The Arizona copper camp., 1916-04-21

Several of the principals of the
Jerome Verde company have recently
been in Jerome, planning for re-
sumption of operations. One of them
was ]. M. Sutton, of Los Angeles,
secretary of the corporation.
Within a short time a contract
will be let for the construction of
2100 feet of road to connect with the
1000 feet southwest of the United
Verde Extension companys Edith
shaft. This road will cost about
$4,000. When it is completed the
work of sinking the new shaft to
depth of 1000 feet will be commenced
at once. AS the collar of the shaft
will be on ground 200 feet lower than
that of the Edith, the Jerome Verde
people will be as far down at 1000
feet as the u. v. Extension people
were at 1900
Copper Chief
-Four miles south of Jerome is the
Copper Chief mine, owned by the
Hayden Development company
There was a time when the Cop
per Chief people thought that they
had an immense gold proposition
They know now that they have a
good gold mine but they also have
big copper property.
No information has been given out
regarding the extent or richness of
the copper deposit opened in the
lower workings but they have con-
tracted for the freighting of thirty
tons daily to Clarkdale, for ship
ment to one of the southern Arizona
smelters The first copper ore, it
is understood, will go out in few
days.
1t was after encountering copper
ore that the Hayden company sent
James Wellington Finch to the Cop
per Chief to map out q plan of de-
velopment 1t is not at all improb-
able that big things will be heard
from the Copper Chief soon
In the meantime the mill continues
to treat 125 tons of gold silver ore
a day. The ore averages So a ton and
all comes from above the 16O-foot
level. From that level to the surface
the ore body averages twenty feet in
width.
This ore is trammed out through a
tunnel that taps the shaft at depth
of $50 feet.
Superintendent J. T. Matson will
say nothing about the Copper Chiefs
copper except to admit that a 150-
foot drift from the 3O0-foot level is
in two per cent ore.
The MILL completed in October
consists of a cyanide plant with tube
and ball mills. 1t saves seventy per
cent of the gold and silver values
f. R. Finlayson is superintendent.
Shea Copper Co.
Just south Of the Copper Chief
lie the four patented claims of D. j
Shea, one of Jerome's leading mer-
chants. 1t is to develop these claims
that Mr.. Shea, with his brothers
Matt and Tim. and several other
Jerome associates, have organized
the Shea Copper company.
Mr.. Shea is president of the COM
pany with j. P. Connolly acting as
s e e ry-treasurer and Nathan
Schultz as director. Other officers
will be announced as soon as the
organization is completed, which will
be in a few days.
The company is to be capitalized
for $750,O00. 1t will have 100000
shares Of a par value of fifty cents
Just how many of the shares are tc
be placed on the market has not been
determined but Mr.. Shea says thai
he shall not consent to any Of them
being sold under par. Scores Of ap-
plications for reservations of stock
have already been received, for the
claims and their present owner beal
an excellent reputation among all
who know them
The surface showing on the Shea
claims is much the same as on the
Copper Chief ground, except that the
copper values are greater and the
gold values less. 1t is not expected
that the Shea group will prove to be
a gold mine but there Is every in
dication that it will become one OF
the notable copper mines of the state
There are eight or nine outcrops on
the claims, all carrying copper, gold
and silver in encouraging quantities
About $4,000 worth of work has been
done. There are several shallow
shafts and short tunnels, all in ore
In no place has either wall of the ore
been cut.
Grand Island
Next south of the Shea is the
Grand Island group, which consists of
thirteen claims. There is a good
prospect that the Grand Island idle
for many years, will soon be num-
bered among the active properties of
the Jerome district.