The Arizona copper camp., 1916-04-07
TuSCurnbia Nay Prove
to BCSeCond Tonopah
By WI lam p. DE Wolf

An ore sheet fifty feet long and
from four to five feet wide,. carrying
3.6 per cent. copper and 422.8 ounces
silver to the ton, has been opened on
the property of the Tuscumbia Mining
and Milling company. The vein, of
which the sheet is part, gives returns
of Ia per cent. copper and 92.2 ounces
silver to the ton. The assays were
made at the R. H. Hetherington Metal
lurgical works in this city on a silver
valuation of so cents per ounce. The
returns follow:
Four Samples Taken
Sample No. 1-Talc-silver, per ton,
Az ounces. Sample No. 2, taken from
vein in tunnel No. 2-silver, per ton,
SO ounces. Sample No. 8, taken from
ore sheet in tunnel No. 3-copper, per
ton, S.6 per cent, and silver, per ton,
422.S ounces, or $253.69. Sample No.
4, taken across, the vein at a point 500
feet in from the portal of tunnel No. ),
copper, per ton, IA per cent, and silver,
per ton. 92.2 ounces, or $55.S2.
Significance of Strike.
The discovery is one of potent possi-
bilities and paramount Importance to
the mining industry of the Bradshaw
mountains, as the ore is identical in
appearance with the high grade ores
of the famous Tonopah district of Me-
.vada and carries a silver content equal
thereto. 1t was, in fact the similarity
of the silver bearing ores of the Brad
shaw mountains to those of Tonopah
that attracted the attention of former
Nevada mining men to that section of
Yavapai county some monhs ago and
~resulted>in the resumption of mining
operations in the Tuscumbia, Tiptop,
Nelson, Lincoln, Peck, War Eagle-G
diator and other old time bonanzas.
Influence on Others
The similarity of Bradshaw mountain
ores to those of Tonopah, and in certain
important instances to those of Gold
field, was instrumental in influencing
DR.. F. A. Wheeler and associates to
finance the Bradshaw mountains tun-
mel project-an enterprise kindred in
purpose to the development, drainage
and transportation tunnels of the Grip
pie Creek district of Colorado. The
recent discovery on the Tuscumbia
property corroborateS the favorable II
ports on the Bradshaws made by DR..
Wheeler and his engineers. 1t also
strengthens the belief of the operators
there that the section offers ore-yield-
ing opportunities akin to those of To-
nopah. Likewise. it is proving an in
centive for the resumption of opera,
tions on properties which have for con-
siderable periods been quiescent.
Tcnopah Man Made Strike
James H. Sullivan general manager
of the Tuscumbia Mining and Milling
company's property. made the strike
before referred to during the closing
days of March. He made the strike, in
fact, within three weeks from the time
he assumed Charge VI O0VelOpInent
work Sullivan is former Tonopah
and Manhattan, Nevada, mining man
He was one of a number of successful
lease operators in the first mentioned
camp during the hectic early days OF
it's career, and is, therefore, capable
of making an intelligent comparison OF
the Tuscumbia ores with those of the
Mizpah, Belmont, and other well known
mines of the Tonopah district. He says
the silver bearing veins of the Brad
shaw mountains are identical in ap-
pearance with those of the Tonopah
district and that their silver content
is on a par Herewith. In discussing
the strike on the Tuscumbia Mr.. Sulli-
van said:
Important in Bearing
"In my opinion, the recent discovery
MoRENcI COMPANY