Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1907-06-05
BIG DEAL MADE IN ELLSWORTH
DISTRICT.
(From Sundays DailyD

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the Ellsworth district, Yuma county,
where four large mining properties are
now in the shipping list, besides a
number Of promising ones In various
stages of development, another i'm.
portant mining deal was closed, Fri.
day, when the title to the Bunker group
of claims passed from II. X. Bunker to
the Narrower Copper company, a cor.
poration recently organized by n. A.
Lund Of Philadelphia, Pa, who has MS.
ISOLATED with him a number Of prom.
inent Pennsylvania capitalists and 10.
cal professional and business men.
The deal followed a report on the
group submitted by Geo. r. Shurtleff,
general manager Of the Crown King
Mines company, who made n thorough
examination Of the group in the past
two weeks, and VINO gave as his opin-
ion, yesterday, that some Of the great.
est treasure vaults Of copper and gold
yet uncovered in that region would be
found associated with the two large
diorite dykes which traverse the loca.
tions, paralleling each other in q north.
westerly and southeasterly direction,
and only thirty feet apart.
These dykes intrudc through the
granite. gneiss formation and the en-.
tire filing between them is highly min.
eralized in copper In one place where
a shaft has been sunk an ore body IL
exposed nine feet in thickness, follow.
ing the dyke, n large portion Of which
assays as high ms 30 per cent in copper
and s35 10 the ton in gold. This ore
body has been proven to follow one Of
the diorite dykes for considerable
distance by a number Of swallow shafts
in which it is exposed. The high grade
copper values are found in n lime gan.
que in the form Of oxides and carbon.
ates, on the surface, which change 70
chalco'pyrites when water level IL
reached. at n depth Of from $50 20 800
feet.
The management Of the new concern
has already perfected an extensive plan
Of development, which includes the run.
ming of a tunnel as distance Of $50
feet to tap the contact at "a depth OF
about 200 feet. a station will then
he cut and a shaft sunk to IA depth OF
800 feet, from where drifts and cross.
cuts will be- run along the contact to
develop the ore bodies that crop on the
surface. Work on the tunnel will be-
commenced at once and later air com.
pressor equipment will Dc installed to
assist in rushing the tunnel and shaft
rs fast ms possible.
The group, which consists Of nine
claims. adjoins the properties Of the
Ora Cobre Copper company. which
have been opened 10 n depth Of 242
feet by u perpendicular shaft in which
an extensive ore body was encountered
AZ the 200.foot level.
The camp is located about twelve
miles west Of Wenden on the \. 4 c.
railroad, and within two miles Of the
survey Of the main line Of the Santa
Fe'Pacihe railroad, recently surveyed
through that region, connecting with
the 4. l. e. railroad near Bouse. A
good wagon road leads 10 tas group
from wenden, and water In any guam.
tity can be developed In Butler Val.
ley, Immediately adjoining the group
Associated with him in the director.
ate Of the Hareuver Copper company,
n. A .Lund has ex-Associate Justice
. the Supreme Court J. J. Hawkins Of
this city, president Of the concern; D.
A. Burke, member Of the Twenty. fourth
Legislative sssembly from this county;
Amos Andrews, superintendent Of NE
water works Of PlainReld, N. J., and
George +. shurtlen, general manager
Of the Crown King Mines company, who
viii also act in the capacity Of con.
sulting engineer.
Mr.. Lund visited the Crown King |
mine yesterday in company with Mr..
Snurtleff.