Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1907-02-24
YAVAPAl MINES.
Interesting Items From Number o.
Properties.

Regular shipments Of ore are being
made to the Humboldt smelter from the
properties Of the Spar Mining company.
in the Mayer section. being operated
under the management of \. Popkess.
The success of this concern during the
past few months has created much in
terest in the mining resources of the
district. besides contributing much to
the revival of the industry there. The
management expects i'm a very short
time to be making regular daily ship
ments of a car load to the smelter from
the immense body of ore being develop
ed in the new shaft being sunk.
a large consignment of tools and sup
plies Will be shipped today TO the
Great Belcher mine in the Big Bug dis
trict, upon which active operations will
be commenced at once. a force of men
has been engaged the past ten days in
overhauling the hosting and pumping
machinery, preparatory 10 commencing
the unwatering of the compartment
working shaft, which is now 799 feet in
depth. The shaft which is perpen-
dicular one. is a three compartment. to
the depth of $50 feet only two compart-
ments being carried below this level.
The shaft will be sunk to a depth OF
1000 feet. when crosscuts will be run
to the ledge. which has an immense
outcrop for over 800 feet in length on
the surface. and in which large bodies
OF iron pyrite ore have been uncovered
on the 400 and 500 foot cross cuts from
the shaft. a force OF miners will also
| be employed in pushing the drift from
the 4OO-foot level ahead along the vein
where there is a body of ore sixteen
feet in thickness opened for some dis
lance
An important strike is reported from
| the Rosalie group of mines, where a
body OF IS per cent copper ore has been
uncovered in a Wine being sunk from
tunnel on the vein The thickness
OF the ore body is not known, the en-
| tire bottom of the Wine being in ore
I Of the character mentioned, part of 1t
being a much higher grade. The tun-
mel is now in a distance Of 800 feet
along the ledge into the mountain. The
Wine. where the important strike was
made. is sunk in the tunnel at a dis
lance of about 200 feet from its mouth.
on account of the bad condition of the
roads leading to Mayer from the dis
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( smelter have been much delayed. \
new gasoline engine and an air COM
pressor have been installed and will De
pressed into service as soon as some
necessary fittings recently ordered are
delivered. Power drills will then be
used in pushing the tunnel ahead and
the Wine down and the force of miners
will be constantly increased.
In the immediate vicinity Of the Ros-
allie the Brooklyn Arizona Copper CON-
pany has a force of men engaged il
/ sinking its new three compartment
: shaft which it is proposed to sink tC
a depth of 5000 feet. Work here IA!
been delayed considerably on account
of the condition of the roads.
Work has been temporarily suspend.
= ed on the properties Of the Copper
2 Creek Consolidated Copper company
, lying between the Rosalie and Brook
ilyn-Arizona. awaiting the arrival o
: machinery recently purchased. tn,
: management Of the concern believing
= il more economical to cease operation,
entirely until the new machinery is in.
stalled.-Journal Miner