Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-07-04


ing sure winner and. today. this feel
| ing is stronger than ever. The new
owners and management are going
right ahead with development work as
rapidly as possible and new bodies of
ore are being constantly opened up.
When actual mining operations were
started on the Little Butte last Feb
ruary every one thought the property
| would develop into a big rich mine, If
properly worked but all calculations
have been more than realized because
the property has revealed more rich
ore at a much shallower depth than
anticipated.
The new management has taken
hold with increased activity and is
working a full force in every place
possible. Sixteen men are now EN-
ployed underground, in the old incline
shaft Drifting is being done on the
vein at the 100 foot level as well as on
the 200 foot level. Also the shaft is
being sunk and will be continued down
for at least 200 feet more with cross
cuts and drifts on each 100 foot level.
At the 200 foot level a cross cut was
run through the vein which was reach
ed at eighteen feet and continued
through the vein for eighteen feet.
This cross cut cut sixteen feet of
gold ore which averages $96 gold for
the entire distance. On the hanging
wall side of the vein the rich copper
ore was cut for a distance of two
feet. This copper ore is very high
grade and is being shipped as fast as
taken from the mine Running in the
rich copper vein there are three
stringers or paystreaks OF very rich
glance, in fact some of these speci-
mems of glance are the finest ever seen
in the southwest and assays run into
the fancy figures. Outside of the rich
copper ore the main interest centers on
the gold ore. This ore is easily work
ed and is getting richer with depth. 1t
lays along the granite foot wall and
has every indication of permanency.
On July first the new double com
partment verticle shaft was started
about five hundred feet east of the in
cline shaft. It is proposed to make this
the main working shaft and to cross
cut to the various veins on the one
hundred foot levels. A cross cut will
be run to the incline which will then
be used for an air shaft. The verticle
shaft will be sunk straight through to
the sulphide zone. The verticle shaft
will cut the three veins which outcrop
on the surface, the vein now being
followed by the incline being one OF
several hundred feet by an open cut.
This vein on the surface produced
some very high grade glance and cop
per carbonates.
Col. John W. Sharpe. president OF
the new company which is to be called
the Little Butte Consolidated Mines
company accompanied by G. 3. King.
a director and heavy stakeholder were
at the mine this week and We're very
well pleased with the progress being
made ]. f Meyer, formerly president
of the Arizona Bouse Copper company,
which owned the property was in from
Los Angeles. He expressed himself as
more than gratified with develop
ments Mr.. Meyers is still a director
in the company and has charge of the
Los Angeles office of the new COM
pany. He states that all the mining
men of Los Angeles are inquiring re-
garding the Little Butte and are
watching its developments with great
interest.
Hearts Desire Development.
The Hearts Desire nine which is To-
Gated about one and one-half miles
south of the Little Butte is a property
of great promise. This property Is
owned by the Phoebe G. Arizona Cop
per and Gold Mining company and the
majority of the stock is owned by the
Scott Mines company of Salt Lake
City. The control in the Hearts De-
sire was bought by Mr. Scott about
four months ago and since that time
he has been getting things in shape
and is now doing real mining and do
ing it in way that means success.
T. c. Warden has charge Of the prop
erty and is making excellent progress.
During the month Of June he started a
double compartment verticle shaft,
five by ten in the clear, and sunk 100
feet during June. working three shifts
per day. At present the rock is being
raised with a Wine but a big gasoline
hoist is expected in a few days. The
engine house is being built for the en-
CINE and hoist. The shaft will be sunk
straight through to the sulphide zone
as fast as possible. 1t is Mr.. Varden's
intention to sink one hundred feet per
month and keep the shaft fully tim
bered. Down to the one hundred level
the shaft is completely timbered all
the way. At the hundred foot
station a cross cut will be run to the
south to catch the veins of which there
are several outcropping and drifting
will be done on the veins as they are
encountered Cross cutting and drift
ing will be done at each hundred foot
level sE
Considerable open cut work has been
done showing up some high grade
copper gold ore in lenses ranging from
two to four feet wide The formation
is diorite foot and the ore is found on