Arizona silver belt., 1907-09-01
Development of the Apache Company'S Mines Near This City Progresses Rapidly.
ORE GOES TO THE
 OLD DOMINION SHELTER
Shipments of Ore Will Continue from This Time on and the Mine Fully Exploited by the Company,

Activity in copper mining in the Globe district is so extensive that num- bers of properties where exploitation is carried on are passed without the notice they deserve. The Silver Belt aims to tell the whole story of mining in this district, but it seems that the operations of the Apache Consolidated Copper Mining company have been overlooked.
 This company owns fifteen claims To- cated in the Richmond Basin section, about eight miles easterly of Globe as the crow flies. These properties are reached by wagon road which leaves the Wheatfelds road about five miles from Globe. The wagon road runs within three miles of the property and from that point materials are packed to the camp of the company. It is the intention of the company to continue the wagon road on to the camp, which can be done at an expenditure of about g., 2,00O.
 Operations were resumed about Au- gust l of this year on the property, with force of four men. Since that time, and up to the close of the month, l50 tons of copper ore were mined by these four men working eight hours day. The daily mining of ore now av- erages about ten tons. The ore is then shipped without sorting to the Old Do- minion Copper company, the smelter returns of which show an average of H. per cent copper. The ore also ear- ries high values in magnetic iron. The mining operations begun in August will be continued by the company and the ore shipped as fast as it is mined. About thirty burros and two freight outfits with trailers are used to pack the ore to the smelter.
 At present the company is eoncen- trating its work on the Arthur claim and ore is being taken from the tunnel workings. The vein is a strong one, of varying width and poekety. The tun- nel OF the Arthur is drivea about eighty feet, exposing the quartzite com tact, the vein strong the entire distance. The hanging wall of the vein is lime stone, and the ore is mostly carbonate, which occurs in the iron in varying widths, although the entire width of the iron vein reveals streaks of carbon ates.
 This property has one of the best sur. face showings in the district, and has all the characteristics of a big mine. With paying ore at the surface work ings the company is in excellent eondi- tion to go on with its mining opera tions and undertake the work of sinking to determine the permanent value of the property. There are few prospects that are able to assist as materially as this one in paying its way towards its fullest exploitation. Stopes near the mouth of the tunnel, which produced great quantities or ore, indicate the present as we'll as the future value of the property. This tunnel will be driven on following the strike of the ore into the precipitous butte, insuring a depth of about l15 feet when the apex is reached. There are also number of open cuts on the Arthur claim from which quantities of ore have been taken.
 The work has been confined princip- ally to three claims, showing the direct course of the vein and the presence of the same character of ore. The Alice claim has a shaft sixty-five feet deep in lime from the bottom of which crosseut has been run ll0 feet into the quartzite contact. In the crosscut the vein is cut although the copper values have leached and the iron appears only in seams.
 In addition to the work described there is about 200 feet more of devel- opment work on the claims, all of which shows more or less carbonate ore and iron streaked with carbonate
 The Apache company is controlled by Messrs. Pfsters and Charles T. Martin of Globe and only small portion of the stock is owned by outside parties. It is one of the oldest properties in the district, having been at one time in the early days owned and worked by Sul- tan and Sidow and afterward by other parties. The present owners secured the property by purchase, paying $25,- GOO for it. After some development work they formed the Apache company to fully exploit the vein, and the work begun in August of this year is but the beginning of continuous activity. The work is under the management of E. F. Pfster, well and favorably known in Globe and other Arizona mining camps