The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1907-07-19

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COPPER COMPANY i
General ofaie.: 61o-6>1 F4.4 N.t.oa.l B.nt
Bui1ding, Dufoth Minn.
Local Office: Bisbee Arizona and Cananea, Mexico
Capitalization $3,ooo,ooo /
Par Value Of Shares, $500
incorporated Under the Laws 81 Arizona
+. OFFICERS
Rsat v;es Ss:;ssst
.~:: ny DIRECTORS
MARCUS Fl? rra1AE RAYoHEz4!
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-. Inc rays ananea Copper Company has completed
ITS organization and has commenced operations This
the holdings Of The Fortuna Mining companv and t
Sonora Development Company, Is denouncements in all
OF which heavily mineralzed and lies in two compact
bodies which lie one and one half miles apart an aver
Development Work
On the Azurite Claim shaft has been sunk on one
OF the outcroPs of this property 2 feet Deep At six feet
from the surface this shaft the vein of
per coming up from below in the shape WEDGE From
10 feet down the whole size of is also in
ORE Inc average of all taken from the shaft
silver. 0"0 anu ~ oon'eS OF
The company has recently started WORKING shaft
under the outcroppng of this vein about 10 feet
below the collar of the shaft and will crosscut the
vein 30 feet down from the collar new shaft This
the of the orechute and enable the to
begin immediate shipments of high grade ore This
VEN Is one and one half miles long and all com
Ontl,e sulphate Claim there is an ANTIQUE mine con-
stopped high GRADE silver live
which they encountered the surface and followed
about 100 feet each way
inns is one OF the many pay streaks that through
and parallel the large bodies of sulphate ores
+, The Fortuna Mining Company recently drove a
level with the bottom of the Antique Shaft The pur
pose of this to drain the old works. This they did
and continued the tunnel beyond, and also driving
crosscut distance of 40 feet did not encounter The
hanging wall The tunnel and have both been
Values the highest per- n t so9
vein you'd give an of from per copper
and 20 ounces silver Is per sulphur and some
This means splendid concentrating and self flux
ing ore.
Louis Loranger, one of Duluths most reliable ex
Perts sampled dump waste from the old Workings
The assay of said samples give $4,000 per ton This
and fully feet in Width Of this distances
the ay-Cananea Copper Company owns nearly two
miles, 1t IS believed that this will prove to be one of
the largest and richest suphate veins ever yet dis
covered IN the southwestern copper country
mere also the company has started to sink working
shaft at point about 500 feet of old work.
ings This is the bottom of CANYON and at the
foot OF the hills the object being the 100 foot
ieve and drt to cross-cut the yein This drift would
be from 200 to 2O feet below the outcop the
has been crossed. ~ y , $500 - = eO
The two shafts above mentioned are being driven To
ore tor early shipments At same time the
company commenced to drive tunnel from the foot of
Tia e1xyi1l
fGeo near e future and when nearly
crosscut anywhere from 20 to 40 copper bearing lodges
From this tunnel the company and will commence
to mine before the is driven 200 feet and "
crit both ways on each ledge when crossed 1t will be
seen by the above that number of claims held bv the
company have passed the prospect stage and are now
known to contain ore in large qualities.
Since the organization of this COMPANY thew havs
acquired by purchase LOO Of inera1ized land IN
the Mans1ni Mountains six miles south of Cananea
II >:<-.->. Capitalization + e Il = S>x5
b. $3O00O00 divided into 100000 shares par value Of
200 saeh s1o shares of ts has been placed the
used ID pay Of organzato and to paw for the