Bisbee daily review., 1913-01-05

ing industry IN faVapai county IS
from the Prescott Courier:
New Find in Old Claim
| Assessment work upon the Fourth
of July claim, owned by George Hart
mann and George Harbauer. OF this
I city, has resulted in the discovery
4 of a streak OF excellent ore A cour-
4 Ter man was shown some of the ore,
and while not able to assay il with
the naked eye or by any other means,
was impressed with the fact that il is
good live rock, and certainly con
tains considerable copper and galena.
/ Some of the ore is said to assay as
| high as 800 per ton in silver alone.
/ The pieces of ore evidently came
/ from a good sized streak, some OF the
pieces inspected being nearly foot.
thick. The claim is situated about
one mile from the Boblett ranch,
on Lynx creek, and has a shaft which
is 100 feet in depth. Many years
ago, when silver was about one dollar
per ounce, considerable ore was TAX
en- from the claim and shipped.
/ 8asdad is Busy Camp
Arrivals from Eureka district state
that the road between Hillside sta
ton and the camp OF the Bagdad
Copper company on Copper Greek is
more travelled than ii has been for
/ several years past. The 10-horse
team of Jeff Davis makes regular
trips to the camp, hauling the new
dTiil and other freight for the com
pany, and the heavy stage of Lon
Bennett, drawn by four horses, is
loaded to the guards every trip with
passengers and freight Two othei
teams of four horses each-those
Messrs. Scott and Durfee-are also
aiding in lowering the pile of freight
which has accumulated at Hillside
station. Ii is stated that the Bag
dad company recently bored a hole
upon one of the Mesa claims 10 a
depth of over 400 feet, passinI
through the deposit OF copper oze.
which at this point is seventy feet
thick. The borings at this point are
made for the purpose of exploiting
the ground ahead of the long tunnel.
Drifting from Senator Tunnel
The great Senator tunnel more
than three-ffths of a mile in length.
is now being quite extensively uti-
lized for the purpose for which il
was run. Recently force OF men
was placed atSwork by the CONNER
cial company, and they are now en-
gagged in running drift upon the
Cashier vein, which is intersected by
the tunnel some 5000 feet from the
mouth. The drift is being run in a
southerly direction, and has backing
of several hundred feet. Close to
the Cashier vein are the Cash and
the SnoozeT, all three having demon
T. s.a~ Id Bnar Nralr Nv hn dur
ton of ore OF excellent grade. The
big tunnel cuts several OF a series OF
veins, and If projected a few hun
other veins of proven value above
the tunnel level
New Wagon Road to Mine
Herman Voge, one OF the principal
stockholders of the Niagara Copper
company. paid a flying visit to Pres
colt during the past week, coming
from the camp of the company in
Eureka district He reports much &C.
tiyity at the camp of the Bagdad
company, and good results of work
being done upon the Niagara groIp
OF copper-gold claims. adjoining the
. Bagdad properties. A force OF men
is building a road to the Bagdad
4 n.
the new road being by way OF Ma
rooney guich. This piece Of road
will be about two miles in length,
will have a maximum grade not
greater than eight per cent and is
being constructed by the Bagdad
company for the purpose of avoiding
the steep pitches in the old road.
The building of this road will involve
considerable labor and expense, az
there is much cut work to be done
Busy at Davis
About thirty men are. working fol
III. w. Twiggs in what is popularity
known as the old Davis mines, neaE
Senator, taking out shipping ore. be
sides this force, who are on the pa
roll, three or four parties OF sub
/ Ieasers are also busy at different
places upon the property, and II i
, stated that George Rowe will ais,
: take a block of ground under lease il
a few days. The output of ore i.
said to be very satisfactory. In on'
of the tunnels which is being stop
ed, and which has over 100 feet o
back. the ore streak has materially
I widened and now shows over foo
vide of ore OF shipping grade.
Becoming Big Industry
The Puntenney lime quarries ar
the scene of much activity, thesi
! days. About one hundred men ar
employed, quite large propoEtlol
! OF them being carpenters who ar
erecting new bins and buildings.
new kiln was completed a few day
ago. The product Of the Puntenne
kilns is OF such high grade that
has by its quality created a bi
1 demand. and the business is increai
1 ing rapidly.
Climax Machinery Going In
]. R. Lowry. recently in from tn
{ Skull Valley and Copper Basin Sc
1 tons, reports a large quantity Of mi
/ chinery and pipe still at the railroas
/ awaiting transportation 10 the China
/ niisie sRdapers sbig mule leans al
1 busy on the Job. One wagon, heavil
i loaded, turned turtle on a portion
/ the roads which had. been repaire
II recently. the outside wheels cuttin
l so deep that the wagon oapsized. tn
1 road as a whole. however. is sal