Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-10-07

has ever been made in the Copper Creek
district. In fact, a four-foot ledge that
runs 40 per cent copper Is among the
richest in the territory, and it is a fore
gone conclusion that mining men and
mining experts will soon be swarming to
that section of the county.
Charles E. Mckinley, president and
general manager of the Mckinley Mining
and Development company, reports that
good ore has been struck in the shaft on
his concerns properties, in the Copper
Basin district. where sinking was re-
Gently resumed, after the installation of
the new hoisting machinery. The ore
streak was opened with the first round
of holes fired In the bottom of the shaft.
The shaft was 160 feet deep when sink
ing was resumed. 1t has been pushed
down several feet since the new ore body
was struck and the streak appears to be
improving in value with depth. The COM
pany's property is located about one mile
south of Iron Springs ard about seven
miles west of Prescott.
Idle for Ten Years
After lying idle for more than ten years
the Bordeaux mine, in the Big Bug dis
trict, now promises to be among the
largest producers in that section in
very short time, under the management
of w. H. Reiterman, secretary of the
Money Metals Mining company, who is
opening the property under bond from
Fred Ref.
Although it is scarcely six weeks since
he secured the bond on the mine for his
concern he NOW has over 100 tons of ship
ping ore on the dump ready for trans
portation to the smelter at Needles, Cal,
besides several hundred tons of a lower
grade concentrating ore. According to
his statement the ore shoot Is opened a
distance of AZ feet from the 100-foot level
in the shaft. 1t averages in thickness
from two to three feet and carries values
in gold, silver, copper and lead of SIG
a ton. The ore is heavy sulphide. as
saying at least 10 per cent in lead and
from 6 to 6 per cent in copper.
1t is said that deal is pending for the
sale of the Experimentation at Ray. Only
few miners are at work on that prop
erty nov. Some $4,000 feet of dave opm :
work has been done, and over S100,0Oo ex-
pended in opening up the claims. There
are four shafts on the group, the deepest
OF which is 800 feet
Big Deal
. G.. G. Young of Mammoth has just sold
twenty-five claims to George l.. McKin-
sey, who represented English capital. This
property adjoihs the Clark-Scanlon group
which was taken over by the G.. & A.
last fall. The deal was made on the last
in the neighborhood of 100000 Besides
Mr. Young there were several other par
ties interested in the group. Mr.. Young,
however, retains seventy-two claims and
there Is a deal now on for portion Of
this group. The names of the groups
soil were known as the Navajo, Sduaw
and Raymond.
Instead Of closing down on account of
the present price of copper. plans are
md xuoU fnr ha NJ a.
ditional 100000 in the development of the
Twin Buttes mines near Tucson.
The general manager of the Mansfield
Mining and Smelling company of Mans
field. reports large bodies OF milling ore
in the Black Cap mine at the 50-foot level,
with some good sized streaks of shipping
ore. Stopping will be begun as soon as the
upraise Is completed to supply the neces-
sary ventilation Gray copper has been
cut in both the lower levels OF this mine,
and assays show "a per cent copper. so
ounces silver and q ounces gold, or a