Mohave County miner., 1916-07-22
By WILLIAM P. DewoLF.


President Wilson and General Car
rama have decided to call off the war,
smoke the pipe of peace and assist
each other in chasing the elusive Villa,
business conditions on each side of the
border are becoming more settled.
American mine owners have been
guaranteed protection if they return
to Mexico to again open up the vast
ore bodies there, and many are accept
ing the offer. But the wise-acres, who
were won't to remark in recent years
that when the Mexican trouble was
over, the opening up of mines south of
the border would cause a panic among
mining men in the good old U. S. A,
are gradually waking up to the fact
that they were mistaken. Even the re-
turn to Mexico of mine owners, and
the reopening of large plants will not
materially affect the industry in Ari-
iona, for since the beginning of the
European war, prices in copper and
silver have scared, scores of old mines
have been put in operation again, new
methods of treating complex ores
have been discovered, and the mining
game has been placed on firm basis.
During the last few days several
important deals, and much unusual de-
velopment has taken place in the
mines of Yevapai county. Probably the
most important deal, to Prescott, was
the transfer of so claims on Copper
creek, owned by C. ]. McNulty and
Mike Mcbride, to the Daly-CrawfOrd
Lewissohn syndicate. Before purchas-
ing the property extensive investiga-
ton Of it was made by engineers for
the syndicate, rated as one of the
strongest in the world The so claims
are believed by mining men to be in
a region which is continuation of the
rich Copper Basin field. Approximate
ly $500, 900 is involved in the deal, to
be made in payments as development
progresses.
A camp has been established on the
Venture Hill property, and six men
are now at work there Within the
next few days the force will be in
creased to Is men and, with the ar
rival and installation of machinery,
this force will be still further in
creased. A survey of the tunnel on
the property shows that it will have
to be redrifted 127 feet from its pres
emit workings to drift under the ore
bearing dyke-the surface indication
of the Venture Hill ore body. The tun-
mel track to the dump has been relaid
and ore cars received.
Green Monster Progress.
D. R. Finlayson, former superin-
tendent of the Copper Chief mill, has
taken charge of the Green Monster
property, and is pushing development.
While commercial ore has not as yet
been struck, officials of the company
say the development has been all that
could be expected and that they look
for important determinations to be
made in the near future. A. P. Thomp-
son, geologist, is carefully assembling
geological data on the various out
crops and contacts.
Road building will be commenced at
once. By the time the machinery,
which has already been ordered, ar
rives, the foundations and buildings
will be ready for its immediate in
stallation. The site for the big camp
on the property is ideal, both from
standpoint of sanitation and comfort.
The buildings will all be permanent
and completely protected from winter
storms. The camp buildings will also
be completed and ready for occupancy
as soon as the machinery arrives.
The main shaft of the Pittsburg-Je-
rome mine has been sunk 1876 feet be-
low the 500 foot level, and consider
able copper is showing on the face of
the ledge, with a soft formation in the
bottom of the shaft. Indications of
water encountered on drifting in the
south crosscut have led to the con-
struction of dam across a drift run
from the 500 foot level at a point 100
feet north of the shaft. The road to
the property is being built by a force
of rs men. An extra crew has been
put at work at the mine end. The new
road, although longer than the old one,
will have much less percentage of
grade and will make the hauling of
ore and supplies an easy task.
The old Sunnyside group of gold |
mines, IL miles southeast of Prescott, |
has been taken over under option by
H. A. Groom, of Phoenix, who plans to
begin operating soon. This group was
discovered in the early SOS by Enoch
Williams, and considerable amount