The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-12-27
SOUTHERN ARIZONA MINING SHOWS
 RESULTS
Many Properties in Pima and Santa Cruz County Now Under High
 Development Pressure.


 TUCSON, Dec. 21.-George B. Will Hams, who is mining at the Orc mine in Santa Cruz county, Arizona says: The Montana mine has over $1,25O,000 of ore in sight" The Ari- zopa Consolidated has $70O,0OO; the Austerlitz 10000 tons of $50 ore, and l don't know how much more of $10 and $15 ore, and we have some at the Gro mine.
 Some of the properties in the dis trict are the Austerlitz, the Ostrich and the Raltzes (copper), which are owned by Todd c. Woodwork and William Layne; the Yellowstone, owned by Diehl; the Montana, owned by Powell, Holson and McDermott; the Switzerland, owned by Partridge; the Ragnerrock and Golden Eagle, owned by Ramsdell; the Gold Border, dated, owned by Doser; the Warsaw, owned by Zeckendorf; the Grubstake, owned by L. s. Davis, of Fl Paso; the Black Cap, owned by Jeffries; the Merry Widow, owned by Father; the Gold Bullion, owned by Dillon; the Gold Canyon, of Mcintyre and Pearce; claims in Gold Canyon be- longing to Mcannahan and Father, the Big Monument, of O'Neill; the
 
 souri, of Rogan; the Nil Desperan- dunn, of Lyle; the Alamos, a placer mine, of Jack Fraser and Wier; the Gro, owned by George B. Williams The above I think constitute most of the big mines of this gold camp
 Find $e0 Ore.
 Ore worth S90 was found in the Os- trich mine in Gro Blanco district The ledge is three feet and a half wide, 0rn ic xrrhit II, I@ T according to Todd C. Woodwork, the men worked for 10 days in the ore before discovering that it ran high in gold values.
 Three shafts are sunk on the Os- trich. One of them is 100 feet deep, the second 30 feet, and the third is 50 feet. Drifts connect these three shafts. The property is an old one, formerly owned by Hank Bartlett.
 Harqua Hala Operated.
 Dhe old Harqua Hala mine, now known as the Yuma Warrior, in Yuma county, Ariz., which was one of the big gold producers of Arizona, is be- ing operated by the Martin brothers, under bond and lease and there is Q general belief among miners that the old mine will once again make his tory.
 Negotiations have been pending for Q GO day option for examination on the Mammoth-Collins mines in Nam was made to the Lewishons, of New York, and their chief engineer, NLouis Wright, is now on the ground be- ginning the work of examining and sampling the property.
 The brick chimney or stack of the United Verde Copper Company at Clarksdale, Ariz., will be one of the largest in the United States when completed. The chimney will have being 12 feet thick. The height will be 45O feet.
 Patagonia District.
 In the Worlds Fair Extension mine, I. M. Rains and associates have opened a body of fine looking ore, which carries high values. Upon the April group, near the R. R. R. mine, Val Valenezuela has struck a three foot ledge of copper rock assaying ate, similar to that of the R. R. R. mine. Drillings on the ledge have brought out native copper.
 Helvetia District.
 Joseph Muheim and Charles Jones have taken an option on the Sweet Bye and Bye mine, under the terms of which they are to sink shaft 5OO feet. WOrk Will DeSln at once.
 The acquisition of the old San Xavier mine, 20 miles south of Tue son, by the Empire Zinc company marks the entry of the New Jersey Zinc company into Arizona, one of the largest and most extensive zinc mining and smelling concerns in the world, of which the Empire Zinc com pany is subsidiary company. Cony T. Brown, of Socorro, N. M, is in charge of the operations of the prop erty. Twenty-Five men have already been put to work. The ores from this mine yield high grade zinc, be- sides lead, coper and silver. The zinc contents are refractory and re- quire milling. The development con- sists of one shaft 450 feet deep, two shafts 200 feet deep, and several others from 75 to 100 feet deep, to- gether with a great deal of drifts.
 A solid body of low grade ore has been encountered in the Arkansas and Arizona mine, in the Jerome camp. Work is being concentrated on the croSScuts east and west from the 1400 foot station in the winZe, sunk from the 1900 foot crosscut. Both of these crosscuts are in 100 feet and for the past 12 feet in the west cut in a solid body of ore