Arizona republican., 1916-08-07
22 PER CENT ORE
 FOUND AT JEROME


 JEROME, Ariz.. August Gore that Is 22 per cent copper has been struck below the 600-foot level in the main shaft at the Pittsburg Jerome mine, three miles southeast of Jerome As a result of this strike the stock of the Pittsburg Jerome company has jumped fro mS0 cents to $l.35 a share. and there is better demand for stock in the Shea, Venture Hill, Verde Apex and othe rcompanies that own nearby properties.
 No details regarding the strike have been given out, but Manager C. k. Ballard has confirmed reports that something worth while has been struck
 The machinery at the Pittshurg- Jerome Is very light, but il Is to be replaced with a heavier hoist and compressor. already delivered in Jer- ome, as soon as two-mile road, now under construction. can be completed. This will be about the first of Sep tember
 Manager Ballard has received tele- graphic advices from Pittsburg that D. M. Clemson, president of the Carnegie Steel company, is now a director of the Pittsburg Jerome He has long been a heavy stockholder
 Four of the old directors resigned and their places were filled by the election of Clemson. J. G. Jennings of the Jennings Oil company; W. H. Nimick. president Of the Keystone Ma tional bank, and D. l.. Gillespie. a con tractor of Pittsburg and New York All are millionaires several times over
 Four feet of quartz that is heavy with iron and yellow copper sulphide are in the bottom of the shaft that is being sunk at the Shea mine. near the Pittsburg- Jerome. The ore also car res some gold This shaft is down less than 50 feet A churn drill-hole now being sunk on the property is down about 100 feet and has cut sev- eral stringers of copper ore
 Development of the Jerome Verde from the l400-foot level of the United Verde Extension is now under way. Two shifts are driving the crosscut which opened a stringer Of rich copper ore about two months ago.
 This work is being done by the Ex- tension company for the Jerome Verde The Jerome Verde company Is making good progress in enlarging it's main shaft from one 10 three compartments.
 The Extension company has just completed the installation of a 250- horsepower auxiliary engine for use when winter snows interfere with the electric transmission line from Fossil creek. A new sinking pump and hoist | have been installed at the collar of the i new winze that is to be sunk 1000 feet south of the Edith shaft, on the l400- | foot level In day or two the sink ! ing of the winze. which is now down 20 feet and is filled with water, will he under way. The winze is to be | sunk at least 200 feet and it IS eN- pected that it will demonstrate the continuance of the marvellous T.. V Extension ore body down to the l6OO- foot level.
 The main 1600-foot shaft at the Ar kansas X Arizona property is now un- watered down to the 1200-foot level Engineer Halstead Lindsay itso ar rive in a few days from New York foI the purpose of mapping out a plan of development for the A. & A., which was recently taken over by the big Goodrich -Lockhart syndicate. With him will be David M. Goodrich, head of the syndicate. and also of the Goodrich Tire company.
 Slower progress Is being made ir unwatering the Jerome Victor Exten- sion shaft. which lies west of the A X A. and United Verde. Some days the water even gains on the pumps The 600-foot level has been reached This shaft is down 1900 feet, while that at the Argansas x Arizona is l64t | feet in depth.
 The work of cutting a station at the 300 foot point in the Dundee Arizona shaft has been concluded and sinking is under way al the rate of four to five feet a day. The formation is extreme ly hard blue lime. but it breaks UT | well when the blasts are set off.
 Superintendent James A. Hubbard expects to have the shaft down to 5Ot or 600 feet before September, when q new f2x14 compressor and 25-horse- power engine are to be installed at the Dundee.
 More than 30 men are building a road which will afford easy access tf all parts of the Green Monster ground The road is a branch from the Copper Chief highway, south of Jerome.
 Interest in the development worf being done by the Green Monster conf' pany is now centered in tunnel beine driven on the Cliff claim. Its direc- ton was recently changed to cut th' contact at a new depth and open ar interesting ore condition accidentally discovered by Managing Director W | S. Humbert
 Director Humbert was in the tunne a few days ago and was marooned fol a time on pile of muck by an un' Iexpected rush of water. He began idly Ito pick at the wall and opened mar row streak of iron sulphide. Men wer' put to work and they were soon talk ing out great slabs of sulphide. The tunnel had already been curved
 to the westward, about 50 feet farthe on. so it was curved again, this tim Ito the southwest. and is being driver forward to but the sulphide at nev lpolnt.
 DELEGATE TO TUCSON-Mrs. E. Hinkley left last evening for Tue