Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-04-03

panv has reached depth of about NJ feet and everything is in readiness 70 receive The new hoist.
 Much activity prevails in the camps immediately adjacent to the Humboldt smcltcr The Iron King IS , daily shipper. as are also tho>McCabc and Gladstone mines, of The Ideal Min ing and Development company At the Jessie. Lclan and Bunker iiill ac' tive work is progressing.
 over at the Oriental the force has recently been increased and also the services of one of the best mine super intcndcnt. of The county has been se- cured, and hc will take charge of this property shortly after April l. On the Postmaster mine. of this company, a new ore body has recently been opened up. that measures twelve feet wide and gives assay returns of sj0 to $G0 per ion in gold, with ? to | per cent cop' per and some silver.
 The Poland mine, just beyond the Oriental, K employing the usual force and the 2u stamp mill is kept busy
 The Blue Bell and De Soto both con tribute large and regular daily ship mcnts to the Humboldt shelter.
 Considerable activity prevails in the Grown King vicinity, with two mills running, the Tiger Gold and Lincoln. Work K being pushed on the May flower, California Benton, Peek, Gold King, Castle Rock, Gazcllc, and others.
 On the west side of the Bradshaws, the Big O'Bricn mill is nearing com plction. \ mill K being built at the Black Rock and the Monarch Min. ing and Milling company recently started its mill and with entirely satis. factory results.
 Great activity k being shown in the camp of Globe. and the mines generally of Gia and Final counties are being developed and equipped with visor heretofore unknown in that section.
 The properties of the Ray Consoli. dated Copper company are reported sold to the Amulgamatcd crowd. There is also u rumor that inc Guggcnhcims have secured this big property. It K quite certain that change in this proposition has taken place and that big operations will bc resumed in the near future.
 The Big Lead Mining and Smcliiug company has its big conccntrator in place and operating, and shipped their first ear of concentrates to the Hum. boldt smcltcrs a few days ago.
 The Arizona llccla. Calumet Copper and other ncighboring propositions are all showing good progress Much activ. fly prevails around Kelvin. also out from Florence, where is located the Lake Superior and Arizona. thc Queen Copper Mining and Reduction. and others.
 The Saddle Mountain Copper com. pany, located at Christmas, is prcpar ing to install second shelter unit. This company is now smelling 2j0 tons per day and employing 500 men. This is one of the livclic,t new camps in the country.
 The Snddlc Mountain company ad- joins the estate of the Dripping Springs Copper Mines and Shelters company which is preparing to operate on q very extensive scale. C. F. Finncy who was vice president and general manager of the Arizona Smelling com pany. and who built the Humboldt plant, is president and general man ngcr of the Dripping Springs company Mr. Finney has had twenty years cx periencc in mining and in the build ing and operation of smcl,ers, and ha been connected with some of the big gcst plants in the country. He re signed from the Arizona Smelling com pany to give his entire attention {, the Dripping Springs proposition. B, all who have visited the holdings O. this company. it is regarded as on, of the coming great enterprises of thi Territory. The estate of the compan, consists of l,200 acres, mineralized t n wonderful degree, and with vast or
 bodies opened up at numerous point.
 It is estimated that they have at lcas
 ls,O00,O00 tons of available ore,
 showing an average value of about
 per cent. Competent engineers, wh
 have examined and reported on thi
 proposition. regard it as one of in
 biggest things in the whole countr,
 The property is very accessible to raj