Weekly journal-miner., 1909-02-24
JEROME BIDS FAIR TO
 BE ANOTHER BUTTE
From Thursday,s pailyl

trial center as Butte, Montana, IS the unanimous opinion of mining engin- eers in close touch with recent devel- Opments in the properties of the Cleo patra Copper Company.
 Operations of the company under the direction of General Manager G. w. Hull and Superintendent J. W. Hubbard have been carried on last year with more than usual energy, re- sulting in the blocking out of one shoot of ore 137 feet in length and ifteeen feet in thickness that carries copper values better than 15 per cent. This stope is now yielding from 40 to 50 tons of this class of ore daily. Its size has not been determined, as the ore is as large and rich in the face of the drift as any part of the deposit opened.
 The shoot is tapped by a erosseut from the Dillon tunnel at a depth of $50 feet below the apex of the ledge. The ore body is exposed on the sum- nit of the mountain in what is known as the Hull cut and the Silent shaft. A conservative estimate places the value of the ore now blocked out at $5,OOO,OOO, providing the deposit is permanent height of 700 feet above the drift level
 The erosscut into the Cleopatra ground starts from the tunnel a dis tanee of 1900 feet from its mouth. The ore body was struck 174 feet from the tunnel.
 The ore is a bOrOnite and sulphide, combining an ideal smelting prOposi- ton with the addition of a small per centage of limestone of which there is a plenty in the immediate vicinity.
 The finishing touches are being put on a ffty-ton smelter at the mouth of the tunnel, which the management ex- poets to have ready for operations next month.
 The Dillon tunnel passes through 800 feet of the Cleopatra Copper Company ground. It connects with the shaft on the ''ss" claim at the main works of the United Verde Cop per Company. It is 4,6sO feet in length. Connection IS made with the ] 45O-foot level running from the "ss" shaft by a raise of 80 feet. Since the connection was made January 30 there is excellent air in the Cleopatra work ings.
 The tunnel was startd in Deception Guleh over 12 years ago by Ralph Dill lon. It passed into the possession of G. W. Hull about ten years ago. It also opens the claims of the Hull Cop per Company at depth ranging from 500 to 1000 feet.
 Fiv of the eleven locations eOmpris- ] ing the Cleopatra group cover the main ledge or deposit now being de veloped.
 A large portion of the residence part of Jerome is located on the hold ings of the Cleopatra Copper COmpa- nv. so that the mineral value of the property is enhanced by its desirable location as part of the townsite. It lies immediately south of the business part of the town.
 7 A diamond drill has been purchased bv the Arkansas and Arizona Copper Company. It will be placed at the $40 station on the 6OO-fOot level The
 drill has sinking capacity of l,5OO feet. Boring will be started as soon
 as the drill is ready to start.
 Drifting is in progress on the SOC foot level of the Little Daisy mine , This property is owned by the United , Verde Extension Mining Company. Il lies immediately north of the business lpart of the town.
 The Jerome Verde Mining Company } is preparing to resume sinking its man . shaft. The shaft is 800 feet deep. Il , will be pushed down several hundred ? feet.
 The Copper Chief Mining Company l is running a tunnel to connect with lt' , main shaft. This eompany's holdings ? are located six miles south of Jerome , An immense tonnage of ore is blocked out in the mine.
 The Movies Copper Company's mail
 shaft is now down 60 feet under thu
 supervision of J. F. Movies, superin
 tendent.
 - Operations are being pushed on thu n Haynes Copper Company holdings l under the direction of General Mana | ger T. E. Campbell. J. J. Boran ha f resigned as general foreman of the Bii - Stick Gold Mining Company to aeeep S the position of foreman at the Haynes He will leave here today for Jerom e with General Manager Campbell.