The Arizona copper camp., 1916-03-10
Predicted That Mining
Operations In Yavapai
Will Break All Records
By William p. de Wolf

/ group through tnelr medium. AT the
same time the silver ore bodies al
ready opened in the FL Dorado will
be explored and developed. The high
grade silver ores will be shipped to
local mill and smelter, and the tung-
sten ores to Pittsburg. Both groups
are located within a half mile of the
lod Tip Top mine, now producing
tungsten in increasing tonnage.
The Zona Ships
Shipments of high and medium
grade copper ores have been resumed
at the Mcmahon copper mine of
Zonia. The first carload went out
to the Hayden smelter about ten days
ago. Other shipments will follow at
regular intervals. A large tonnage of
medium grade copper ore is blocked
out in readiness for shipment, and as
said to be increasing in grade and
value The Mcmahon holdings have
paid the expenses attaching to de-
velopment work almost from the date
when the brothers of that name erect
ed location monuments thereon. Prior
to the advance in price of copper the
property had production record and
! was considered an unusually promis-
ing copper prospect. With copper
at 271a cents, the operators are prac-
tically relieved of financial worry as
the mine is in shape to output suf-
ficient ore to pay the expense en-
tailed in sinking to depth
The Montezuma Active
: Working under forced draft the
men in the employ of the Montezuma
Mining company are getting things in
shape for the campaign of extensive
development work that is to be in
augurated about the middle of the
current month. The property is one
of the best known in the Bradshaw
mountains. 1t carries a series of
paralleling lodges that offer profit
making possibilities in the way of
gold, silver, tungsten and lead. In
fact, it is considered probable that
shipments of tungsten ore will be
made concurrently with the resump-
ton of work. The corporation is
headed by P Waldron of Colorado
Springs, Colorado, and is said to be
supplied with funds ample for the
extensive development planned
The Champion Ready
Down in the Hassayampa section OF
Yavapai county the miners are groom
ing the Champion for production hon
ors. The Champion group was taken
of London, England. In late Febru-
ary-Washington's birthday, to be ex
act-Mr. Lemons arrived in Prescott
accompanied by William Cox of the
South African Rand, his consulting
engineer. Under the direction of the
latter the work preliminary to devel-
opment at depth is being done
Lemons has had small force of mer
at work prospecting the acreage ever
since he took it over last fall The
results of that work were so salts
factory it was deemed advisable to
call Mr.. Cox in consultation in re-
gard to the proper point at which tc
sink main working shaft and open
the gold-bearing deposits at depth
Mr. Lemons represents a financially
strong English syndicate that is in
terested in mines in various corners
of the world-gold mines, exclusively
and he intimates that a deal is
pending with his people for yet an
other group of gold claims in the
Hassayampa country.
The CIeaveIand Sold
Several weeks ago the old Cleave-
land mine in the Chaparral country
was sold to Ben Rybon and James
O'Brien of McCabe. The new owners
have established a camp at the prop
erty and resumed development work
During the early '9O's the Cleaveland
was owned and operated by the Tri-
angle Mining company A shaft was
sunk to a depth of $50 feet and con-
siderable lateral work was done This
disclosed ore having a value as high
as $4,000 gold per ton A number OF
shipments were made at a profit and
the property was in a fair way to
develop into mine, when internal
dissentions paralyzed mining energy
and the company became financially
embarrassed. The new owners have
taken up work where the former op-
orators ceased. The work done tc
date indicates that the property car
again be placed on a shipping basis
at comparatively small cost
The Mint Resumes
Retimbering the main shaft on the
Mint group of gold claims in the
. Copper Basin country is progressing
to advantage now that the pumps