The Arizona copper camp., 1916-03-24
SWarnning
On Slopes Of Yavapai
With Coming Of Spring
By William p. de Wolf

With the arrival of spring and the
removal of winters embargo on
trails and roads throughout Yavapai
county, the twin industries of pros
pecting and mining have taken on
additional virflity 1t is in fact
doubtful if there be a mineral section
in Arizona, with the single excep-
tion of the Oatman district, where
prospecting and mining are SO gem
eral in their scope as here.
For some months past mining OPP
erations have increased in magnitude
in all portions of Yavapai county,
and the results have been and are
in keeping with the expenditure of
labor and money. Throughout the
fall months and until late December,
when successive snow storms made
further travel in the hills difficult
and dangerous, scores of prospectors
were in the field. In fact, they were
more numerous than at any previous
time during the last ten years. The
foregoing statement is substantiated
by their many location notices filed
during the latter part of 1915 in the
office of the recorder of Yavapai
county.
Prospectors Numerous
Prospectors and miners are again
taking to the hills; and, judging by
their increasing numbers, Yavapai
county is just entering upon the most
prosperous mining period of it's his
tory. Mines which have been in con-
tinuous operation for long time have
of late augmented their working
forces considerably, and in a number
of instances have supplemented their
ore mining appliances by the installa-
! ton of ore reduction processes. In
addition, a large number of mining
properties which for some time past
had been quiescent, are again being
worked. Many prospects are likewise
for the first time undergoing real de-
velopment work.
Notable among the men who are at
present in the local mining field are:
e. A. Julian and C. C. Starr, of Reno,
Nevada, field engineers in the en-
ploy of George Wingfield, the well
known Nevada mining man; James H.
Sullivan, former mine operator at
Tonopah and Manhattan, Nevada, who
has assumed the management of the
property of the Tuscumbia Mining
and Milling company; Lloyd LIE Due
formerly of the Lake Superior Copper
districts and new engineer for the
Henrietta and .Butternut mines of the
Big Ledge Development company;
Ernest LIE Due, formerly of Duluth,
Big Ledge Development company;
John Livesey, former owner of the
Colonel Sellers mine at Leadville,
Colorado, now heavily interested in
the Iona Prieta copper mine; DR.. F.
A. Wheeler, former mine operator at
Goldfield, Nevada, now the dominat-
ing factor in the Bradshaw mountains
tunnel project; ]. T. Mcdonald and
Ed Trevarrow, former mine operators
at Cripple Greek, Colorado, now sue
cessful tungsten mining operators here,
and N. H. Getchell, former mine op-
orator in Colorado and Nevada, now
in charge of the Cash mine
John Barleycorn, hitherto prominent
in all mining camps. is notably absent
here.
Many Locations Made
Every foot of promising ground is
being given the once over, the up
and down and the through and
through by the adept prospectors who
are flocking to Yavapai county from
all portions of the Southwest. Sew
eral hundred new locations have been
made since the first of the current
year, and on some of them ore finds
of promise have already been an
nounced. Claims on which the as
sessment work for 1915 had not been
done were closely watched and quickly
appropriated The circumstance is
mentioned because for some years
past little attention was paid locally
to whether the annual assessment
work was or was not performed on
the mining claims of this section. The
renewal of interest in mining every
where noticeable in Arizona, caused
the claimowners of this county TO
be more particular than formerly
about doing the necessary assessment
work and filing proofs of labor. AS
result of their precaution few
claims were jumpable on the first of
the current year because of non-com-
pliance with the mining laws
The high price commanded by the
minerals, which are associated with
the gold silver bearing ores of Yava-
paiTs mining areas, is the lodestone
that attracts capitalists and miners.