The copper era., 1910-02-03
The New England Company.

people, who are interested in the
success of the company and desire to
know something about it. There is
nothing obtainable as to the amount
of work that will be done on the
property in the immediate future,
but through A. E. Elliott, one of the
members of the advisory board, the
ERA has secured the following in
formation:
1 want to call your attention to a
brief review of the opening up of
the Rocky Gulch end of the Copper
King vein and some of the values
found there. In the spring of 1888
the Great Western company was
operating in this end of the Copper
King vein and about that time a
shaft was sunk on the foot wall of the
vein at point 60 feet from the
northeast end line of the Ollie claim,
and the southwest end line of Copper
Bullion claim. This shaft was sent
GA feet deep and ore was struck at
about So feet. Several large chunks
of ore which were taken out of this
shaft and broken up and sacked and
packed to Clifton. This ore was
weighed on the scales of L. Fraissinet,
a merchant of Clifton, weighing 100
pounds. These samples were sent to
L. B. Darling, "a metallurgist of
Providence, r. l., for treatment and
he returned to the treasurer of the
company from this ore three bars of
fine copper which weighed 80 pounds.
The Bullion assayed well in both gold
and silver, the exact amount l am
unable to state. This ore was black
sulphide of copper. About this time
a tunnel was started from the Rocky
Gulch and was called Rocky Gulch
tunnel. The first 60 feet was in a
changed porphyry, which is a casing
to the hanging wall of the vein; cut
ting through the last 10 feet or SO of
this casing the drills became copper
coated. Two samples were taken
and sent to Mr.. Darling for assay,
they returned traces of copper and
one of the samples SS4 in gold and
silver "A ounces of it being gold) and
the other returned sixty four dollars
and some cents, principally gold
values; this shows that this body of
changed porphyry carries values and
as there is indications of big body
Of ore as shown on the surface. 1t
seems to me that it should be pros
pected thoroughly. The striking of
this ore body on this end of the Cop
per King vein and being on the 500
foot level of the solid shift on the
Solid copper claim, and being some
2500 feet or more apart, is surely a
good indication or proof that there
must be very large bodyof valuable
ore between these two points
This Rocky Gulch tunnel or drift was
continued some so or 100 feet and
cross cut, the vein showing good
streaks of high grade ore on the
drifting. A wing was started in the
hanging wall end of the crosscut
which finally reached a depth of 70
feet, all in good ore, the drift being
32l feet long. A selected sample of
LOO pounds taken from a point in the
drift, about 10 feet back from the
crosscut, returned 4S per cent. cop
per, S2l.6 in gold and S21.1 Is in silver.
There was also a sample of quartz
that carried native copper, from
about the same place, which returned
10 per cent. copper and S25 gold. [
refer TO these things in detail to
show that in this portion of our
mines are exceptionally good values
that go below the S0Ofoot level of
the Solid Copper claim and that
there are indications for enormous
large bodies of ore to be had on this
end Of the vein when properly devel-
0ped. South of the mouth of tunnel
in Rocky Gulch there is between 800
and 400 feet wide, vein cropping that
IS heavily capped with iron which
has been prospected with good re.
turns but is uudeveloped with much
promise for the future. 1 refer to
the New England vein or Black Lode
in conjunction with the Copper King
vein on the Ollie. l feel that at this
junction there are many of the stock
holders who have heard of the great
United Verde as being one of the big
copper mine but who perhaps have
never known that it is the biggest
gold mines in Arizona and that in its
i've larger veins coming together is
the place that these great values are
found. We have a similar situation
in the Missing Link on the northeast
slope of the mountain from the Solid
Copper. In addition to the five veins
where they come together is the
crossing of the Golden Gate vein at
0r near this point. At the junction
below the teaching L believe will be
found the record breaking ore body Of
the district, both for tonnage and
values. Where it has been exposed
much evidence of it is there but
water is perculating through it. 1
also believe that the sulphides will
be rich in gold. Mr.. Farish's report
speaks of this situation of the cross
ng and functions of what might be
expected there.
In fact I feel justified in voicing an
opinion that when these mines are
developed that we will
nave one of the biggest copper pro-
lucing companies in the Clifton dis
-rict if not in the territory"
The W. C. T. U. of Clifton held
heir public meeting for January &C
;ording to previous announcement on
Friday evening at the Methodist
Church. Those who were present en-