Weekly journal-miner., 1916-03-08
A Copper Trio.

l2 miles from Prescott, the Commer cial Mining company IS shipping 100 tons of copper ore per day. Nearby is located the property of the Lomu Prieta company, an enterprise ill which John Livcsey, former owner Of the Colonel Sellers mine at Lead vile, Colorado. is heavily interested. The Loma Prieta ore body is ricn in chalcopyrite and is being deveI- oped into one of exceptional value and ore-yielding possibilities. One mile south of the Loma Pricta is located the 320-acre estate of the Lucky Five Mining company. Chicago and local capital is back of the enter prise. The ore is a copper pyrite and is particularly desirable as a flux Development work is being prose- cuted with a view to the shipment Of ore in the near future.
 A Shipment Planned.
 John ]. Jackson, who is in charge of operations on the Copper Hill group adjoining the Commercial mine states he will begin shipping ore to the Hayden smelter as soon as freight ing arrangements can be made. The initial shipment will consist of 20d tons of copper oxides carrying q profitable gold content. Other ship ments will follow at regular inter vals There is a large tonnage in sight.
 A GoldSilver Group.
 Over in the Crown King country development work is being prosecut- ed in a number of old-time producers with gratifying results. Prominent among them Is the Crown King mine. with a dividend record of S400,00Q: the Tip Top mine, under option to Charles Schwab because of its tung sten-yielding possibilities; the Orc Belle, under lease to Bradshaw and Riggs, former mine operators in Nev- ada and Colorado; the War Eagle Gladiator, owned by T. c. Norris and Lester Jackson of Prescott-produc ton record of half a million dollars and the Nelson property. The latter has an orc body from } to , feet wide which samples from S35 to $45I per ton in gold. In addition it car ries silver-lead-zi content. Ship ments of the lower grade ores are be ing made to the Crown King mill, ru gently taken over by Randolph anu Gemmill, both Of whom have operat- ed successfully in the mining dis tricts of Nevada and Colorado. The high grade ores are being sent to the Humboldt smeltcr.
 A Valuable Lease.
 Operations were recently resumed o1 the Midday group. adjoining the old Peck mine. The Peck is one of the famous silver mines of former generation and has an output record of S3,000C10 worth of bullion. The Midday also is d producer of former years. It Is now being operated UT der lease with view quite as muca to its tungsten-yielding possibilities as 10 its known value as a producer of silver As matter of fact, tunp- sten at S65 per unit-that being tn h- price paid for tungsten ore shipped from the Peck section to PittsburS. Pa.-is more valuable than is silver at its present price per ounce.
 A Deal In Zinc.
 Zinc concentrates are being frcigh:- cd 10 Prescott for shipment from the Ruth mine on Indian creek. The batch totals l50 tons and is going forward to smelter at Joplin, Mo | Gold and silver concentrates. totaling lO0 tons. arc being freightcd from th | Ruth to the R H. Hctherington met allurgical plant in this city.
 A Camp Established.
 Development Of the Black Chief | copper mine in the southern part oi Yavapai county has been resumed un- der conditions that assure an immeI;- | ate output of commercial grade cop | per Superintendent McLane has pur- chased the necessary mine materials | and supplies in this city and has es- tablished a camp at the property. Dc velopment is to be energetic and will be furthercd by a large force oi | miners.
 A 150-Ton Milling Plant.
 Louis Goldman of Paris. Texas. vicepresident of the Copper Queen Gold Mining Company. accompanied by Texas stockholders of the corpo- ration to the number of IA, recently visited the estate and closed the final details whereby his company. in con junction with the Stodiard Mines Company. will erect q l50-ton mill fo' the reduction Of ores from both cs tates. The mill will be Of latest pat tern and will be equipped with the oil-llotation process. Preliminary work has been started at the millsitc. It is hoped to have the plant in opera ton within five months from March lst. If will be utilized for the reduc ton of the coppcr-gold-silver ores that prevail in large tonnage on the Copper Queen estate. and in lesser degree ol the Stoddard property
 A Rejuvenated Mine
 After an idleness of more than sew