Bisbee daily review., 1912-06-22

 in large bodies in the R. R. R. mine in the Patagonia mountains, the, ac- quisitlon of the property by Mir N. l.. Amster, of the Shannon Copper company. and extensive scale on which development of the mine has been projected By the purchaser, has drawn attention to the region oi some of the heavy mining operations in the country and in person and by representatives they have been visit ing the county, inspecting properties, acquiring options and protecting the work on scales that will result in great development of the mineral re sources of Santa Cruz county. Be sides Mir. Amster of the shannon company the county has been and is being visited by representatives of the Copper Queen interests In Bis bee; the Calumet & Arizona com pany: and the Shattuck company, all of whom are announced as satisfied with the conditions and preparing to take hold. making heavy investments and projecting extensive and most important developments.
 The chief interest just now lies in the rich and important developments in the K. K. k. mines where Mir. Amster has taken over and continu- ed the development work upon some thirty valuable claims. The price that he pays for the property being more than half a million dollars (s550, ,0O0D A crosscut tunnel several hundred feet in length. has cut across an ore body that is forty-seven feet in width. and drifting in the one body in all directions is being pushed with vigor So far the ores encountered are principally grey copper (tetra- hedrite). Upon good authority 1t is stated that a valuation of about 20 per cent copper prevails in the ores mined, but there is said to be a great deal of rich rock that goes as high as 75 per cent.
 The Copper Queen interests have been represented in the county Of late by Mir Alfred Paul and Mir. Grebe, two noted mining engineers, and a visit Is expected this week by Mir. Walter Douglas, general man. ager for the Copper Queen company, and Professor l.. D. Ricketts, consult ing engineer for the company, the Cananea Consolidated and the Cau ment & Arizona company. Among other properties that Mir. Paul hai acquired has been a group of thirty claims in what is described as the red hill,"- an immense porphyry Patagonia station on the Southern Pacific and one of the chief land marks of the region Knowing ones have predicted long that some day. tai there would be developed q great copper mine in that hill. The pre- diction seems on the eve of verifica. ton. Saturday Mir Paul let a con tract of FIorentine Estrada and Adol- fo Sanchez, both Of Patagonia, to do the location work on the thirty claims mentioned, and they have commenced work this week Work is planned for long tunnel to cut through the mountain and determine what is there.
 Mir Grebe, in the same interest has been making a complete and thorough examination of the Ivanhoe mine. Mir James A Johnson, man ager. where he devoted nearly two weeks to an exhaustive inspection of the property, sampling thoroughly the ore bodies, the dumps, etc. The gentleman departed Sunday to make
 his final report. The Ivanhoe is about four miles in a direct line northwest rom Patagonia stauOn, and may be said to be located in the foothills of the Santa Rita noun tains, outside of the Patagonia noun. tain region.
 As mentioned before Mir. Richard
 Farrell is closing a deal with the Cal
 umet & Arizona people for the Vol cano group of mines, embracing some
 thirty claims lying between the R.
 R. R. and the Worlds Fair mine of Frank Powers. Professor Ricketts is said 10 be engineering this deal for the c. & A. people. Important de- velopments made by Mir Farrell, demonstrate that the same ore body ! in the R. R. R. extends into the Vol | icano properties