Los Angeles herald., 1905-06-19
MILLIONS OF SILVER
PRODUCED LAST YEAR


the territory.
Helnze starts Work
At the News property one and one
half miles southeast of Jerome, Ariz.,
preparations are being made for the
resumption of work, after an idleness
extending over a period of several
years. The property is owned by A.
Heinze of Butte, Montana, and is con-
sidered as among the best prospects in
the Jerome district. What the inten-
tions of the owner are have not, as yet,
been made public, but it is to be hoped
that the further development Is an as
sured fact. Anyhow, an experienced
mining man has been sent out to take
charge of the work Of Strengthening UP
and unwatering the main shaft. The
property is equipped with a steam
hoist, having a capacity of one thous-
and feet, and also other valuable ma
chinery as well as necessary buildings.
+, Considerable development has been
done in the way Of sinking and some
excellent ore has been taken out, but
as yet, the body of ore has not proved
to be continuous.
New Machinery Arrives
The new machinery for the Cleopatra
Copper Mining company's power house,
which was destroyed by fire several
months ago, has arrived and will be
installed. AS soon as the new power
house is in operation compressed air
drills will be put to work in the mine
and development will be greatly hast
ened. President of the company, G.. w.
Hull prosecuting the work, is open
ing an ore body that may in time, no
doubt, prove the equal of the United
Verde, as the indications Of both prop
critics are almost Identical at cores
ponding depths. The present work In
the Cleopatra is exposing a large and
rich ore body. In the old Winning
ham tunnel work Is being pushed on
winze that has already passed through
thirty feet of solid ore of high grade.
To tap this winze at a depth of $50
feet drift is being run from the Dill
Ion tunnel and is now in nearly fifty
feet. The same character of ore is
being encountered in the drift that is
present in the winze, thus proving be-
yound doubt that large ore de-
posit exists where the present work is
being confined. The information has
been given out by the company that
one hundred ton smelter will be erec-
ted on the property in the near future.
viii Organize Company
Steps are being taken at Jerome,
Ariz., for the organization of stock
company, the object of which is the de-
velopment of a group O. mining claims
located just north of Senator Clark's
United Verde property. The group is
owned by Chris Harryhousen. There Is
considerable development in a shaft
and two tunnels. One of the tunnels
shows sixty-five feet of ledge matter
of good character. Considerable ore
has been taken from the group similar
to the United Verde product at cores
ponding depth.
Two Good Properties
Located near each other and about
three miles south of Jerome, is the De-
catur and United Verde Junior, both Of
which are considered among the best
prospects in the Jerome mineral belt
Development is being pushed at both
camps with that one great object in
view, which is the chief incentive to
mining activity throughout the Jerome
district-the tapping of the great ore
body that has made the United Verde
property famous.
Equator and Copper Chief
These two properties are located side
by side, being virtually one. Their di-
vision was the outcome, or rather COM
promise, of one of the hardest fought
mining contests that ever took place in
the United States. W. A. Clark and as
sociates retained the Equator, or Iron
King, as it was formerly called, while
the Duke faction took possession of the
Copper Chief group.
A part of the millions that were ex-
pended during that extended legal fight
for lawyers fees and other expenses is
now being returned to the owners of
the Equator in the form of copper bull,
lion produced by the 25O-ton smefter
now in operation on the property. ;.
The Equator camp is growing stead
lily and bids fair to equal Jerome with
in a few years. There are about sew
enty-five men employed in the mine and
smelter at present. The ore is carried
from the mine to the smelter by grav-
ity tramway about three-fourths of
mile. That the Equator is destined to
become one of the great copper produ-
GERS of the country will be seen from
the fact that when the smelter was first
erected it was more for the purpose of
experiment, as it was then supposed
the ore deposit to be worked was only
Of limited extent, its dimensions hav-
ing been practically ascertained by ex-
pert testing and calculation, but since
then it has widened and dipped" and
is now yielding a product above expec-
tations in quality and quantity. The
product for the past year was 100000
pounds of copper. For this year it is
predicted the output will more than
double.