Arizona republican., 1916-11-19
ARIZONA MINES

ARIZONA MINES
 Ray Hercules Co. it is said. has purchased nearly s1.000,000 worth of materials and machinery. One order being for q head frame. structural steel and corrugated iron. which WAS awarded the Fl Paso Bridge t& Iron Company.
 This will provide materials for ali the buildings required at the property. An order was placed with Mcintosh 6 Seymour for Diesel engine.
 On account of the congested cond.- tions the contracts provide for deliv cry in from , months to a year. and include material for mill, hoist. compressors. crushers. ore bins and such buildings as are necessary for the offices and the accommodation of the employees. CalloW fiOtation machines will be used in a system similar to that Of the Inspiration and Magma companies. Two shafts have been sunk The main one is 750 ft deep. About I50 men are employed. Bodies. running from to 10 per cent have been encountered Regular ship ments of carbonate are being made 10 the Fl Paso shelter. In the main shaf: rativc copper was encountered between the GOO and 700 levels Three shifts are working continuously. | Churn adriils are being employed in prospecting. some having penetrated | to a depth of 600 10 l50e fl.
 4 complete system of development 1 Is to be started at the Iron Cap Cop per Co.'S property through the Iron | Cap and Williams shafts. The equip ment at these shafts win allow a depth of 1900 fl.
 The old Iron Cap shaft. 400 1t. deep, has been enlarged to 3-oom-
 partment shaft and sunk 10 the SC0 level A cross-cut was started at 500
 1t. As soon as the station at 500 is
 finished crosscutting will begin at that level. The shaft is to go down to the 1000 or 1900 level and the area
 north of the shaft explored. The
 shaft is situated 1900 1t. from the east workings of she Arizona Con- mercial or the Copper Hill lode
 which is 3G 1t. wide and averages { per cert copper Indications are that the lode crosses Iron Cap 2.)und 300 it. north of the shaft and ex-
 tends 3. of a mile through the prop
 erty. The crosscuts at the 600 and
 800 levels should reach the sulphidt
 vein in a few months. At the Will
 liams shaft double drum hoist is
 being installed. They will sink from
 the 900 to 1000 level The vein or
 the 500 proved large and rich in
 both copper and silver. Almost con-
 tinuous shipments of ore have beer
 made from that level for years. h
 the winze sunk 90 1t. from the 9Jl
 level rich ore was found. It is
 ft. wide. Three feet is bornite, whicl
 assays over % per cent. The equip
 ment at both shafts is adequate fo
 development to the 1500.
 : The great lode system which tray.
 erses the central portion of the dis
 trict, and upon which are located
 the Tom Reed. United Eastern an, Big Jim mines. is an immense rde
 Recent developments on the easterl, extension of the Tom Reed whicl l covers fully F miles both to tn east 3nd west of it's main. or Bcl
 Harrison workings. have given fur , ther and most interesting proof O the importance of this great lod f system.
 5 From the extreme western .poin in which the United Eastern has de veloped great bodies of pay ore. t ; the extreme eastern point at whc : the Tom Reed has developed larg s bodies of pay ore, Is almost mile. - Here seems to be a practically con . tinuous ore body. held in two enor T nous veins on either side of stron dike system These veins averag ft 8 been developed at various points 1 e depths ranging from 200 to 1400 f; = and show pay ore to the greates ;. depth, and ur to within 50 it. of tn e surface. In addition, along this grea 1 zone, about 1 mile to the west ( 1 the United Eastern the Tom Reed 3 opening pay ore at 100-ft. depth 7. its Rhine geld claim. When it t considered that this ore body is fire . milling, showing no sulphides, frol < top to bottom. that it is more tha c 15 it. in width, and that averag r values seem to be we'll above $1 t the characterization of the lode ( Q amazing seems to be justified. Dul Il ing the past ? or , years, the oi q extracted from the Tom Reeds mai q than s20. figuring averages year | t year There seems reason to belieS r that the above estimate of SIP D, o ton is far too low.
 The longest ore shoot in the mai
 workings of the Tom Reed mine R less than 300 it. There are thrt r. practically parallel shoots in the. $ workings. which have enabled ti 2 payment of some $2,555.0O in div It dends to date. and this when minir - and milling costs lave been ve,