Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-06


 gress being made in the sinking of the main incline of the Copper Giant mine, located in the Cottonwood district, s miles east of Blackberry and owned by the United Verde Copper company The shaft is being continued down from the $50 to the 900-foot point Three shifts of miners are being em- ployed in the work and the 700-foot point has been passed. It is expected that the objective depth will be reach ed within the next two months. Upon the completion of the shaft to the point named, lateral work will be started and the ore body, which has given such splendid account of itself on the 550-foot and other levels above thoroughly and systematically devel- oped. For five consecutive months prior to the resumption of sinking operations in the shaft, weekly ship ments averaging 250 tons were made from the property to the United Verde shelter at Clarkdale. On the 550-foot level of the main ore body shows as average width of 20 feet and assays per cent copper and s10 in gold and silver per ton. The management con templates the erection upon the prop erty of a concentrating plant at an early date.~
 Walkover.S
 The 30-ton mill recently erected by J. NJ. Mcleod of Los Angeles and as sociates on the Walkover property, one mile east of the Copper Giant, has been placed in commission and is making an excellent showing iE the treatment of ore~being extracted In drift work on the 130-foot or bot tom level of the main shaft. Drifting is being prosecuted on feet of ore that averages around $50 pc rton To increase the recovery on the ore be- ing milled, the operators plan to i'm prove. their plant by the installation of cyanide tanks. A contract has just been let for the sinking of the shaft to the 230-foot point, at which depth the most extensive scale of lateral work thus far attempted will be inaugurated. The property is be- ng operated under a cease and bond obtained last August from J. D. Loper, W. Carney and J. W. Connors. all of Blackberry
 Maynard District.
 The management of the Nevada. Arizona company is at present concen- trating it's efforts at it's property at | Music Mountain in the Maynard dis trict. in the sinking of the main work. | ing shaft on the Mary Ellen vein, which stands practically vertical from the 400 to the 700-foot point, tunnel work on the Roosevelt vein having been recently temporarily suspended The bore is nearign the 500-foot poinl and sufficient ore is being extracted to keep the mill running 10 horrs | daily. Three shifts of miners are be ing employed in the shaft work anc as soon as the objective point is reach ed the force. which now numbers 20
 will be materially increased in order that the ore body may be blocked out
 as expeditiously as possible and 2 heavier production made. Eastern of
 ficials of the company are at present making visit of inspection to the mine.
 |
 Last Chance.
 The Last Chance group of three
 claims. adjoining on the north the property of the Arizona Tellurium ] Mines company. has been taken over
 by the newly organized Last Chance Tellurium company from O. D. NJ
 Gaddis, W. E. Frost, Walter Meyer
 Harry Mahafey and Mrs. Charlotte
 Lucas. The new corporation is cap
 italized for 1.OOO,OOO shares of the pal
 value of S1 each. The officers are President. MT. Frost: vice president
 and treasurer, Thomas H. Condon
 secretary. MT. Meyer; directors, the above named with Henry Burkholdei and Harry c. Parks. In the past con
 siderable work has been performed or
 the property. A crosscut tunnel wa. extended a distance of 300 feet to the
 vein giving a vertical depth upon il
 of 200 feet. By means of raise thi:
 tunnel was connected with a 110-foot
 shaft in which the ore body show.
 an average width of 16 inches and as
 says around s44 per ton in gold ant 1 silver. On the tunnel level drift worl
 totalling approximately 225 feet wa,
 performed. on the vein, exposing al
 ore shoot about go feet in length ant | from inches to 2* feet in width
 Samples taken give returns averag ing s22 per ton in gold and $4 in sil