Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-05-02
When Lumber Arrives 5O-Ton Plant Will
 Be Erected
Large Body Of Ore; Blocked Out In
 Mine
(Ffom Tuesday's Daily.)


 G. W. Hull, mayor of Jerome, men Der of tho 23rd legislative asscmbl from this county, and the owner of in| mense real estate and mining intcrest in Jerome and tho Verde district, is i tho city.
 He is president and general manaeV of the Cleopatra Copper company, ss the King Development company, om ing between himself and the companis( he controls B patented mines out of : total of l240 in tho entire county.
 Speaking of the work in progress : tho properties of the Cleopatra coaI pany to a Journal Miner man yesterday he said: "we have all the machinsp| for the new ffty.ton smclting plant nov on the ground, all tho necessary grad, ing completed, and are waiting for ssv| eral carloads of lumber to arrive frou| the Flagstaff country, when the frameI work and necessary buildings for thd new plant will be erected and the nd chinery installed as fast as possible" "
 "work is progressing satisfactor!lJ on the tunnel, which is now into tAd mountain a distance of 1,750 feet, tsgI ping the vein, in places 500 feet belov| the apex. The ground adjoins tld United Verde mines on the south, ssl contains large bodies of sulphide ofs already blocked out, which we expssi| to commence to take out as soon as tAd new plant is in operation"
 Tho site upon which the new plant is being erected is in Deception guleAl immediately south of the residence eel tion of Jerome, where is an ample wai1 CT supply, below the mouth of the tuaI mel, and about one mile from the pN1 sent terminus of the United Verde and Pacific railroad. The holdings of this company consists of eleven patented claims, and two unpatcntcd ones, which can all be developed from the maia tunnels, which it is the intention io continue into the 1888 claim, which is located hard by the smelting plant of the United Verde Copper company.
 In further conversation with Mr. Hull it was learned that it was his in. tention tO commence active. opcrations on largo scale on the properties of the King Development company as soon q the new smclting plant under construe- tion was in running order. This group, which consists of g patented claims adjoins the United Verde mines os the west and northwest, the ground GOV ering never failing spring of water about quarters of n mile north west of the United Verde smelter, ss which point it is tho intention to erect a reduction plant as soon as the de velopment of the mines is far enough along in the way of blocking out ore bodies to insure continuous operation of a pretentious plant. The deepest shaft on the ground is 275 feet, in additics to which there are more than 9,O0d feet of shafts, tunnels and drifts, in' voiving an expenditure, it is said, ol over $25O,o0o.
 MT. Hull is now among the oldes( settlers of the Verde valley. Comin( to this district man years ago, he s@ cured possession of some of it's mo@ promising properties, and hss share in it's many privations and fortunes. Il has always been considered among i( leading and most contemplating citizen( being many times honorcd with elcd ton to positions of trust, occasionall} against his will.