El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-25
To HEAD
JEROME COMP ANY
Man Who Sold "Bullfrog"
Mines to Schwab Gets OPP
ton on Cowboy Group.
RY ERNEsT D0TGLAs.

Jerome. Ariz. Nov. 25.-"Bullfrog"
Clark has come TO Jerome The man
who founded the camp OF Bullfrog.
Nevada. sold the Bullfrog Mining com
panv's property TO Charles NJ Schwab
for $500. 600. helped TO organize the
GoldfieId Consolidated. Goldfield Ke-
wanas. Tonopah Western and other big
Nevada companies. is to head the
Clark-Jerome Copper company
II. II. Clark is his real name and the
one great grief of his life is that he
cleared only $4,000 the first II
months he was in GoIdfield- He says
that II he had not neglected numerous
perfectly obvious opportunities he
would have cleared several millions
After he left Nevada Clark became
manager Of the Imperial Valley Farm
Lands association. a concern which
represents 100000 in actual cash He
thought that he was out of mining for
good until his old friend, DR.. l. L.
Lindsay of Jerome and Clarkdale,
went over 10 Los Angeles and told him
about the big Verde district BOOM His
feet began to itch and few DAYS later
he landed in Jerome for = general sur
vev of the district.
As a result Clark secured an option
or eight claims of 3. c Pitchers
Cowboy group, four miles west OF Je-
rome and over the ridge of the Black
Hills range. When he tramped over
the Cowboy property and saw the
great belt of irOn-stained quartz cut
ting through the lime. with copper
stains at numerous points on the sur
face. he became enthusiastic ana closed
the deal on the spot
For a year I Travelled through south
America looking for a good copper
proposition. he remarked I had a
draft for S25O.O0O in my pocket but
never cashed it Had I seen anything
like this. or . dozen other Verde dis
trict properties. that draft would have
been cashed-'
VIII offer No stock for Sale.
The Clark-Jerorne company is 10 be
same number of shares No shares are
to be offered to the public, as Clark
has arranged to place among his
friends enough to raise development
fund.
West Of the Clark-Jerome property
and separated from II by only few
claims is the old Yeager Canyon mine
taken over less than a year ago by
the shannon Copper company. OF Cliff
ton and AIorenci- This is probably the
best developed property IN the west
end of the district and with very nJtle
more work can be placed on produc-
ing basis. Between % and 80 men are
now employed there under the direc-
ton of superintendent L l. Fritschl.
The old shaft is being unwatered and
the machinery repaired.
Three strong veins Of copper ore
have been developed on the Neager
Canyon. Apparently they come to-
gether on the Clark-Jerome holdings
West End of District Busy
The Clark and Shannon deals are NOT
the only evidences that the west end
10 OF Is
front When the present boom began
] the first trend was toward the south
| A number of the most promisinE prop
critics in the district were included in
| the Green Monster and Verde Combl-
nation. Later came the United Verde
! Consolidated. Shea. Verde Chief Extern
! sion. Copper Chief Extension. Grand
! Island. Jerome Portland. Jerome Pa
I ciffc and others. all with property
from two to five miles south OF jerome
Next the north end. along the Verde
north fault. was brought to public no
tfce bv the Arkansas & Arizona. Je-
rome Superior. Jerome Daisy. verde
Copper Development company. ana
others Now there IS a decided trend
70 the west
The first prominent company to fol-
low Horace Greely's advice TO young
men was the Michigan Verde This
company has eight claims and the east
line of two is only 1900 feet west OF
the famous United Verde glory hole
? The glory hole was a great nlOWo
Of high grade gOld-copper ore and was
practically the only surface indication
B that the United Verde mine had II Is
now claimed that the United Verde has
B stoped right close TO its west line
within a short distance OF the Michi-
gan Verde holdings and that its ricn-
est ore is coming from those west
Slopes.
Ground Covered With Lime
4 little to the north Of the Michigan
! Verde is the Verde Hercules. the new
| name given to A large block of ground
! held for years by an old pioneer named
| Chris Harryhousen- Like the Michi-
1 gan Verde the Verde Hercules Is COW
/ cred with lime, but Il IS claimed that
the water from A spring on the prop
ertv is impregnated with copper the
, Hercules company has made arrange
3 rnents with y Bertrand, Of Bisbee. Tor
the diamond drilling Of the ground
South of the Michigan Verde and
about four miles from Jerome is the
/ Verde Monster. a group OF claims TO-
J falling 500 acres. This is also Gov
cred with lime. but several strong
quartz lodges cut across the property
Not far from the Verde Monster IS
/ the United Jerome. The United Je-
! rome company is now considering bids
| for the drilling OF its acreage
J C P Campbell and R. V LeGrand.
! OF Los Angeles. have taken over the
| Smart & McCluskey group Of 16 or Is
| claims adjoining the United Jerome