Bisbee daily review., 1916-04-23
COPPER BASIN |S SCENE IF BIG
 PLANS FUR SUMMER
Mining Operations in This Section of Yavapai County Promise to Take On Added Force During Future
TWO MILLING PLANTS
 POSSIBLE FOR CAMP
Oil-Flotation Units May Be Built in Connection With The Reduction Works. Cap ital Being Invested Freely
BY WILLIAM P. DE WOLF

l PRESCOTT. Arizona, April 9. - : Mining operations in Copper Basin. section of Yavapai county that is di- rectly tributary to Prescott. are being furthered under conditions which in- dicate the opening in due course on large bodies fcommercial copper ore throughout an extended area. The geological and mineral characteristics are favorable and support logical ly and mineralogical
 ly the contention of the operators there that Copper Basin is all it's nane implies-an immense depository of copper oxides and sulphides of va rying grades.
 investment Opportunities.
 The area of copper dissemination is extensive and has not of late attract ed the attention of number or men whose names are synonymous with mining success in Colorado and other states from which the nation draws it's metal wealth-precious and other wise. These men have convinced themselves by personal observation and sampling of ore bodies that Cop per Basin offers investment oDpor- tunities similar to those of the Verde. district - home of the great United Verde mine. They believe that mining for copper in the Basin will prove very remunerative and are giving practical demonstration of that belief by their investments.
 Scope of Plans
 New York and Middlewest capital is interested in the project to open at depth the ore deposits of the ba- sin. Plans are as yet in the forma- tive stage. but they will be completed and in operation by June the first
 Your! representative is authorized to state that the plans include the erection of two milling plants in the basin. each equipped with oil flota- tion auxiliary. and the possible cree tiOn of a shelter in Skull Valley In the latter event a spur track will be laid to connect the mines in the Ba- sin with the shelter and with the main line of the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix railroad
 Accruing Advantages.
 The establishing of the spur-line railway and the shelter. as contempla- ted, would afford a nearby market at a low transportation cost for the ores of the Commercial. Loma Prlera, Schruber. Sink-To- Rise. Clipper. Me Nulty and Mcbride, Copper :-iII ano other properties of demonstrated worth in Copper Basin and its vicin- | ity. The railroad would also place the Basin in direct transit touch with Prescott and would add considerably to the convenience and population of the camp that is to be established there. It is believed the camp of Copper Basin will grow numerically as the ore bodies are opened at deep CT levels and that it will in time represent in importance to that dis trict what the camp of Jerome repre- sents to the Verde district.
 Area of Distribution.
 Copper carrying quartz is distributed generally throughout the basin. It obtains in disseminated porphyry surrounded by granite and diorite The ore channels of greatest value ore found in the lode porphyry and carry a copper content as high as 90 Der cent. Necks of porphyry. from mile to 21s miles long. radiate from the Ba- sin in much the sane manner as the spokes of a wheel from the hub These connecting links. or necks. appear to be well mineralized They hold forth fromise to the discovery Of complete commercial grade copper in large ton mage throughout thei rareas Of radi- ation.
 Center of Interest.
 Interest is centered in the develop ment work under way or planned for the Commercial, Loma Prieta, Copper Hill and Schruber properties. The Commercial. one of number of copper prOpeties in Yavapai county and elsewhere in Arizona. controlled 1 by James S. Douglas and associates ] is shipping 100 tons of s per cent copper ore to the Clarkdale smelter 1 daily. The acreage les to the north | and west of Loma Priota holdings and ! being developed by means of 8 series ! of tunnels. The ore is for the most ! part experiencing rock which al
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