Los Angeles herald., 1909-12-04
WILL DEVELOP BIG
COPPER MINE IN
PLACER MOUNTAINS
CONSOLIDATED COPPER MINES
BEGINS WORK
Los Angeles Corporation owns Nine
Miles of Mineral Belt, Extending
East from Property of the
Clara Consolidated

The Consolidated Copper Mines
corporation composed of men prom
inent in mining and financial circles OF
Los Angeles, has begun extensive NorN
on what is destined to develop INTO
one Of the big copper mines OF Arizona. ma.
T. j. Carrigan, who organized ILle
clara Consolidated Mines company
Il s osborne. who went into the d.s-
trict when there were but three "nile
men engaged in prospecting IN ma
norton of the state, and Frank Rop-
bins are the executive officers of ihe
syndicate, which owns nine mlIeS u
highly mineralized mines, eNlen9iIls
cast from the east line Of the NlaId
Consolidated. ,,..-.
There are 12S claims in the holdings
of the Consolidated Copper Mines De
sides a location Of l2O acres Whlch II
SET aside for a permanent town, TO De
known as Ozona city. Here are located
The main offices of the company, the
ASSAY office, a commissary stocked
with foodstuffs and mine supples
powder magazines, Corrals ana d
pumping plant which supplies pure
water for mining and domestic pur-
noses. Two automobiles are in serE-
ice three four and two two-horse
teams. The camp is eight miles from
Swansea. the terminus of the swan
sea &, Arizona railroad, now Dulldlhg
from Bouse on the Parker cutoH OF
the Santa Fe.
The development work now under
way is under the direction OF trahh
Parish, an experienced and capable
mine superintendent, and eleven camps
have been established, with force
of sixty-two men, which is to be in
creased to eighty. At present work IS
confined to the following named
groups: Revenue Copper Mountain,
F1ephant Hottentot, Copperiield,
Comet, Ogden. Dome City and Mineral
Zone. With the assessment work nm
ished, Mr. Parish will establish two
permanent camps and continue the
development work in ore, of which
there is already a large amount eN-
posed.
The early entree OF Mr.. Osborne into
what is now known as the B0use dis
trict in me Planet mountains gave
him an opportunity to make his seIee-
ton of ground, and the extensive work
which he has since done has been IN
ore in every instance The tonnage al
ready exposed is sufficient to justify
reduction Aworks. which will eventual
ly be installed
r. J. Carrigan is well known for his
success with the Clara Consolidated
of which he is vice president, and mis-
connection with the Consolidated Cop
per Mines gives it the hallmark of
merit. Frank Robbins, who is vice
president and manager, is too well
, known in his profession to need more
Ehan the announcement that he will
personally direct the work of develop
ing this empire OF wealth.
Following are the names and num-
her of claims embraced in the hold
ings: Echo group, tWenty-eIg{ht
claims: Crescent, six claims El Mo
lena, eight claims: Revenue, fifteen
claims; Copper Mountain, four claims;
Elephant, six claims; Hottentot, twen-
ty-eight claims; Copperneld, six
claims; Comet, two claims ogden.
eight claims: Dome City. eleven
claims; Mineral Zone, ten claims,
Mr.. Osborne, who is up from camp
TO attend to some business matters,
says there is much activity in the
Planet mountains, with thirty camps
established south Of the Bill Williams
Fork The Mineral Hin is working
force of men. the Planet has forty
miners employed and is preparing TO
operate two churn drills in prospect
ing. The Arrow. a gold-copper prop
erty, is working and has a fine show
ing.
The Clara Consolidated. of which A1r
Carrigan is vice president, has a large
which it plans to have in operation
early i'm 1910. George Mitchell is the
manager Of the Clara and the prop
erty is now being inspected by several
stockholders who reside i'm France.
The company is laying track on the
railroad from BOuse and is out about
three miles with the rails. The road
bed is graded To the head OF the can
yon distance of seventeen miles, and
all of the bridge work is done The
smelter is to be increased from 400
tons, as first planned, to 700 tons, and
it will be but a snort time until cop
per bullion viii be produced in the
3ouse district
The Swansea & Arizona railroad
which is the name of the line from
Bouse will be of great help to the
Consolidated Copper Mines and other
operating companies I'm the transpor-
tation of supplies and machinery, and
will also be a valuable feeder to the
Santa Fe.