Bisbee daily review., 1907-06-16

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 this contact varies in width from 25 feet to 150 feet.
 The ores of the district are of a
 self fluxing class and sought for by
 the smelters. All the ore so far ship
 ped has been carbonate and oxide ore, i with a lime-iron gange. Gold and sil-
 yer are found in the copper ore. The present developments are open | ing up both oxide and sulphide ore The Copper Crown property con
 sists of five claims and is situated
 at the northwest or west end of the l Apache mountains and in the McKin-
 ley fault. tThe deepest and most ex- {, tensiye works in the district are To-
 cated on this property and it has been
 the only producer in the camp for
 many years. This property was re
 gently sold for s1OO.000 and the pur-
 chasers are preparing to operate on a big scale.
 Adjoining and surrounding this. property is the Apache group, which
 consists of 35 claims Upon the prop
 erty are number of shafts, varying
 in depth from 20 to GO feet deep. All the pits and shafts have demonstrated the occurrence of copper in the Nc { Kgnley contract deposit The bulk
 of this property lies east of the Cop
 per Crown group and has ground ex-
 tending over the Mckinley fault for
 some 40O0 feet.
 The property of the Hachita Copper
 Development company adjoins the Apache group, on the east, and con
 sists of 22 whole claims and seven
 fractions. It covers about 400 feet
 of the Mckinley deposit and has a
 number of shafts and pits varying in
 depth of from 10 to no feet The two
 important shafts are the Quisn Sabe
 and the Star; the former is no feet
 deep, with 25 feet of drifting and 20
 feet of crosscutting on the 100-foot level All openings on this level are in good grade of concentrating sul- i phide copper ore Hoisting has been carried on with a horse whim. but a
 gasoline engine, hoist and compressor have beeen purchased by the com tpany and are now in transit, which will be installed at the Quien Sabe shaft as soon as possible. The Star shaft is now down about 30 feet. Adjoining the Hachita Development Copper company on the east is the Chappo group, which consists of some 50 claims. The property has a num- | Der of shafts and pits, all of which have a very good showing and vary | in depth from 15 to so feet. The i'm i portant workings are on the "ora"
 and "Coololah" claims, where three
 shafts are down from 90 to 80 feet deep and another 30 feet deep on the
 Mckinley contact. This property covers about 500 feet of this contact.
 Considerable money has been spent on the property and a gasoline hoist l ing plant Is installed and in operation at one of the 80 foot, shafts. They ] have developed several thousand tons of sulphide copper ore, ranging in grade from 3 per cent to Is per cent. Two of the S0-foot shafts have gone | through 50 feet of sulphide ore. This property was sold to people 1 identified with the Calumet & Arf- | Zona interests very recently for con 1 sideration of $200,0 ,000.
 ] The Anta group lies north of the | Copper Crown and Apache groups, ! adjoining the latter It covers the | Apache fault contact-across fault bearing north and south. It consists 1 of five claims and has a special loca- l tion. Along this contact are several | holes, 10 to 15 feet deen which have 1 opened up a vein of iron oxide six
 feet wide, carrying lime and copper
 carbonates The property covers
 over POGO feet of the Apache contact
 which is a very important one in the
 district.
 The Palomas group lies south of the Hachita Copper Development compa- ny, which it adjoins 1t also adjoins the Apache and Chappo groups. This property consists of Is claims and
 although not much work has been done upon it, it occupies a very good position, covers important ground and good results are expected from future exploration.
 Besides these groups, there are oth- CTS which will no doubt come into prominence after efficient prospecting has been performed upon them. The future of the district looks ex- ceedingly bright. and all developments of sufficient extent are demonstrating permanent ore bodies of economic value. The district is destined to be- come an important factor in the pro duction of copper in the southwest.