Arizona republican., 1906-07-19

] sulting engineer, who has outlined a program for thorough prospecting with | the drill. He has had much experience
 with the drill and the method is quick and efficient. As yet the drill work has not progressed far enough to state results. The work of this drill will show what class of mills and machin- cry can be placed to advantage. The
 local manager is C. NJ. Gordon. A visit
 to the mine is sufficient to show its immensity. The entire district of
 mountains is mineralized and copper stained. Rather than in lodges, the ore is in bodies. The Ray mines have big leads and deposits that with depth
 show rich results. There are more
 copper indications in sight than proba-
 bly in any other district in the United
 States.
 Work is progressing encouragingly
 on the Bryan group which is right in
 Kelvin on the railroad and the Gila
 river. It was formerly the property of
 J. K. McCarty and Clara Kinney. The
 present owners are Boston and Chica-
 go people, headed by c. A. Creighton
 nf Boston, who is heavily interested in
 the Boston Consolidated of Utah and
 C. H. Seamans of Chicago, who is op- erating the zinc mines at Magdalena, Mexico. There are twenty men at work and the force will Joe increased as fast as there is room made by the development. The ore consists princi- pally of chalcopyrite and bornite. The average width of the ledge is five feet. The deepest working is 13O feet A
 three foot streak of ore has been en- cOuntered that runs 30 per cent cop per. Superintendent J. c. Erman states that enough ore is taken out during the present development work to more than pay present expenses. The ore is shipped to the Humboldt smelter and so far has made S25 per ton, after paying the expense of ship ping and treatment. MT. Erman is an able, welil known engineer and a prac- tical man. He it was that made the great success of the Live Oak mine at Globe.
 The bornite ore strike so marve- lously rich was made at a depth of only eighty feet. The company is go- ing down every day.
 A good property that has favorable report is the Lime Hill group. owned by H. H. Borton. located in the Drip ping Springs range and six miles northeast of Kelvin. The group con sists of ten claims on which there are five shafts and two tunnels aggregat- | ing 800 feet of work. The deepest 1 shaft is 100 feet at the bottom of which are cross cuts showing size and richness. The foot wall is granite. the l hanging wall lime and ore porphyry. It i is gold, copper and silver, assays l show per cent copper, $S to S1O gold, and 50 to 60 ounces silver. It is near the well known Haley lead mines ] The best part of MT. BOrton's property | is the great body of ore even though ! it is not of high grade and it doubtless will be a big producer some day.
 A deal just being cOnsummated is { a bond on the property of E. o. De- l vine and John E. Sebrean to the Vic i tor Copper Mining company of which : D. N Ferris is president and F.. J. Turner, secretary and treasurer, both 1 of San Diego. The deeds were placed i in escrow subject to conditions of ! bond in the Phoenix National bank last | week by MT. Devine. MT. Turner will | be here in few days and by the first of August force of men will be at ] work developing the group which is four and q half miles southwest of i Kelvin. Between 300 and 400 feet of | work has been done and assays show rich ore, pOrphyry, lime and quartz ! 
 Another mine that is shipping ore | to the Humboldt smelter to the exteat | that the mine is entirely self | paying in it's development state is that