Arizona republican., 1916-04-16
WHAT YAVAPAI SAYS
Mininq in Arizona

unusual attention lS now directed to tungsten, copper. zinc, lead and silver mining operations because of the high prices obtained for these minerals and the condition of greater demand than supply. Undoubtedly the prospector's pick which has been rusting in the corner of his cabin for a good many years has been called back to service and activity of by-gone days of TO- nance is again the rule in many sec tions Of the West and Southwest. Min ing in Yavarai county. Arizona, is treated in the following article, the Prescott. AriZ., Chamber of Commerce having established bureau of infor- nation dealing with these operations
 Now that spring has arrived and re- moved winters embargo from the rail and roads hereabouts. the twin indus tries of prospecting and mining have taken on additional zest in Yavapai county. and are being advanced under more suspicious conditions than ever before. In fact. it is doubtful if there is mineral section in Arizona with the exception of Oatman. where prospect ing and mining are so general in their scope as here.
 Mining operations have been on the increase in Yavapai county for some months past, and the results have been in keeping with the expenditure of la bor and money. During last fall and until late December. when successive snow storms made luther travel in the hills difficult and dangerous. scores of prospectors were in the field. They were. in fact, more numerous than a. | any previous time during the last ten 1 years. The foregoing statement is sub stantiated by the numerous location notices filed during the latter part of : 1915 in the office of the county recorder.
 Mines which have been in contin- uous operation for long time have of late augmented their working forces. and in q number of cases have supple mentcd their ore mining appliances by the insta lation of ore reduction pro- cesses. In addition, Q large number O. mining properties which for some. time past bad been quiescent, are again be- ing worked. Many prospects are like wise for the first time undergoing de- velopment.
 Every foot of promising ground is being given the once-Over. the up and down and the through and through by the adept prospectOrs who are Hooking to Yavapai county from all portions Of the Southwest. Several hundred new locations have been made since the first of the current year, and on some of ofr ,i-a .a1r 1x- been announced Claims on which the assessment work for 1915 had not beer done were closely watched and quickly appropriated The circumstance is
 mentioned because for some years past little attention was paid locally to whether the annual assessment work was or was not performed on tle min ing claims in this section.
 The renewal of interest in mining everywhere noticeable iu Arizona caused the claim owners of this cOun try to be more particular than former
 ly about doing the necessary assess
 ment work and filing proofs of labor As result of their precautions few
 claims were iumpable on the first O
 the current year because of non com pliance with the mining laws.
 The high price commanded by tho minerals which are associated with the gold silver bearing ores of Yavapai's : mining, areas. is the lOdestone that at
 tracts capitalists and miners. Thes' ores are heavily impregnated witt
 tungsten, copper. zinc. and lead. ant
 are at this time quite as desirable al asset as gold and silver. The mining men of the country have not been slOv to recognize this fact and to mak investment in sections of this cOun 1 ty where these highly valuable min l erals of commerce predominate. . Inquiries for mining properties ar , Icing received by the Prescott Cham I Der of Commerce. from various see Q lions of the United States; and. in a n efort to get buyer and seller in touc y without the agency of a middleman, = bureau of information and correspOn - dence has recently been. established
 The results are sufficiently encourae g
 ing to warrant placing it on perma
 nent basis.
 o The pegmatite. or tungsten -bearin d areas. are markedly popular and wer = among the first to receive close al tentiOn Al the present price of tllno