The copper era., 1901-10-03
TERRITORIAL MINING NEWS.

lt Is reported that rlch body
 sulphide ore has recently been CT 5 couutered on the 700 foot level of tn
 Great Belcher.-Prescott Prospect. The Prescott Courier IS informed tha Barkdall & Spaulding have their 800.
 600 steam shovel at Walnut Grov,
 ready to start up and are now lookin! !. around for the richest gravel bar
 whereon to work.
 The Courier says: At Octave tn,
 10 stamp mill is running steadily anC
 250 men are at work. The Fools Gulch properties will start up soon. The
 great Congress gold mining camp keeps
 up it's bullion output and all wheels are
 moving there.
 The Black Canyon Hydraulic and ! Electric Power company owns and con trols 4,S00 acres of gold bearing gravel in the Black canyon, Yayapai county, aud proposes to construct three storage reservoirs to supply water for hydraulic ing and to generate electric power. The gravel is said to average 15 cents per cubic yard.
 The Oro-CObre Mining company has been organized and incorporated under the laws of Arizona, with headquarters at Tempe, to develop and operate the Goodwin gold claims at Goldfeld, Pin al county, and a group of copper claims situated in Lyons canyon, Globe dis trict, about sixteen miles southwest of Globe.-Belt.
 ThOs. HoatsOn Of Calumet. Mich, has gone to Phoenix after spending some time in Tucson looking at mining property in the surrounding territory in the interest Of the Calumet and Arizona Mining Go. Mr. Hoatson is l the underground superintendent of l the Calumet-Hecla mine, the largest | copper property in the world, where | he has charge of 1000 men. Mr. Hoat- son will visit Phoenix and Jerome and later return to TucsOn.-Citizen.
 II. F.. Armitage. who is developing he Hercules group of mines in the southern portion of this county, near he so called desert, is in town. At d lepth of 200 feet on one of the Hercu- es group, water has been encountered n sufficient quantity to drive out the workman until pump can be put in. NO one expected to strike water in that Try region, which shows that plenty of ich ore can be had in Arizona by dig "o " 'coCUUrC CUur'Isr ---- I The frieght teams which have been ( waiting the arrival of frieght for the l irand Prize mine for the past ten days i re loading with brick today. Nearly ne hundred tons of machinery will ar i've next week for the mine. and the ,reater part of it will have to be taken lpart for shipment. The Grand Prize las fine showing of ore, and as soon IS the shelter and other machinery an be put in operation regular ship nents of copper matte will be made.- Sun.
 William J. Roe, q prospectOr and niner, has been showing a few speci- | . puzzle to all experts and ore sharps. The ore is very heavy, showing that 1t contains large percentage of some lense metal, but assays failed to show either gold, silver. copper or lead. At asst Mir Roe had it analysed and he vas given result of 76 per cent of tin. Nr. Roe refuses to say where he found t, but as he been prospecting in .he porphyry range east Of the Cobra 10 river. it is believed that he found the float there. re.-Republican.
 Tuesday last H. J. West purchased of Messrs. Holmes and McMahOn, a one- half interest in a turquoise mine in mountain, about seventeen miles from Fcnner. The outcrop Is immense, with veins of turquoise show ing all through it. The lOcators brought to KinGman samples Of the stone that looked good. They report that the entire mountain side Is covered with float from the outcrop, from which good gem stone can be had. They will return to the mine in few days and will begin development work on the property County Miner.
 w. H. Mercer and ]. A Valentine, who have bonds on twenty copper claims situated on the divide between Pinto and Mineral creeks, have had the survey made for a crosscut tunnel to be 1000 feet in length, and gain an equal depth from the surface. There are thirty-four leads showing on the surface which the proposed tunnelis eX- pected to cut This is by far the most l important development yet undertaken or proposed. and will be of very great | value in demonstrating the character ! and permaneuce of the ore in that DOT , ton of the Globe mining district, which ] is just now attracting much attention. 1 Belt.
 w. II. Mercer, general manager for Creushaw Bros, of New York and Richmond, Va, who have a bond on the Clipper mine and group of claims, is pushing development work on that property. A month ago contract WAS let for a tunnel 100 feet in length, and last Friday, twenty days after the work was begun, it has been driven lO4 feet. When completed, this tunnel will attain depth of about $50 feet.