The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1903-06-04

II. +. Dunlap and family were 10
Wilcox this week visiting friends.
Mr.. Dunlap goes to Yuma where be
will be associated with J. W. Thorn
ton q Son, bankers, in the capacity Of
cashier.-Range News.
News from jerome, Ariz., is to the
cTcc, that it l. proposed to run tun-
mel ZOO feet long on the United
Verde mine, beginning at the millsite
I further down the Verde river. 1t i
/ claimed this will avoid all danger from
/ fire.
a new strike wa7 made in property
owned by the Stewards in the White
. Tanks district few days ago. The
( district j. about forty miles west Of
/ Phoenix and the strike i a good one,
/ though it Is only a prospect. 1t is a
! twelye-inch vein Of rock that is yell
/ low with free gold, but the extent Of
/ the deposit i not yet determined.
The Jerome Mining News gives the
/ following a. the cost Of mining and re-
duction at the great United Verde
. mine at jerome, Arizona.
/ breaking ..........-.....-.- 80
/ Roasting ....-................ ...- 10
/ breaking up and reloading ..... 10
/ Hosting 10 smcltcr floor. ....... .l2t
/ Smelling and converting to
! matte. observation-disclosures. 49,. 80
Total..........................$1.53i
The cost Of converting is nominal.
The Mammoth mine, sixty miles
north Of Tucson, Ariz., Is using $4,000
! feet Of squared timber monthly, thus
giving some idea of the immense
amount Of work being done. This is
Il famous low grade gold proposition,
and has been worked for long time.
( It is splcndidly and economically
equipped with system of aerial
trans and up-to-date automatic ma
chincry for the cheap handling Of the
product.
Jas. \. Grant, who is mining in the
Warren district, was in town Friday
last and left Saturday morning for
Clifton. He has large holdings in the
Spionliop, which joins the Easter Sun
day. At depth Of forty feet the
mine shows up ore full OF free gold.
Mr.. Grant showed us a specimen from
the mine aud the yellow metal was
very much in evidence. In fact ii is
the finest gold specimen we have seen
since we have been in the territory
Benson Press.
Another big gold strike i, reported
siXty-two miles east OF Douglas, at
Antelope Pass, on the FL Paso d
Southwestern railroad. A strike was
made in lodges of iron and white
quartz. Most Of the lodges are from
10 to 20 feet thick, running northeast
and southwest and covering country
three miles wide from north to
south. Some of the lodges are more
than twenty feet high above the sur
face Of the ground sixteen assays
ran from Sl7 to 500, only one going be-
low so. Plenty Of water can be had
one mile away, in the Animas valley.
at Il depth of 10 feet. So far there are
only four men intcrcs ted in the camp,
the first one coming in about three
weeks ago. Antelope has no postof-
flee. only section house. -Bisbee
Review.
Good reports continue TO come from
the great Congress gold belt, says the
Prescott Courier Wells II. Bates,
vicc-prcsident and manager of the Ore
Concentrating company, is in from the
company, Welcome group OF mines,
located five miles east Of Congress and
four miles east OF Octave. Twenty
men are now at work on the Welcome
orOup and more are To he mt on in the
near future The group consists OF !
eighteen claims. The principal work |
has been done upon the Welcome |
claim, where II double compartment |
shaft is down seventy feet. The shaft |
is being timbcrcd while il is being |
sunk. The ore j. gold sulphidc, the |
Same as that Of the Congress. The |
ledge i extensive and shows up for a .
distance Of 900 feet. The Welcome
ledge cuts the formation and has a
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