Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-04-05
PRINCESS GROUP
CHANGES OWNERS
EMPIRE COMPANY ACQUIRES
VALUABLE PROPERTY
MAMMOTH COPPER LEDGE MAY
BE TAPPED ANY DAY
strongly Financed Organization In
Cochlse County Prepares to Enter
New Era Of Assured
Prosperity

The Empire Copper ana Ioiu Naiit"e
company of the johnson distrlct
cocbise county Arizona. is making
ranid progress in its development work
ora 10 now within a few feet of the
hig ledge ofycopper ore 1t has Tor some
time past been seeking. ore mas az
ready been encountered tnat ooii'e a.nS
chaleopyrste, besides malaenlte ana
lime CRYSTALS. Iron Is prevalent. Inc
ledge is known to be a mammoth one
and ali signs indicate that 1t Will pc d
fortune maker. .,roars
Eminent mining men ana engi,eG,ls
have often said of the johnson dlstrlcI
that II would be richer and more iast-
INC than the Bisbee district, and con-
ditions at the Empire at this WHITING
only emphasize their statements.
The work now in progress IS at the
4O0-foot level In the north driit apuu'
6S0 feet from the shaft Seth MERRITT
the superintendent, expects da1ly ~, 10
break through the foot wall INTO the
vast ore body known to exist. Hither-
10 the main bodies OF ore taken OUT ~
the district have been mined from tns
hanging wall of this same leage, anu
the Empire will be the first to tap its
Foot wall. Horace ]. Stevens, the
great copper expert. says of the John-
con district that 1.-The intrusive gran
itic core is flanked by schlst, quart
lite conglomerate and limestone, tne
latter carrying ores near quaItslse
contact" and this is exactly what eA-
lists now at the Empire.
spIendldIy> Managed
This property Is spiendidiy man
aged and is one of the few that have
Worked day and night through all the
hard times of the past year and
half Like man of iron and gen
eraI Mr.. Merrill is slowly but surely
forging ahead, and ere long VIII nave
demonstrated to the mining world tnat
the Empire property Is one OF the ricn-
est and most productive copper pl2po
sitions in Arizona. The recent strikes
in the Johnson district. together with
the wonderful showings on the Empire
Is producing great activity ana az
tracing to it the attention OF the cop
per kings. o,.
There are several very rich copper
xronositions in the Johnson district,
hut II is generally conceded by all VINO
know that the Empire Is one or the
hest ones in the district. Besides its
great wealth in copper II mas IA
cilities for working exceeded by no
mine in the district II Is crosse 70 .no
railroad, has plenty of water ana can
ado business 365 days in a year. ASIDE
from the big ledge above mentioned
the Empire has several other lodges III
sight that are yet to be developed, III,
Guiding those on the Cowboy group OF
claims, which have large quantities
of 3 per cent ore in, sight
Few people not initiated realize the
great amount of work necessary TO
develop a copper mine INTO payins
financial proposition. but when once u,
shape to smelt ore they seldom ran
to produce large returns. iahing az
people have been more than ordinarily
successful. The mine can begin ship
ping ore at once.
Broken Machinery Stops work
The company has been delayed by
one or two machinery breakdoWns, put
thus far has met with no loss or lie.
Spencer w. Clawson, for twenty-three
years the mine superintendent or the
Copper Queen mines at Bisbee ana ac-
knowledged as one of the ablest copper
experts in America, says that ne never
knew of a good mine that did not nave
occasional accidents, and predicts Tor
the Empire a wonderful future His
associate, John w. Dillingham; an ex-
merit of the highest standing and abii-
ity. also predicts bright and prosper
Gus future for the district. MI. Gil
bingham has long known the Empire
property and praises 1t mighty.
The Empire company, however, is
not basing all it's hopes on the Halter
ing conditions that exist on Its present
workings.
A few days ago the company,
through its board of directors, author
lied its secretary, III, Fl. Morrow, ana
its general manager, Seth Merrill, 10
purchase of O. t. Smith and others tne
well-known Princess group of claims,
eleven in number located about SIX
miles south of the Empire and one
mile west from Dragon station. This
proup is bounded on the north by the
Higgins property and is short dis
tance away from the now Famous Cen
turion on which Jack Richardson found
a cave containing many thousand tons
of copper ore running over % per cent
in values. The new purchase will be
equipped with modern machinery at
once for handling the ore in sight ac-
cording to up-to-date methods. Large
quantities of ore on the Princess
chalcopyrite, the highest forms of sui
phide ore. Several carloads of ore
from this group have been shipped 20
smelters and the returns show it to be
V of very high grade.
Developments on Princess
More than $4,000 worth of efficient
work has already been done on the
Princess group and its value at the
present time is variously estimated all
the way from 100000 to $750,0o0. A re-
markable feature of the Princess group
is the fact that it is crossed by the
main line of the Southern Pacific rail-
way and portions of the track are ball
lasted with copper ore running all the
way from 10 to so per cent in values.
Probably no other railroad in the world
uses such expensive ballast.
The claims are all on comparatively
level ground and easy to work. Shafts
are down on each one all the way from
ten to 100 feet, and thousands of tons
of rich ore are in sight
The capital stock of the Empire, by
reason of the vast asset that has just
been added to it. will not be increased.
and this knowledge will be of material
interest to those financially interested
in the company.
. The Empire now includes the Empire,
the Cowboy and Princess groups of
claims, thirty-four in number, or
about $50 acres of land.
Everything about the Empire is donO
in careful and conservative manner
on a strictly business basis Each
month the books are all gone over and
audited by one of the ablest certified
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