Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1907-06-27
MINING NEWS OF
THE WESTERN
FIELDS

Cananea, Sonora, Mexico - An
enormous amount of mining machin-
cry Is being shipped into this district
by the various manufacturers, and
building material for camp equipment
is also in steady demand. 1t is stated
that the amount of railroad construc-
ton now under way, owing to the
development of the mining camps, is
exceeding all past records. Electric
motor service is also being very widely
extended, and the result of these inn
provements must necessarily be a de-
clded reduction in the cost of copper
production, as the improvements in
almost every case appear to have
been planned with a view to increased
economy IN mining operations. Ameri-
a capital has been flowing freely
into the district, but it is being ex-
pended under the o watchful ana
intelligent supervision. The same
conditions prevail in the camps of
Santa Cruz county, just across the
American border, and in fact the
most favorable conditions prevail for
the better production Of copper at low
cost throughout the ArizOna-Sonora
belt.
Cripple Creek. Col.-The full sig
nihcance of the Delmonico's recent
shipment Is just coming to be realized.
This was the first since the property
~ ~ Nv NoAA0OAAtlaAtl
company, but others are likely to fol-
low at short intervals. This ore was
taken. from the upper levels of the
mine and showed a net value of SAL
90 to The ton after the usual deduc-
lions for treatment had been made.
1t Is recalled that former shipments
from the Delmonico have amounted to
about $125,00 this also having come
from the upper levels. The shaft now
going dow from the 500 to the 1000
loot level should enter the sulphide
zone at the 500 foot depth. The de-
veIopmcnt Is being carried out along
the original lines as planned by w.
;. Stratton, he former owner, 'The
father of Cripple Creek"
Boise, Idaho-Fivc hundred thous-
and tons of ore in sight and in large
part blocked out in the Big Giant gold
mine is regarded here as a very con-
scrvative estimate Of the available re-
sources of this property. The mine
is located in the mountains between
this place and Idaho City. The aver
age of the samples taken during the
past two years runs about 50 to the
ton In gold. The Mckinley tunnel
bore is now in about seventy feet.
and Is being u in such a way as to
penetrate the m~ineraIized veins at
right angles, In the loaf formation,
Just before the tunnel entered solid
AOChf SOuu ore was encountered Inc
work Is being pushed rapidly with sew
eral shafts.
Sheridan, Wyo.-Dredging opera
lions for gold are about to be under
taken on a very extensive scale by the
Gold STANDARD company on their pla-
yer claims along the Little Big Horn
river. The basi napDears to nave been
a AXE ia former ages and has gath
cred an enormous quantity Of silt and
gravel washed down from the mount
aims above. Tests made upon 500 acres
of these gravels have penetrated to a
depth of twenty-three feet without
striking bed rock. The assays ar that
depth showed $50 in free gold per
cubic yard. every particle of free gold
being a nugget. Low-cost dredging
is to be a special feature of the opera
tons In the new field.
Jerome, Ariz.-The very wide
spread extent Of the Verde ore beds is
Indicated by the recent deal involving
tn Eureka gold and copper property,
three miles south of the Copper Chief
mine The property is to be devel-
oped under the supervision of Mr.. j. j.
Shaw, the United Verde expert. 1t is
stated that only after three visits to
the property did Mr.. Shaw realize its
true value. The fact that the Eureka
is situated at such a distance from
the United Verde has already added
materially added to the confidence
which local mining men feel in the
future of the Jerome district. The
fact that sulphide ore bodies tend to
assume a horizontal position extend
ing outward in Every direction is one
of the primary facts taught by geol-
ogy. The properties in the immediate
vicinity of the United Verde are I'M
dergoing very active development. At
the Hull camp the working force is be-
ing increased and at the Verde Grande
the new installment of machinery is
being placed in position at the mine,
and shaft work is going forward rap
idly, with copper stain n sulphides
being encountered with each addi-
tional foot of depth.
Winkelman, Ariz.-The succession
of notably rich strikes made from
to time at short intervals has
brought the Two Queens g~old-copper
property very prominently into public
view and has also had a stimulting
effect upon mining activity i'm general
throughout this district. The first of
these strikes. yielding assays as high
as 100000 TO the ton in gold, was
followed by others, running
by no means as high, but yet for more
satisfactory to experienced mining
men. as proving conClusively the UNI
form heavy naturalization OF the V
great lode veins traVersing the prop
arty. AS development progresses, both
copper and silver values are increas- >