Arizona republican., 1909-02-20

tions at the 1OO-foot, 200-foot and 3OO- foot level.
 Begin Shipping at Once.
 There are about one thousand tons of shipping ore now on the dump, and this will be shipped to Fl Paso at once and it is expected that enough ore will be taken out right along to continue shipping, and it is thought that by the time the 3O0-foot level is reached that the shipments will amount to a car per day. In fact, it is the intention of the company not to sell any more stock whenever the production will pay for the deevlop- ment. The Little Butte property is practically a grass-rOots proposition, and in this respect it is vastly differ ent from most copper properties, al- though as a matter of fact this mine is not strictly a copper proposition because it runs very high in gold. Of the ore shipped from this property it has averaged over $10 per ton gold. Of the fifteen cars of ore already shipped theN average valuation of the metal in phe ore has been s45 per ton. Thus it/is easily understood why the properly can be made to practically pay for its own development.
 The Clara Consolidated Rushing.
 Zone of the busiest places in Arizona /today is the Clara Consolidated at Swansea, above Bouse At the rail- road station at Bouse there are now several hundred tons of lumber, smell ter supplies, water pipes, engines. hoists, etc, ready to be hauled, and as soon as teams can be brought in this hauling will be rushed. There are now six eight and ten-horse teams in this freighting business. and 1t Is in- tended to put on some fifty to sixty of these teams. Several large outfits are now moving towards Bouse to en- ter the service. Bouse is gradually becoming one of those famous mining camps or mining towns where the long freighting teams come rolling in every night and get out early the next morning. But this all means business for BOuse, and today all the business houses and saloons are doing a thriv- ing business and preparing to do many time the present business within the next few months.
 Swansea Water Works.
 The first car of three-inch water pipe has been received at Bouse for the Swansea water works. There are three cars of pipe en route for this work, besides a ten-horse power en- zine and pump All of these are ex- pected to arrive in Bouse every day. and as soon as received they will be taken out and laid. The big well is completed and ready for the installa- tion of the pump. The well is located four miles from Swansea, and the wa ter will be pumped to a tank at Swan sea and distributed from the tank to the shelter and works, as well as to the residences and business houses.
 Old Maid Makes Rich Strike.
 The Old Maid group. which is locat ed about six miles south of BOuse, has now developed rich gold ore at the 60-foot level. The old shaft on this property. which Is located at the south end of the property, is on a well de fined Assure vein of gold bearing quartz and copper silicate, but the values are not so strong. At the 100- foot level the vein faulted and a new shaft was started at the north end of the property. This new shaft is on the same Assure veing. but the gold values are much better This shaft has developed richer ore with depth. and is now in very rich ore The vein is well defined and over two feet wide Assays on the lower workings show as high as $500 per ton. while the lowest asays have been better than S20 per ton. This property now has about thirty tons on the dump, which will be shipped to the Fl Paso smell ter right away. All of this ore will run better than s150 per ton. How ever. this vein is not all gold, but con tain. in addition to the gold. high grade copper siucate and iron.
 It is not generally supposed that the district surrounding Bouse is a gold country, but the recnt develop ments on thes old Maid group would indicate that it is likely to develop into a rich gold country, with rich copper values. It does not matter much whether it is called a gold coun- try or a copper country, the ores all carry rich values in both gold and copper.
 The quartz vein running through the old Maid, and on which these shafts have been sunk, is traceable for miles along the mountains. and it is thought that some very rich gold and copper properties will yet be developed on this dyke. The hanging wall of this ledge is porphyry and the foot wall Is diorite. This diorite does not appear on the surface as a foot wall to this Assure, but at a depth of about forty feet it shows up so that the rich val ues appear on the contact between the porphyry and diorlte. This is consid- cred one of the best of indications for a rich property. All of the big mines in this country. that is, including much of Arizona and Sonora, are to be found in the diorite dykes.
 Two New Buildings for Bouse.
 Stillman and Henninger, merchants of Bouse. are making arrangements to erect two fine buildings. One will be used as meat market and grocery and the other will be a public town hall. These buildings will be built opposite the depot. They will be built