The copper era., 1911-03-24
Arizona Mining News.
Clipped from our Exchanges.)

dObO EAO1IEMENI IN HOAOhOOhAo
 MT. James Kelly an owner of several placer claims in the Ash Can yon gold fields in the Huachuchas is an enthusiast of the merits of the new colorado. He brought in to Tombstone several gold nuggets taken from his claims and is arrang- ing for the building of "rocker" to work his locations.
 MT. Kelly states that about $500 in gold was "panned" out in three days by the adjoining owners of his claims and the indications are good for excellent clean-ups if the field is worked to bedrock.
 Gold can be banned at any point along the canyon and some nuggets nearly the size of walnuts have been washed by the crude and simple methods employed thus far. The canyons and forks of the main canyon have been located and quite a num- Der of prospectors are preparing to work the placers, while several quartz locations have also been made.
 These placer grounds are only about B miles of Tombstone.
 Several old time arastras have been found showing that the fields were subject of explorations by Mexicans many years ago.
 Considerable excitement has been the result of the discovery and many others canyons of the range are being closely prospected for gold.
 In is known that rich gold fields are located on the military reservation but the government will not permit prospecting within the reserve and the war department repeatedly has refused to allow mining work to be done within the reservation limits.
 News brought down to Douglas from Courtland this week tells of an important new ore body encountered critics of the Great Western Mining company. drift on the one hun dred foot level about two weeks ago encountered some high-grade ore known as bromide or peacock copper. At first this ore was in punches, but now the drift has a full face of it.
 Cyanide and other Chemicals were taken out to the New York Arizona Gold & Copper Co.,, camp last Tues day for testing their gold and silver ores. As soon as they find out the best way of treating the ore, they will go ahead and put in Cyanide works. The Cyanide works will be built on the gold gulch side on the company's own ground, where the water flows in to Eagle River below the Morenci Water Company's pump ing plant. As soon as the company makes a success with the Cyanide process, there will be other companies putting in Cyanide works, as there is plenty of large bodies of gold and silver ore in the Clifton Morenci dis trict that would pay nice dividends to their owners if they could only save the values in the ore. The New York-Arizona Gold & Copper Con- pany stock holders in the Clifton Morenci district are very well pleased by the way the Buzzard Shadow ore shoot is turning out on the lower level in the Lillian tunnel, $50 feet from the surface. The face of the tunnel is all ore carrying good values. phe tunnel is in about HOO feet and was started in 1902 for the Buzzard Shadow ore shoot. Since the New Arizona got the mines, they drove the tunnel on the oreshoot. Judging from the upper workings the ore is about 35 feet wide.
 Eight miles north of Bowie MT. Mack Freeman while boring, struck theee cal thing at 1855 feet. Oil flowed out of the hole, mixed with the drill lings. MT. Freeman plugged the hole for the purpose of getting the rest of his ground proven on so he could hold same. Now he has all of his holdings carefully located so that they cannot be jumped, hence he gives the news to the Bowie people. If he had given the news out before, there surely would have been a rush for land There is another we'll here, that is down 1850 feet and the indications are very favorable for oil.
 One of the most unique relics of the Aztec race in Mexico ever seen in Bisbee is copper shovel found by J. E. Thompson, a mining man, in a cave in the interior of Mexico. The shovel is made of tempered copper, and is riYeted on an oak handle. The handle is almost petrifed.
 It is reported that the Fort Huaohuca Chinese have been banning gold in Past canyon recently. Large beds of coarse gold are known to exist there, but since the canyon is on a military reservation, permission to work the ground capnot be obtained.
 An agreement has just been reached between the Liberty Silver Mining company and the Roosevelt Reduction