Arizona republican., 1916-10-29
ARIZONA MINES

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 ARIZONA MINES | Plans for the construction of a $500, 900 mill to retreat the vast amount of tailings from the Ray Con Copper l Co.'S mill, are now being prepared. The new plant. which will be erected on the l banks of the Gila close to the great tailings dump, will have daily ca | pacity of 5000 tons. and will employ i about 250 men. The tailings dump contains large tonnage of copper but in the form of an extremely low grade material, the copper content being a fraction of 1 per cent. The fact that l even this waste material is to be re- l covered is another demonstration of he economical methods which the com pany is putting into operation in eX- tracing the copper from the low grade ores. News that new mill giving ! employment to hundreds more men is to be erected at Hayden will be re- ceived juibilantly by residents of the shelter city and by the entire district. ! for while Hayden will in the main pro l fit most from the erection of the new mill, it all means greater district in the Finals Erection of the new re- treating plant at a cost of half a mill lion dollars will give employment to hundreds of workmen, while the in creased capacity of the Hayden smelt- CT by fifty per cent means the coming 1 of a greater Hayden.
 F. E. Steffy of Salt Lake who has 1 just completed l5O-ton reduction plant for the Arizona Butte Mines Co.. on Stockton Hill. announced he will in- stall a 500-ton custom mill here.
 The Schuylkill has just installed 9O-hp. Western gas engine. a Sullivan 500-cu. ft. compressor, a drill sharp ener. two pumps and an electric light plant.
 The Distaff has been unwatered and development work begun after a shut down or several years The Hercules has also been unwatered and develop mcnt work is about to begin. After being closed down for num- Der of years the Silver Hill property. the oldest in the district will be started up this week A. w fleming of Los Angeles. is now in camp making neces- sary arrangements.
 Work of unwatering and repairing the Molly -Glbscn Chloride shaft is be- ing pushed. iloisting machinery is now on the ground.
 The Georgia Mining Co. has begun sinking The next drifting will be done on the 300 level when that point is reached. Good ore has been found on the 100 level
 The Guggenheims have finished ~.fr rumored that they will take 1t over. Also that they will take over the North Georgia property adjoining They are now unwatering and retim- bering the old Elkhart mine here
 Specimen gold ore an unusual thing in this camp was found on the Gold Back property There is much gold here. but it is usually closely associated with the lead and zinc.
 A pack train Of burros is being used to get a shipment of 250 tons from the Black Jack mine This shipment Is ex- pected to go much higher than $l0O a ton. Ore contains gold. silver lead copper and zinc.
 Senator Guggenheim of Colorado has had men samplinR the Golden Hammer mine. Deal seems assured
 The mill of the Arizona Butte is working perfectly Samples of the concentrates taken from the bins show value of 66 per cent lead. s45 gold and F ounces silver Splendid ore bodies are being opened up in the mine
 The Hidden Treasure has just com pleted installation of compressor and air drills; now running a 50O-ft. tun- nel through granite to open big vein at depth of 300 feet. with 300 feet yet to drive
 The Keystone made rich find on 3OC level uncovering S ft of high grade ore. 4 mill is now being built.
 Desert Power X Water Co. who is building high tension line into camp is now within tweleye miles of town Over 200 houses are already wired and electricians busily engaged in wiring more. Camp has doubled population in past sixty days.
 Rich copper ore has been found ir the Weaver district by C. w. Lynch The same deposit has been opened or adjoining claims by Richings anC Southworth. ore runs high in copper and carries good gold content
 The Schenectady is installing a com pressor. Boston investors are inspect ing the property. Good ore is showing
 in the shaft.
 Additional impetus has been giver development work on the Venture Hil and Verde Apex properties since tn, owning companies entered into an ex. pense sharing agreement and placed mining operations in charge of John $ Riley. The joint plans were drawn uI with a view to opening at depth tn, deposit of native copper bearing or, that was recently encountered in tn. Venture Hill tunnel. This deposit 1 one of the most promising opened 0 late in the Jerome field. At recen meeting of the Venture Hill in Pres ! colt. Ed Shumate succeeded Boas Dun Il can as president of the company, an, will in the future act jointly with Johl \ Fl. Robinson, secretary of the Verd \ Apex Co.,, in the financial manage | ment of both corporations
 Three shifts are pushing the drift O the 1900 level of the Jerome Victor Ex | tension toward the United Verde's lin, v and are making fast DrORress now tha