Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-05-02
Big Body Of Sulphides Uncovered At
 562 Feet
News Of Other Workings In The Jerome
 District
(From Tucsday's Daily.)


 ,rrom the Jerome Mining News.). Al 562 feet the Black Hills has struck body of copper sulphidcs and iron, and at this writing they have sunk through eight feet of 1t, and as depth is gained the rock is getting heavier. and it now looks as if they had gotten into large body of ore and ,ha, the Black Hills will develop into biz mine. This is the best piece of news that the mining world of Jerome has had to talk about in the history of the district. And everybody in- ,erested here is much pleased with the result of deep mining, specially as the results have proved 90 profitable nt such an early period in the new de- par,urc in the development of the dis. ,rict and all are especially pleased that the Thomas Bros. are the fortunate ones to have had the good liick to strike it, as they were the first to start the proper kind of work along the Jerome copper belt, the kisd of de. velopment that is giving the district a chance to mako good the claims it's friends have made for 1t. Located as this property is, in what is claimed as he center of the mineral deposits in the Jerome mineral district ,and half way between Equator hill and the United Verde mine it's dcelopment into mine means that . golden stream will flow into the hills surrounding Jc. rome, to he used in the opening up of the many mining claims.
 
 In the neighborhood of the Mingus IS tho Eureka and . number of other properties that nre of great promise and deserving of the attention of min ing men, and for that end of the dis ,rict the Thomas Brothers will do through the deep development of the Mingus, what they are now doing fol the center of the district by the deer mining of the Black Hills group.
 Al the Harryhousen the property be ing developed by the Jerome Mine' Development company, Contracto' Mitchell is down 226 feet. The rock while yet rather hard, looks better fol ore, carrying some copper stain. During the past week, the News received letter from l.. c. Hayues, the gentleman who is promoting the Harryhousen an' Verde Chief properties, in which h' writes of the organization of securit! company, through which company h. proposes to raise the requisite money t develop and place on . paying basi the properties he has under control Il this and other districts, but espsciall, properties located in the Jerome dis triet.
 Al the Black Hills they have gon through l7 feet of the copper sulphide and iron mentioned elsewhere in tn News and the end is not yet. The fac that this ore has been struck at
 depth of nearly 600 feet makes 1t great significance to the Jerome di' 'rict. In sinking this shaft, severs hundred feet of formation was gon through that carried no values at al proving as 1t did in the Bisbee distrie |" well as at Butte, Montana, tha deep miaina will uscover large an pay bodies of orc. The Black Hill group win be watched with much il terest
 At the North Verde Superintender Movies continues to Gink the shai through lime and iron. Preparation are being made to place the blow' and power drills at work as soon They arrive. Superintendent Knowl' has received telegram that they wei shipped several days ago.
 The Pittsburg.Jcromc company
 sinking its deep shaft rapidly, and wit out interruptions. Tho machinery
 working smoothly and is doing all t' work that was expected of 1t.