Bisbee daily review., 1908-04-05
JEROME MINES
WEEKLY NE
OF DISTRICT
United Verde Extension Shaft
Now Down IT'S Feet Hayes
Copper Company Hosting
Machinery.

Machinery.
An abiding faith in the Jerome gold
and copper belt is %ore and more in
evidence at home and abroad, and de-
velopment work continues actively,
saws the News. Mr.. John A. Bolen.
Of Chicago, a well known and well
posted investor, in the course of con-
versation, said to News man a few
days ago: This is my first visit to
this section of Arizona and must say
that the substantial manner in which
number of your local companies
have planned for systematic deep
mining at once attracted my atten-
ton. There is an air of business in
the character of the work in prog
ress, and / believe that important
strikes are sure to follow before the
lapse Of many months"
The shaft of the United Verde is
now down about 775 feet and for a
week past some sulphide bearing
quartzite has been coming up. The
company's prospects of cutting a good
ore body are certainly favorable.
The finishing touches on the big
steam hosting machinery OF the
Haynes Copper company, the latest
addition to the companies in this dis
trict operating with power plants,
were made this week and the wheels
are turning in most satisfactory
manner. The complete installation of
this plant was effected in less than
two months after the arrival of the
machinery here, which is regarded as
quick work. The shaft is down 100
feet and it il the intention of the
management to sink to the 1,2O0-foot
point, for which ample power is pro-
vided.
The Arkansas and Arizona company
continues to crosscut from the GOO
foot level of its shaft, and the chang
ing rock indicates the crosscut is
passing into igneous formations. :
The Sycamore company has closed
down because of the difficulty of
handling the heavy flow of water In
the shaft and the intermittent pres
ence of a deadly gas. Diamond drill
equipment has been ordered and will
shortly be installed, to prove up the
ore bodies.
The Hull Copper company continues
to drive its drift and also its tunnel
with a. view to connecting the two,
the breasts of which are now within
less than 1000 feet of each other.
The company's prospects, in explor-
the ground between these two open
ings. are regarded excellent.
During the past week work in he
Verde Grande shaft developed an
important change. The slate and SER
pentine formation was cut through in.
to a comparatively soft and heavily
iron-stained porphyry and schist. and
at the same time an additional flow of
water was encountered. This is
what is called water level, below
which the enriched values, If any ex-
ist. have been precipitated and de-
posted in the substantial sulphide
zone lower down With the charac-
teristic energy of the management, i'm.
mediately after the flow of water
could be approximately determined a
station pump was ordered, and as
soon as the shaft cuts through this
water zone a station will be cut and
sinker and station pumps installed
in the shaft to handle the water
Three full shifts are constantly en-
ployed by the company and although
its hitherto rapid sinking will doubt
less be slowed up some because of
the additional water flow, the change
is looked upon with keen interest as
foreshadowing the near approach to a
large ore body,
J. s. Acker, fiscal agent of the Bos-
ton & Jerome company, has gone east
as a special agent of the company
with viw to facilitate deal on
hand If he is successful the com
pany's promising property will be
equipped with a modern steam plant
and work will be resumed
The CLEOPATRA company is work
ing small force and some high grade
ore has recently been taken out. 'ares
specimens of which are on exhibition
in the window of the Bank of Jerome.
The Mescal Mining company is
pushing work on their tunnel, south
of town, with two shifts and with
good prospects of opening up an ore
body as soon as a dyke toward which
the tunnel is being driven is en-
countered.
The Eta mine has passed to the
control of A. J. Doran. This property
is equipped with a hoisting plant and
q ten-stamp mill ami has recar din
gold production.
Considerable interest the past few
days has centered about the drill
plant Of the Yayapai Oil G Develop
ment company at alley Station. The
drill is down s45 feet and a most fav-
orable turn has just developed.