Weekly journal-miner., 1908-12-30
REPORTS sYLvANITE
 GROWS BETTER EACH DAY


 returned yesterday from 5ylvanite, where he was accompanied by Parker
 Woodman, mining superintendent of the Copper Queen. The latter visited the New Mexico gold camp for the purpose of mapping out the plan of development work Co be pursued on the King Solomon and Big John claims in which he is interested witn Hoy, Kelly. Loehr. McGregor and others The work will consist, in the begin' ming. of a shaft and tunnel. The surface showing of this property has been of the best in the new camp, and as they have splendid tunnel sites and are contiguous to the properties taat have thus far proven well mineralizcd on the surface, their exploitation will be followed with much interest.
 McGregor says that Butte people have invested In three claims adjoin' ing the Woods mine, t7,500 having al' ready been paid on the bond entered into by the parties. The Woods prop erty began it's orc shipments to tho railroad yesterday. Tae ore will be accumulated at Haebits for few days until it is decided which smelter 1t will be sent 10, at Douglas cr Fl Paso. Jack reports the district improving ev' cry day, insofar as the actual develop msnt of the mines is concerned. While the slight boom that cbaractefized the camps opening month has discontinued there has been no slump such ss often follows the overcrowding of new gold camps. Every step now being taken at the Eureka district is taken advis' cdly. not q week passing without the occurrence of q legitimate sale of prop erty. The misunderstanding that tied up the Holcomb property for several weeks has been adjusted satisfactorily to all parties, and but few days will elapse before the property will be send ing ore to the railroad.
 From the present progress of the camp 1t seems probable that SyIvanite will not sxpcricnc the long period of dulaess that is the usual condition of simiEar districts in the days of their probation. With several companies de velopiug their properties on substan. tiaI scale it must be seen that NO great time win eIapse until the showing made will enlist the atteusion and cap ital of mining people of great wealth.
 The Montsna people who have made the latest purchase recorded are ru. mored to be nembeu of one of the largest mining conesrns in tiT United States, but definite information as to their personnel hns not yet becs icars- ed. The Sylvasitc Globe Gold devcf opment sad others of sae esmp's prop. ertiss already developed to conpara' lively large extent ss prospects, have received offers for their claims that n month ago would have besn considered unusual, bat in the light of prcseps in- dications they refuse to en'crtain thought of disposing of their proper ties at what they consider only pvs- pect prices.
 The assessment work oe the line belt northeast of Sylvxmts is employ. ing several miners. Jack Randall vrs- ited Bisbee yesterday for supply of powder and left tnis morning for New Mexico. Jack says he SIs aever seen so splendid showing If copper at such depths as marks tie uusoverins of sulphidc ore in that portion of ths Eureka district Jack IS copper miner of thirty years experience, and his opinion has been corDborSted by several others wno have. visited tha properties in question. Tde great pos sibilities .f the geld ledgss have ovcr' sh hsdowed the importance cf this cop per property, bue it is dsrtined ss make a stir in the futusc
 When examined by person having even mdimsntary knowiedEc of cop
 per ores and formation, it immediatei,
 sbtrudes upsa snc's r.iinf' that ver,
 adverse circumstances gr- other un
 known rsascss must hsve' operated t'
 cause the propsrty's lssk of exploisa
 tion during the boom soyper days .
 the past few years.