Arizona republican., 1908-04-24
THE MINES OF FINAL
 AGAIN BECOME ACTIVE
The Progress of Work on Properties
 About Ray and Kelvin.

Kelvin, Ariz., April 22.-(Special Cor respondence of The Republican, )-The mining business in Kelvin is picking up a little bit each day. There Is a number of very valuable properties in this section which are attracting the attention of Easter capitalists. One very valuable copper strike in particu- lar is being very much sought after by a number of parties. This is Bob Rem foo's property, located one mile from Troy. Renfoo has developed his claims in numerous places. having made sev- eral tunnels. one 1S5 feet long and has crosscuts in several places. All of his tunnels show very fine ore and grows richer the deeper the shafts are sunk This property, from all nearby indica- tions is-an immense body of ore depos- ited between two mountains. Renfoo has had a number of assays and they all run above ten per cent. At present time the property is bonded by J. Jay Sullivan, who is in no hurry to close the deal as he well knows the value of it. The Troy Manhattan Develop ment company of Troy. have had their eye on this property for long time and is very anxious to secure it. Col Onel P. T. McGrath. a well known mining man of Colorado has been here the last few days looking over Ken foos property and is very much i'm pressed with ii This property is rated as one of the best in Pinal county.
 Fitz-Mac, the noted mining writer. has been in this section the last few days looking over some property and the country in general and reports very favorably on it.
 J. Shoemaker has some very exten- tensive and valuable claims across the Gila river from Kelvin which are well worth looking into by capitalists.
 Dad Fry has returned to Kelvin from a short business trip to the coast. He has several parties interested in his property at Kelvin: but they think the price a little high. The property in question is located right at the mouth of the Gila River and Mineral Creek and is also direct on the P. & E. rail- road. MT. Fry has tunneled and sunk in number of places and good ore is found, in every one, also a number of assays show up very rich.
 At the Sultana Arizona Copper com pany work is going along steadily. At the present time Paul Stevens has se- cured a contract which will keep a. number of Mexicans working for some time The Sultana's machinery has not yet arrived but is expected daily.
 P. Wiseman. the genial manager of the Ray Consolidated Copper company has been away to the coast the last few dave nd If tioned as to what the Ray company was going to do, he replied that they intend to keep the drills working at Ray. but would put no more men on at present. He is very hopeful of the future and trusts that on one of his near future trips to the coast. to bring back word to commence work proper MT Wiseman can't bring the word to commence operations too quick as all Kelvin will be on the jump imme- diately
 The drills at Ray have been moved to the old workings and will prospect this ground for several weeks. There have been about 40 holes sunk so far and they have all showed traces of good ore. The Ray Copper company has very extensive property and it will take sometime to thoroughly pros- pect it.
 The Kelvin Calumet company. under the careful management of w. B.. Twitchell, has been in full blast the past few weeks. Professor Clarke. MT Turner and Mir. Rutledge. three of the principal stockholders have been inspecting the property and are high ly pleased with the run and the way it is conducted. There are number of men working. It is not known at present time as to whether this will be permanent run as they are wait ing on word from the east Mir Twitchell is very hopeful of the future and says that if we will all only have a little patience everything will come out fine in the near future.
 The Halbert family has moved their dining room from up the hills to the center of the business part of Ray. This will liven things up a little and cheer up many heart when he thinks of the good square meal he can now get here.
 George Peirson and Eli Piper have been called to Florence to serve on the jury. MT. Cloud will take Peirson's place at Ray during his absence and