Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-05-28
The SaratOga's company's New
 Enterprise in the Bradshaws.
Ieryme Canyou Company Satisfied
 With the Showing they Have.

O. F. Place, the we'll known mining
 man, left today for Chicago on a
 mission affecting his mining project
 in the Bradshaw mountains, known as
 the Saratoga Gold Mining Company,
 which superseded the old Moody and
 Place company. Mir. Place is one of the mineral pillars in thrifty work and earnest regard of this section in
 mining affairs, and has become so firmly identified to the Bradshaw region that he is familiarly linked to it in general sentiment as its God father. He was among the first to solve the expensive problem that gave
 Yavapai its famous Crowned King mine, and if reports go for anything today, Le will again give to the same locality another bonanza in the oper- ations of the property he is at present developing, and which adjoin the King. MT. Place has now, and has had for some time, force of men at work on the Saratoga company's ground, under the superintendency of E. NJ. Foltz, the work going on being to drift to the line of the Crowned King. Good results are said to be attending his efforts, and there seems to be but little doubt over his judgment being directed in a channel that will again lead to sue cess. The building of the Bradshaw railroad from this point now under headway will assist him as well as others materially to make the opera tion of mining comparatively an easy one compared to the early days when he first located in that section. He will be absent two weeks and stated that on his return the work of devel- oping would be pushed ahead vigor- ously.
 MT. J. W. Tibbot, president of the Jerome Canyon Copper company, re- turned few days ago to Los An geles from a visit. to the company's mines near Jerome Junction, Yavapai county, Arizona.
 Talking about development already done and what is being done, MT. Tibbot expressed himself as highly gratitied over what they show. Some two months ago carload of machin- cry was shipped to the property which is now all in place. The new steam hoist is in fine working order and they are sinking in the main shaft at the rate of about two feet per day. While going down in the main shaft levels will be run 250 feet. Note may be made of the fact that while the vein at the 50-foot level had a width of about six feet. it is widening at the rate of about one foot in ten feet of depth, the ore being a com bination of bronite and rich copper The distance between walls is about 140 feet, within which is the ledge matter carrying a num- Der of veins, which will, there are good reasons for believing, merge into one main lode at a depth of about 200 feet. This ledge matter runs almost north and south, diagon- ally crosscutting the formation which lies northeast and southwest.
 In respect to indications of large copper deposits, it is now one of the generally accepted rules that where there is large capping of jasssn or an oxide of yellow iron capping, there is pretty sure to be an immense body of sulphide ore below. Such are the proven characteristics of the Jerome and those who are the most familiar with its great ore bodies and best qualified to speak of them will tell you so. There is probably no man in the district better qualified to have an opinion on this subject than MT. Joseph s. Smith, superintendent of the Jerome Canon Copper Company. He has lived in the district for many years, has been mining for twenty-five years, during several of which be was foreman of the United Verde mines, and knows every foot of the formation of that property. And his opinion is, in so many words, that the ore bodies in the Jerome Canon will prove to be under corresponding development just as valuable as are those of the United Verde, with which he is so familiar.