Arizona silver belt., 1906-05-17
Gibson Copper Go.

from the south stopes. The secon
 level has run distance of 750 feet
 and the high grade ore shipped and thu
 stopes filled with 8per cent concentrat
 ing ores,
 The third level has been run for
 distance of 160 feet to the north shaf
 and 1855 feet south; work is now pro
 gressing in both directions. In thu
 breast of the south drift, they ar,
 now working on the ledge, which is
 seven feet in width at this point, while
 in the north drift near the breast they
 have run a crosscut IS feet in 5 pel
 cent ore, while four-foot vein on the
 main drift runs over 30 per cent in sul.
 phides. On this level, at a point 15
 feet north of the shaft, they are run
 ming crosscut in the country rock a distance of 360 feet to a point where shaft No. will be sunk, and this cross cut will strike the shaft on the 170-foot level. This crosscut has been run twenty-five feet east of the drift and is in per cent ore all the way, the west crosscut to the new shaft being in country rock.
 Over on the west side of the hill, a distance of 750 feet from the main shaft, the former lessees and owners ran four tunnels in on the lodges for distances varing from $50 to 75S feet, From the Pasqual and Nigro tunnels over $60, 900 was shipped out on burros. The new shaft the company intends sinking will strike this ledge at a depth of 100 feet and it is expected that high grade ore will be found at this depth.
 ha haf mence as soon as material can be se- cured and it will be pushed to the 500- foot level before attempting any drift ing. Square timbered, three compart- ments, and equipped with 50 horse power engine and two 80 horsepower boilers and an air compressor for air drills and air. it will be one of the best pieces of work in the district. The @ horse power engine will be moved to other work and an ,nyine ad 4quate to all future needs will be installed upon the completion of the 500,foot shaft, and its continuation to a greater depth. It has been the history of mining in Arizona that the ore bodies increased in value and size with depth, and there is every reason to believe the Gibson will prove no exception to the rule.
 The owners Sam l.. Gibson and Wm. II anderson. commenced york with windlass, operated by themselves, then they secured whip, later whim, and on their present work a gasoline engine. Paying for itself from the grass roots, and the subsequent claims added, the Gibson mine Is now to ba equipped with modern steam plant and work done on large scale. Sev- enty men are at present employed in the three shifts, and seventeen teams and this force taxes the capacity of the present equipment to the utmost.
 Aside from his interest in the Gibson Copper company, Mir. Gibson is also president of the American Copper com pany, owning claims about two and one miles from the Gibson, and also is president of the Miami Copper com pany, located at Bloody Tanks, just across the hill from the Keystone and Live Oak mines. His interests are by no means confined to these however, and in association with J. B. Newman and Alfred Hansen, he has erected as to the enduring character of the mineral industry of this district the Dominion hotel, one of the finest hotels in the entire southwest. This hand some new hostelry will be opened to the public early in July.
 A residence here of five years has won for MT. Gibson host of friends, and the traits of character which won his friends in the days of diversity bind them to him today.