The copper era., 1903-07-23
MINES AND MINING.

u11N bO ANU M1N IN U.
 Three hundred miners are wanted
 at Jerome. It is an eight hour camp,
 the wage being s3.5O.
 Six Cotton shipments have been
 made so far this month from the
 Standard mines and two more will be
 made during the month. The lowest
 shipment averaged 22 per cent, and ! the highest 5l per cent.
 While grading for a baidling on the
 shannon mine last week. d large body
 O' rich ore was uncovered which i-
 now being further prospe cted. All
 that Is necessary to strike ore around
 that section is to do little pros
 pecting.
 Bill Jenkins, who is largely inter-
 ested in the Home Copper company.
 was in Clifton this week. and reports
 that while doing assessment work on
 the Top,y mine, superintendent John
 Molder uncovered large body of very
 rich copper ore.
 Ambrose Burke, the discovercr of the Antictam mine, and one or the best prOspectors in the territory. was in this week from the Copper Plate group, owned by himself and F. r. Crowley, which are located in Cop per mountain district near Eagle river. Mr. Burke expects that the property will soon pass into the hands Of company, with ample means for the development Of the property
 George C. Gill, president of the Shannon Copper company. left Sun day last for his home at Hollvoke. Mas. Mr. GiIl spent two months here | famiiarizing himself with ihe com pany's business, and returned home . more than we'll pleased with the out look of his company. The Shannon company has long since passed it's cx- pcrimcntal stage, and is now not only q steady producer of the red metal. but also a money maker The ca pacity of the company's concentrating plant will soon he doubled, which will largely increase it- output. The future of the Shannon company is very bright.
 x. l.. Lewis, who owns the Irish mine, located up Chase crccG, informs an ERA reporter that the recent flood did considerable damage to his prop nrty and workings. The mine is To- cated al d point where the cloud burst took place, consequently the workings were filled to the surface with rocks and mud. The mine k copper propo- sition and was looking well. While the old workings were completely buried, the flood uncovered d blind ledge a short distance from the old shaft. The ore as-ayed fourteen per cent. copper. Not such bad luck after il
 In carly days Clifton was noted for Is production Of gold. Much placer l gold was taken from the Frisco river. gold gulch and other streams, and also aken from quartz veins and saved by ( he old arrastra process. A large lumher of arrastras were always grinding away. and for many years made good returns. When copper ! mining became profitable gold mining eemed to have dropped out in the district. and for many years little or [ 10 gold of any kind has been produced, hough i: i- known that many large gold leads exist here. which will aver .%e from $6 to SD per ton. which i, | jig in any country. Why some at | empt is not made to work these gold eads is mystery. However, let one , nan make d success of gold mining in | many others will also make the at empt. This brings to mind the fact { hat for the past year or more a MeNi- ( an miner has made more or less regu- - ar trips to Clifton with coarse gold bounded out of quartz, and with gold : mal gam. Recently he came in with ' wo pounds of amalgam worth several hundred dollars. He is very reticeEt. , nd will give no account of hiS find eX- s ept to say that it is within forty niles of Clifton, and that he works ', he property alone. He states that he i hippcd three tons to Fl Paso which !; etted him 5000 per ton. He brings q n specimens that are absolutely full C f heavy gold, and would be worth .. many thousands per ton. He says he II s now down only twenty-five feet, and T Ias plenty of ore that will average ! rom $500 to 3lO00 per ton.