The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1910-07-01
Arizona Mining News.
Prescott.

PRESCOTT.
1t is reported that the Arizona.
Nevada Copper company, which was
until a short time ago'operating on
Copper creek, will resume work. For
the past two years the company has
been exploring its holdings with
diamond and churn drills and has es
tablished the presence of large
mineral deposit. The diamond drill
explorations were conducted over a
large area and in some instances to a
depth of 500 feet. The compauy's
holdings amount in all to over 1000
Icres of land and nearly all of the
, extent.
The Arizona Central Copper COM
pany, operating in the Black Hills
district of Yavapai county, will soon
install a triplex electric pump in its
property. The pump will be placed
at the 900-foot level from where it
will raise the water at a rate of Is
gallons per minute. AS soon as the
pump is installed sinking will be re-
sumed and pushed to the 10O-foot
level. In the meantime a station
will be cut in at the 900-foot level.
The cutting into the permanent
water level has called for the intro
duction of heavier machinery.
Mining is more active in the Stan
ton section of southern Yavapai
county at present than for several
months. The resumption of the
Octave mine by Davis and Hurry, un-
yield from that property. Twenty
stamps are droppIr" daily at the
mine and much free gold is carried
Oh the plates. Heavy concentrate
shipments are also being made to the
railroad at Congress Junction. The
Joker shaft is the point under oper-
alton.
The Mildred Gold Mining company
has its mill on the ground and part of
the machinery is in place. So far as
development work has gone this
property is very attractive, with
every Indication of becoming a pro-
ducer.
The plan of work at the Harry
Yarnell property, in the same dis
trict, indicates that the manage
ment is trying to solve the source of
the gold that gave to Rich Hill its
wonderful yield in the early days.
h1 l. hai L mi h
the intention of tapping the channel
that is supposed to have fed the old
placer diggipgs. This undertaking
is one of the most novel and inter
esting that has ever been attempted
in that district and should it prove
successful it is hard to tell what the
output of the mine would be.
At the Old Yarnell mine sinking
and drifting on the ledge are in pro-
gress, and the cutting of station on
the mill level, 500 feet in on the vein,
is under headway.
At the Devonshire group, also in !
this district, the miners fare !
working in a fine body of ore and pill
ing it on the dump, later a shipment
of sorted ore may be made.
At Fools Gulch, near Stanton, work |
is under way at the deeper points of
the Alvarado, with satisfactory re-
suits; while at the Golden Ridge and |
other mines the outlook is reassur-
ing. Several placer mines are still |
being worked in Weaver gulch, near
by, and an occasional nugget of good
value is found. Mexican miners
work the placers and dry |
washing is the favorite method for
the gold.
Thumb Butte District.
Development has resulted so favor
ably at the Silver Butte mines in the
Thumb Butte district. near Prescott,
that the installation of additional
has been decided upon by
the management and big pumping
plant will soon be placed on the
ground. This will allow the sinking |
of the shaft to a great depth as from