El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-08-30

Some difficulty has been experienced in
unWatering the main shaft Two
pumps are now throwing $50 gallons q
minute and the water is down nearly
to the 500 foot level A third pump.
with a capacity of 100 gallons a minute.
is TO be placed at the 42S station As
fast as the water is removed the shaft
is enlarged from one to three compart-
ments Its present depth is 40 feet
but ii will be sunk deeper as soon as
the task Of unwatering the workings is
carried out.
Drift Is Opening Good Ground
It is probable that the next develop
ment of Importance at the Jerome
Verde will not be in the shaft but in the
drift which the United Verde Extension
company is driving for the Jerome
Verde from it's 1400 foot level Two
drifts are being driven from that level
into Jerome Verde ground and one of
them is opening strong indications Of
ore.
Water Nearly Out of j. V. +.
The unwatering of the jerome Victor
Extension and Arkansas Arizona
shafts is almost completed and few
more DAYS viii see development under
way at both these mines. The Jerome
Victor shaft is 1900 feet deep, Win
several hundred feet of drifting and
prosecuting from the lower level 1t
is planned TO extend one of the cross
cuts eastward toward the United Verde
line, only a Few hundred feet away The
United Verde is known to have stopped
close to that line and many believe that
the q. Y. ore body extends over the
boundary.
a. & A. May Run Crosscut.
The main shaft at the Arkansas &
Arizona is 1910 feet deep. No plan of
development has been decided upon. but
it is probable that crosscut will be
run east or northeast into North Verde
ground, where the surface indications
are more favorable. Both the A. & a
and North Verde are controlled by the
Goodrich-Lockhart syndicate. of New
York. ". II. Galligan. formerly of
Johnson. Cochise county, is in charge
as superintendent
It has been many years since water
was allowed TO fill the workings at the
A & A. and Jerome Victor but the tim
bering was found TO be in fair condi-
ton
Shumate Gets Verde Apex Control.
Harry Shumate. of Prescott. son of
Ed Shumate, president of the Venture
Hill Mining company. has concluded a
deal for 81 percent of the issued stock
of the Verde Apex company II is given
out that a merger of the two companies
will eventually be effected. Each
group includes six claims but the Ven
ture Hill property is cut in two by the
Apex. tunnel is being driven on the
Venture Hill to cut contact at depth.
When the contact is cut. drifts will be
run both WAYS and a site for q shaft
viii be chosen. The Apex has been idle
for several years, though it has excel
lent surface indications equally as good
as those on the Venture Hill.
JerOme-POrtIand Strikes suipbIdes.
A hoist. compressor and other ma
chinery are in operation at the Jerome
Portland. Four jackhammers are being
worked two shifts day and the shaft.
now nearly 100 feet deep, is going
down at the rate of two or three feet
a shift. Stringers of yellow sulphides
are frequently encountered
Copper Chief to Ship.
Shipments of copper ore from the
Copper Chief mine will begin to move
forward to the Humboldt smelter as
soon as the sampling works at that
plant recently burned down. is rebuilt
The Copper Chief fill is daily treating
some 100 tons of gold ore and is max
ing n good recovery of values by the
cyanide process.