Arizona republican., 1911-07-24
MESA
CARNEY DEVELOPMENT co.
Organization of Mesa Company for
Mine Work.

1t is generally known by those who
have kept pace with the local happen
ings in this community that for years
p. G. Carney has been working upon
property located about thirty-t,yo miles
east of Mesa, his efforts being directed
toward the development of a pay mine.
Those acquainted with the difficulties
of mining single handed. with limited
means can appreciate the labors of Mr..
Carney when il is known that he has
located six thousand feet of a well de-
fined vein of copper and gold ore, has
done the assessment work and hun
bred times more in sinking shafts
prospect holes and driving tunnels In Il
mountain that offers many obstacles to
the lone workman The entire six thou
sand feet have been prospected and in
every hole on the vein good showings
of ore have been made. The existence
of a vast deposit of ore has been
thoroughly demonstrated some of 1t at
least valuable enough to pay well for
mining and treatment at a satisfactory
profit, could the mining be done at a
reasonable cost per ton.
To understand the situation, however,
it must be understood that the ledge
containing the ore is along the apex of
mountain from 1000 to 1.6G0 feet
above the valley roadway that passes
by the base of the mountain. The
mountain rises from the valley so alb
ruptly as to form a perpendicular wall
hundreds of feet high with Il smooth
and inaccessible surface, except in a
few places where it is broken enough
for a possible foot trail, but not suffi-
cient for even a decent burrO path. In
prospecting by means of shafts and
tunnels. powder. anvil and all neceS-
sary tools and supplies have had to be
carried up on the backs of men, and at
present to get the ore down would cost
ten times the expense OF the actual
mine work A half dozen mining en-
gineers have examined the property and
are unanimous In saying that the Car
| ney mine is one of the best shOwings
in the territory. needing only the right
kind of development to enable the ore
To be handled at a reasonable cost
per ton. Careful examinations have
been made and it is the opinion of
those who are familiar with the ground
| that tunnel driven at the base of the
mountain to tap the vein at depth OF
HOO feet from the surface would be q
solution of the problem. This tunnel
| is easy of approach, the cost of eX-
! tending the road To the mouth of the
tunnel being merely nominal Esti-
mating that the pitch of the vein viii
| continue downward at about the sam,
angle as is shown near the surface. .
trifle over four hundred feet of tunnel
ing will encounter the vein. The tun-
mel site is far below the water leve
and hence will drain the mine. Th'
advantage of mining by upraising OF
ore in well drained mine over that o
sinking in a wet hole will be apparen
to even the layman with but a limited
knowledge of mining.
At a noint 500 feet below where tn
ore is opened on the surface TUNE
was driven by Mr.. Carney distance
OF $50 feet and here he found the veil
To he 81 feet wide in places. and tn
ore of much higher grade than on tn
surface If the vein should be m
wider at the / 100 foot depth, the tun
mel would open up property tina
should ordinarily be In the million dol
tiar class There would be 5000 fee
of the vein on which to drift, atfordinj
an overhead body extending upwar
from the tunnel level to the surface.
For the purpose of developing tn
mine by means of this tunnel com
pany has been formed known as TN
Carney Development Co. with Z. G
Carney as president; Bert Wingar vic
president: ]. l. Dunn. secrctarT-t
urcr. For the first year the director
are the three officers named and j
Henderson. NJ. T. Morris of Phiiadel
phia. W. :. Slower and George :. Irwin
the latter being also the resident agent
The capital stock is placed at 100000
enough of which will be issued To driv
the tunnel and put the mine in snap
for taking out the ore. Something Xix
seven thousand dollars has alrcad
been subscribed. The money Will b
placed in a local bank and can onl
be drawn out in payment for develop
ment work The property will be place
i'm the hands of trustees, and when Tn
tunnel is completed, development com
pany stock will he taken up and stoc
OF the Carney Mining company viii b
issued I'm lieu thereof, and the deed q
the property transferred to the com
pany. This will he in no manner
stock selling proposition. Funds are 70
legitimate development and the stoc
will be held principally by Mesa. Phil
adelphia and Chicago parties. 1t wi
be a simple combination of individual
for the purpose of promoting legiti
mate industry that will be of inestin
able benefit to the town of Mesa. an
To the Salt river valley generally.