The copper era and Morenci leader., 1913-04-04

me SnOWlng Tn Cne1r mlne. Al working forces are in ore In the raise from the Sth to the 9th leve the ore averages eight per cent cop per. Shipping ore is coming from two stopes on the $50 foot level and the drift on the same level is in ore The company shipped five cars ot ore, averaging seven and one halt per cent copper last month.
 i One million dollars is the estimated value of the ore developed between the sixth and eighth levels in the mine of the Superior & Boston Cop per company, and is being added to as the levels are extended The sixth tlevel is looking especially good, be- ing in ore it's entire length of 15O feet Shipments of 50 tons of ore daily to the Fl Paso smelter continue, and the company expects to increase it's shipments within from sixty to ninety days to 150 tons daily.
 Lyman c. Woods is preparing to ship a car of silver-lead ore, also carrying values in gold and silver near the Big Johnny mine. The Cali fornia mine was worked thirty-five years ago and is said to have pro- duced ore to the value of $1SO,O00. MT. Woods has also sent out burro train to the Idaho group, owned 5y Woods and Hayward, and situated near Dripping Springs. About 200 tons of ore has been taken out that MT. Woods says will average Is per cent copper, $10 gold and two ounces silver to the ton
 Operations by the Inspiration Cop per company are confined chiefly to mine development and grading for the Inspiration railroad The ore pocket below the 9th level at the | Scorpion shaft is being enlarged, pre- paratory to driving on the 4th level toward the Colorado and main shafts. ! The 9th level drift is being driven | from No. ? shaft toward No 1 shaft | and from No. 1 shaft to the main | shafts in Webster Gulch Foundations 1 for the crushed plant at the main !! shafts are being constructed At the | mill site the construction of ware house and concrete mixing plant has been started At the Black Warrior work is be- n cor in1 nents are being made at the rate of lbout 100 tons of ore per day to the q Paso shelter. The ore is silicious nd runs about ' per cent copperThe , lew Inspiration branch railroad to he main Inspiration shafts passes : within hundred feet of the Warrior { re-bins, and, if satisfactory shipping oncessions can be arranged, should i materially increase the shipping capa- ( fty of the Warrior company. The Jahns Mining Co.,, about 12 niles west of Miami, is soon to re- i tune operation. The property is in i faulted zone showing lead, silver, I old and copper. The group consists l f 31 claims, ,bing bordered by the | continental on the northeast and the l astle Dome on the east H. Jahns general manager for the company T nd is now at the property. I The shaft of the New State, in hich high-grade lead ore carrying rIx overed last year and which was the ause of much favorable comment lroughout the district, is reported to ave been sunk on patented ground !" the Continental group The Con. d mental group is the property of the Id Dominion
 strike on the Socorro claim in the . title Rincon mining camp of south . tstern Arizona, is showing up nicely. h re is being sacked for shipment, ,, ith values running up to $500 per V, n and with occasional kidneys = orth S2 per pound. The width Of e e first class ore is about 14 inches, , Id the second class or $50 ore, about =, 70 feet. T.
 d The old Silver King mine, miles q, om Superior, is reported as again 'nded for $75,OOO. The property st IS been idle for many years and is b, edited with a production of $15,OOO,- fir 0. o,
 sf The Copper Butte mine, near 'chrane and Ray, will probably be A )rked again An incline shaft has