The Arizona copper camp., 1916-03-03

ticularly desirable as fluX. Deyel-
opment work is being prosecuted with
a view to the shipment of ore in the
near future.
John j. Jackson, who is in charge of
Operations on the Copper Hill group ad-
joining the Commercial mine, states
that he will begin shipping ore to the
Hayden smelter as soon as freighting
shipment will consist of 200 tons of
copper oxides carrying profitable gold
content Other shipments will follow
at regular intervals. There is a large
tonnage in sight in near surface work.
ings.
Over in the Crown King country
development work is being prosecuted
in a number of old time producers
Prominent among them is the Crown
King mine, with dividend record Of
$4O0,0OO; the Tip Top mine, under op-
ton to Charles Schwab because of it's
tungsten yielding possibilities; the Orc
Belle, under lease to Bradshaw and
Riggs, former mine operators of Colo
rado and Nevada; the War Eagle
Gladiator, owned by Z. G. Norris and
Lester jackson of Prescott-produc-
tion record of half million dollars; ano
the Nelson property. The latter has an
ore body from to feet wide which
samples from $500 to $4,000 per ton
in gold. In addition, it carries a silver,
lead, zinc content. Shipments of the
lower grade ores are being made to the
Crown King mill, recently taken over
by Randolph and Gemmill, former op-
orators in the Colorado and Nevada
mining districts. The high grade ores
are being sent to the Humboldt smelter.
Operations were recently resumed on
the Midday group, adjoining the old
Peck mine. The Peck is one of the
famous silver mines of a former gen
Grafton and has an output record of
100000 worth of bullion. The Mid
1 day also is a producer of former years
1t is now being operated under lease,
and with view quite as much to it's
tungsten-yielding possibilities as to it's
known value as a producer of silver.
AS matter of fact, tungsten at SOS. 90
pei unit-that being the price paid for
tungsten ore shipped from the Peck
section to Pittsburg-is more valuable
than is silver ore at it's present price
per ounce.
Zinc concentrates are being freighted
to Prescott for shipment from the Ruth
mine on Indian Greek. The batch to-
tails $50 tons and is going forward to
the smelters at Joplin, Missouri Gold
and silver concentrates, totaling 100
tons, are being freighted from the Ruth
mine to the r. H. Hetherington metal
lurgical plant in this city.
Development of the Black Chief cop
per mine in the southern part of Yava-
pai county has been resumed under
conditions which assure an immediate
output of commercial grade copper.
Superintendent McLane has purchased
the necessary mine materials and camp
supplies in this city and has re-estab-
lished camp at the property. Devel-
opment is to be energetic and will be
furthered by large force of minesr
Louis Goldman, of Paris, Texas vice.
president of the Copper Queen Gold
Mining company, accompanied by Texas
stockholders of the corporation to the
number of fourteen, recently visited the
estate and closed the final details
whereby his company, in conjunction
with the Stoddard Mines company, will
| erect a 15O-ton mill for the reduction
OF ores from both of the estates. The
mill will be of latest pattern and will
be equipped with the oil-flotation
process. Preliminary work has been
started at the millsite. 1t is hoped to
have the plant in operation within five
months from March 1st. 1t will be
utilized for the reduction of the copper
gold, silver ores that prevail in large
tonnage on the Copper Queen estate,
and to lesser extent on the Stoddard
ground.
After an idleness of more than seven
years, operations are to be immediately
resumed in the workings of the Nav
Mining company. The May adjoins the
Blue Bell on the north and prior to
1907, presented equal yielding DOS
slbilities. In that year of panic and
unsettled financial conditions. however
the operators of the May were forced
to close down. The Blue Bell people to
the contrary, were able to continue on
erations and to good purpose; for the
mine is producing high grade copper
ore to depth of 500 feet and has for
long time been a steady and consistent
shipper. The Ohio people behind the
May company, encouraged by the splen-
did future of the Blue Bell, and the
probability of the same rich ore BODY
prevailing in the Nav Uorlxings hove