Arizona republican., 1902-01-18
MINING NOTES.

| Good reports come from John Law l ler's Copper King mine on Copper creek which is being worked under bond by Colin Timmons. q successful mine operator and leading authority on mines The Copper King has an ore breast twenty-five feet thick there Is ] an open cut fifty-four feet wide which is all in ere; the dump is filed with ore. The average value of the ore is 10 per cent copper Mr- Tirrnons could have sold his bond at q big bonus but preferred to hold on to the prop : erty. Some Of the ore carries as high as 40 per cent copper. There is a shalt 100 feet deep from which considerable drifting has been done. all in d uniform grade of quartz. It is simply a great quarry of copper ore, and the taking O. it out ij more in the nature of quarry ing than that of ordinary mining Courier.
 Ten men were sent out to work on the Weldon mine, in the Quijotoa district. yesterday This will make force of twenty men engaged in working on this promising property.-Star. The EIkhart mine at Chloride has closed down, but whether indefinitely or only for short time it is impossible to determine. The mill will make cleanup of all ores in the bins and on the mine dump before it is closed.
 The deed of trust heretofore held by the California Powder works on the Wild Flower group of mines, in the Bradshaw mountains. and which have been advertised for sale, has been as signed to r. M. Murphy, and the sale win rot take place under the adver- isement.-Journal-Mi
 Sam J. Geddis of the mercantile firm of McCourt & Geddis, of Wilcox, who came over to Tucson on private busi- ness, said that a good strike had been made by Bisbee men who have taken d bond on the Casey properties, gold and copper. in the Dog Cabezas section He spoke favorably of conditions in Willcox at present. being better than in the fall. The Hotel Macy has been reopcned and the Wilcox hotel inn proved.-Tucson Star
 The Copper Basin Gold and Copper Mining company now has twelve men at work upon their properties; the new whiIn is in operation and the com pany is thoroughly satisfied with the situa ton, so much so that company stock has been withdrawn from the market. The mine is said to be making a fine showing as development work DrCgresses.-Co
 Harold R. Bacon, superintendent of the Oceanic mine. spent several days in Tucson this week. lie brings good reports from the mine and says that the ore bodies continue to improve in value as development work is prose cuted. The Oceanic has q good reputa ton among mining men who have seen it-Post.
 Judge Sylvester Purcell brought in some excellent samples of ore from his mines in the Slerritas. The judge has one of the finest lead mines in the ter ritory. Few can equal it in present value and future promise. lie also owns some good copper mines in the same district+Tucson Post.
 r. E. Herndon returned Saturday from his prospecting trip in the Galiuro mountains. says the Florence Blade. lie was driven out of the mountains by cold weather and snow but remained there long enough to discover large lead of low grade gold ore. He also visited the Fleming camp and made q casual inspection of the mammoth gold bearing dyke now undergoing develop ment under the management of the Fleming brothers. He says this ne-' discovery will, beyond question. de velop into a very large low grade prop osition. The dyke. at the point of dis coVery. i5 about 150 feet in width but the gold values are not uniformly dis tributed across the dyke. There are numerous rich streaks in the dyke ma terial and these will bring the general leverage Of the entire dyke up to what may be termed good low grade propo- sition And the unusual width of this dyke makes the find an exceedingly