Bisbee daily review., 1916-12-31
People of Verde District Say That History of Butte, Mon- tana, Will Be Repeated in Their Big Region.
OLD MONTANA MINER
 SETS THE EXAMPLE
Diamond Drill Exploration Work Is Now Under Way on the Property of Jerome Val Verde on the Flats.
CBy Ernest Douelas)

] JEROME, Ariz., Dec 30.-That the history of Butte will be repeated in Jerome is a belief that is steadily gaining ground here.
 In Butte it was thought for years that the ere lay within certain cir cumscribed area. Then certain bold spirits drilled holes in the lime down on the flats miles away from the camp and found copper
 The first person to suggest that the same thing might be true here, that there might be great lenses of ore down in the fiat country away from the precipitous slopes of the Black Hills range. was w. l.. O'Brien, him. self an old resident of Butte. O'Brien has formed the United Val Verde Cop per company which holds a group of claims two miles northwest of Jerome Within a short time he will have a diamond drill exploring the United Val Verde and also the nearby Jerome North Star group, in which he is in tercsted.
 The Jerome Consolidated Copper company holds a group of claims just a little nearer town than the United Val Verde. s. T. Bentley, it's organiz- CT, is now in the east financing the company for diamond drill operations. Though these groups are almost en- tirely covered with heavy blanket of lime, they are not entirely without surface indications. There are sever al large outcrops of iron-stained quartz and copper float has been found in that section.
 East and southeast of Jerome, be- tween this camp and the Verde river are great beds of lime without any ! surface indications of ore. yet this ground is not regarded without favor One of the properties down in the limestone is the Mingus group of eight claims, formerly owned by Vic tor Clibborn and J. H. Harud. of Clarkdale. It is near the Dundee-Ari Zona, Green Monster and outlying claims of the U. " Extension. Wal ter Harvey Wood, the eminent geolo- gist, recently went over the Mingus and recommended it's development by the diamond drill method. He did not say that ore was there but stated that in view of the great United Verde and U. V. Extension ore bodies. a little farther up in the hills. there might well be other huge lenses of copper ore under the limestone
 Now the Mingus claims have been taken over by M. Morgan, one of the owners Of the Miiargus mine. at Zaca- tecas' Mexico, and of several produc- CTS Tn Nevada Morgan has combined them with the John Sullivan group of seven claims. through which tbe road between Clarkdaie and Jerome passes anu IS organizing the Great Verde Ex- tension Copper c4usanv Soon after the 1rst of the y<ar the Great Verde Extension win bf n,ncbing holes in the lime WI diarond or churn drill.
 Less than hasfs o4ile north of the Great Verde ExEo,e;o, line the Ja- rune ouperior topper company. i- hanceu Dy Los hgeles capital, is put 'ihs uo"h l's naast hole with a con- oineu cnurn corr drill of the type so sucoes'i iueef at Butte
 "o ihoi' 5ipaGies with property we" up III racegnized ore zone nave ueeiu''4 a dssrspnd drilling. One 70 'i,e i't 5fer Mining compa- ny ioi nieu !. '< A. Eastner, of Pres .o''' anu 'e her kirg of Phoenix. to " Ewing & Hooker group VI "ev ntaf the famous Cop This irill will be operat- ne " tary IS. if all goes well.
 .H, " also expects to continue
 'u" ro <-ahich is in 320 feet. The iao .'e Jet below the surface. is in ~ l"n,~ i'd iron pyrites with a little onai0ops i'te.
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