Arizona silver belt., 1906-05-17
National Mining Exploration Co

The history of th9 Iron Cap Mining company, the former owners of the claims operated by the above named company, Is most interesting and his. tory of the original locations made some 20 years ago is even more so. Henry Shoap staked his claims in the gulch and on the hillsides seven years after he had located the Bird mine just above the Iron Cap, and the Iron Can Mining company was formed by him with the following as stockholders and directors: G. w. Woy, of Los Angeles M. J. Galpin, of Phoenix; N Golf. of Los Angeles; F. l.. Drew, of Mesa; A. w. Galpin, of Phoenix; Went House and Henry Shoap, of Globe.
 | The property was brought to the at tention of MT. F. A. Woodward. treas urer of the National Mining Explora- tion company shortly before the first of the present year, and arrangements were made with the Iron Cap people whereby the Boston people agreed to | advance the money necessary for the development of the property. Upon proving it up new company will be formed in which the original owners of the Iron Cap will have an interest and the new company will be subsidiary company of the original National Min ing x Exploration company.
 The property consists of full claims and fraction the Iron Cap, Colum- bus, Olympia, Margery. Columbia and Fraction. Three lodges are plainly fol- lowed upon the surface traversing the entire distance of the company s ground, and from the shaft house one can see within rifle range the Copper , Hill extracting ore on the west, the Buckeyes dump to the south, the ore road to the Blackhawk on the east, and the shaft of the Bird to the north, while overhead the air is thick with the sulphur smoke from the furnaces of the Old Dominion shelter.
 There are three main lodges trace able-the Copper Hill, the Black Hawk lode, and the Old Dominion-all within 1000 feet of each other on the surface, the Old Dominion at the bottom of the gulch and the Copper Hill and Black Hawk on either side of the hill. A feature of more than passing interest is the tendency of the two outer lodges to dip toward the Old Dominion, and it is estimated that at the angle at which they dip they will unite at depth of a few hundred feet.
 At the time the operating company assumed charge of the property but little work had been done except to sink shaft 130 feet and make a few open cuts on the hillside. It is the purpose of the management under the superintendence of N. J. Cabin and advice of J. D. Coplen, the consulting engineers, to continue sinking upon the main shaft until depth of 700 feet has been reached, before commencing to run any crosscuts. At 700 feet cross cut of 300 feet will intersect the ledge. To facilitate work Is h. D. gasoline engine has been installed and double compartment shaft will be sunk with three shifts of men working constantly. It is expected that an average of { Jur feet day can be made in the s..aft with this force.
 The location of the property is but one and half miles from the town of Globe and an equal distance from the shelter, with an excellent wagon road the entire way without foot of up-, grade, although when the property is shipping it is the intention of the man agement to stall a well equipped