El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1911-07-15
TOMBSTONE SHOWS
CONSIDERABLE
ACTIVITY
Cochise County Mines in
Operation-New Pur-
chases Made.

Tombstone, Artz-, July 15.-Consider-
able mining activity is being evidenced
In Cochise county mining circles at this
| time, and early fall will see many COM
panies operating the various mining
! camps throughout the mineral subdi-
vision of the territory Of Arizona
Several new corporations recently
filed their articles of Incorporation ana
contemplate much development work
within a short time within the con-
fines of the Dragon mining district
The Mabel Copper company, having
holdings in the Dragon district, is DO
ing considerable prospecting and pre-
liminary development work on its
group of mines, and at the present is
sinking a shaft to tap its main tunnel,
which has already gone through con-
siderable high grade ore, carrying both
copper and gold, and showing traces OF
lead and silver. This property is being
worked under the management OF
George w. Swain, the superintendent,
who is very much pleased with the
showing made so far in sinking the
shaft The property is owned and
controlled by Los Angeles capitalists.
Properties Bonded.
Among the foreign companies TO en-
ter the Dragon district, is the West
ern Mines & Development corporation,
which, through its consulting engineer
Frank Dean, who has been making IN
vestigations and reports, has taken
bonds and options on many groups OF
mines for various sums. This company
has been operating extensively In Ne
vada, besides having much property in
South Africa. South America and Mex
leo. Mr.. Dean IS taking over several
properties in the Tombstone district
for the company, for which it is intend
ed to do considerable prospecting In
the very near future.
Hydro Company Succeeds.
Work is progressing very satisfacto-
rily upon the properties Of the Todd
Hydro-Electric company, which recent
" took over the Barrett copper mines
in the Dragons, the company haVings
under consideration the purchase or
the Golden Rule mines and mill, the
latter to be used for installing the
hydro electric process for the handling
of its copper ores from the Barrett 4
property. This concern also has ac-
ouired mines in the Tombstone district,
but nothing is known at this time as
TO when actual operations will be-
commenced.
Arizona Burlington Buys.
The Acknowledging which is OPP
leo. and which has also had its min
ing engineer looking over certain
properties in and around Tombstone. |
has taken over the Langston group |
under option for one year, at the end !
of which time it will pay the sum OF |
s45 O0O Several men are now at work /
on the group.
The Commonwealth Extension Min |
ing company will commence operations
on its property early next month, by +,
sinking shaft near the line Of the old |
Commonw workings, which is said |
to have produced s45.0o0.000 in gold /
and silver. The property of this COM (
pany covers quite an area OF highly |
minera1ized ground. upon which, 1t is
said, is located the continuation OF
the mother lode, which was lost in the
original workings OF the old mine.
One Mine at CORTLAND Working.
The Great Western Mining company
continues to employ force Of go min
ers upon its properties, which are pro-
ducing at the rate of one carload Of
high grade copper ore per day, being
shipped to the snelteRs at FL Paso for
trea tment. The ore is of a carbonate
character, and the company has a con-
tract with the smelter to furnish car
load EACH day. This is the only COM
pany Of consequence operating in the
CORTLAND district, at the present time,
although it is stated upon good au-
thority that several others will enter
that field during the next year.
At the Middlemarch Copper company
very little work is being prosecuted.
although the early fall VIII see force
of men at work A smelter is situated
at the property and the same win be
overhauled very shortly and put into
readiness for resumption Of operations
copper ore, although Of
low grade, has been blocked out in
the mines, and if handled upon the
ground can be worked to profit.
Many prospectors and miners are do
ing considerable work on their mines
the Swisshelm, Dragon,
Milestone and Rincon mountains, and
news is received daily from the vari-
ous districts of strikes Of considera-
Die Importance having been made upon !
he different DrODertieS. |