The copper era., 1903-12-24


 had a heavy inflow of water to coD- tend with but this difficulty was recently overcome by a good pump and a steam engine and the work is now progressing more rapidly. Re gently rich ore has been struck in the shaft which is most encouraging to the company and the management. -rnDany have some excellent TnnSeDs whfcl7- development, will doubtles prove good nnnes -
 The santa Rosa and the Home Cop ,a- comDanies, each owning excellent rnronerti1-, have not been III position SSDlextensive work. but have closed their assessment work. Each cOm- pauy expect to raise money in the near future for extensive development work.
 r. F. Crowley and associates. who own the Antietam mine. have recent ly resumed work. and will soon be shipping after which the property will be self-suppOrting. Recent work has demonstrated that the ore is thirty feet wide at the lowest work ings and of grade that will pay to ship. For the work done 1t is the biggest showing in the district.
 Arbuckle. Schumann and kraegel, who are working the Ohio, which ad joins the Antietam are meeting with equally favorable r9sults, and will soon be regular shippers. In fact they could have been shipping for months past had they desired to do so.
 w. B. Thompson, who recently bought the San Jose group adjoining the Standard mines has been working a force of twenty-five men. The San Jose has always had the reputation of being one of the best claims in the dis trict and has produced Il considera bl c amount of very rich glance and doubt less will soon be self-supporting 2 proposition.
 Frank Weaver and associates have been busy for months past on their claims near the San Francisco river, and have opened large bodies of good ore
 l.. A. Dunham the former manager of the Clifton Consolidated, has an ex- cellent group of claims in the Green lee district and upon which he is now promoting a company in the east. MT. Dunham is mining man of much experience, and will no doubt soon be developing these properties with ample capital behind him.
 Harry Wright, Crowley and Burk and George Stevens have been devel- oping their properties on the south side of Coronado mountain and have uncovered some large bodies of good ore. It is also possible that w. B. Thompson will soon commence active work in that section on properties which he has recently taken under bond.
 Poland and Nelson have done a con- siderable amount of work on their mines in the Greenlee district during the year, and now have their prop erty in shape to interest capital.
 Williams. Tevis, James and Dorsey, who have a valuable group of about thirty claims in the Greenlee district, have been busy all the year and are well pleased with the showing they have made.
 A company is now being organized to take over the Irish mines. which make an excellent surface showing.
 The advancement of the district for the year has been most satisfactory. and the prospects for the future are very bright.
 One noticeable feature is the desire Of all parties to patent their claims, which shows that they consider them of more value than heretofore. This is most commendable as it does away with all possibility of litigation and is also a protection to shareholders.
 While the Clifton MOrenci district has had no boom, it has, nevertheless, made steady progress, and its future today is brighter than at any time in it's history.
 As there is yet ample field for the investment of capital, and as mining property can be had for much less money than in any other district, boom cannot long be delayed. The district presents so many favorable features that the wonder is that min IDg men have not already secured all the valuable property available. The veins here ali crop out on the surface, so that the miner has sure sign to follow, and besides that nearly all the mines can be opened and operated by tunnels, thus doing away with eX- pensive shafts and hoisling plants. Nearly all of the mines here pay from the surface. and now that the A. C. company are buying ores at a price equal to that of other smelters. opera tors of limited means have an OppOr- tunity to make their claims pay for their own development, which was denied them until the present year.
 Taking all these things into con the ERA is confident that 1904 will be q record breaker. Ex- perts are unanimous in the opinion that this IS the most extensive mineral belt in the world. Good mines are not confined to any particular part of it.. Good ore and big mines are scattered all over it, and tho time must soon come when ten mines will be working where one is in operation at the present time, and when this dis trict will surpass all others in the United states in the output of copper