Arizona republican., 1910-09-03
CHURN DRILL STARTS
 ON THE LONDON G|lA
Development of Promising Property
 Near Winkeman.

Actual development and exploration work has been commenced upon the property of the London Gila Mining X Power company, which. lies on both sides of the Gila river, directly above the town of Winkelman. Operations with churn drill were started several days and ago and in the first hole drilled a big flow of water was en- countered. Within q short time the company will install a plant and use this water to supply Winkelman.
 President N. H. Morrison and Su perintendent Theodore Phillips of the London-Gil are now in the city, hay ing just come down from Winkelman. When they left the first hole was sixty five feet deep and the water had risen to within five feet of the top.
 In exploring the property with a churn drill, the same system that was used by the Ray Consolidated will be employed. Holes will be drilled 200 feet apart. Thus the ground will be laid off in squares with holes at the corners. This has been found to be the best method of blocking out ore deposits.
 It is probable that the holes will be drilled to a depth of about 500 feet. The drill which has been purchased isl capable of reaching a thousand feet.
 Only about eight men, or enough to| operate the drill, are now employed by the London Gila. All the necessary preliminary work has been done and now it must be determined whether there are any big deposits of paying ore on the property. All the indica- tions are highly favorable for the de velopment of an extraordinarily rich mine.
 Should no large amount of ore bel found, however, the company would still have some valuable ground. ItI owns d power site on which an electric plant to supply Winkelman with pow CT and light will ultimately be con structed. The proposed water plant will be a paying proposition and much of the concerns holdings will be valu able for building purposes as soon asI Winkelman grows a little larger.
 pr. Morrison's home is in Harrison, New Jersey. Last May he gave up his practice to devote all his time to the London-Gila company. Since that time he has succeeded in putting the company firmly on its feet financially. It is his intention to remain in Arizona two or three months to attend to some business matters here and then go east to manage things at that end. He has been in Phoenix and at Winkelman about two weeks. Superintendent Phil lips returned recently from an eastern trip, taken for the purpose of assisting Dr Morrison in raising needed funds.
 For d month or more no work has been done on the claims of the London Mountain Copper company, of which Mir Phillips is also superintendent. This is the property which was taken over some time ago by oscar A. Tur- ner of New York and Baltimore. Work was suspended until the Phoenix X Eastern tracks are extended to Christ mas, where this mine lies. Heavy tim bers and other material, difficult and expensive to transport where there are no railroad facilities, were needed In a few days, however, Frank M. Leland, MT Turner's righthand man, will ar rive in the city and go out to Christ mas. He expects to put few men to work preparing for the time when the railroad is completed to that point and operations can be started on a large scale. Work has been suspended on the saddle Mountain, which the Lon don Mountain adjoins, for the same reaSOIl