The copper era., 1909-01-28
MINING NOTES
Pertaining to CIiftOn-MOrenci Dis
 trict and Surrounding Camps.

Report has it that the Copper Mines company of Arizona is anticipating a considerable amount of development work on its various claims during the present year.
 J. T. Yeakey, one of the old pros- pectors of this district, has estab- lished a camp in Unknown district couple of miles up Wards canyon. He is doing development work on a gold prospect.
 Walter Doudna, who is interested in several copper claims near Met calf, is doing a c"nside rable amount of development work on the Gypsy Queen, on which claim he has re- gently encountered some good ore.
 J. F. Nicolls, the new secretary of the Gold Belt company, reports that prospects are now good for the com pany to again enter the class of oper- ating companies of this district, after a close down of several months. The starting up of these mines will mean employment for a nun Der of miners.
 The Metcalf district has been
 rather quiet during the past two weeks on account of the temporary closing of the A. c. mines. On the other hand the Shannon Copper con- pany is employing more men in its mines at the present date than ever before in the history of the com pany. The new work started re- gently by this company is the Coro- nado mines in the Metcalf section and the Weaver property in the Greenlee district. A considerable number of men are employed on this work.
 During the past few weeks orc shipments from the Standard mines have been suspended, pending the letting of new contract to the smell ters. The Detroit company of Mo renci, whose contract expired on the first of January, has been handling the ore from the Standard mines the past year or longer. No announce ment has yet been made by the man. agement of the company as to which company the new contract will be let, but the matter will no doubt be settled in a very short time. In the meantime development work has been progressing and the ore bins have been filled. Practically the same old forces have been retained
 The New England and Clifton Cop per company this week moved its office from Clifton to the mines for the reason that the most of the buSi- ness is transacted at the mines and much time can be saved that is now wasted in travelling. One of the other changes in the office is the resignation of c. w. Wacaser, who at present has charge of the office work. His resignation takes place as soon as another man can be secured. Development work has been cut of to some extent at the Copper King the past week, on account of the building of the new aerial tram, but there is still d good force employed. So far the Autietam is still closed, although the water is being kept out of the workings, and no doubt it will only be short time until ore ship ments will be resumed.
 The Southwestern Development nd i.-b has a lease on the Polaris mines up the San Francisco river, and who have expended more than S40, 900 on development during the past three years, will resume active operations the first of February. It is reported by the management of the company that a large amount of good ore has already been developed and ore shipments are plated in the near future. The Polaris con- pany will receive royalty on all ore that is shipped, hence both com panies will be benefited. This prop erty is one of the best gold proposi- tions in this district and old timers in that section are of the opinion that it will develop into a heavy pro- ducer some time in the near future. As gold prospect it has few equals in the southwest.
 THE Arizona Copper company em- ployes have organized a regular fire and during the past few days new fire signals have been issued | of the company. The object of the ire company is to protect the com many Dronerty from fire loss and if is