Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-04-17
JEROME CAMP VERY ACTIVE.
(from Fridays DaiIy)

copper camp. In conversation with a Journal Miner man he said:
 The output of the great United verde mine is maintaining an average fully up to past records and the ores coming from the lower levels appears to bc increasing in richness. The big roast heaps, of which there are always forty To sixty, burning ou, their excess sulphur contents, and containing many thousands of tons of orc, appear in mary instances as practically high grade copper matte. when burned out and ready for feeding to the smclters. In fact, there are quantities of this roasted ore that could bc charged di. rectly into the converters without fur. ther smelting. Good progress is report. ed on the big tunnel, which was started last fall, and which is to tap tho main workings at a depth of 1000 feet.
 "I found good work going forward at the Hull property, and the ss shaft is being straightcncd up and cleaned out.
 "Thc United Verde Extension. bet. ter known locally ns tho Little Daisy, and in charge of ]. !. Fisher of this city, has just installed a hoist and new io'horsc power boiler, which has been set up at the shaft previously put down on this property. IL is the pur. pose to continue this shaft, which is now down 300 feet. and explore the ground to depth. They feel coniidcn, of cncountering orc bodies before they have reached the 800 foot level.
 "Thc Arkansas and Arizona people have encountered n very strong flow of water. and operations are being some. what hampcrcd from this source. How. ever, they arc now down about 200 feet, and have a most cxccllcn, equip. mcn', consisting of hoist, air com. prcssor and so.horsc power boiler.
 "Thc PittsburgJcromc company is driving n tunnel from the gulch below the shaft. which will interscct the workings at a depth of 800 feet. This tunnel IS now in nbou, 200 feet and is being pushed with machine drills.
 "Thc Jerome Verde Copper company started up on the first of the month, and now has quite q force of men strengthening up the old work and get ting matters in shape for continuous operation. l understand that tho of iiccrs of this company were expected there from New York this week, and plans will be outlined for large amount of development, covering the next few months. This company sue. cccdcd to the holdings of the olJ Verde Queen company, which produced some high grade ore and also turned out some forty or fifty tons of copper from little smcltcr they erected seven or eight years ago.
 "rhe Verde Grande Copper company is daily expecting the arrival of its new hoist, and the management claim they will have one of the finest of the new plants in the district.
 "Thc Jerome Mines Development people arc continuing exploration work with diamond drills, and was told that results arc proving most satisfac. tory 10 the management.
 "I understand that the usual forces are employed at the Mingus Mountain. Copper Chief, Black Hills and other neighboring propositions.
 "I heard discussion of several large deals that are pending in the camp Several properties are being negotiated for by outside capitalists and quite . number of eastern investors looking for copper properties are cndeavoring to secure n foothold in the neighborhood of the big United Verde mine. It ii. the general belief that several new pro ducers will bc added to this camp be fore the end of the present year. The outlook is certainly most encouraging and there has never beep n time in the past when there was SO much serious | effort being made to develop and ex olorc ground, II Is only of recent | months that anything looking to es tensive dcvelopment. outside of the United Verde, has been put under way believe we can confidently expect to see Jerome very much larger camp and heavier producer of copper with in another year, and several properties will go towards making up this total output" '"
 WILL RESUME WORK ON ALASKA MINE.