The copper era., 1907-01-31
MINES AND MINING.

ASH elk MINING COmpdny'S prop
erty, arrived this week from Boston,
where he spent some weeks. He ex-
, poets to remain here permanently
and will devote his entire time to the
development of the property, which
has made a splendid showing under
} his management. The company are
making regular shipments to the
Shannon smelter, and the ore is
more than paying all expenses of
development.
George Dudley, manager of the
} Standard mines, was in town yester-
day and reports that during the pres
ent month seven cars of ore were
shipped, two of which came from the
Copper Center claims. The ship
ments during the month would have
been much heavier, but the Coronado
railroad has been taxed heavily since
the floods, making it inconyenieut to
handle all ores offered. Mr.. Dudley
expects to roll out heavy tonnage
during the coming month. He re-
ports the various mines OF the COM
pany as looking remarkably well, and
is quite confident of the great future
success of the company.
E. U. Beauchamp, general manager
of the Gold Belt, came in this week
and reports that while doing develop
ment work, a new lead 10 feet
wide of carbonate ore was struck
which averages 81 per cent. copper.
1t is an ideal teaching proposition
and the immensely of the vein guar
antees an inexhaustible supply for
years to come. The striking of this
new lead was entirely unexpected,
which adds additional interest
to the company's property.
During the past year the Gold Belt
company has demonstrated what can
be done in the district by intelligent
development work. It commenced
work on its gold leads, and then the
discovery was made that it also had
large and rich copper deposits,
which had been overlooked by former
owners. The company is now deyel-
oping its copper and gold leads, and is
making d most remarkable success.
Copper ore averaging about 30 per
cent. is now being shipped, and this
last strike of carbonate ore Will
Justify the erection of an immense
teaching plant.
1. N. Stevens visited Pyramid and
Lightendorf camps near Lordsburg,
in Grant county, N. NJ, and was sur
prised at the splendid showing made
by many mines in that section.
About the first mining ever done in
the great southwest was in
that section, when the district was
known as Rawlston. Many COM
panies were. organized and operated
there since that date, with varying
success, and while some of them
made money for short periods, prac-
tically all of them eventually booked
failures. This was not tor lack Of
mineral but due principally to the
base metals which predominated
throughout the ores. The mining
was done for the silver and gold con-
tained in the ores, but the large per-
centage of copper which they con-
tanned prevented profitable treat
ment, and one after another OF the
companies gave up in despair. The
district was practically abandoned
until late years, when it was found
that the ore could be shipped to the
copper smelters and treated at a
handsome profit. Since then the dis
trict has revived and at the present
time many paying mines are being
opened up. 1t is claimed that much
of the. ore from that section will
average from $40 to $50 in gold and
silver, in addition to the copper.
The ore also carries much iron, and
is very desirable for smelling pur-
poses. MIR. Stevens was surprised at
the shallow work done on most of
the claims, but he found ore in album
dance everywhere, and thinks the
district has a wonderful future. The
mines are from four to eight miles
from Lordsburg, and all have good
wagon roads, which are now being
utilized, but the time will soon come
when one or more roads will enter
the camp for the haulage, and then
! it will take on an era OF development
that can best be expressed by the
single word "boom."
Henry Hill has taken charge of the
rock work along the river front near