The copper era., 1902-08-21
MINES AND MINING.


21oGr.T GOLD NINE N ARIZOEA.
Gaorra stevens. a mining man OF
much experience. was in Clifton this
weai, from the gold belt about five
miles from Noreuci. and made the Ira
p p.ea,aut call For some months past
Mr.. stevens has been IN the employ OF
the HomeC0puerC Co and : enthusiastic
over some recent Developments on the
suzzarc.-' shadow claim. i tLnnel was
run in l21 feet. which cut 4 - foot
vein when Nr. Stevens i sure will
average 3 in gold. besides leaving out
all OF the richest ore. why" said
NIr. Stevens. you newspaper fellows
ought 20 whoop up strike of that
kind. II j. the biggest thing IL ArI-
iona. not excepting the Congress mine
aud the Commonwealth at Pearcc.
The vein can bee easily traced for 1900
feet on the surface. aud 1t all pans we'll
i'm cold. believe the whole thing for
the fall length OF the claim and the
fuli width of thc vein will average
more than $40. What the Home com
panv needs i a mill and il will soon
BE- paying dividends equal 10 any mine
i'm any country. There are a good
many other most promising gold
claims in that section. recently
bonded some Of my claims in that sec
tiOn to I. y. Stevens, the well known
mining man. and ! understand that
Porter and Wright, who have quite Il
string Of gold claims, expect to make a
deal pretty soon. People who think
copper i the only thing in this great
district make an awful mistake. for
We have u big golG mines here as
ever existed in Grippe Creek, and
time will prove il. Some Of the cop
per men may smile at this statement.
: but / know what ! am talking about.
w. Il. Thompson and Il. ). Ander-
son. directors OF the Coronado Copper
company, which wa recently organ
claims on the Coronado mountain,
near Metcalf, arrived in Clifton last
week. They made the first payment
aud are now prepared TO let contracts
for the opening up and development Of
the property. Their first block OF
stock was put on the market at - pei
share, and was nearly all taken in the
east. The balance of it was taken by
( Clifton people after their arrival here
which shows the confidence Of Clifton
/ people in the property and the con-.
pany. The Mclean group has long
I been recognized as one Of the mosr
/ valuable holdings in the district, and
/ the company is TO be congratulated or
securing it. Mr.. Thompson financed
the Shannon Copper company, now
one Of the big producers OF the terri
/ tory. and will have no trouble in pro
viding ample means for the develop
mcnt and equipment Of the Coronado
| General Manager Wolfe OF The
Poalris company. left Tuesday last fo
/ FL Paso on business for the company
/ Work at the mines is progressing
Stadily. and with results that ought Il
be satisfactory to investors y. con
siderable amount OF high grade ore i,
now being taken out Of the NOnesucl
while doing the development work
/ The best Of this ore runs frotl 20 to ,
per cent. copper and from SO to SIS il
gold per ION. The gold values cam
in in the lower workings, in the sui
phidc ore. which indicates that it i O
4 permanent nature and will cOntinu
during the life Of the mine. Some q
the other mine, of thc group are show
ing even richer ore than the None
such.
G. i. Rosecrans. manager Of tn
Standard Copper mines, was in tow
yesterday and reports that so far thi
ped from the mines 10 the y. G. smel
ter fer treatment, and that at least >
more tons will follow during th
month. These shipments average bC
between - and 20 per cent. in copper
STOPPING is now being done on the 100
foot level. where the ore averages
inches. In the cellar tunnel the or
averages four feet. The mine is doin
we'll.
While grading for the Tombston
railroad near Fairbanks this week tn
men with their picks broke of part {
ledge, exposing to view rich golC
bearing rock, in which the free gol
j. visible to the naked eye. Tn
discovery created considerable excite
meut and the boss Of the grading gan
proceeded to locate two mining claim
; in quick succession. Can't help bt
find it in Arizona. Its everywhere
Just needs little work, that's all.
, T. \. Kcnzie. who recently made
find of wonderfully rich ore on Sardir
creek. was in town this week. He is
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