Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-08-29
ORE BODY STRUCK IN THE BAu
 MANN.
From Thursday F Daily.


 the most important mineral strike in the Apua tria district made in recent years came to light here yesterday when it was learned from an autborita tive source that q large body of ship ping ore had been uncovered in the Swiss Girl claim of the Baumann Cop. per company's group.
 The body of ore was encountered about a week ago, when crosscu' was started from the 060 foot level of the deep shaft after the second round of | machine drill holes were blasted, but the find has been kept a profound secret by the management until yesterday. when a Journal Miner man became ac- Quaintcd with the details.
 The crosscut has already been driv. en distance of 20 feet without encoun. tering a wall through the solid body of iron sulphide ore. which has been found to carry gold. silver, and copper 
 values high enough to treat the whole mass at n profit in the plant of the Arizona Smelling company at Hum boldt, where it is proposed to ship in" product.
 A body of ore almost similar in character to this was found in the 800 foot level. but the values at this depth were found io be not nearly as large as that of the new find. Work will be continued in the lower crosscut until the walls are struck. when the work of opening it by series of drifts and crosseuts will be at once commenced, while the work of continuing the shaft to greater depths will be continued and tho ore body explored from the deeper levels.
 Encouraged by the extent and i'm portancc of the discovery. the company has now under consideration the con. struction of n narrow guage railroad from the Swiss Girl shaft to the Hum. boldt snclter for the transportation of the ores for treatment to that plant as well as the preparation of the camp for operations in an extensive way.
 An extensive scheme of develop. m"nt has also been perfected to bc at once commenced on the Laura claim. another promising one of the group. On this claim a shaft has been sunk to n depth of 2A feet on the 100 foot level or which there is an ore body opened from ? to : feet in width for n dis tance of 50 feet.
 A new hoisting plant is being CT. cctcd at this shaft and the work of continuing it to greater depth as well as the -toping of the ore already block ed out will be commenced at an early date. Work was discontinued on this claim some months ago awaiting the construction of the smclting plant at Humboldt, where it is proposed to mar. ket the product. which is Il high grade gold and copper ore.
 The Bnumann group of mines, con. sisting of 25 claims. Is situate in the Agua Frin range. about 2 miles east of the Agua fria river. where it passes Dewey and Humboldt, both of which can bc easily reached by a good wagon road leading past the camp to the Pick and Drill group of mines, two miles farther east.
 The claims are located in the schis, and slate belt which traverses the eastern portion of the county from the United Verde mines at Jerome to tLe Bradshaw mountains. In the vicinity of the Bnumann group, this belt is in. terseeted diagonally by numerous trachyte and diorite dykes. the ore bodies occurring in the quartz DOT. phyry, and taleose slate formations. following these contacts. The veins travcrsing the Baumann properties can be traced within the boundaries of the group for distance of over two miles, the ore carrying values wherever the lodges are opened to any depth. the formations, according to the re- ports of eminent mining engineers and geolosists. heinz considered very fay. | orsble for the existence of large ore bodies at depth, as Mas been demon. strated st the Swiss Girl.
 The location of the camp is an ideal one. situated about 5000 feet above ! sea level, on the summit of the range. | the aummerw arc cool and the snow. Falls of the winter time seldom re. main on the ground over o4 hours.
 The company has ample capital at it's command for the development of Inc mines in modern way. 70 that all conditions are favorable for the growth of the camp within n very