Williams news., 1903-07-25
NEWS OF CORONA
 CONSOLIDATED
President A. J. Head Submits a Very Favorable Report to
 the Company.


 Head of the Corona Consolidated Gold and Copper Company, which is printed below, will be read with interest by every stock holder of the company, as we'll as by every one interested in the pro- gress of the mining industry in this section:
 Office of Corona Consolidated Gold
 Company, Prescott: Ariz., July
 10, 1903.
 To the Board of Directors-Gen- tlemen: Work for the month of June has progressed very favorably and without interruption on the properties of the Corona Consoli- dated Gold and Copper Company. All assessment work for the year 1903 was finished up in good shape Considerable work was done in the way of putting roads in first class condition, and many little improve ments were added in the way of camp conveniences, etc.; a stone brick cellar for groceries and sup plies was erected near the boarding house, and besides a large amount of work was accomplished in the Corona tunnel. We purchased a new ore-car and also put down about 500 feet of new trails, adding very much to the convenience of handling ores and waste. Our main work and efforts have been concentrated on driving the Corona tunnel, and notwithstanding we had some very hard rock to go through, feel that we have made satisfac- tory headway. We have had some pleasant surprises in the way of finding ore much earlier than was expected. Last month, as stated, we had not expected much in the way of ore until we should reach the main big ore shoot, which means almost 25O feet of straight tunnel-work, unless we should de- eide to crosscut earlier. At a dis tance of 17O feet we found vein of ore which did not crop on the sur face and which appears to be an offshoot from the big ore body. When we ran into this ore body, it had the appearance of being a large ore deposit, as it came in at an angle and the entire face of the tun- nel was in ore for a distance of more than four feet. After cutting through the ledge, this vein was found to be 30 inches wide, and is of very rich oxide, running 12 per cent copper and $9.50 in gold, from samples taken across the tunnel for a distance of about six feet. Some pieces of this ore are most beautiful and show liberal amount of free gold, a few pieces being literally sprinkled with the yellow metal. Another ore vein about 10 inches thick was also cut. Both of these veins show conclusively that they lead to the main ore deposit, as demonstrated by our shafts and the mammoth open cut above. The body of ore uncovered by our six-foot cut continues to enlist the wonder and admiration of all who view it, and every one who has inspected the work and the plans we are fol- lowing, heartily concur in the be- lief that we will tap the mammoth ore-shoot with the Corona tunnel at a depth of $50 feet, when we have gotten under the apex of the mountain. According to face meas urements, we would reach our big ledge on straight tunnel within 200 feet more, or a crOsscut within about 50 feet. We have been so anxious to tap the big ore body at its widest point, that we have con- cluded to postpone making any crosscuts at this time, and push the tunnel forward as vigorously as possible until we have reached the