Arizona republican., 1911-03-20

Mining Congress are proving potent sources through which mining men may obtain a hearing upon matters of public importance concerning mines and mining. Through these state organizations they are enabled to present their own side of those questions in concrete form and gain the consideration of those empowered to legislate in behalf of the states welfare, says the Daily Mining Rec ord in an editorial
 No better illustration of the func- ton a state chapter serves is found than the manner in which Colorado mining men have carried conviction to the state legislature and the pub lie that certain proposed legislation would be injurious to the mining i'm dustry or that other measures. to- ward which there might be indiffer- ence or opposition were vitally neces- sary to the further success of min ing.
 The public is more keenly alive to the fact that the mining industry is one which this state must take into more serious consideration and eN- tend more definite attention. that it is an industry on which continued state success and prestige largely de- pend, and that it must not be over looked in the provision of those things which make for increased state prosperity.
 This changing attitude. which is bound to be of extreme benefit this year and the years to come. is due. in great measure, to the diligence of the state mining chapter. and oth- CT states are rapidly arising to grasp the same opportunity
 Summit
 At the Summit Copper company property the south drift on the 4OO- foot level of tho Pasquale vein is now 2l6 feet from the crosscut connecting the shaft with the vein. The high grade chalcopvrite that was encoun- tered at 142 feet from the crosscut is still in the breast. and is still four feet wide. The four feet of IS per cent ore between the 30 per cent chute and the foot wall is also un- changed, says the Globe Silver Belt.
 In Cochise County
 The Cochise Gold Mining and Mill ing Company was incorporated in February. 1910 At that time it took over four claims belonging to NJ H. Merrill. Oliver Merrill. F w. Moody. Jr.. and w. J. Smith. Since that time they have acquired other claims and at the present time have a group con- sisting of l2 claims. according to the Cochise County Press. This group is located in the Steel Hills. three and one-half miles northwest from Cochise station in Cochisc county. Arizona There are small foot hills situated in the Sulphur Springs val ley and are located similar to the hills in which the famous Pierce mine was discovered. and which Ina $ netted its owners millions. The Pierce mine is located twenty miles to the south in the same valley The ores of these two properties have simi- larity
 The location of the property is ideal, being only a short distance from the main line of the Southern Pacific railroad. with d good wagon road of easy grade to the property and with water for milling purposes close at hand. Since the company has taken hold of the property they have made several improvements in the way of buildings 4or the accom- modation of their men.
 Up tO date there has been no ma chinery put on the property. the min ing having been done by tunnel work and open cuts, and shaft work ac- ich ht- h., .s. .l and horse whip. Later a hoist will have to be installed to further the companys plans and in order to reach water level, where the better bodies of ore are known to exist
 The group of claims covers a large area. as gold bearing rock crops out at a number of places on the property. The greater part of the development work has been done on one claim where the out crop is the strongest; at this point the outcrOp covers several acres and there are tons of ore on the surface ready for treatment.
 The mineralization occurs in DOT phyritic intrusives: open cuts. cross cuts and shafts in this outcrop have
  good milling grade. carrying gold val ues with a little silver. the gold is free and fine and will readily yield to cyanide treatment at a low cost The ore is thoroughly oxidized and will get better with depth. This is the opinion of mining men who have visited the property and that an en- richment O. the ore will occur at or near the water level, as this is the history of other gold mines of simi- lar formation. Specimen gold is found in all of the workings and has created considerable excitement since the property has been discovered.
 Present development has oponed up large bodies of a good milling grade of ore. Should the ore be continu- Ous between the workings there is at present developed several hundred thousand tons of ore near the sur face ready for extraction. This ore can be cheaply mined and milled as the greater part of it is of a soft character and most of it can be