El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-04-29
YAVAPAI MINING
BREAKS RECORD.
Prescott, Jerome and Min
ing Towns Near Them Feel
Effect of Boom.
Rr wILLIAM p. DE VOL.

Prescott, Ariz.. April 29.-Minlng for
gold, silver, copper. tungsten, zinc and
lead is being prosecuted in Yavapai
county on an unprecedented scale.
Properties which had FOR some time
been imperative are againg being
worked under the incentive Of the in
creasing demand FOR metals in the raw
al enhancing prices, and the same spur
OF increased demand and price is in
citing the owners Of claims that have
! heretofore been developed in desultory
: fashion to work their holdings IN
miner-lize way.
The recrudscence OF the local mining
industry is general and is being fur
thered by the investment OF OUTSIDE
capital I'm large amounts. Ihese sums
arc Increasing in number and size, now
that the outlying areas are again &C
cessible by the lifting Of winters em-
I barge on the more remote ROADS ana
trails.
Prescott Jerome and the smaller
towns and camps Of the county report
q large increase in the volume OF gem
eral trade, particularly IN the OUT
fitting OF prOspectors and miners IN
fact, there has never been a period IN
the history Of Yavapai county when
general business was better and the
mining business more prosperous
Coppers Popular.
various sections here with very graft
flying results. The United Verde IS
Outputting an average OF 5000 tons OF
roper ore daily; the Commercial an
average OF 100 tons daily. and the
lesser properties from one to four
ear loads of copper ore each week.
In addition. the United Verdi EXten-
Eion, known locally as the Little
Daisy" has reached the stage Of de-
velopment where its future is assured.
The ore conditions in the Verde EN-
tension are so satisfactory that there
has been n general speeding up Of
work on number Of properties in the
Verde copper belt There have also
Of late been a number OF important
sales OF mining acreage in that sec
. ton, and the Copper Basin district
Notably among the latter is the
passing Of the Old Haynes property in
the Verde district, TO the Jerome Vic
tor Extension Copper company, recent
iy organized and founded by promi-
nent copper mining and banking inter-
ests of Calumet, Michigan Develop
ment plans have not as yet been COM
pleted, but it is said they viii be ex-
tensive.
Big Copper Merger.
{ James H. Layman is closing at
Jerome the details OF a copper mer-
ger of magnitude and will leave for
Pittsburg, Pa. in a few DAYS TO confer
with the capitalists of that city. who
are financing the project The merger
embraces approximately 1000 acres of
choice cOpper-bearing ground I'm the
vicinity Of the United Verde and
United Verde Extension properties.
Plans are shaping for the resump-
lion Of work on the property of the
Boston g. Jerome company. whose
holdings adjoin holdings Of the United
Verde company. Arrangements are
also well advanced FOR the listing Of
Boston d jerome shares on the San
Francisco stock exchange and on the
Boston and New York curbs
The Mescal group is another prop
Brty i'm the Verde district that is to
undergo development in the immed-
late future. Little Rock, Ark. capital
represented on the ground by Col. T.
" Cherry OF that city, is back OF the
enterprise Since his arrival at
Jerome. Col Cherry has received a
number Of offers from local mining
understood each was turned down, as
The owners have faith in the property,
and are financially capable Of working
It themselves.
Copper Basin Plans.
The fore part OF May VIII witness
largely increased mining operations in
The Copper Basin district, and more
particularly on properties that are
contiguous to the Commercial mine.
Prominent among the properties which
are TO undergo extensive development
are the Iona Prieta and Schruber
Both have been taken over by strong
financial interests and have chalcopy-
rite ore bodies Of demonstrated
value.
Under the supervision Of men who
have mined SUCCESSFULLY in the Superior
copper belt. the Henrietta mine. a
particularly developed copper PROPOSE
lion I'm the Big Bug district. is nearing
The stage OF regular production. The
Henrietta IS owned by the Big Ledge
company, and has an enviable produc-