The copper era., 1907-05-09
MINES AND MINING.



March. The entire plant is in good
running order and it is probable that
May will show a slight increase.
However, the A. G. company has
tonnage of nearly 400 tons of Besse-
mer copper can be relied upon. At
the present rate, unless uucontrolla-
BILE. circumstances take place, the
showing for 1907 ought to be much in
excess of the past few years. No
more floods are looked forward to for
some years to come, that is if history
can be relied upon, and the A. c..
company, as we'll as others, can look
forward to a magnificent future.
SHANNON OUTPUT.
The output for the Shannon Cop
per company for the month of April
amounted to 627 tons of Bessemer
copper, a slight decrease from last
month. The Shannon is preparing to
increase its output at an early date,
when it is expected that it will reach
far above the present tonnage.
When the new railroad is built the
Shannon company will be in a posi-
ton to handle more ore, although it
will be necessary to have more
blower capacity added before the out
put can be materially increased. These
things are now under consideration
and will no doubt materialize before
the year 1907 is out, when it is ex-
pected that the Shannon will be
among the heavy producers of the
territory. Under present conditions
the Shannon is able to produce more
than 700 tons per mouth, although
the slightest interruption in opera
tion means considerable Shrinkage
in output. 600 tons average per
month is not at all poor, and the
Shannon will make that average
easily. 1t has continued to increase
the past year until now it is on
solid basis and will be able to main
tain its past record.
]. w. Prout, mining geologist
with headquarters at Denver, Colo,
arrived in Clifton last week on bust
ness. He is spending several days in
camp looking over various proper
ties. He is connected with several
mining concerns operating in Arizona
and has spent the most of his time in
the Globe district of late. He is well
pleased with this district and thinks
it is as good as any of them.
L. j. Broshears, who formerly re-
sided at Metcalf, but now living in
the valley, came up this week to look
after some mining interests. He is
associated with several parties in d
claim near Metcalf which has devel-
oped to be a pretty good thing. 1t
seems that there is some dispute over
the lines of the property and the
boys have been stopped from ship
ping ore. 1t is likely that an under
standing will be reached in the near
future. The A. G. company owns the
conflicting property.
Ambrose Burke, one of the oldest
prospectors and miners in this dis
trict, came in from his camp this
week on short business trip. He
has just about finished doing assess
ment work on the Copper Plate and
Antietam groups, which are owned
by himself and other parties and re-
ports that they are looking we'll. He
has devoted much of his time to the
development of mining claims in this
district. He informed the ERA re-
porter that he had just received d
handsome present from w. H. Adams
a mining expert who recently visited
this district. The present consisted
of two valuable volumes: Spur S
works on economical geology and
Kemp's works on rocks pertaining to
mining.
The New York-Arizona Gold and
Copper company, under the manage
ment of John Molder, is now forging
ahead with development work in a
number of places on the property of
the company. An illustrated pros
pectus is now in circula ton, which
sets forth the advantages and OBJ
jects of the company. A consider
able amount of stock has already
been taken by local investors, who
have confidence in the merit of the
property. Shipments from the
Louise and various other claims in
the group owned by the company
have given exceedingly rich returns.
The district in which the mines are
located is a good one, adjoining the
property of the Gold Belt Develop
ment and Reduction company, which
started on a small scale and has met
with such great success as to make it
one of the best propositions in the
camp. The Gold Belt stock was put
on the market at Is cents per share
less than two years ago and TODAY it
sells readily at 40 cents. The New
York Arizona stock is also being put
on at Is cents and the chances are
that with proper management it will
make the same record as the Gold
Belt. For years that district has
been known to contain gold, silver
and copper, and while some rich
strikes have been made, still the dis
trict has not amounted to much I'M
til recently. Several parties have
realized considerable money from
shipments made from that district,
but as d whole the values would drop
a little and work would be stopped.
But with the Gold Belt it has been
different. They struck good ore and
it has been improving all the time,
Sinking has been carried on to some
extent and the values have held up
well. The district is not alone con-
fined to gold, which has been rather
popular of late to parties operating
in that section, but much copper has
been discovered recently, greatly en-
HANGING the prospects and interest
of those interested personally A