Tombstone epitaph., 1901-12-08
A DAY IN THE
 DRAG0ON MOUNTAINS
A "Prospsctor" Representative
 Tramped the Hills.
AN EXCELLENT SHOWING.

The vermont and Arizona Copper company's mipes are gradually but teadily improving and about 1000 'eel of work has been done in drifts and tunnels The suiphurets of gold sDd silver bearing ores will run iron SS to SIG at present with punches Of copper ore which assay from IT to 45 per cent. No wslls have as yet been struck and considerable ore is eI- gossd. The copper ore op the sufface a thousand yards frsE tbe main shalt. sn the side of the mountain has not Yet been definitely defined but work is being done on it aud the dip north is being followed. Superintendent Frank Perley is shOr;-hauded st present but expect. 10 put on more man this month ss i. is ,he intention of the company 10 nnk the shsf. another 100 feet besides ether work uece'sary.
 Tue Opher group of mines at Mid dle PAss, owned by Ryder and S"s,z-e, is very promising property. Iii, copper and gold. A great deal f work has been done in different psrts O the property which showed up 90 we'll that it was decided to sink shait ,5o feet, which is nov being done and ibe main sbsi; at present i. ever lI0 feet.
 Dr. H. S. Schmieding's mines, one mile sou;h oi the Vermont and Ari- zons Copper Co.'s mine', |. being de- ye!Opet, and very good ore is bsing brought to the .urfsce.
 Manager Tho.. Lswry, of the Tur- quOi.e Copper Cs. at Glee,on, has just made ! contract for the shipment to Cochi-e station Of about leee .on. of sulphiie copper ors and he ha. about zoe tons more on the eide Of the nlouuIsin from another mine of she group, which will be shipped later on. 1his ore is from development alone and the shalt is being sunk deeper
 The Eastern group of mines in the Gold C..p district, two mile, east ol the Stockton ranch, owned by Messrs Cox. S~syzes and Ryder, is being de ve!opej. Altogether about seO fee ot work h.. been done fr1,n ths sh,f: which is fifty f,s'. 6 tunnel 300 ,eet has been run, and cross cuts have besn made from the tuuuel. l IS . goli proposition entirely and th . a-ssys run from g to Sl5 per too. A 2J- ...mp mill will be placed there as soon as possible.
 A scene Of animation exist. at the Copper Belle. Ths smel,er is iD ful bI.st and the matte is being broken u?, packed into sscks and loaded ID wagon. for Cochiss sta;ion. Ore is also being shipped direct from the shais, Another ehsft has been sunk and ,imbered and 2 new hoist is ex- pee,ed every day. Everything At this mine i. working like clock work and the ore becomes richer as the work prosressee.
 Ihsre are about 200 men employ ed in and around Gieeson in miaing, of which number the Glseson mines em ploy 72 and Ryan Bros. and McKis . trick employ 3l.
 The Golden Queen Mining Co.,, nsar Tomb.,ose. of which J. J. McCleiisnd s the manager, is making prepsrs ,iors for the resumptien of work.
 The Bl.ek Diamond Go. is bu.y CT ranging for the erection si their large 20O ton smel,er. Development con . ,inus. satisfactorily ct the mines and come 75 men gre on the pay roll.
 Some extensive wsrk is conten- plated at the Copper Bullion Cs. mines al South Pass. Some good re- sults are expected with further work.
 The Copper Crowu G. have struck sons rich copper orc in one oi tbe