El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-08
YAVAPAI MINES
CHANGE OWNERS
Property Once Worked For
Silver Values Now Are
Producing Tungsten.
BY WILLIAM DE WOLF.


Prescott, Ariz.. March S.-Increased
activity is apparent in all of the min
81 allzed areas of Yavapai county, and
] the indications are that the present
activity is the harbinger of even more
persistent and extended mining effort
IN the near future. No particular
: branch of the mining industry is being
given preference at the outset of what
promises to be the most prosperous
mining era in the countys history. In
contradistinctiOn all metals look alike
70 the opportunists who are mining in
Yavapafs hills.
To Treat Ores Mt Mine.
A carload shipment of 8inc-lead ore
recently sent to the smelter from the
first Home mine on upper Big Bug
creek gave such gratifying returns the
management has decided to treat its
ores in the future directly at the mine.
With that object in mind. the Oriental
mill, located within 1000 feet of the
main workings, has been taken over.
A syndicate of Bisbee men is Operat-
ing the property in conjunction with
Ed Block of Prescott, the owner. After
cleaning out the debris from the work.
ings and shafts to a depth of 800 feet,
ore was encountered that carries high
values in lead and zinc.
Snyder Silver Claims Taken Over.
The Snyder silver claims, located in
the vicinity of Turkey station, on the
Bradshaw Mountain railroad, has been
taken over by Z. J. Temple Of Boulder,
Colo, and Frank Thornton of Mayer.
The SNYDER group is to be worked by
its present owners for tungsten. The
acreage lies in the heart of the peg
Matte belt of the Bradshaw mountains
Shipments of tungsten ore from the
pegmatite areas Of the Bradshaws COM
mand SOS per unit in the Pittsburg,
Pa, market Temple and Thornton
have a considerable tonnage in sight,
and viii begin shipping is soon as the
new hosting and pumping plants are
installed and in operation
The FL Dorado Sold.
Operations have been resumed On the
Ell Dorado and Security groups OF sill
yer claims in the Tip Top section of
the Bra dshaws. Like the Snyder silver )
group, the Ell Dorado and Security !
hold tungsten yielding possibilities.
Recently they We're examined by y. H. |
Getchell an expert on tungsten ore oc-
currences and possibilities. The out I
come was the sale of the groups TO /
Getcheu and associates. The new own
ers propose to reopen the old workings
on the FL Dorado and to work the !
Security group through their medium. I
At the same time the silver ore bodies /
already opened in the FL Dorado will /
be explored and developed
The ZOnia ships.
Shipments of high and medium grade !
copper ores have been resumed at the /
Mcmahon copper mine of Zonia. The /
first carload went out to the Hayden !
smelter other shipments will follow !
at regular intervals.
Mantezuma Active.
working under forced draft" the
men in the employ OF the Montezuma
Mining company are getting things IN /
shape for the campaign of extensive
development work that Is TO be IN
augurated about the middle Of the cur
rent month. The property is one of
the best known in the Bradshaw noun
tains. The corporation is headed by /
J.. p Waldron of Colorado Springs,
Colo. and is said to be supplied with
funds ample for the extensive develop
mcnt planned.
The Champion Ready.
Down in the Hasa yampa section OF
Yavapii county the miners are groom
ing the Champion for production hon
ors. The Champion group was taken
over some time ago by G. G. Lemons
of LOndOn, Eng. Lemons has had
small force Of men at work prospect
ing the acreage ever since ne TOOK II
over Mr. Lemons represents a finan-
cially strong English syndicate that is
in mines in various corners
of the world-gold mines exclusively
and he intimates that a deal is pend
ing with his people for yet another
group OF gold claims in the Hasa
yampa country
The CIeaveInnd Sold
Several weeks ago the old Cleaveland
mine in the Chaparral country was
sold to Ben Rybon and James OBrien
OF McCabe. The new owners nave es-
tabIished a camp at the property and
resumed development work. The new
owners have taken up the work where
the former operators ceased The Work
done to date indicates that the prop
city car again be placed on a shlpplhB
basis at comparatively small cost.
The Mint ResUmes.
Retimbering the main shaft on the
Mint group Of gold claims in the cop
per Basin country Is progressing 10
advantage now that the pumps have
II eed the working of their Over-burden
OF H-2-0.