Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1907-12-25
VISIT : dist Ant
ARIZONA MINES
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markable exhibition. The ghost
dance is a religious ceremony with
the Indians, but it was hard for the
visitors to see much religion in the
spectacle of the half naked savages
dancing around camp fire in their
paint and feathers. The party ar
rived safely at Copper Creek on a
beautiful Sunday morning and spent
the day in admiring the mountains
and scenery.
Copper Creek is a typical mining
town, with resident physician, a
store, a post office, and school.
This little town is located at the
head Of Copper Creek Canon, and
the property of the Company, which
consists of about 1900 acres, stretch
es along either side of the canon
for a distance of about 4 miles.
Where the mining camp is located
is called the upper camp, while
about 4 miles farther down the can
on is the lower camp, which is or
dinarily spoken of as the American
Eagle property. that being the name
of the claim where the lower camp
is situated. The ore at the upper
property consists mostly Of high
grade chalcosites, which runs from
20 to so per cent copper, and car
ries some gold and silver values.
These veins of ore can be seen out
cropping on the property, and in
some cases you can follow the out
cropping for long distance on the
surface of the ground. The veins
are narrow at the surface, but in
all tunnels and shafts the ore gets
wider as depth is attained, in some
places showing a width of 13 feet.
More or less ore Was to be found
on all dumps where any work had
been done, and the visitors estim-
ated that they saw in the neighbour
hood of 5000 tons of ore on the
dumps at the different works. They
went through probably a mile of
shafts and tunnels with ore in vari-
Gus quantities, showing in all work.
ings, except where tunnels had been
driven through barren rock to cut
under an ore body.
Near the upper camp is the main
shaft, which has been sunk on an
ore vein and which follows it to
depth Of 260 feet. Drifts have been
run from the 120 and 22O foot lev
els, following the veins for a con-
siderable distance. This shaft is
equipped with several gasoline en-
gines Of high power, hosting ap-
paratus, a pump and an air, com
presser. Back Of the camp on the
mountain side are the Summit, Cop
per Glance and Grey Copper claims,
upon which considerable develop
ment work has been done, all of
which show ore bodies of consider
able size which widen as depth is
obtained. Across the creek from
the main camp and a little lower
down is the Ute Chief claim. A
large amount Of work has been done
here. Near the top of the noun
tain tunnels have been driven and
an ore body of considerable extent
and l9 feet wide has been opened.
This ore body is pronounced by
mining experts to be very extensive
and Of high quality. On the dump
was large pile of ore which the
superintendent Of the mine said
contained over 500 tons and which
would average over $500 a ton at
present prices. 500 feet below and
on the same claim a tunnel has been
driven into the mountain side for a
distance of $50 feet in order to cut
the ore body at a lower level, and
stope down the ore from above.
After spending a day looking over
the work of the upper property, the
party took trip down to the Amer
lean Eagle, 4 miles below. On this
claim separate camp is maintained
and force Of men is constantly en-
ployed in mining. This property
contains very remarkable deposit
of sulphide ore, which apparently
has been forced up out of the earth
and which sticks out of the top Of
the mountain. Among mining men
this is called a "blow-out.' The
ore is visible for a distance of
about 300 feet on the surface, and
is 40 feet wide. Three tunnels have
been driven in under this ore body
from the side Of the mountain, the
lowest tunnel being about $50 feet
from the top. All of these tunnels
are in ore and where the tunnels
cut across the vein the ore body is
46 feet wide in the lower tunnel.
In the lower tunnel a Wine has
been sunk to depth Of 70 feet, all
in solid ore. The ore body, as far
as development has now come,
shows length of approximately 300
feet. depth of over 200 feet and
a width Of over 40 feet. The su-
perintendent Of the mine claims
that this ore will average at least
$40 per ton, and probably $40 or
$50 per ton. Most of this ore car