Los Angeles herald., 1907-09-09
ARIZONA HAS
VANADIUM
LOS ANGELES CAPITALISTS BUY
COPPER CLAIMS
LEAD cARBoNATEs ARE FOUND
ACCIDENTALLY
Option on Group in the Dos cabezos
Country Is Secured for Sum
Involving Million
Dollars
Special to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
PHOENIX, Ariz., Sept. S.-Drs. Plath
and Foss of Phoenix have made the dis
covery of vanadium on their mining claims
six miles from Kelvin. The vanadium
has been found in big ledge, with the
outcroppings eight feet wide. DR.. Foss
has in his office in this city specimen
that runs 10 per cent vanadium. Vana-
dium is worth $3.50 pound, and this bit
of ore is worth so cents a pound. Vana-
dunn is a rare element, discovered In 1880
by Sefestrem, and is now used in harden
ing steel.
W. c. Price of Los Angeles has pur-
chased six copper claims in the Silver dis
trict from Mrs. T. M. Hart of Cibola-
The contract calls for $50 per month until
February, 1908, when $47OO will be due,
and on July l final payment of $5O0O
The total price is $4,000.
The Vekol mine, situated near Casa
Grande in Pinal county, one of the his
toric mines of Arizona, has been pur-
chased from the estate of John d. Walker
by e. s. Garrett and a company of Ala
bama capitalists. A first payment of $l0,-
900 was made by the purchasers last
week. 1t is understood that the total
purchase price will be $250,000. The Vekol
mine is copper and silver proposition
which was worked as sill mine
quarter of a century ago. large force
of men will Immediately be put to work
developing Inc property
Tryon & Brahi wealthy Los Angeles
contractors, have completed with A. Pop
kess of Mayer, Yavapai county, the details
of one of the most important mining deals
consummated there in months They ar
ranged for the first cash payment on the
purchase price of 100000 for the Star
group of mines in the Mayer district. Less
than one year ago Popkess secured the
group of ten claims for $500 and PAID
the entire mount from receipts of ore
taken from the grass root workings Of
one of the claims. BY this sale of the
property to the Los Angeles financiers
Popkess obtained forty times the price
he paid for the group
Discovers Lead Ledge
Another new mining company will be
organized in the Clifton district in the
very near future for the purpose OF taxi
ing over and developing the Copper Plate
group of mines, which are now owned by
Ambrose BurAe, Paul Crowley and others
The Copper Plate group is located In
Copper mountain between the big Coro-
nado mine md the Gold Belt, the lines
adjoining the latter company. Everybody
knows that the Coronado mine is one OF
the richest in this entire district, and as
the O1OWley-DuThS piOpClby mas SFiNNAA~S
of being located on the same lead as the
Coronado, there is every reason to believe
that with proper and extensive develop
ment work a great future Is in store for
the property. The country in which this
group is located is the best in the Clifton
Morenci district.
Last week William FOUR accidentally
discovered a ledge of lead carbonates five
feet wide while leading his horse over the
mountains about twenty miles due east
of Benson by wagon road that will cross
the San fedro bridge, and about seven
miles southeast from Dragon station. He
traced the great vein of lead carbonates
from about $500 feet, where it crops out
boldly on the mountain and at an altitude
of something like 5000 feet and located
three full mining claims upon IT. Already
a force of miners mas been put on the
new discovery and are sinking shaft In
ore that will pay to ship right from the
surface, judging from the appearance of
samples brought to this office, which
show the characteristic yellow and white
colors peculiar to lead carbonate ores, be-
sides stains of copper and occasional
specks of copper glance.
Large Mining Deal
Lead ore has been discovered and
opened between 80 and 40 feet deep in that
vicinity, and the lead carbonate region
there is now known to be about two miles
square.
He has live on his cattle range within
two miles of where the carbonates crop
out for twenty-six years and is an old
pioneer of Arizona, having lived forty-five
years in the territory.
One of the largest mining deals that
has been made in number of years is
being contaminated in the Dos Cabezos
mining district, whereby Mascot Copper
company is securing an option. on all of
the larger group of claims in that district
already having secured some hfty-odd
claims and the amount involved reaching