Bisbee daily review., 1902-08-09
THE MINING FIELD
Notes from the praeoon Range

Notes from the Draeoon Range
 Messrs. Cummings and Holmes are sinking working shaft on their property at South Pass.
 keath Preston, formerly manager of the Copper King. is working some claims east of the Copper King. whici. he has lately acquired.
 Improvements, development work and new well is being sunk on the Copper King. under the direction of the new manager. Mr. J. Geraino.
 H. T. Gilbert and others are about to develop their claims adjoining Fred Wald's property between South and Middle Pass.
 Messrs. Cox and Swazee having done their assessment and develop ment work at South Pass, have moved to their property at the Gold camp where they are busy at work develop ing their mines.
 The Black Diamond people are busy erecting their shelter. laying wa ter pipes and swinging their cables for the conveyance of the ore to the smelter. IL is said that large body of ore has been encountered.
 General Manager Clark was ar the Copper Bullion mines last week and left Tuesday for Los Angeles and is expected back in two weeks; when cp- erations on a large scale will be com menced.
 The Dragoon Copper Mining and Smelting company have force of men at work sinking a working shait. A great portion of the stock has hcen subscribed for and work on the mine will be rushed. Some very fine ore is coming to the surface in the devel- opnent work and is being stacked for the market.
 The Cupper Bullion Mining company al South Pass are about to ship ere and rew working shaft will be sunk with pumps and every appliance and convenience for continuous work. The lower shaft. which was begun some time ago. will laso be sunK an q force of men will shortly be put U work. Your correspondent was shown through the workings by SurerinIen- dent Jerry McManus who is ill ci,"rge The main tunnel is about 1000 feet. and about 5000 feet of wurE has been done There are two win7cs in the tunnel out of one of which ore Gi the value of S160 per ton was realized :. there are drifts and cross-cuts loo. 26, 20.s32. 76. 110 and 1i0 feet; there is also a drift to the main shaft on the hill as an air shaft besides innumer- able short cuts and cross cuts for ore. Taken altogether this mine should be- come one of the promising gold and copper producers of Arizona.
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 The following from the Mohave Mi ner tells of the success of a former Tombstoner:
 $ C. Bagg. manager of the New Comstock Mining company. who was in kingman Thursday last. sta,ed that in the drifts now being driven on the Catherine mine a new ore phase is developing The ore heretofore has been gold bearing entirely, but the new ore carries as high as loo ounces Of silver and s5O gold to the ton. This ore occurs in spots and is quite dis tinct from the other ores of the mines. So far the drift is in 35 feet and splen- did ore has been taken out. On the surface Of the mine the outcrOp shows excellent milling ore for distance of more than three hundred feet. or as far as the vein outcrops Mr. Bagg is getting out large quantity or ore ana will soon start up for long mill run. Oil will be used as fuel and the fur naces at the mill will be supplied with oil burners al once"
 The Calumet and Arizona company near Bisbee. is installing one of the most complete and large reduction plants in the territory. Machinery is arriving daily, and 150 carloads are now on the ground.
 Square mining claims will soon be the manner of marking on the surface, as the bin now before congress will surely pass. VeXatious suits over apex and eXtralateral rights will then be thing of the past.
 This year Mohave county's tax roll foots up the lowest of any of the coun- ties of Arizona. The corrected roll, as compiled by the board, is s999.- 150.70.
 The Cash mine. near Prescott. is Installing a 24.Vvo pound boiler.
 A big free gold strike is reported in the mine operated by the Mer- chants Mining company near Pres colt.
 DISSOLUTION NOTICE
 Notice is hereby. given that the firm of B. F. Graham & Co. as form erly existing, has been dissoives The interest of w w McKim has been purchased by J. H McKim. The new firm will continue the business at the old stand under the name of