Bisbee daily review., 1912-04-02
RICHARDSON TELLS 0f PROGRESS MADE
 BY THE CENTURION
Property in Dragons is Brought to Attention
 in Fl PaSo
DEVELOPMENTS GOOD


 An interesting account of the work being done on the Centurion mining pror erty. In this county. is given by the president of the Centurion Arizona mining company, J. r. Richardson. in a recent interview. There are a num- Der of Bisbee people who are interest. ed in the property and the following from the Fl Paso Herald will be of interest here.
 About two miles northwest of Ora goon, a station on the Southern Paci- tic railroad, in Cochise mining dist rict Cochise county. Arizona. and in the heart of the great copper belt. are the properties of the Centurion A-izona Mining company. These con sist of two groups group No. l con taining l2 claims, and group No ? containing II claims. The latter group is three miles north of the for. mer and is in the Johnson district afmous for it's large production Of cop per and it's Peabody mine
 The main development work has been done on the Lady Rose claim Of group No. 1. This is a shaft sunk on an incline of 60 degrees to a depth of 650 feet, together with over ,5OO feet of cross cuts and drifts In ad- ditlOn to these there are three other shafts, the longest drift being l2j feet. In all these shafts and drifts conner, cial ore, averaging per cent copper has been encountered. At the princi, He shaft is installed a 16 horse power gasoline hoist and Sullivan air com < pressor and drills.
 On all the different levels Of this shaft. open ground and caves have been encountered lined with copper ore. running from one to 40 per cent This is on the contact of cambrian hue and pre-cambrian schist, in which formation the greatest copper mines of Arizona have been found.
 Ore Body Developed
 Tt is a remarkable and favorable feature of our property" said Mir. Richardson. that the ore deposits ara continuous from within 25 feet of the surface down to the 65U foot level We have over l5g.000 tons or ore al ready exposed in these workings. The ores are still in the oxide and leached zone and are cGrbOnatos of copper and iron
 The main ore body lying under the wall is about 9 feet wide and solid ore. The copper occurs ID launches in the mass of iron oxides and also in the lime hanging walls il the cavaties. These are. strictly speaking. not in vein form, but in chambers varying from three to 25 feet in width which are covered with scopper and iron. These' ore d osFs have gradually WiLvued from few feet on the first level TO 1lO feet on the lower level
 Discovered Centurion Mines.
 Mr. Richardson is the original dis coverer of the Centurion mines. He had previously been construction fore man in tie Copper Queen mines at Eisbee. where be had the rare oppor- tuuity to study the mode of ore dep osition and geological environments oi that wonderful bOnonza. While en- gagged at this work at a good salary, says he, J became deslrOus or ma ing similar mine ] r. signed my position in 1899 and staIted out pros pecting. First l pTospected in the Johnson district, but soon went far ther south and found the formation was similar to t~at of Ihsbee-so strilinelv similar that ] immediately located the claims ] am proud to say that my judgment has proven cor rect.
 Discovers the Ore
 sinking my prospect hole througA +be copper stained lime near the con tact to 2 depth of 4J feet, l broke into an ore of merit and promise. My cap it,l was meagre. l kept on spending But l was forced to get friends lnteI- es,ed in order to continue ana hnaHg we organized company.
 development is being pushed ana Eoop large body of ore had been en- countered. averaging : per cent cop --~-'~ from the mine copper. ..
 Found Little Water
 we struck water at the $40 loo' 1eval. and the mine makes about one tarrel of water an hour. Strange to q,,, we have not yet reached the suI Dhide ore zone Of secondary enIlc- Ipent We made a citation at the oz" foot level, and are cross cutting aooul seven feet above the water leyei, and are in fine ore. When this cross cu' is finished we shall begin shipmAl .rea-lIsrlv. As soon as We strike SUI .DbIdes we shall erect shelter Ibert Sg wonderful similarity in the Gen t,uio,J ore deposits and lOrmatlon anl those of the Copper Queen.