Arizona republican., 1916-11-19

formed. It took over from James F. Movies thirteen claims on the fault just north of the A. X A. Now a shaft is being sunk to pierce the iron cap ping and some extraordinarily prom ising rock is being taken out. The Jerome Daisy people claim that their surface iron capping is almost exactly like the one the United Verde Exten- sion. only a mile and half away, cut at 600 feet in its main shaft.
 The north country ceased to be called the sheer zone the day it was an- nounced that Richard Kingdom. now in charge of operations at the T.. V. Extension, was vice president of the Jerome Daisy, and that ]. J. Cain. mayor of Jerome. was treasurer. Not only they but other prominent mining men now openly declare that some day big mine will be opened along the north fault, They say that there is no reason to believe that the U. V. and L. V. Extension are only ones.
 After the Jerome Daisy came the Verde Copper Development company, with sixty-two claims along the fault north of the Daisy. J. E. Leeper, original organizer of the A X A, fathered the V. C. D. Some of the leading business mining men of the state are interested with him. Walter Miller, manager of the biggest mer- cantile house in Jerome, is president; E w. Carrell is secretary and s. F. Denison treasurer This company ex- poets to begin sinking a shaft shortly.
 The claims on the fault just beyond the V. c. D. have been taken over by D nfh fAxs 10 Cdpperfields, Inc, It is understood that two or three other companies are to develop property still farther out on the fault
 Though the Jerome Superior Copper Company does not own any claims on the fault its property is all within what was once the Verde districts s sheer zone. The claims were located last spring by employees of the United Verde, who foresaw the trend toward the northward About so claims are included in the group. They lie north of the U. V. Extension and Jerome Verde, north and east of the United Verde, on both sides of the A. & A. and Jerome Daisy
 Recently the Jerome Superior was taken over by California syndicate represented by George Mitchell. once superintendent Of the U. " shelter and later with the Greene Cananea. George D. Case, former superintendent of the Boston & Montana and Tennessee Copper. was engaged to direct opera tions. Surveyors were placed on the ground and it was discovered that a fraction of a claim near the U. V. crushing plant, commonly supposed to belong to the United Verde, was open ground This was immediately added to the Jerome Superior holdings. Now the syndicate has a combined churn and core drill, with a capacity of 2000 feet on the way from Los Angeles. It is understood that the first hole will be put down on that fractional claim. With the drill the 1900 acres belonging to the Jerome Superior will be thor oughly prospected. Camp buildings have already been erected and plans are being made to lay out townsite
 $. T. Bentley is planning to diamond drill a group of claims at First View, on the U. V. X F.. railroad west of the Jerome Daisy. This is not crossed by the north fault but by another which cuts across United Verde ground
 Owners of the new companies in the north fault country are discussing the installation of a joint power plant at First View. The plan is to use a Diesel engine for the development of electric power which will be transmit ted over a radius of several miles.