The copper era., 1909-09-30
MINING NOTES
Pertaining to CIiftOn-MOrenci Dis-
 trict and Surrounding Camps.

Walter Doudna is going ahead with his lease in the Greenlee district. He is a good worker and rumor has it that he has recently met with en- couragement by encountering a bet ter ore body, which will help receipts to some extent.
 The Big Medicine copper and the Gold Bar claims, situated in the Greenlee district are reported to be showing some excellent values in copper and gold. These properties are owned and being developed by Messrs. Nelson and Poland, who have
 been interested in number of claims in the district for several years. It is probable that they will commence shipping ore from the gold claim in the near future and later on, when copper advances in price they will no doubt dispose of their copper ore.
 Charley Stevens, the mining man of the Metcalf country, was down
 Monday last on business. When ask ed about the work now being done on
 property in which he is interested he stated that both the Stevens and Chase Creek copper companies are pushing development work along. These properties are being developed
 with tunnels that will tap the ex-
 pected ore bodies at enormous depth. Just at the present date the ground is undergoing a change in formation indicating that the ore is soon to ap- pear. Once the ore body is struck on these properties permanent producers is sure to be the result.
 Dick Lakenau, who is interested in the promotion of the Morenci Missabe mining company, was down from the mines one day this week. He reports that all arrangements are now made for the starting of work on the claims west of Morenci. Several miners have been secured and will commence pounding the steel next Monday morning. This property is located in the immediate vicinity of the recent big strike on the Simpson group and similar surface indication can be traced on the Lakenan group for more than half a mile. It is in this locality that prominent mining ex- perts advised sinking several months before the new strike was made and fba Micca ba cor0nopu iS n0u, a1-oe+ certain to make a similar showing Besides the copper showings DOT tion of the Lakenan group of claims are known to carry exceedingly high values in silver, MT. Lakenan having at various times made rich shipments to Fl Paso and other smell ters.
 J. Backstein, lessee of the Gold Belt property, returned home Sunday night from a business visit to Fl Paso. He reports that while there he pur- chased the pipe necessary for the new water line which will be run from the Eagle line to the Gold Belt mines. MT. Backstein is very enthusiastic over the manner in which work is progressing in connection with the new mill. The machinery for the mill has arrived at Morenci and a couple of wagon loads have already been landed at the mines. The foun- dation is completed and ready for the machinery, consequently little time will be lost and it now seems favorable that everything will be in running order for November first. No future delay is anticipated for the balance of the material and supplies which are yet to arrive. When asked what he thought about the new gold strike that has recently been made on the 100 level, MT. Backstein stated that it simply insures better success than he expected when he first took charge, but without it he was sure of making some money for himself, as we'll as for the stockholders of the company. MT. Dillon, who is in charge of the work at the mines, has prospected good portion of the claims owned by the company and it is rumored that other gold veins have been discovered that will add considerably to the out put of the company.
 In commenting upon the recent rich strike of red oxide copper ore on the Simpson group of mining claims last week the Morenci Leader stated that the ERA received it's in- formation from party who was di- rectly interested in that district and who also gave the Leader a deserved roast. It also stated that the strike was not known generally on the streets of Morenci, but it certainly was known on the streets of Clifton. In order to coufrm the rumor the ERA received information from a man who was in a position to know and we also secured a sample of the ore, which certainly looks good. Reference was also made of the fact that an item had to appear n the Leader in order to become known, but outside papers are using the dope just the same. It appeared