The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-04-30
MASCOT MINE NOW
OPENING UP BIG
Judge Street Gives Interesting
Details of Property in Heart
of Copperdom.
TWO VEIN SYSTEMS;
EACH IS A BIG MINE
Smelter Installation to Follow
Present Campaign of Deep
Development Work.

& stEvcry one in Arizona is saturated
with copper enthusiasm, and the feel
ing of optimism is very stroug,' said
Judge John A. Street. who is back
from Il visit TO the copper center of
the United States. Judge Street is a
director and the legal adviser Of the
Mascot Copper company proposition
which is developing into one OF the
splendid red metal sources Of that great
copper region. The Mascot property is
III Dos Cabezos, Cochisc county. with
in the same big copper zone which con-
tains such mines as the Miami, Ray
Consolidated, Inspiration and many
others.
Development work at the Mascot is
under the personal supervision of Capt
Ben Tibby. and splendid progress IS
being made in the work 1T is the
plan of the company 10 keep vigorous
development work going for the next
eight or nire months when a sufficient
degree of certainty will be canned for
the company's own smelter installa-
tion There are two points on the
property where this work is centered,
one being what is known as the No. /
tunnel. and the other as the Consoli-
dated tunnel.
By means of the aforementioned tun-
mel, now in some 1900 feet. there have
been some fine results already gained.
One vein Of black oxides of copper has
been encountered, the vein ranging
from eight 10 twelve feet IN width, and
in addition to carrying generous cop
per values the ore contains high sill,
yer aud gold averages. Tho principal
object of this tunnel. however, is TO
tap the great Cooper or Skylight vein.
which If Will do at a distance of $50
feet from the present breast. This Sky
light vein shows for over 225 feet in
width on the surface. and can be
traced easily without the assistance of
the lnnumcrable surface workings for
100 feet across the property. When
encountered in the No. l tunnel, the
management Will have at its disposal
"A vertical depth of 100 feet. This
portion of the mine naturally Is the
most attractive. and has given the Mas
cot high standing from the very be-
ginning with prominent copper experts
Of the country.
Via the Consolidated tunnel. five par
allel veins will be developed at good
depth the five aggregatIng as far as
l. now known by other workings,
eighty feet wide. all ore. These veins
already have been explored to a thor
ough extent on one side Of massive
Intrusive dixie. and the present efforts
arc concentrated on developing them
on the other side. Surface work has
demonstrated the existence of these
same Veins on the latter side, while
one already has been tapped by this
tunnel. Very good values and quantity
Of copper ore were found to exist in
this first vein The Judge states that
q b1N- hps o1
down in numerous instances TO the per.
manent sulphide zone. so the results of
this tunnel work are looked forward
30 with absolute confidence. He states
that the Consolidated system of veins,
had the company nothing else on which
to rely. would make big copper prop
crty. while the possibilities Of the mas
sive Skylight vein arc too great TO at
tempt any assertion until the actual ex-
r'oratory work has been accomplished.
Al Cortland, Ariz.. which is Just
across the sulphur Springs valley from
the Mascot property. there exists much
excitement at this time over the red
metal and mines, The principal prop
critics there have been secured by the
Phelps Dodge company and the Calu
met and Arizona people. The Ell Paso
and Southwestern & the Southern Pa
citc railroad companies both are eX-
ltHuiHS tHeI ADes 10 cortland from
Bisbee, and there is much rivalry be-
tween these two railroad systems 10
reach Cortland first All this natural
Iy gives Cortland very satisfied and
comfortable feeling.
To the north Of the Mascot across
the county line is the Ray Consoli-
dated Miami, Inspiration and other
mines of importance and interest. and
not far distant is Globe, where the ia.
nous Old Dominion company still is
achieving magnificent results. Cochise
county during 1905 was the banner cop.
per-producing county OF Arizona which
IS distinction not TO he carelessly con.
sldered.