The copper era., 1901-04-11


flower district. has been working on
his property single-handed for The past
have reached "A depth of 60 feet. He
br AXIS the rock, loads it into the
bucket and then climbs to the surface
and haul> il up. 1t is slow pr Cess of
development. but the old genilr man
has stuck Ia it and now promises to be
we'll rewarded Tor his labor He has a
2-fout lead which averages SOD per ton
in copper aud silv T, and this be haCl-
to the Silver City Smelter. "a distance
of thiriy-fiye miles. Such energy de-
serves reward.
Work on the STANDARD group of I'M ne
i now fairly well started, and Colonel
Casey the superintendent Of the prop
eriv, rep. rts that ore has been struck
10 all OF the openings. Three shafts
are being sunk on the Standard and
New England. / 600 feet apart. One Of
the shafts i in very rich ore. and ore
OF good grade has been found along
the lead between the shafts. Mr.. c. : .
Ross returned from the property yes
to-day highly pleased with the outlook
and brought down som fine ore from
the different workings. An applica-
tion from 1. banker from the east for a
large block of the r-.eek was declined.
An inaovatffssS-.ss-s., rs%4AzZ-=non
be in operation on The old Metcaif
hill. which is the prope% of the
Arizona Copper IN any. Those who
are familiar with minirr at Metcalt
know that the ore Is practically quar-
ried out. or shot out in great bodies
from the sides OF the mountain.
drnpped DOVE into the open workings of
the mine aud brought out through tun-
nels penetrating the mountain veral
hundred feet from the surface. The
ore ,dies in sections not yet worked
are capped with several feet OF iron,
which il being removed and the ground
put in condition for steam scrapers
which will BE- put to work in the near
future on the large bodies OF dec"m-
posed sulphide ore. This viii! be some
thing new in mining inArizona, and will
be watched with keen interest in this
district. in some her sections of which
perhaps the sam. methods can be EN-
ployed.
At the recent meeting Of the Mon
tana Mining company, Limited. in
London. the stock holders approved the
decision of the directors to give up de-
velOpmrnt work and to make no fur
Their attempt TO discover new orc
bodies. Work at the cOmpany's mill
at Marysville will be contined-as has
been recently-to cyaniding the tail
ings. This Will mean the practical
aband ,nmrnt of the Drumlummon
mine, which has yielded so much in lis
seems to be jusiifi d., however, by the
uncertainty of any further develop
ments and the failure of prospecting
work during the past two years. The
company has, an accumulated reserve
Tend 80. 1hd N'poss. to
buy a new mrrsIg broperty-where. it
has not yet DEG ded.-E gineering and
Mining Juu. nal
Th. mining districts of Arizona have
been most fortunate in avoiding litiga-
ton, which is the most annoying, ex-
pensive and disastrous misfortune that
can befal company or a district.
The output Of Butte has been greatly
lessened by litigation. and the end Is
not. yet. The most noted mining Iti-
cation in Arizona in recent years has
been over interests in the Cobr-'
Grande, which was arranged -aiifac-
tUrily some few m Iuths ago. Sine
then two imp ,rtant suits have been
commenced against thu company. A
dispatch from New York da.ed March
%, h says that an attachment for 81 ,000.-
600 against VIM G. t;reen. of Arizona,
in favor ofMarcus Stine. was obtained on
the ground of nOn-residence. Slime
all 'ges that on November l. 1892, Mr..
Greene authorized james Shirley to
sell one hundred -thouoand shar.s Of
stock of the Greene Consolidated Cop
per Co.. and for each share that Mr..
Shirley sold he was to receive one
share of stock as his commission. II
AYERS that Mr.. Shirley agreed To sell
10000 shares of the stock to Mr.. Slime
and his associates. and that Mr.. Greene
ratified the agreem mt but Afterwards
repu lated the sal; that by reason #
the sale Mr.. Shirley WIS entitled to
l0J. 900 shar.s of stock of the alleg ID
value Of $40 each. and that he assigned
the rights to Slime.
A now gold strike of unusual rich
ness and extent Is sepostL3SSsp Wick
enburg. on the Colorado river. which
has created a regular stampede of
miners from nei9hh ring camus to that
SECTION From all accounts it would
seem that the source of the placer
gold found in that section ever since
the prospector began 10 pan" the
country has at last been found. The
property has been quietly developed
for the past three months till the
secret got out. and the mine and SUR
rounding country is being carefully
inspected with the resnl: that it is