Mohave County miner., 1916-12-02
By WILLIAM P. De WOLF

PRESCOTT, Ariz., Dec. 1.-Among the mining men congregated at Je- rome the conviction prevails that cop per ore bodies of value are distribut- ed generally throughout wide area in the Verde district, and that depth and davelopment will disclose deposits of copper well beyond the confines of the ''pay" belt as at present recognized, equal in value to those opened in the United Verde, United Verde Extension field for many years. s. F. Denison, treasurer, is identified with the admin istration of the mining and other in terests of the late G. W. Hull, former owner of the Hull Copper and other properties that were recently sold to W. A. Clark of the United Verde mine for s1,OOO,OOO. E. W. Carroll, secre- tary, is prominent in the business and mining affairs of the Verde district.
 and Copper Chief mines. This cOnvic- tion is based upon geological condi- lions similar to those prevailing in the immediate vicinity of Jerome, where are located the United Verde and United Verde Extension mines; and the fact that commercial copper ore is being shipped regularly from the Cop per Chief mine, located well to the south of the properties mentioned.
 Out on the Verde north fault, be- yond the Arkansas and Arizona and Jerome Victor Extension properties, the mineral conditions at surface are identical with those nearer Jerome and hold forth promise of similar oppor- tunities to mine at a profit. The same limestone and iron capping, iron stained porphyry and monzonite which Overlies the rich copper ores in the lm- mediate vicinity of Jerome, and which were the guides to their location, can be traced for several miles beyond the A & A. ground across the properties of the Jerome-Superior, Jerome Daisy and Verde Copper Development com panies. To the south of Jerome s1m1- lar mining conditions prevail at sur face on the estates of the Michigan Verde. United Verde Consolidated, per belt is the most extensive as well as the richest ever discovered.
 veIonment estate should not be as gen erally valuable as those underlying the United Verde estate. It is not to be the copper ore bodies underlying the iron capping on the Verde Copper De- Boston and Jerome and other com panies that are operating within the Verde mine and this side of the Cop per Chief mine. By reason of these unusual surface showings the belief IS spreading that the United Verde cop territory lying beyond the United
 Similarity of OutcrOp
 If a piece of the iron capping which features the property of the Verde Conner Development company were thrown on the iron outcrop Of the United Verde estate, it would be i'm possible to distinguish the former from the latter. The two outcrops are identicaly in appearance and possess practically the same mineral charac' teristies. If anything, the Verde Cop ,er Development outcrop is the richer for if carries as high as 55 per cen' iron and II per cent copper to tn' ton. The geological structure of tn' and there appears toibe no reason wh! two properties appears to be the same understood from the foregoing tna the Verde Copper Development peopl have at this time an estate equal Il value to that of the United Verde com nanv It does, however, offer simlla' notentialities within the confines of 1t 124O acres.
 By reason of it's mineral showlnl and mineral yielding possibilities tn property is viewed with favor by tn mining men of this section and is re ceiving their financial support. Waite C. Miller, president of the ownln eompany, is manager of the I. F. Nil Ter Go. of Jerome and Clarksdale' on of the large9 mine cutftting and mel a chandise houses in the Southwest. h is a man of wide experience in mlnln affairs and is thoroughly familiar wit the copper ore occurrences or tn Verde distri t. T. c. Roberts, VIC president, is a construction englnee who has bes identified with the m' ehanical el of mining in the Jerom
 Ore elding Possibilities
 Two unusually wide and well mil eralized outcrops are to be deVelope on the estate of the Verde Copper D' velopment company under the persons
 supervision of J. E. Leeper, mlnIn man who has back of him many yeal
 of practical experience in the copp'
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