Weekly journal-miner., 1916-05-03
JEROME FIELD IS FORGING ID
 THE FRONT
BIDS FAIR AT PRESENT RATE OF PROGRESS TO. BE LARGEST COPPER CAMP IN STATE.
(By Ernest Douglas)

two-milc tunnel to drain the great Jerome mines.
 These are only two of the last weeks many important developments that affect tile bustling, booming, con ident Jerome district.
 Nothing has happened to shake Je- rome's confidence in herself, or the worlds confidence in Jerome. In vestors, mining engineers, stock brok- CTS anxious to close deals with the promoters of new enterprises, are hurrying into the camp by train and auto.
 Dundee a Producer.
 That the Dundee-Arizona will be shipping 50 tons of ore a day by June IS, is the prediction of Superintend- ent James A. Hubbard At the pres cnt time the shaft, which is down 240 feet, is being timbered from top to bottom. The upraise from the tunne! level broke through to the shaft over q week ago. This raise now forms a part of the shaft, which is tapped by the tunnel at l40 feet.
 All the shaft and tunnel, which Is 235 feet long, are in lime carbonate ore. Seventy feet from the tunnel the upraiSe clipped into the edge of blind ledge of lime carbonate, schist and glance running better than 25 per cent copper.
 \ station is now being cut at this point and as soon as the machinery is installed the work of taking out the rich ore will begin. At the same time the shaft will be sunk to 1000 feet.
 A compressor, hoist, three jack hammer drills and other machinery will be delivered at Clarkdale in a few days and installed at the Dundee-Ari- zona as rapidly as possible. The ore mined will be trammed out through the tunnel and dropped to the Clark dale wagon road, about 200 feet be- low. Clarkdale is less than three miles away, and down hill.
 It is expected that all the ore taken out in sinking the shaft will be O. shipping grade. Superintendent Hub bard is confident that he can market enough ore to pay all development costs. Ore could be steam-snoveled right from the surface and profitably marketed as long as copper remains above 2S cents.
 That Tunnel.
 One of the dreams of George w. Hull, pioneer of the Jerome district, has long been a two-mile tunnel run into the face of the Black Hills range, starting between Clarkdale and Je- rome-Verde ground, and draining water from beneath some of the rich est mines in this section. It is now possible that this dream will come true
 Three years ago the Jerome Tunnel Company was formed with Mir. Hull as president R. Rothmell IS secre- tary; s. r. Denison and Mrs. A. H. Lyons are on the board of directors. All are local people and no stock has been issued. All the necessary rights of-way. and permits have been sc cured.
 San Francisco parties have secured an option on the proposition. exPir- ing May Y. If the option is exer- cised the commencement of opera tions will probably be a matter Of only d few months.
 Four claims and fraction, lying north of the road from Jerome to Clarkdalc. are owned by the Jerome Tunnel Company. On one of these claims the tunnel has already been started, but it is in only IFS feet. It lS SCNNh bg SiN lNSl III oiNS-
 After passing out of the tunnel company's holdings the tunnel will enter Jerome Verde ground. It will pass about l,OOO feet south of t1e United Verde Extensions main shalt at a depth of some l.2OO feet. Then it goes into the ground of the Hull Copper Company. on the surface of which Jerome is built; there its depth will be some l,7OO feet Next in line Is the Cleopatra. where the tunnels depth will be 2,50O feet. Then 1t will go into ground held individually by Mir. Hull, and end in Hull Company property.
 The total length oi this tunnel will be about two miles It will benefit | every mine in the district. including even the United Verde. for it will carry away the water which hampers ! deep development and operation. It | is probable that the water will be di-