The copper era., 1903-12-31

$ engineer Of the Ventura company . has been here for the past week or ) more to examine the Shannon mine. . which he considers one Of the big mines of the country. He is well
 pleased with the manner in which the
 mine has been opened and managed.
 John K Erskine, prOminen
 lawyer of New York City, who is
 largely interested in the Shannon Cop per company and the Standard Con-
 solidated company, arrived last night
 iu company with Mir. Ross, Of the
 Standard company. and will spend
 several days in this section.
 J. B. Watson, well known mining
 expert of Salt Lake, Utah. spent few
 days Of the past week at the Stan
 dard and San Jose mines looking over
 the ground as to future developments
 as one property. Mir. Watson left
 Tuesday morning for Brazil, South
 America, where he will report on
 mining property for eastern people.
 4 big strike Of rich ore was re-
 gently made by the A. C. company on
 the south bank of Chase creek at
 Longfellow, where they had been
 quarrying out silica for converter lin-
 ings for some time past. The strike
 is only a few hundred feet from the
 property of the Chase Creek company,
 and confirms the oFiniOn of many
 that the lead extends through the
 claims Of that company.
 C. A. Ross, president Of the Stan dard Consolidated Copper company,
 arrived last night from the east and
 will be busy for few days explaining
 the merger to the many Standard stockholders. For the purpose Of facilitating these explanations, Mir.
 Ross invites the Standard share hold CTS to meet him at the Clifton Hotel Saturday evening at o'clock. Only shareholders are invited to be present, as this is purely business matter be- tween those interested.
 There is q rumOr in circulation to the effect that the merging of the Standard, San Jose and Coronado companies, by which w. B. Thomp- son was relieved of the responsibility of managing the affairs of the San Jose and Coronado, will cause Mr. | Thompson to seek a new field for his | energy. Mir. Thompson has been a potent factor in the up- p-building Of | this district, as he has been instru- mental in bringing in much capital, | and while he has been personally bene- fitted thereby, he has at the same 1 time, been Of benefit to the entire community. The ERA regrets his de- parture from this district, and wishes him well in his future enterprises.
 Ernest Frye, one Of the best pros pectors in the district, was in this week from the headwaters Of Sardine creek, about eight miles north of Metcalf, where he has been doing the assessment work for some Texas peo- pie He brought in a specimen that was. as the miners say, lousy with gold" The specimen came from tale gouge on either side Of a l5 inch lead of gold quartz. The specimen would be hard to beat in any country The owners Of the DrOpert have been lni tho Vr,,,.ly fnr ! years, and this is the first free gold found on the claims. The work here tofore had not been done on the 5treaks of rich ore. It takes an OlG time prospector to find gold, anyway. A sufficient amount of work has not yet been done to determine the value )f the strike, but i will not require very much of the same clas. Of ore Mr.. Frye brought in to make tbe property very valuable
 Wm. ClimO, supern tendent of the shannon mine, managed to find time 1 10 visit Clifton this week. Mir. Climo {. Is a thOrougly practical mining man ( having acquired his knowledge through every day contact with mother nature. He has been in ,haroe of the mine since the Shannon assumed charge Of the mine md the success Of the property is argely due to his intelligence and energy. While handicapped at times Dy experts who knew nothing about practical mining, fnd some of them put little about any kind of mining, . le generally managed to have pretty much his own way, and he has de- reloped property which is credit to the territory. Under Mr. Climos something like seven niles of development work has been lone and it is now estimated by Mir. Jlimo that are 1000. GOO tons of ore in , tight in the mine, which is d most re- showing. especially consid- ,ringirg the fact that the mine has d.,