Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-26
RAILROADS HELP
BOUSE DISTRICT
CONSTRUCTION WORK GIVES
IMPETUS TO MINING
PROMINENT OPERATORS INVEST
IN PROPERTIES
General Public Receives Encourage
ment Through Step Taken by Capt.
talsts, and Entire Region
Becomes Active
Especial to The Herald


BOUSE. July 25.-The building of the
new railroads in and around the Bouse
district, consisting of the swansea 81
Arizona from Bouse to Swansea and
the building of the cutoff from Parker
to Bengal, Cal, has given an impetus
to mining activity in the Bouse dis
trict, and during the past few days
there has been more attention paid to
the district not only by the people at
home, but by those from all parts of
the country. Letters of inquiry are
being received daily from all parts of
the west, and particularly from Los
Angeles, making inquiry regarding cer-
tain properties and the general devel-
opments of the district. The recent
purchase of several properties by some
of the most prominent mining people
Of the United States has had the effect
of creating an unusual amount of in
terest in the district. Prior to the past
few months the district was virtually
turned down by many of the smaller
fry in mining circles and the district
had hard work getting rid of the ru-
mors circulated by this class of min
ing men, but, as soon as the represen-
tatives of such mining men as the
Lewisshors, Shannon Copper company,
Scott Mines company, Calumet and
Arizona began making Investigations,
and after a long and careful inspection
of various properties purchased prop
critics 1T big figures, the general min
ing public began to take notice, and
this taking notice process is today eff
fective.
Clara First Attracts
The first property to attract the at
tention of the mining men to the dis
trict was the Clara Consolidated, which
started over a year ago to do things.
This property is twenty-five miles
from Bouse, on the Bill Williams fork.
During the year this company has done
several thousand feet of development
work, built a smelter and converter, in
stalled water system, built a big
camp and is now building a railroad.
Not only has this company accom-
plished wonders for itself, but it has
attracted thousands of people to the
district because of the ricn property
which it has opened up.
The first property to open UP the Plo-
mosa range, south and west of Bouse,
and prove to the world that this range
is one of the richest mineral sections
of the country, was the Little Butte,
which was taken over seven months
ago by Meyer & Co. of Los Angeles.
At that time the Little Butte was a
mere prospect, but these people have
made a mine of it. and today it is prov
ing to be a wonder, far richer than ex-
pected. About a month ago the Little
Butte was consolidated with several
other claims adjoining and organized
into a new and stronger company
called the Little Butte Consolidated
Mines company, being headed by j. w.
Sharpe and H. B. King of Phoenix and
several other prominent capitalists of
Arizona and Spokane, Wash, Meyer &
Co. retaining n large part of the stock
in the new company, a place on the
directorate and the general agents for
the stock in the company.
The new company has taken charge
of the property, has increased the
working force and is rushing devel
opment work as fast as possible.
New Hoist and Shaft
During the past week a new sixty
horse power hoist has been installed
on the rev double compartment per-
pendicular shaft, which is now down
forty feet. Work in the old incline
shaft, now down 240 feet is progress
ing, as we'll as work is beiLg done in
the east and west drifts at both the
10 and 220 foot levels. Another car
of high grade ore was shipped last
week to the Ell Paso smelter which av-
shipped, running IS per cent copper and
S12 gold for the entire car This ore
was taken from the 22O drift and from
the surface open cut east of the old
shaft
The DAILY Mines company of Los AM
geles, which owns the Vulcan mines,
consisting of sixteen claims located
few miles south of Bouse, are sinking
a shaft on the Hat claim of the group
to the 150-foot level. This shaft is a
discovery shaft and it is reported to
be in good pay ore. The Vulcan is To-
Gated in the Plomosa mountains in the
same range as the Little Butte, but
further south. The formation is quite
similar, the ore occurring in contact
veins between a gneiss foot wall in
places and in other places a reef of
quartzite occurring between the gneiss
and the ore, the hanging wall being
metamorphosed limestone and earlier
eruptives consisting of diorite and por-
phyrles. The veins are large and per-
sstent and with depth the richer ores
will likely be found in repla cement in
the lime schistS.