Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1912-09-01

! JOHNSON, Ariz., Aug. STA new
boom has started m this camp. New
shippers are daily being added to
the list. Robert MacKay and John
Gleason, who own claims that are
among the best copper properties
in the camp, lately combined their
claims with the mines OF the Ari-
iona United company, and with its
big holdings the company viii IN
time take the lead in shipment ton
mage, 1t is claimed.
/ Next 10 these mines comes the
Black Prince company's properties,
consisting OF eight claims of which
the Keystone mine is now the main
producer. DR.. Robert NJ Bell, of
Denver, is president. As this prop
erty has of late been lying idle the
company has leased it to R. L. Mills
and John Lemons, of this place, and
these lesses have from the very
start encountered good shipping ore.
This mine, named the keystone, lies
at the intersection of a very large
crossdike with another one. All the
| contracts on the west side trend
persistently toward the Keystone
| ground. There are two inclined
shafts, one 100 feet and the other
| $50 feet deep. The main shaft is
a double compartment and is down
$50 feet. The mine is equipped with
a Is horsepower distillate engine,
which operates small electric gen.
orator, which in turn feeds an In
gersoll-Tempie electric drill
The Johnson company's Holdings.
Tins Johnson Copper Development
company, the only company here
named after the camp, has its prin-
cipal offices in Frankfort, Ky. This
property has produced many hun.
bred tons Of high grade ore in the
past. 1t is now under the manage
ment of J. t. Tong, mining engi.
neer, and he has shipped several
carloads of copper ore. Lately he
has encountered sulphide ores The
main shaft is on the Climax claim,
which adJoins the Black Prince, the
| United, the Arizona United and Pea
| body mines. This shaft is over 225
feet deep and shows veins OF very
high grade copper ore. Superintend-
ent Tong says that he will soon be
in large bodies of ore. There are
eight claims in the eompany's hold
| ings and on all OF them are out
crops of good ore. The company has
developed to a depth Of 300 feet and
has an engine house, "a by S2 feet,
40 horsepower Fairbanks-Morse
hoist, a 100 pound air compressor,
drills and blacksmith shop.
The Arizona & Michigan Mining
company, OF which c. Walker, Of
Tucson, is president, has produced
several thousand dollars worth Of
copper during the brief period Of its
operations. Its best claim is the
| Copper Chief. 1t has lain idle until
the present, but arrangements are
being made to start it going soon,
and in the opinion of experts it will
rival any mine in the camp.
The Peoples Party and Magazine
mines, which lie around the old
Peabody mine, are owned by Robert
Mackay, one of the pioneer miners
OF the camp, whose long familiarity
with the mineral indications has
helped him acquire some of the best
claims in this locality.
The Empire NJ. & NJ. company
owns II claims, scattered through
out the district Its main mine, now
being worked under the management
of Seth Merrill, another veteran min
er of this camp, lies south and west
of the Black Prince, at the foot of
the high range of the Little ORA
goons. These properties also are
in the shipping class.
The Peacock Claims.
The Peacock Copper company
owns II claims on the southeast
edge of the camp. The owners are
principally Ell Paso people. They
have on the ground J. Marmion.
mining engineer, who has until re-
Gently been in Sinaloa and Durango,
Mexico. He has reported develop
ment work. and shipments are ex-
pected to begin in the near future
The Coehise Copper company is
another company getting ready to
start up. Its workings are next to
the Peabody and Anaconda mines.
It also owns IL claims. Kirk Hart,
Of Tucson, and Mr.. Chandler, OF San
Francisco, are the main owners
The intention is to make the prop
erty a profitable shipper to the
smelters.
Centurion Taken Over by Lewlshons
Another mining property that Is
pushing to the front is the property
Of the Centurion Arizona Mining