Arizona republican., 1909-07-25
THINGS ARE MOVING
 AT LITTLE BUTTE
]. E. Meyer Tells of the Discovery of
 a New Ore Body.

] NcW OTt OOuJs
 | J. F.. Meyer of Los Angeles. whose
 brokerage house is engaged in hand l ling Little Butte and other mining | stocks returned yesterday from a trip
 to Bouse where he carefully inspected | the progress of development at the I Little Butte mine. He brings news
 of the cutting of a new ore body | that is certainly most flattering. On | the 10O-foot level there is d crosscut
 and drift as many are aware. along ] the vein near which the shaft was sunk On the opposite side of the shaft from the old vein it was de- sirable to cut in about four feet to facilitate the making of a station. In so doing a new vein of ore was broken into that is as fine in value according to the assays made. as anything yet taken from the mine. It
 has been penetrated for six feet and
 the end is not yet. the assays show ing from F to 16 per cent copper and from $S to SIP gold This dem onstrates that the shaft is between two ore bodies. though this second one has not been greatly developed yet But it is just that much more than the mine was known to have
 before. and may prove the best of
 the two.
 The gallows frame for the new
 hoist is up and is six feet higher
 than the old one The new hoist will
 be equipped with a skip large enough
 to carry d ton at d load and ore bins
 are being constructed on the 100 and
 200 foot levels, each capable of hold
 ing a carload of ore. This is so the
 work of breaking ore need not in
 terfere with other work which en-
 gages the hoist by it's necessary
 prompt removal. A carload of ore
 was shipped last Saturday and from the assays made by Percy Sharp be-
 fore the shipment it is believed the carload will run Is per cent copper and $11 gold The ore came from the lower level in the mine and is of fine quality. There is another carload on the dump now ready for early shipment The company has an assay office of it's own so it can keep in close touch with values as work proceeds.
 A vertical shaft, double compart- ment and designed as a working shaft mas been SIdTltu dDpul OUN lttl S'ulii of the present working shaft and is now down about twenty feet. It will no doubt eventually be the main working shaft. For the present it will be equipped with the hoist removed from the older shaft. It is expected | that this shaft will cut the big vein near the old shaft at the depth of about 500 feet. the vein now dipping in that direction. The two shafts will be connected at depth affOrding good ventilation for the mine. It is | not designed at the present time to run any drifts or Crosscuts in the | new shaft until a depth of 300 feet | has been attained and by that time | it is expected the mine will be equip | ped with a big plant MT. Meyer says | that if General Manager Sharpe's | plans carry there will be a couple of | hundred men at work at the Little | Butte by the first of next year.
 MT Meyers company recently pub ! lished a new prospectus on the Little ! Butte entitled "The Second Chapter" l In it's introduction there is half l page devoted to The First Chapter" | which is a recital of the history of | the mine to the recent reorganization | The second chapter tells of the pres ent conditions at the property and of l it's prospects for the future.
 MT. Meyer says Bouse is livelier | than ever and it does not look like | an Arizona summer camp. dead and | poky. On the contrary everybody is | hustling. The grade of the Rouse and | Swansea railroad has been completed | for seven miles and ties are now | arriving on the ground. About 100 | men and 200 head of stock are work | ing on the grade.
 The development of the Hearts De- sire property continues. the shaft be- | ing down 130 feet now and cross cutting being done on the 100 level | The hoisting machinery expected has | not yet arrived and makes work a | little slower than it otherwise would l he.