Bisbee daily review., 1916-11-12
PROMISED RAY IN NEAR
 FUTURE
Mining Expert Visits Pinal County Metropolis and Pre- diets that Boom Will Soon Strike the Region.

RAY, Arizona, Nov. 11.-That the copper camp at Ray, Arizona, is on the verge of a genuine boom" is the opinion expressed by H. E. Davis, field mining expert for the non-promotion brokerage house of A. w. Coote, in Los Angeles. MT. Davis has just con- pleted a personal investigation of the central zone of the Ray district, for MT. Coote, and during his stay in the district made close study of gen. eral conditions. He is one of the most conservative and careful mine investi gators in the southwest, and has for years been a constant contributor to a number of the most influential min ing and technical publications in the United States. Relative to Ray, MT Davis says, in part:
 "I have seen many new mining camps in the making, and must say that wtile Ray is by no means a new camp, it is showing unmistakeable signs of boom, which should not be long in coming. The enormous pro- duction of the Ray Consolidated has long kept the name of the camp before the public, and with the Ray Hercu- les planning to enter the ranks of the big producers in the near future, and other companies starting active devel opment, the district is daily receiving more attention.
 Ray Consolidated is a great mine, and bids fair to continue to be a great mine for a long time to come. I was particularly impressed by the machine like precision of all operations con ducted by this big company. by the excellence of all its mining equipment, the permanence of construction of all buildings, and the care which is being taken of it's employees. Nowhere could l see signs of lost motion. Its 10,100 tons of ore daiyl is handled with less confusion than is shown by many com panies handling less than 25 tons per day. all operations running as smooth ly as a high-priced chronometer. The ore reserves of the company are al most incredible.
 Ray Hercules is property which seems to be somewhat underrated. The company is reticent about giving out information, and while some figures have been given out which estimate B. 000,00 to 1000, 900 tons of ore in sight. the general impression among Ray mining men is that 1t has much more than 10,000,000 tons in sight, some of which is very high grade ore. The main working shaft, No. l, is now down about 700 feet, and has cut through some 400 feet of highly oxidized schis- tose matter containing material, every small piece, when broken, showing the fluidal foliation zones to contain sheets of native copper, some of which are not much thicker than gold leaf. In other places the copper is more mas. sive, and the sheets are fully an eighth of an inch in thickness. Very little is being said about this rich find, and there is some belief in Ray that the insiders are quietly purchasing all the stock they can secure at prevailing and without unduly exciting the mar ket
 Arizona Ray is another company which is attracting attention. Its con- sulting engineer and manager. is Ed mund Hiatt, for six years chief engi- neer of the Ray Consolidated. and who played large part in its development. Under his direction a churn drill is now working in a portion of this ground, but about 500 feet from where the Ray Consolidated Is extracting very rich carbonate ore from its Cal umet claim. The drill is now down about 165 feet. The dacite capping had been penetrated, and when l was on the ground the drill was in the conglomerate which usually lies be- tween the dacite and the schist The schist Is the principal oreb-earing rock of the district. The Calumet work ings are practically due north of the drill-rig of the Arizona Ray. and the ore-bearing schist throughout this sec tion is in blanket formation. extending north and south, and dripping down ward toward the east, generally speak ing. The drill hole is in a practically direct line with the Calumet stopes to the north, and the northern drill holes put down by the Ray Hercules. It's central block of ground is surrounded on three sides by the proved territory of the Ray Hercules and Ray Consoli- dated The drill-rig is operating near the extreme western end. and as the dip of the bedding plane of the schist is toward the east, and pay ore has been developed still to the east of the Ray Consolidated, 1t appears as though the company has a splendid prospect of developing pay copper underneath this entire block of ground, which GOV CTS about three claims. The total acre age of its holding is ITO. Another churn drill outfit will soon be in oper' ation. Tn the meantime. directly south of it's ground the Ray Hercules IS steadily operating four churn drills.
 There is much activity along this entire range from near Geronimo, some sixty miles to the southeast. to Super
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