The Coconino sun., 1903-07-18
CORONA CONSOLIDATED
President Head Submits Report to co@psny -sstlsfsctesy Progress Made and
 Some Pleasant Surprlsss.

The report of President A. J. Head, of the Corona Consolidated Gold and Copper company which is printed be- low will be read with interest by every stockholder 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 and Copper Co.,, Prescott, Ariz., July 10th, 1903.
 To the Board of Directors, gentlemen:
 Work for the month of June has progressed very favorably and with out interruption on the properties of the Corona Consolidated 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 lit- tie improvements were added in the way of camp conveniences, etc., a stone brick cellar for groceries and supplies was erected near the boarding house, and besides large amount of work was accomplished in the Corona tunnel. We purchased new ore car and also put down about 800 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 sat- isfactory headway. We have had some pleasant surprises in the way of finding ore much earlier than was ex- pected. 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 decide to cross cut earlier. At dis tance of ITO feet, we found vein of ore which did not crop on the surface and which appears to be an of shoot from the big ore body. When we ran into this ore body, it had the appear snce of being large ore deposit, as it came in at an angle, and the entire face of the tunnel was in ore for dis tance of more than four feet. After cutting through the ledge, this vein was found to be thirty inches wide, and is of very rich oxide running F per cent copper and $9.5O 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 8 liberal amount of free gold, few pieces being literally sprinkled with the yellow metal. An other ore vein about ten inches thick was also cut. Both of these veins show conclusively that they lead to the main deposit and 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 1t, and everyone who has in- spected the work and the plans we are following, 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. Ac- cording to surface measurements, we would reach our big ledge on straight tunnel within 200 feet more, or a cross cut within about 50 feet. We have been so anxious to tap the big ore body at it's widest point, that we have concluded to postpone making any cross cuts at this time, and push the