The Arizona copper camp., 1916-02-18

tort the property was taken over by
the present operators.
Since September, 1904, the mine,
under the supervision of M E. Spauld-
ing, has outputted sufficient ore to
pay the expenses incidental to min
ing and the installing of surface
equipment. Exploration of the ore
bodies is being accompanied by means
of five tunnels that pierce the pre-
cipitous slope of the hill along the
courses of as many faults. Assays
range as high as $345.O0 gold per ton
in tunnel No. 5, with the pay streak
varying in breadth from two inches
to three feet. The range of values
in all five of the tunnels is from
$4,000 to $500 per ton. The general
average grade of the mill ore (oxi-
dized) is $4,000 per ton. The sulphide
ores in No. S tunnel average $21.0o
per ton. They are easily treated and
yield high grade concentrates. No
tunnel has a length of 1000 feet
and a depth of 500 feet at it's breast
When completed it will have maxi
mum depth of 1000 feet.
Mill in Operation
Near the portal Of No. tunnel a
1G-stamp mill is in commission and
is treating an average of rs tons OF
ore daily. From the north drift in
No. tunnel an upraise in ore has
been made to No. tunnel. The
south drift from No. has a length
of 200 feet and is likewise connected
by an upraise with No A. The depth
between the two tunnels is 225 feet
In the upper tunnel Mr.. Spauldine
has located the tellurium vein from
which the rich float gathered and
shipped by the locators of the prop
erty was eroded While narrow. the
streak carries high gold content
The property is equipped with a com.
pressor and the other requisite mine
machinery.
Adjoining the Climax property, or
the other side of the Hassayampa
river, are located the Billy Boy ant
the Christmas groups of claims, owned
by Ed Block Of Prescott. The groups
sideline and carry paralleling lodges
the distance between the latter being
500 feet. BY driving crosscut tun.
mel from the breast of the Empire
tunnel on the Billy Boy group of foul
patented claims the vein on the
Christmas Gift claim, of the Christ.
mas group, would be intersected at {
depth of 500 feet. A drive north or
the ledge from the point of intersec.
ton would gain depth rapidly. by
this mode of development the ores IL
both properties could be brought e
| surface through a main tunnel hav.
ing its portal convenient to mil
established on the bank of the Has
sayampa. The tunnel, as proposed
would enable the operators to min,
cheaply and profitably very Low
grade ore. Development work to dat,
on the Billy Boy and Christina.
groups is as follows:
Gold Predominates in Ore
The Empire tunnel, located on the
Billy Boy, has been driven length
of 200 feet on the vein, and at the
breast has depth from surface o.
1S0 feet. At the 150-foot point &
winze has been sunk depth of 81
feet. All of these workings are ii
the same ore shoot, the latter carry.
ing 14-inch pay streak A 6-incf
streak of from $500 to $1,000 per tor
ore is exposed in the breast of the
30-foot drift run from the 20-foo
| crosscut on the footwall side of the
deposit at a point 70 feet from the
| mouth of the tunnel The values are
in gold and silver-With the former
predominating. Selected ore range.
in value from $4,000 to $4,000 in golt
per ton. By careful sorting a produc
having an approximate average value
| of $4,000 per ton could be obtained.
Several small lots of ore, taken ou
during the ordinary course of de.
velopment work, gave mill returns o.
from $500 to $14.O0 per ton on the
plates, and yielded concentrates hav.
| ing an average value of $65.00 per tor
IN gold and silver. In addition t.
| the lode deposits on the Billy Boy
and Christmas groups, there is {
placer area which offers profit max.
ing opportunity. About 400 feet o.
development work has been done OF
the Christmas group, $50 feet of the