The copper era., 1901-02-21


the district. Several hundred feet o
work has been accomplished. He re
ports a marvellous change in Stafford
the -four city of Arizona, during 'tht
last six months. 1t leads all the Gila
valley towns in point of population and
progressiveness, according to Mr..
Clark's estimate.
It'is said that an electric plant will
be installed at the Mcguire ranch,
south OF Kingman. and a line for the
transmission of power strung to the
Gold Road mines. Joseph Burkhard
and others interested in the project are
now at work on plans for the new plant.
The installation OF power plant at
some convenient place would cheaper
the cost of mining in remote places to
such an extent that properties now
idle could be worked at profit. The
Gold Road company will undoubtedly
put in the plant and may decide to fur
nish power TO other concerns.-King-
man Miner.
From President II. y. f. Penrose
and Superintendent Brockman of the
Commonwealth at Pearce, ii is learned
, that the new S0-stamp mill of the COM
pany is pounding away on ore to its
fun capacity. About 100 men are kept
busily employed and the mine and mill
| ing plant running smoothly, accumulat-
/ ing dividends for the fortunate owners
The Tombstone Prospector says that
/ the Commonwealth company is among
/ the best dividend paying mines in the
west and has done much to add to the
! fame of Cochise county as the banner
mining county of the territOry.-Co
chise review.
Owing to the lack of patronage the
/ Globe Sampling Works has closed
down for an indefinite period. 1t seems
that the large shippers, for some rea-
but ship direct to the smelters, while
there are not. at the present, Il sufficient
number of small shippers TO justify the
owners to keep the sampler in opera
tion. 1t is to be hoped that the plant
| will not be closed for any length of
time, and it probably will not be, if
ANYTHING near the amount of work is
done in Globe district which is now
under contemplation and people learn
the advantage of home sampling
works.-Globe Belt.
II. $ Mackay has returned from
California, where he made arrange
ments for years supply of crude oil
for fuel purposes. He purchased
10000 gallon tank and will erect it
near the coal chute at an elevation
sufficient to allow OF the on UctuS
drawn off by gravity. The furnaces at
the Golden Gem and c. o. ID. mines
will be at once converted into oil burn
ers and at the Tub and Prince George
oil burning engines will be installed.
The change from coal to oil will effect
great saving in haulage and other
expenses connected with the operating
of plants out in the country and Mr..
Mackay has probably solved the knotty
fuel problem for this country. The
new tank and ear of oil are expected
in Kingman today and just as soon as
the oil can be hauled out and the fur
mace changed over the mill at the G.
O. d. will be started up and the mine
unwatered. The hoists for the Tub
aud Prince George are expected in
very short time and these two big
properties will soon be employing
big force OF men. Mr.. Mackay is rush
ing things and will bring the sections
in which he is operating to the front
in short order.-Kingman Miner.
One of the most interesting of the
many surprises. if not extravagant
stories concerning great mineral dis
coveries OF recent date on the Pacific
slope, is told by j. \. Snedaker. who
recently returned from Ely, Nevada,
where he and his associates, Byron +.
Shear, L. L. Giriux and a wealthy Chi
cago capitalist-have secured 500 acres
of copper property. says the Pacific
Coast Miner. Mr.. Snedaker compa res
the district with Butte, and says that at
depth of from 200 to 800 feet the ore,
which is oxidized at the surface, comes
into an immense body of sulphides, the
vein matter being from 80 to 500 feet
between walls, and bodies of solid sui
phides ten to fifteen feet wide being
encountered that carry ID per cent
! copper, b per cent iron and % per cent
sulphur, making an ideal ore for a
mating plant. In one of the prop
critics visited by him the shaft is down
| 200 feet and the cross-cut showed the
vein to be 100 feet wide between walls
and carrying several streaks of sui
phideS. This property was recently
examined for sale and the engineers es-
innate that there are 225, 900 tons of ore
I above the 200 foot level. The company
with which Mr.. Snedaker is connected
is sinking three shafts, and in each of
them will open large bodies OF ore.
Capt. John D. Burgess writes US that
he has several locations on the Double
Standard diorite dyke, one OF which,
he says, lis the old American Flag
mine, the dump of which we are clean
ing up and shipping ore from, prepara-
tory to sinking a vertical working
shaft. the old encline being in an unsafe
condition" He says further: 1--WE
are reasonably certain of two new ore
chutes on the two veins, and of finding
FORE bodies below the old workings or
/. tho ona ora chute worked On herato