Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-13
MINE ACTIVITY IN
 CREASED IN COUNTY

' Continued from page 1, Mining Section siderable attention attracted to the district and parties are figuring on options on other properties in the district.
 P. J. McCarty has a bond and op- tion on the property of George Me, Carty and Mrs. Igo and has already taken out nearly a car load of gooG shipping ore.
 A Mexican came into Tombstone early last week and brought in a mum Der of pieces of decomposed lime in which were little streaks of native copper. He said that he had found the pieces scattered on the groud in several places on the west side of the mountains. Parties there became in terested and have gone out to pros pect the country on that side of the mountains.
 The Tungsten company. who is working the Gordon property, which it has under bond and option, has taken out considerable ore and has made one or two shipments. They expect to install concentrator before making any more shipments.
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 The Middle Pass country at the present time is attracting consider able attention. The Middle Pass Mines company which was recently incorporated by Bisbee parties and oi which L. J. Overlook is president ana O. w. Wolf secretary and treasurer. is the owner of twelve claims in the Middle Pass par of which includes the old Martin claims, which were tho oldest in the district, being located by Martin in 1883 and were being de veloped by him at the time he was killed by the Apache Indians in 1884 The property is lead, zinc and silve. proposition.
 Large bodies of the ore occur on the surface. There has been no great depth sunk on any of the various ledges by the company has now start ed work on a new shaft which will be used as a working shaft and whict will be sunk to a depth of 400 feet In this shaft which is now down only fifteen feet a doby of exceptionally rich ore has been uncovered which gives all indications of being the apex of large body of ore. A hoist is to be Installed on this shaft and a concentrator erected to handle are ore and an oil Notation plant is also contemplated as samples of the ore that have been tested by that method gave most excellent results. The company has a small force of men ai work at the uresent time but expects during the next few weeks to increase that force. The property lies between the Black Diamond and the Middle March properties.
 Jos Muheim and Charle Jones, of Bisbee, are getting ready to resume active operations on the Grant proper. ty on Zinc Flats. They have already opened up several bodies of good zinc ore and haVe/ out several hundred tons on the dumps.
 The Gordon property, in the same district, is idle at the present time but California parties are trying tc secure an option on the same and will have parties out to examine it in the near future.
 The Old Black Diamond property has been examined recently by sever al mining, experts who are said to be in the employ of the Lewisstons. They have made a most thorough eXamina. tion and it would not be much of a surprise to see that old property again resume shipments.
 A number of leasers are at work OF the Middle March property and are shipping a car week to the smelters at Douglas. The ore is hauled to Pearce.
 At the old Copper King property. near the South Pass, some work is being done by the present owners and several tons of good grade copper ore taken out and shipments will be