Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1909-09-20
ARIZON A MINES

the first eight months of 1909 was
S5I. 759. 1873 pounds. which is 192,664.l54
pounds in excess of the 1908 produc-
ton for the same period of time.
]. Parke Claiming passed through
this city last week on his way TO
inspect the properties of the Ray
Central at Ray and the Planet mine
in Yuma county. Mr.. Claiming is
the consulting engineer Of the Levi
sohns in their various mining enter
prises and upon him devolves the
task of plotting their enterprises to
a successful issue as steady producers
and reliable dividend payers. He
stated that the work of erecting the
new concentration at the Ray Central
will be rushed with all speed possible,
while meanwhile the underground
work is being advanced by a full
force of men. A compressor has just
been finished capable of operating
twelve of the smaller drills and this
will do much toward Fastening the
work of the miners. who have hither-
to worked with hand drills. The con-
centrator when completed will be of
900 tons daily capacity.
Meanwhile one of the newly ordered
150-horsepower boilers has been
erected to operate the newly installed
double drum hoist at the Madeline
shaft, while the work of installing
the other boiler of equal capacity at
the Globe shaft is now under way.
The group now under process Of
i -,
more than twenty mine acres, the two
shafts having been sunk through the
ore body which the churn drills of
the Ray Consolidated and ella COM
panies have opened up on three sides
of the Ray Central property. The
Madeline will be utilized as the main
working shaft, while the Globe will
be used for. ventilation and for such
emergencies as any mishap to the
Madeline shaft may create The
miners are now engaged in drifting
and prosecuting to open up the ore
body in a thorough manner, the plan
being to block out the ore body in
blocks approximately 400 feet square
which can later be further opened vi
by means of additional crosscuts and
drifts.
Walter Harvey Weed. who accom-
panied Mr.. Claiming, is now at the
Planet mine. where he is devotinl
! himself to a thorough study of the
| conditions there. 1t is proposed tC
! start some drills on this property
: at an early date in order to explor,
/ the sulphide ore body that is be.
lieved to underline the present ex-
/ tensive underground workings of tn,
/ mine In a short time the work o.
sinking to the zone lying below tn,
water level will begin. as it is from
/ this depth that the future values o
! the property are expected to come.
Rex w. Dunlap, secretary of tn,
/ newly organized Northern Copper
company, announces that the work o
sinking the 600-foot shaft on thei
property began late last week. Thi'
company has fifteen claims lyin.
three miles north of Ray and one
half mile from the north line of tn
| ella Copper company, and the forma
I-tion. which was examined last weel
| by Mr.. Weed, is regarded with mucl
favor. 1t is a contact metamorphi
l-deposit quite similar to that show
on the London Arizona property near
lWinkelman. w. B. Twitchell is presi
dent of the company, and W. T
Smith vice president. and they hav,
arranged for the sale of the stool
in the east by prominent brokerage
firm.
W. Spencer Hutchinson. consulting
engineer of the Vulture Mines com