Weekly journal-miner., 1909-01-20
LITTLE MARY MINE BEGINS ID SHOW
 QUALITY Fancy Lead Ore Is Discovered on The
 Bisbee-Sonora


 DOUGLAS, Jan. l5.-Ths Little Mary Mining Company, organized some live years ago and composed almost exclusively of Douglas people, whose property lies in close proximity to the great Leadville-Courtland district and which has been lying dormant for some time, is awakening to its possi. bilities. The property consists of l2 claims upon which a shaft has been sunk to a depth of 100 feet. Some high grade ore was encountered in this shaft and the formation at the bottom of the shaft is mineralized and indi. cates the close proximity of tae ore body.
 Water was encountered in the shaft and finally the company was obliged to suspend work, not having sufficient financial strength to install necessary pumping machinery. Later investiga. tion makes 1t certain that the water is not a permanent flow but comes from seepage, and now arrangeents have been made to take care of the water and continue the shaft to a depth of 200 feet. From all indications the ore body will be encountered long be- fore this depth is reached.
 Silvered ore assaying .12 OF. and copper ore assaying 49 per cent have been taken out during the prosecution of the work.
 The property lies in the upper Sul- phur Springs valley, 40 miles north of Douglas, 3ll miles east of the Com. monwealth mine, one mile from the Fourine mine in which a phenomenal strike has recently heen made, and about eight miles north of Leadville and Courtland. One of the surveys made by the Southern Pacific Railroad Company from Peace to Douglas pass es three. fourths of mile from tho property.
 John r. Esparna, a practical mine of many years experience, has just re turned from the property and is yer, enthusiastic over the prospects. H' has taken the contract to sink th' shaft and has made arrangements t' put on three shifts and rush the worl to completion.
 The striking of l4 feet of leadsilve ore is reported on the Bisbee-Sonora Of this ore about feet is estimated to carry values of s25 10 the ton; an' the remainder is believed to be suit able for concentration. Tne strik' will be fully explored, and if it con tinue to hold up SO as to warran steady shipments are proposed to b made by the company, it is said.
 The strike was made at a depth O about 70 feet vertically, at the neV working below and to the right of th upper tunnel, on ledge whose direc ton is from southeast to northwest. shaft was first sunk on the ledge 10 deptn of 70 feet. X crosscut tunne , was then started and run for a dis tance of l5 feet northward. m th hope of eneouniering the vein. AT } parently they were by this time to far north. and perhaps too far wes' So. instead of continuing the erosseu' , n drif, a little south of east was the ! run. and the orebearing ledge was 500 . encountered. On account of the la ! of the land deptn was gained in thi , drift. so that when they reached tn 4O.foot shaft they broke into it at tn 9 bottom. Hese, by investigation in b erosseut, the vein was found to be ' feet wide. as above described. If in the intention now to drift 0 this vein to the southeast, and invest gate it fully.
 ' The upper tunnel on the list inst WI e in 27l feet. having been driven io fe' r during the month of December Tf
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 er and carries iron, with here an