The Arizona copper camp., 1916-04-07

, in the Tuscumbia mine of a silver cop
per ore body having silver value of
$25368 per ton, will have an important
bearing upon future mining opera
tions in the Bradshaw mountains, as it
will tend toward an increase in mining
effort, and increased mining effort
there is all that is required for an in
crease in mine product. The ore in the
Tuscumbia, and elsewhere throughout
the Bradshaws, is markedly similar to
that of Tonopah and offers no reduc-
ton problem which cannot be solved
by the oil l-flotation process. The cop
per sulphides carried by the Tuscumbia
and other ores of that locality insure
continuity of veins and values at
depth and presage the discovery of de-
posits of commercial copper as soon as
sulphide areas are well entered The
mill at Crown King, with it's oil-flota-
ton process, affords nearby market
for these ores at a low transportation
cost.
Tuscumbia's Plans
"Now that the presence of pay ore
mas been demonstrated in the Tuscum-
bia mine the company purposes to enter
upon an extended campaign of devel-
opment. Plans to that end are b.
formulated and in due course will be
in operation. The personnel of the
company's directorate includes such
well known local business and mining
men as Frank B. Williams, city asses
sor and tax collector; B. H. Smith, for
mer member and chairman of Yava-
pai county's board of supervisors, and
j. H. Robinson, secretary of Arizona
Chapter of the American Mining Con-
gress. These men are familiar vii
occurrences in the Bradshaws and will
lend valuable assistance in the future
development of the Tuscumbia proper
| ty. AS outlined, the plan is to prose-
cute development work in the high
grade silver copper ore sheet recently
discovered in tunnel No. 8 and at the
same time sink the main working shaft
to connection Herewith. This will af-
ford adequate circulation of air and
make easily accessible an area of prof
table stopping ground.
Shows Native Silver
Ucc for nc hos naay, datar,,,;nod tIc
ore sheet is fifty feet in length and
from four to five feet in width The
quartz along the footwaIl shows con-
siderable native silver. The vein is
strong and well defined and is making
into the lode porphyry. Persons who
are familiar with the ore occurrences
at Tonopah will grasp the significance
of the fact last mentioned, as the veins
in the lode porphyry are the ones which
carry the values The vein in the Tus-
cumbia is well mineralized to the
north and south of the high grade
sheet, and at point 500 feet in from
the mouth of the tunnel samples $55.31
silver and Ia per cent copper to the
ton. Vein and values are continuous
in the tunnel and warrant sorting o.
the ore with view to future ship
ments. We purpose to break ore foi
shipment in the high grade sheet just
as soon as considerable area of cave6
ground has been caught UP, the neces-
sary mine appliances have been in
stalled and the workings cleared OF
muck
Roseate Prediction
IF the Tuscumbia mine were in To-
opah the owners would have no trouble
in either leasing or disposing of the
property outright at a good figure.
believe the mine will prove to be an
other Mizpah, and / shall not be sur
prived if camp is eventually estab-
lished in the Bradshaw mountains OF
equal richness with Tonopah"
lOATMAN BANK