The copper era and Morenci leader., 1912-09-06
NEW MINING FIELDS ATTRACT WIDE
 ATTENTION
Dragons are LOOkidg up with Some Sales Being Made---Centurian Taken Over by the Lewisnons aud Exten-
 sive Development in Progress

Sales Being Made---Centurian Taken Over by the Lewisnons aud Exten-
 sive Development in Progress
 JOHNSON, Ariz., Aug. 31-A new boom has started in this camp. New shippers are daily being added to Gleason, who own claims that are among the best copper properties in the camp, lately combined their claims with the mines of the Ari- zona United company; and with it's big holdings the company will in time take the lead in shipment ton mage, it is claimed.
 | Next to these mnies comes the Black Prince company's properties, consisting of eight claims of which the Keystone mine is now the main producer pr. Robert M. 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 at the intersection of a very large This mine, named the Keystone, lies ta the intersection of a very large crossdike with another one. All the contracts on the west side trend consistently toward the Keystone ground. There are two inclined shafts, one 100 feet and the other 150 feet deep. The main shaft is [ a double compartment and is down $50 feet. The mine is equipped with 15 horsepower distillate engine, which operates a small electric gen. orator, which in turn feeds an In gersoll-Temple electric drill.
 ] The Johnson Company's Holdings. ! The Johnson Copper Development company, the only company here named after the camp, has it's prin- cipal offices in Frankfort, Ky. This property has produced many hun dred tons of high grade ore in the past It is now under the manage ment of J. T. Tong, a 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. Superinted- ent Tong says that he will soon be eight claims in the company's hold ings and on all of them are out crops of good ore. The company has developed to depth of 300 feet and has an engine house, 24 by 32 feet, a 40 horsepower Fairbanks Morse hoist, 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 perod of it's operations. Its best claim is the Copper Chief It has lain idle until the present, but arrangements are being made to start it going soon, and in the opinionl 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 M. & M. company owns IT claims, scattered through- out the district The main mine, now of Seth Merrill, another veteran min CT 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 17 claims on the southea st edge of the camp. The owners are principally Fl Paso people. They have on the ground J. Marmion, mining engineer, who has until re- gently been in Sinoala and Durango, Mexico. He has reported develop ment work, and shipments are ex- pected to begin in the near future.
 The Cochise Copper company is another company getting ready to start up. It's workings are next to the Peabody and Anaconda mines. It also owns IT claims. Kirk Hart, of Tucson, and MT. 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 Lewishons.
 Another mining property that is pushing to the front is the property of the Centurion Arizona Mining i company. Its holdings consist of g claims, composed of two groups, one half being in Johnson and the i others being just over in the Dra- goon camp. The company has done a large amount of development work and has encountered and blocked iout good ore bodies on an ore body 1 averaging per cent copper. The old officers of the company are J.. i F. Richardson, president: M. Ross, vice-president, and H. c. Brown manager. It is current news in the camp that the American Metals company of New York, one of the