El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-08-27
MINING NEWS
COMPANY
WORKS CLEOPATRA
Campaign Of Development to
Be Carried Out; Kellar
to Build a Mill.

| Prescott, Ariz.. Aug. 27-F. S. Steph-
( ems. a mining man just arrived from
/ Dundee, Scotland, has assumed the
management of the Cleopatra. holdings,
/ at Jerome. He represents a Scotch syn
dictate which recently acquired the
property under a long term lease.
The extensive campaign of develop
ment work planned before the deal was
conSummated, is to be vigorously
prosecuted with a large force Of
miners A new shaft is to be sunk to
make connection with the S00-fOOt level
make connection with the S00-fOOt
level. The point selected for this de-
velopment is on the Sunnyside claim,
where high grade ores were uncovered
under a former management. The best
ore taken out in process OF develop
ment will be shipped to the Douglas
shelters, while the lower grade prod
uct will be left on the dump till the
United Verde smelter at Clarkdale is
completed
Certain zones of the Cleopatra carry
high values in gold. In other workings
copper predOminates, and silver is con-
tanned as by-prOduct.
Lawrence Kellar, owner Of the Nj
rabbi mine, on Groom creek. is prepar-
ing to place a mill on his property.
Several hundred tons Of good milling
ore have accumulated on the dump. The
plant will be complete within 80 days.
Odell q Gray. who hold the old Ne
Vada mine under lease, continue active
development with favorable results A
tunnel is being driven to intersect the
union of three well defined fiSSure
veins, from which high grade gold ore
has been taken. About 100 feet more
work must be done to reach the con-
tact.
\ carload of ore will be shipped to
Douglas this week from the Emporia
mine Shelter samples submitted gave
values in gold of $50 a ton, and il was
on this showing that the old property
was recently revived. A drift is now
being run from the 1OO-fOOt level TO
connect two shafts that are $50 feet
apart.
T J. Laird has resumed operations on
the Home Run mine. Development is
going forward at a point where a
strike was made some time ago.
Work is to be resumed at the hold
ings of the Huron Gold company, near
Humboldt. A large tonnage of low
grade ore on the dump offers attract
ment.
Within a short time work will be
resumed on the immense copper de-
post of the Bagdad Copper company,
consisting of 80 claims in the Eureka
district
Drill holes driven over an area of
about 20 acres, 1t is said, have
demonstrated the existence of 5000, 600
tons of ore. Much of this ore of course,
IS low grade, but nearly all of it will
pay for treatment if a mill is erected
on the ground Many scout holes have
been driven to determine the lmita-
lions of the ore body, and it is said
that these limits are now known.
Future work will be by adits and
drifts.
Plans have been perfected for a new
change house at the United Verde mine.
The new building viii be 6Ox150 feet,
of steel with a concrete floor 1t will
be modern in every particular and &C
eommOdate 500 miners Chain lockers
and individual shower baths will be
included in the equipment In cOnnec-
ton with the change house will be an
emergency hospital with attendants
trained in first aid work
Recent developments at the VesuviuS
mine, in the Zonia field. where a SEN
SauOnal gold strike was recently made,
depth the pay streak has Widened from
u inches to nearly two feet and the
values have increased from $500 to $500
a ton.
On the property Of the Stein Copper
company in the same district the main
shaft is down 80 feet. This shaft eX-
poses a good grade OF copper ore its
entire width Several drifts are being
run On the surface the vein matter is
opened to a width of 40 feet. and all Of
it carries some copper.
Shipping to the Douglas smelters
from the Mcmahon group has resumed.
The vein has been stripped for 500 feet
and shafts are being sunk at intervals
The production from this property is
more than paying for development
J. z. Russell is arranging for a re-
sumption of operations on his group Of
lead, zinc and silver claims in Copper
basin Eight miners will be employed
at first but more will be hired as soon
as they can be used Shipments are to
made regularly to the Ell PasO smelter.
Several hundred tons are exposed from
former development, and when opera
tons are resumed a deep shaft will be
sunk.
c. J. Swasey, OF Fort Worth. Tex,
has purchased from John R. Webster
the Iron Chief group of six claims
Swasey is already interested in the
Buster group, near the Iron Chief. and
it is stated that the two are to be com
bined under one ownership and man
agement- A great amount of work has
been done on the Buster, and it has
good showing.