The Arizona copper camp., 1916-10-20

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That the ella Canyon Consolidated
Copper Company will shortly become
one of the large producers of the
Ray Hayden district is indicated by
recent developments at the proper
ty of that company at Chilito four
and half miles north of Hayden
Junction. Ore now coming from all
surface workings at the property
averages about five percent copper,
andSwith the installation of new ma
chinery. which is now on the grounds
the driving of a tunnel below the
present workings and market for
all the ore the company can produce
after January /. there is every pros
pect that the Gila Canyon mine will
prove one of the big properties Of
this section.
Particularly favorable for exten-
sive, operations at the Gila Canyon
mine is the report. of r. W. Hollis.
the well-known mining engineer. who
has just completed an examination
Of the property. M Hollis reports
that all workings are now in pay ore
of good grade. While the company
is at present limited to 500 tons per
month by conditions at the Hayden
smelter, it has been assured that
after January 1 it will be able to
market all the ore it can produce
the ore body about fifty feet lower
than the present workings has been
selected by Mr.. Hollis and work ON
the new tunnel is to start as soon as
contract can be let. The tunnel as
planned will be about 200 feet in
length, and will enable the company
TO work the ore down to the tunnel
level instead of hoisting it up to the
upper tunnel level. as at present.
1t is expected that the tunnel can be
used to advantage before it has been
entirely completed, thus Fastening the
day when the production Of the prop
erty will be materially increased.
All development work at the prop
erty is now being paid for out of the
proceeds of ore shipments, which
amounted to twenty-five cars from
August 16 to October 4, this year,
returns from nineteen cars netting
the company $76s5.S1. With the in
stallation of new machinery, inclu-
ing a compressor and hoist, which
now are on the ground and ready for
operation, development work is to be
greatly speeded up. Work in the
winze is to start Saturday.
Present workings at the Gila Can
yon mine include a tunnel 1900 feet
in length at a depth of 400 feet
from the surface. the tunnel having
been started with the object of cut
ting the contact between the diabaseI
and porphyry where engineers be-
lieve great bodies of commercial ore
will be found. The tunnel passed
800 feet of mineralized
ground. which it is believed will prove
to be commercial ore with proper
facilities. A car of ore
has been broken from this ground
for the purpose of determining its
copper content and accurate informa-
ton as to it's value. AS all of the
copper contained in this ground is
sulphide. Engineer Hollis believes it
probable that it could be concentrat-
ed into a high grade product.
A winze has been started from the
main tunnel for the purpose of ex-
ploring the ground below, the winze
being sunk at a point where high
grade sulphide ore was encountered.
some of the ore running as high as
80 per cent copper. The winze is
now down about ten feet and shows
very satisfactory results. the ore
DclIlS SIFuCh III StIlHs0TS anu DuHC00S.
While no systematic sampling has
been done, Mr.. Hollis estimates that
all the material taken from the winze
will show a good per cent copper
A syndicate of Arizona investors
Is now being formed to take up 200,-
900 shares of stock prior to the list
ing of ella Canyon Consolidated on
the New York curb. arrangements for
which are now being made. The syn
dicate is headed by r. Allyn Lewis
the investment broker of Phoenix,
w. A Horrell and other Phoenix
men,. Directors of the COM
pany include J. C. Callaghan, state
auditor; Charles H Macarthur of the
Macarthur Brothers company; r. w.
Hollis, Geologist with the Ray
Consolidated Copper company; R.
Allyn Lewis. investment broker and
Frederick 8. Stephen of Dundee.
Scotland. vice. president of the Dun
dee-Arizona Copper company.