El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1912-08-21
Lewisohns Reported to Have
Secured Control Of Centu-
rion Property.

I.
son. who own claims that are among |
the best copper properties IN the camp |
lately combined their claims with the
mines of the Arizona United company, !
and with IT'S big holdings the company
will in time take the Iedu III OH
tonnage. il is claimed -, r,1,.,-
Next to these mines comes the blach
Prince company's properties coI E2S,t :
ing of eight claims OF whlen IN 49, |
stone mine is now the main p[ou 49,
DR.. Robert VI. Bell, of Denver IS pEeSl-
dent As this property mas OIL Iaee
been lying idle the COMPANY 1nbD
leased it to r. l. NILS anu ia,
Lemons, of this place, anu oIcountered
have from the very start enco uI I eer
good shipping ore. This mine hdIIeu
the keystone, lies at the Ihlelo 80
ton of a very large crossolke wiz
another one. All the contracts On ol-
west side trend persiStenlly lO"dIu
the keystone ground. There are wv
inclined shafts. one 100 feet and the
other $50 feet deep The man snaS
is a double compartment ana IS uoMn
$50 feet. The mine is equipped WIN
* horse power distillate engine
which operates a small electric gener-
ator. which in turn feeds an niger
sol-Temple electric drill.
The johnson COmpany's Holdings
The johnson Copper Development
company. the only company mere
named after the camp, has its principal
offices in Frankfort, Ky. rms prop
erty has produced many hundred tons
of high grade ore in the past II Is
now under the management OF J. L
Tong a mining engineer, ana ne mas
shipped several carloads of copper ore
Lately he has encountered Sulphlue
ores. The main shaft is on the SIlhaA
claim which adjoins the Black Prince,
the United, the Arizona United anu
Peabody mines. This shaft is over 20
feet deep and shows veins of very
high grade copper ore Supeflntehu-
emf Tong saws that he will soon be
in large bodies of ore. There are
eight claims in the company's holdings
and on all Of them are outcropS OF
good ore. The company has developed
to a depth of 500 feet and has an en-
CINE house. "a by 80 feet, 40 horse
power Fairbanks Morse hoist, a 100
pound air compressor, drills and black
smith shop.
The Arizona & Michigan Mining
Tucson, is president has produced
several thousand dollars worth of cop
per during the brief period Of its oper-
ations- Its best claim IS the copper
Chief. 1t has lain idle until the pres
ent, 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 Pea
body mine, are owned by Robert Mac
Kay, one of the pioneer miners OF the
camp whose long familiarity with the
mineral Indications has helped MN
acquire some of the best claims IN
this locality.
The Empire VI. & NJ. company owns
II claims. scattered throughout the
district. Its main mine, now being
worked under the management Of Seth
Merrill, another veteran miner of this
camp, lies south and west of the
Black Prince, at the foot of the hiSh
range of the Little Dragons 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
FL PasO people. They have on the
ground J. Marmion, mining engineer,
who has until recently been in Sinaloa
and Durango, Mexico. He has reported
favorably. There is over 500 feet OF
development work, and shipments are
expected to begin in the near future
The Cochise Copper Co, is another
company getting ready to start up
Its workings are next to the PedDodS
and Anaconda mines It also owns
II claims. Kirk Hart. of Tucson, and
Mr. Chandler of san Francisco, are
the main owners. The intention is to
make the property profitable shipper
to the shelters.
Centurion Taken Over BY LewishOns-
pushing to the front is the property
of the Centurion Arizona Mining COM
pany. Its holdings consist OF 70
claims, composed of two groups, one
half being in Johnson and the others
/ being Just over in the Dragon camp,
The company has done large amount
of development and has encountered
and blocked out good ore bodies on
an ore body averaging per cent cop
per The old officers of the company
I y Richardson NJ
Ross. vice president and H. c Brown,
manager. 1t is current news IN the
camp that the American Metals COM
pany of New York, one of the Lewis
hon holdings, has taken over the Cen
turion properties with Mr.. Brown as
manager, and that it will do a large
amount of development work. Ihe
advent of this firm. among the richest
in the United States, means great
deal to this camp, it is claimed
Tom B. Johnson, manager of the
Peabody mine of the Bonanza Belt
Mining company. whose management
has inspired new life and activity.
has returned here from FL Paso to in
crease the output of this mine. He
is busy extracting and shipping ore
to the Ell Paso smelter. lie is shipping
40 tons every six days each running
from $1,000 to $1,000 per carload
Since he began four months. ago, he
has shipped copper ore that has netted,
as shown by smelter returns $4,000
IF copper will remain at the present
prices" he says. he will continue TO
ship for the next 10 years, and that
he is shipping as fast as he can get
teams to haul to the railroad platform
A. c. Harmer. president and J. M
Libby, manager of the Arizona United
company, have just arrived from FL
Paso, and it is said that work will
soon be carried on in their mines on
a much larger scale. They are con-
stantly shipping, partly to FL Paso and
partly to Douglas. AS long as they
can get such low freight rates and
cheap treatment charges from the
smelters they will not probably start
their 125 ton smelter going again.
There are scattered around this sec
ton a lot of minor mines and pros
poets that look as good on the surface
as any of the big mines did in their
embryonic stage Their owners have
not had the means to do the necessary
development work. but they are willing
to give the capitalist a good oppor-
/ tunity to come in and invest.
Harmcr Tells of Discovery.
THE great copper camp of Johnson,
in the Little Dragons, Arizona, which
is now on the eve of a big boom and
is becoming not only active but ship
ping again, was discovered by Lieut..