El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-03-25
YAVAPAI HAS
MINING BOOM
Greater Activity is Shown
This Spring Than Known
For Many Years.
n,. MILL1AM p. peMoLF.

Prescott. Ariz.. March 25.-NGininS
operations have been on the increase IN ,
Yavapai county for some months past
and the results have been and are IN
skeeping with the expenditure OF laoor
and money. During last fall ana uhtI
late December. when successive snow 3
storms made further travel in the nils
difficult and dangerous. scores OF pros
Dectors were in the 1leld Ihey were
i'm fact. more numerous than at any pre-
vious time during the last lV years.
This is proved by the numerous loca-
ton notices flied during the latter part
OF 1915 in the office Of the county re-
corder.
PrOsPectOrs Numerous.
Prospectors and miners are again
taking to the hills; and judging 10y
, their increasing numbers aNapai
county is about to enter upon the most
prosperous mining period in its history
! Mines which have been IN CONTINUOUS
operation for a long time nave OF la1S
augmented their working forces, ana
i'm a number of instances have supple
mented their ore mining Appliances DN
the installation Of ore reduction pro-
! cesses. In addition, a large NUMBER OF
mining properties which for some lline
past had been idle. are again belns
I worked. Many prospects are llkeWlse
for the first time undergoing develop
ment
Many Locations Made.
/ Every foot of promising ground Is be
I inc given the once over" the up ana
: down and the through and through by
( the adept prospectors who are HOOK
; ing TO Yavspai county from all portions
3 o. the southwest Several hundred new
! locations have been made since the llIst
! Of the current wear, and on some OF
! them ore finds Of promise have ALREADY
| been announced. Claims on which as
| sessment work for 1915 had not beeh
( done were closely watched and quickly
/ appropriated The circumstance IS men
toned because for some years past III
tie attention was paid locally TO wheth-
err the annual assessment work was OF
WAS not performed on the mining
, claims of this section The renewal or
( interest in mining. everywhere notice
: able in Arizona, caused the claim own
: ers OF NaVapai county 10 be more par
( ticular than formerly about dong the
! necessary assessment work ana llliu-
; proofs or labor. As a result OF their
( precaution few claims were jumpaofe
, ON the first OF the current year. be-
I cause OF noncompliance with the min
! ing laws
The high price commanded by the
minerals which are associated with the
-oId-silver bearing ores OF laVapal
mining areas. is the lOdestone that at
tracts capitalists and miners Ihese
/ ores are heavily impregnated with
I tungsten. copper. zinc and lead. ana are
AT this time quite as desirabl an asset
as gold and silver. Inquiries for mining
properties are being received by the
Prescott chamber of commerce from
various sections OF the United states
! and. I'm an effort TO get buyer and seller
iu touch without the agency OF q mid
/ dlemau. "a bureau Of information was
/ recently established The results are
/ sufficiently encouraging 20 warrant
placing the bureau on permanent
basis.
Pcgmstite areas Popular.
o. hsne o.
. 1roas. are markedly popular and we're
3 -uou- thc first 10 receive close 1ttcn-
! tiou. At the present price of tuu Ssteil-
/ quoted 1T Denver on March 10 Al NFV
Z per unit for so percent ore-theso SreaS
are receiving even closer attention, ana
] are responding satisfactorily 20 the test
Z of development. The present price OF
/ tungsten is the highest i'm the history
: OF that metal. and indications strongly
! favor its remaining 1t this o. an e' en-
3 hi.sher nricc for some time TO come
I Il is interesting 70 note that i'm FebrU-
b AIRY. 1915. the same class Of ore--60 per-
3 cent tungstCn-WaS quoted az 500 per
unit Wolframite and hubneritc ores,
carrying IS high as 20 percent tungsten
( are being shipped 10 Pittsbure' Pa anG
{ Denver. Colo. from various sections OF
! Navapai county. Tugsten mining. there
( fore bids fair to be very prosperous
I branch Of the local mining indusJF-- 10
! is not however, to hold the popular a l
: tention 10 the eclipse of copper leap
! zinc and silver-not to mention gold
{ Copper for instance. is the highest
! in price il has been for many wears. rs
/ "a result the great United erde ana
J other copncr mined Of NaVapal county,
are being worked as never before, New
and commercially valuable BODIES OF
! copper ore have Of late been found IN
! sections remote from each other. In vet
/ other instances development mas been
! resumed i'm copper properties which had
! for some time been imperative et
other properties are soon for the tlr5t
J time TO undergo Development Among
J the latter is the Green Monster SAID by
! engineers to be the best copper pros
| pect in the vicinity Of the United verde
/ mine The Jerome Verde is another
! copper prospect for which q prosperous
I future is predicted The Blue Bell: Cop
! per Hill. Iona Prieta. Commercial. Lit
/ lie Daisy Omitted Verde ENteusiou),
J Henrietta and Butternut are prominent
| among the copper producers OF ms
| county, aside from the United Verde
Penalty Removed.
! Zinc prominent by-product OF the
/ ores OF this county, is high in price.
! PenaliZed for many years. the metal mas
| now struck its gait, and is nailed as an
( asset whereas it was formerly eXecrated
as debit 4 stable market for zinc at
| prevailing or an increased price, is as
/ sured. r.. together with copper. lungs
/ ten and lead. is what might be nor IN
] aptly called n mining camp war baby.
Lead. another pFoillapie h1-pIouuCL
J OF Yavapais ores. is quoted in the pig
( at from $685. to 81 per hundred pounds.
! The mineral is one OF a number pre-
! vailinV in local ores that IS readily re-
! claimed by oil flotation or other modern
/ reduction processes.
Money in silver.
! another mineral. other than gold.
| that promises to add materially 70 the
| financial wei being OF local mine oper-
! ators. is silver Quoted AZ SIS to IS
/ cents. there is ample warrant for the
| assertion that the price will in r COM
! paratiVelv short time he considerably
! higher. The silver mines Of Iavapai
I county have added millions Of dollars TO
/ the precious metal wealth Of the United
! states and will add other millions to
| their former contributions.
! Prescott and Jerome, the mining cen
! ters OF Yavapai county, are increasing
! IN population and prosperity The hotels
| in both camps are Overcrowded with
mining and other business men, and
| there is not a vacant house in either
( OF them. Prescott merchants report that
| sales during January, February. and
! March Of the current year were nearly
I double those recorded during the CORE
! spending months OF last year Jerome
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