The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1901-07-18

/ ed, lew feet below which hlg h-gradc
sulphide copper ore was encountered.
+ Adjoining the Philippine or the south
east. Bort Upton aud Al Bishop ct al.
+ have a group OF seven claims on which
extensive development work has been
done during the current year. From
| this group considerable high-grade
copper ore, carrying gold and silver
/ values has been taken out AID shipped.
In one OF the last claims exploited
/ high-grade suiDhuretts were encoun-
1 tered. An abundance OF water can be
secured easily and cheaply FOR any and
all kinds OF machinery for either or
both groups situated on or near Cotton
wood.
John Morris. OF Duncan, and Steve
Coyle, of Silver City, during the past
few months, have been sinking on their
Mayfower copper property. They
J have reached the 100 foot level. They
have an extensive body of ore in sight,
carrying good values in gold. silver,
copper and lead
G. W. Phillips and John Taylor
recently sold their group of mines in
the May1ower district to Roach X
Ashton, of Silver City. (They were
the original locators Of the Wild Cat
group, now the property of the Clifton
Copper company They expect to put
small force Of men to work exploiting
the property not later than the 18th
instant. Their new group takes in the
Thumbs" mountain and lies directly
between COyle's mines and the May
flower company property.
Dr. w. \. Graham ct al. of Duncan,
have an extensive group of gold and
mountains, situated on the Mather
lode. This group contains large bodies
of lowgrade Ore-a first-class concen-
trating and cyaniding proposition for
plant. Adjacent to Graham's group is
a copper property, owned by Hick
Rodgers and Bill Alexander, of the
Steeple Rock district.
JUG IDtl Sti llelo SOlllC lCiSClS az WI n
on his high-grade copper claim. y
recent shipment tipped the beam at
nearly 5000 per ton.
Glowing accounts still continue to
come in from the Maynower company.
Some necessary houses have Just been
completed. a within put in position and
many other initial steps taken for Il
systematic development of their prop
erty. Every foot of new ground opened
up indicates that the property will de-
velop into one of the noted producers
of the district and thus assist in swell
ing the mineral output of old Graham.
Probably one of the most important
strikes of the year southeast of Clifton
on the great Clifton and Carlisle belt
was made Il short time ago by O. V.
Ward and Col. James +. Kelley. Their
new claims are a-half mile northeast of
the Clear Lake Mining company's Ma
tlOnal Bank group. Five claims and
two millsites form the group. One
shaft has reached a depth OF so feet.
The group is on the extreme northeast
edge of the belt. The lead or lode is
well defined carrying, however, a
heavy Gaping Of iron. The iron cap
was cut at fifteen feet and an extensive
body of high-grade gold and silver ore
was encountered. The dip is to the
southwest, in Il pOrphyry formation.
On both the foot and hanging walls
is heavy tale casing from six inches
10 foot in thickness, which, even near
the surface, is highly mineralized.
From fifteen to thirty feet the ore car
ried considerable free gold. horn silver
and chlorides. At thirty feet the ore
body increased in extent, and the oxide
of copper came in. Occasionally small
quantities of glance, sulphides and sui
phuretts were observed, the tale casing
on both walls being heavily impreg-
mated with copper and iron deposits,
carrying high values in gold and silver.
At the bottom of the shaft it is six feet
from wall to wall. There is carload
of good smelling ore on the dump
awaiting the completion Of the custom
smelter at Lordsburg.
Wood & Kelley also own another val
liable group of claims and three mill
sites that join the Clear Lake property
on the east and the Steeple Rock De-
velopment company's patented prop
erty on the northwest. These prop
critics are all on the great mother lode
Wood * Kelley's group on this great
lode has. $1,000 or $1,000 worth of devel-
opment work done on it, and con-
tains one of the banner mines OF the
district.
Within the past few days there has
been considerable excitement at Dun
can over a recent strike above the
''box' on the ella river, Grant county,
New Mexico, by Charley Wilson and
Burt Upton. \ number of locations
have been made.
James I. Tong has discovered large
lead of graphite near the great Steeple
Rock mountain.
Col. James F. Kelley has just found
an extensive lead, lode or deposit of
asbestos in the Mayfower district.
5. w. Massey has located an extern
sive group of mines on the Jim Crow
lode out at Goat Camp. His property
is a good proposition for company.
The ring of the hammer and drill
and the roar of the mighty Hercules
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