this proper ty was d great injury to Pinal county, and needless injury, as the property was not at fault. Bad management alone was responsible for the failure. The mines are all right.-Florence Blade.
 There is excellent prospect Of min ing boom in the Canada del Gro dis trict situated just north of Tucson on the west side of the Santa Catalina range. The Arizona Copper Hill Mining Co.,, d Denver concern, is the first mine on the road from Tucson. They purchased their claims for S75, ,000 and have spent S125, 1000 in development but are now closed down pending a sale. They expect to make a deal September 1st by which the mine will be transferred to large company, the consideration being 5000, ,000. They have 2 6S foot vein of , per cent leach ing copper ore. If the new company takes hold large teaching plant will be erected.-Tucson Citizen.
 The Range News Gleeson cores pondeut says: "The Copper Belle mine is employing a large force Of men and are taking out regularly good quality of ore. A good share of the output is being roasted at the mine be- fore shipment to the shelter, and the rest is being shipped unroasted. The work on the shelter is being pushed with vigor and it is expected to be ready to blow it in the near future. Mr. Gleeson is now sinking in the gulch below his residence for water. East of the gu!ch on small eminence overlooking the town he has erected tank and water will be pumped from the well to the storage tank and from there to the shelter. Pipes will be laid from the tank to MT. Gleeson's residence, the store and corrals."
 The strike at Jerome seems to have been really blessing in disguise. While the men were enjoying their vacation, the company was engaged in overhauling its furnaces and machinery and is in better shape now for contin- uous operation than it has been for months. The Jerome News speaking of it says: The shelter is again run ming full. During the shut down the plant was thoroughly overhaulcd and is now in condition to turn out bullion for months without interruption. The strike has been completely passed up, and the company is daily turning away men who apply for work. A large number of men who left Jerome one and two years ago are returning, and all say that Jerome is the best town in the Southwest for work, and that the wages paid are above the average
 k. r. H. Laney, the Picacho and En- reuburg stage man, returned Wednes- day evening from a two weeks trip to new gold and copper find in River side county, opposite Ehrenburg and about twenty-seven miles west of the Colorado river, in which he is interest ed. Mir. Laney brought in four sacks of ore which is certainly very rich in gold and copper. While the ore carries good values in copper its principal worth is in the yellow mental as it is literally studded on most of the broken surface with nuggets of gold ranging in size from a pin head to grain of wheat. No assays have yet been made to determine the actual value of the rock, but competent judges of ore esti- mate it at several hundred dollars per ton. The outcropping covers the sur face of thirteen claims and has every indication of being big bonanza. Mir
 T,anev and his assOciates F.