Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-06-27
(From Tuesdays Daily.)

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two years, stoddard's Copper Noun
tain and Binghampton mines, in the
Copper Mountain district. nrc today
among the busiest camps In that scc.
ton of mineral wonders.
In tunnel on the Copper Mountain
mines, recently purchased from I. T.
Stoddard by the Stoddard Copper
company, a large hosting plant, n 30
horse power boiler, and large air
compressor were installed, the work Of
sinking n new shaft to depth Of 900
feet from the level Of the opening be.
ing now well under way. The new
shaft, which II n double compartment
one, IL being sunk In the tunnel nj a
point about 900 feet from It's mouth,
the tunnel extending 100 feet into
the mountain with an cxtcn'ivc series
Of drifts and crosscuts. The location of
the shaft In the tunnel is about 900
feet below the surface of the mountain.
and the present plans involve the sink.
ing Of the shaft 800 feet deeper. when
arrangements will he made for the run
ming Of more than 1000 feet Of drifts
and crosscuts from station nj the
bottom. where IL is expected permanent
water level will Lee reached.
Mining engineers familiar with the
ground, together with the fact that this
old time producer, which has given over
$i5O.000 In mineral wealth to the world,
do not hesitate Ia state that Il IL their
belief that the work now under way
will open up one ~ the largest high
grade bodies Of copper ore yet develop.
ed in the territory.
when II in considered that under
meath the point where all this wealth
was extracted the vein is developed u
distance Of 700 feet in length and over
100 feet In width, and thatthroughout
this large extent Of territory the ground
consists largely Of lcachcd ledge mat.
ter, with all the Indications Of IL being
one time rich ore body, " appears
reasonable 20 expect that when the per.
mancut water level ~ reached. aud the
sulphide zone encountered, that tb. cx.
pcricncc Of the great United Verde
mine AZ .Icr"mc win be- repeated bv tho
uncovcring Of nm immense dc,osit of
ore enriched bv the teachings of tho
copper metal from above
The Binghampton 0Toap.
situated On a mountain abou, two
aud n half miles in northerly dirc.
ton from the Copper Mountain mines.
are six claims composing what is
known as the Binghampton group. This
property. was recently transferred by
/ Mr.. Stoddard to the Stoddanl
, Mines company. II il develop
I'd by two shafts sunk to depths oi
/ 1850 and 200 feet respectively, and by
one tunnel over 400 feet in length, Ice.
( sides series Of ln,erals ard crosseut-
, fro w,'.h scNc h. rlrcd tons 81
! high grade ore have been mined. In
tho tunnel referred 10 more than MI
feet Of black slate has been cut
which, In places, il very rich in native
copper and borpi,c, while nj poin,
about I 900 feet dis,an, there ~ IN
covered mass of iron sulphidcs u
feet in width and carrying small pei
cen, IN copper with about $3.50 In gold
values.
4 contract WIS recently l'i for IN,
sinking Of u 800 foot shaft near This
tunnel, where % horse power gaso
line hoist wn- rccentlv installed. Linn
a Anderson. the contractors, have ia,
shat, sunk already 10 depth of ov"i
60 feet. and ARE making excellent head
way.
when the shufi contract is complci
cd the vein viii hc opened fro1 tii'
bottom by q series of latcras nn,
drifts over 300 fcci Ia length go
which plans have nlready been perfect
cd.
From the appearance W the mpssc- o
ore aud iron gossan ou the snffnco, 'h
ore shoot on this ground y nn extensive
ore. being from 30 20 200 feet "a
width, and about 2oo 'oc' IN lorgtl
with good indicationg lhai II coniinur
into the most northerlv claims az th
group upon which are fouad the 'nps
e1icnsive Aztec NUNS IN this sectioi
~ Arizona, with the possible exception
80 M.nt.1tt.no Wstfa