The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1907-05-16
MINES AND MINING.

of this district. Hardly week paSSe:
without prospectors visiting the
district.
VIM. Heating, one of the old time
mining men of this section, leaves thi:
week for London, where he goes or
mining business connected with the
Arizona Star Mining company, whose
mines are located in the Metcal1
country. Mr.. Heating is the mine
superintendent of the company and
will be absent about two months.
The Clifton Northern is now laying
rails on its grade along the river
bank in North Clifton and it will not
be long until it will be possible for
the New England company to load its
ore from the bin in North Clifton in
to the narrow guage cars instead of
transferring it in wagons from the bin
to the platform below the school
house.
George E. Stevens will this week
put a force of men to work on the
Colorado mine up the river in the
neighborhood of the Sierra de Orc
claims. Work will be done on a vein
from to u feet in width which as
says from 81 to S38 in gold and car
ries good copper values. The vein is
sufficiently large to enable regular
shipments. The ore will be shipped
to the Shannon.
Work has again been commenced
on the Sierre de Orc mines above
Clifton and will be continued at a
rapid rate. A number of men are
now at work. Considerable tunnel
work has been done in past years on
the property and through this tunnel
a number of rich veins were cut. 1t
is on these veins that show paying
values that drifting will be done.
Some of the veins assay well in gold
and it is quite probable that good re-
suits will be obtained.
George E. Stevens and wife, of
Clifton, and Mrs. VIM. Chapman, of
Morenci, were visitors to the Gold
Belt camp last Saturday and report
the property booming and producing
a large output of high-gade gold and
copper ores. Sinking is steadily pro-
crossing and levels are being run and
an immense tonnage of both copper
and gold ores being blocked out.
Regular shipments of bigh-grade
copper ore are being made to the
Shannon smelter, which will shortly
be supplemented by gold ore ship
nents, the sacking of which is now
going on under the supervision of
Foreman Forest Moore.
F. H. Perry, who is working lease
on the Laura D mine up the river
from Clifton, is pushing work on the
property and taking out a.consider
able amount of ore. A carload ship
nent was recently made and another
shipment is about ready. 1t is said
hat the values of the first shipment
we're sufficient to encourage Mr.. Per
y considerably, and no doubt in the
Laura d, the district will haye a new
producer. The Laura d adioins
claims owned by the Polaris company
ind there is every reason to believe
lat the same values can be obtained
With development work. Gold exists
n that district and it is certain to
;ome to the front in the very near
;uture.
The New York-Arizona Gold and
It,, 4
ind night on its property. AT
@ sinking and the ore is being
piled on the dump and sorted |
or shipment. A party of prospect
We investors from Duncan and Mil |
yankee visited the mines last week |
Ind made personal inspection of the
They were well pleased |
With the showing and as an evidence !
# what they thought of the prop |
,rty, bought several blocks of stock. |
Up to the present date all parties |
Who have visited the property are of |
he opinion that with development |
york the New York-Arizona viii |
'rove up well.
Alex. Veitch, general manager of
he New England and Clifton Copper !
ompany, has recently made report
o the stockholders of the company
citing forth the amount of ore that
las been shipped for the months of
anuary, February and March, and
lso giving a short account of the
being made. During
he month of January 729, $50 tons of
re were shipped to the Shannon
melter, netting 81, O43.90. For
february 1923, 275 were shipped, net
ing S22,6 And for March /, 454,-
% tons, netting S25, 857.75. Ore ship
1ents were made from the Antietam
nd Buckeye, Copper, Regulation
nd the Copper King, the most of the
re being shipped from the first and
asst named claims. The net amount
eceived from the smelter per ton of
re shipped was S21.66 against S23.76
Or the previous quarter, which is &C
ounted for by the fact that con-
iderable tonnage of second-class ore
Tas mined from development work.
BY doing that the company was en-
bled to increase its revenue without
mining its frst-class ore to any
-reater extent. The 100-foot level
n the Copper King group was driven
orth in waste 30 feet at which point
concentrating ore was encountered
nd continued for 10 feet, when it
pened into first-class ore. This ore
as continued to the face and is now
distance of 60 feet from the shaft.
IN the 200 and 300-foot levels work
las been confined to STOPPING of first
lass ore and some CrOSS-Cutti limo