Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-03-06
Tom Brennan Loses A Cargo Of
 Machinery
Improvements Made At The Different
 Camps
(From Thursdays Daily.)

During thc past year thc develop mcnt of the new copper country opened by the Arizona & California railroad in inc Bill Williams River range and Col. orado River districts has been little short of wonderful, and judging from inc number of new companies commenc. ing operations there, and negotiating for the purchase of properties, it is safe to predict that the coming year will witness some mineral discoveries there that will be the most substantial in the history of that rich desert land, which up to n short time ago had not been cn. tered except by the most hardy and daring prospcctors."
 This was the statement made ycstcr day by Ben Blanchard, who returned | recently from two months stay at his mines in that region.
 "Enormous difficulties are cncoun. tcrcd," hc said, "in transporting ma. chinery and supplies to the diirercn, mining camps there, but it is now con ccdcd that as soon as the railroad is completed io the river the railroad com pany will turn its attention to the con. struction of branch lines to the most promising camps, provided that ties and steel can be secured. "Tom Brennan experienced q severe loss about ten days ago." continued Mir. Blanchard, "whilc floating mining ma chincry valued at sl2,0O0 from Needles 10 his mines by the ovcrturning of the barge, the entire consignment going to the bottom in sixty feet of water ol most within sight of the landing place. The delay in the development of his mines by the loss of the machinery will be n greater financial loss than the price of the supplies, and the present prospects are that he will be compelled to abandon the work of raising it and purchase an entire new outfit.
 "Sam Butler, known to all old timers, as the Father of the Desert, , recently sold his Chicago group of mines 10 the Corona Copper company, Pitts burg concern, retaining an interest in tbe company of which he has been elected general manager. Under his direction n large hoist Is being installed and camp buildings erected preparatory 10 the commencement of large opera tions. The ore body in his mines is one of the largest exposed in the dis trict, and the grade is high enough to permit of its operation at n profit even under the present adverse conditions.
 "s. h. Blatchly, superintendent oi the Copper Pride mine, owned by Lo' Angeles syndicate, has new gasoline hoisting plant installed and new com partment working shaft sunk 10 depth of 12O feet. The ore showin, in this property is considered to b' excellent as well as that of the Coppc Dome, upon which n hoisting plant wa recently installed and in which ney compartment shaft now l50 feet deep being pushed down as rapidly as pos siblc.
 Cooper ore, rich enough to ship n profit to the Humboldt smelter, is b' ing mined from the Osborne 'Wadde mine in which the working shaft is no' 200 feet deep, and in drift from tn 3OO.foot station on the Billy Mae mine body of high grade gold or was recently struck that is said to b among the richest eyer mined in tn district.
 "In the National Gold nnd Copp' company's mines n good body of col per ore was recently struck in tunn and the great ledge is being crossc' at the l0O-foot level. Crosscutting also being carried on at the loofo' levels of the shafts on the holdings the Howell Mining company and Co tinental Consolidated Copper compar and there is large amount of ore the dumps of these mines ready Y shipment as soon as n branch railro' is built into the locality.'