Arizona republican., 1908-11-01

fA+'f CCts us-opCtldl NOITE- spOndence of The RepubIican.-The
 mining business in this section is as
 bright and prosperous looking as
 ever. As the election day draws closer this district appears to be
 growing daily. After election has passed into oblivion big things to be done in this locality will assume
 more definite shape. There are nu- merous large mining companies here such as the Ray Consolidated Copper company, the Kelvin Calumet com
 pany, the Sultana- Arizona company.
 the Eagle M. & Copper company.
 the Arizona Hercules company. all having immense valuable properties waiting for the word to go ahead. The Ray Copper company has at the present time six large drills pros pecting it's large property and five more drills are expected daily. Two of these drills are the Keystone and the balance are Star drills. The Star drills are conceded to be the best. They drill faster. work smoother and will penetrate the earth to greater depth At the present time there are several hundred drill holes averaging 400 feet in depth and several holes 800 feet. These holes are 100 feet apart. Ore has been struck, with few exceptions. in every hole. The ore lies in blankets and is thus easy to determine about the amount of ore they have Every one knows by this time that the Ray property is one of the largest and most valuable in the country and that 1t will be only a short time be- fore operations will be commenced on huge scale, and then all who have stuck to Kelvin and Ray will be amply repaid. When you know that men like Sherwood Aldrich, presi- dent of Ray Consolidated Copper company; W. l.. Austin, celebrated metallurgist; A. Chester Beatty. for many years consulting engineer of Guggenheims; H. NJ. Blackburne. capitalist; Eugene P. Shore. treasurer of Ray Consolidated Copper com pany; Spencer Penrose. millionaire mining man; c. M. MacNeill. presi- dent Utah Copper company; Lord George Gordon, English capitalist: John Annan, financier of Detoitte Plender Griffiths & Co.,; J. C. Jack ling, general manager Of Utah Cop per Co.,; c. L. Mudd, consulting en- gineer. and Philip Wiseman. general manager of the Ray Consolidated Copper company, are back of a prop erty, it can be safely relied on as going to amount to something. The above mentioned group of capitalists arrived here a few days ago in c. NJ. MacNeills' private car, direct from New York city and spent several days looking over the Ray property. Nothing was given out as to what was going to be done, but if the good humOr they were all in during their stay here could be taken for anything. it certainly looks good for this section.
 W. w. Glenn has contract with the Ray Copper company to run tunnel in several hundred feet.
 E. W. Steward. superintendent of the Ray company's drills. is a very busy man these days. He is always Oh Niit Jump puts HIS lO anything that comes along. He is very popular with the employees, and Is an expert on anything concerning the drill workings. When a new drill arrives and it moves with more than ordinary speed it is always noticed that Mir. Steward is at the throttle. He certainly keeps things on the move
 MT. Wheeler. the surveyor employ ed by the Ray Copper company is very busy now surveying off claims preparatory to. patenting.
 Surveying notices are to be seen going up all around this section.
 The Eagle Mountain Copper com pany. Col. P. T. McGrath general manager. are doing considerable de- velopment work at the present time Several contracts have been given out for tunnel work, and from the nature of ore brought to light, they certainly have a good property.
 A powder house, machine shop and several commodious dwellings have been built. the roads have been improved and altogether business at the Eagle Mountain Copper camp looks very encouraging. Colonel Nc Grath is a good. live business man, and things under his management should prosper. He has had many successes elsewhere, and if the Eagle Mountain Copper company don't be- come one of our largest mining com panies in Arizona many people will be mistaken.
 The Arizona Pacific company otherwise known as the WOOley mine, located on south side of Gila river and several miles from Kelvin. are reasonable sure of commencing op- erations in a very short time after election. Manuel Villar is superin tendent of this property and predicts a good future for this property.
 Harry Cells has been doing his an- nuaI assessment work on his property near Wooley the past few weeks. Harry has a splendid showing on his property and feels that he is going to dispose of 1t soon.
 Bob Renfro, owner of the much talked of Renfro group of copper