Arizona republican., 1916-08-20
6be MINES of ARIZONA

ented claims, near McCabe, the Hack berry mines and the old Boggs smelt CT, near the Blackberry property. The purchase of the Gopher was brought about largely by the good showing of the Henrietta mine, adjoining it on the north, which is operated by the { Big Ledge people. The old shelter is to be modernized and thoroughly overhauled for treating the product of all interests owned by the pur- chasers. Both the Gopher and Hack berry properties are attractively rated in gold and copper.
 Sinking of the shaft on the Loma Prieta property in Copper Basin is going ahead steadily. continuous ore body has been determined for more than 55 feet, and with every foot | of increased depth the showing i'm proves A carload of high grade chal- copyrite ore has been shipped as a test from the Loma Prieta. All work at the mine is now under direction of John Livezey. who has taken up his residence at the camp.
 Recent exploration in the old Sena- tor mine has resulted in new and val unable ore being proven. In the zone | where the Treadwell vein was pene- | trated a large tonnage was opened up. | giving values of $50 in gold and cop 1 per. The strike occurred at a point 2500 feet in on the old tunnel. The | Senator, one of the units of the Com mercial Mining O., was believed to have been worked out years ago. An other claim of the group. the Snoozer. is shipping daily to Douglas a large ! tnnnQOa of uh 1a
 Initial exploration movements on i McNulty Mcbride properties. recently
 taken over under option by the Daily | Crawford Levissohn syndicate, are under way. A. l.. Johns of Globe has taken charge of the work, established a camp and is ready to go ahead with chuTn drilling as soon as one of the three drills to be used arrives. Three hundred acres of ground has been set aside for early exploration.
 Throughout Yavapai many mines
 with which the public is not so fla
 miliar as with the larger producers.
 are doing good and making many i'm
 provements on their properties. Con-
 tracts have been let for the construc-
 tion of six new buildings to accom-
 d
 camp of the Beehive Co. adjoining the
 Octave mine on the east. The Octave
 has made good during the last year
 and both mines will be operated dur
 ing the coming year
 Operations on the Dolphin mines, on
 Turkey Creek, will be resumed in the near future, the owners having decid .
 ed on a plan of rapid development af- ! ter a recent inspection of under . ground conditions on the property. A high-gr copper sulphide. car
 rying gold values. has been encoun-
 tered in the old Bullwhacker mine ] The property is now being developed , to great depth. after having lain idle for many years.
 , Active work Is under wa on ths project of the Arizona Deep Mining < Tunnelling Go. in the Bradshaws The
 company plans to run a tunnel, ap- proximately 1000 feet to explore si, Assures in the mineral belt north o
 Crown King, in which are included tn, Lincoln. Nelson, Fairview. War Eagle
 Gladiator, Crown King. Del Pasco ant
 Wildflower groups. At certain point a depth of more than 1900 feet will b. ] IT to be the most extensive ever con II ducted in the southwest The tunne
 has been driven more than 50 fee
 from the Initial point selected by thu
 engineers.
 J The first discovery of sheelite il : this field was made several days ag' , in mines in the Hassayampa distric owned by Louis Bernard. Valentin Allbarade and John Barnard A three
 inch streak of sheelite was cut on
 40-foot crescent from the main tun
 nel and, when analysed. was pro
 nounced as of exceptionally hig
 grade. The property is under develop
 ment for its silver values.
 IT. It is reported that a deal involvin ia large sum of money is under wa | for the Oatman Queen property, an | that either Keith & Keith or tn | United Eastern interests are the poss | ible purchasers IT Is known that ex
 tensive sampling of this property b
 engineers close to these two interest l has been under way for some day The Oatman Queen has opened a yer = fine and somewhat extensive show = ing of pay ore on one level, and O
 account of surface conditions is re 1futu aS HibHis pfoHllslnB proper ty. It lies in the same zone of oi |. channels as the Pioneer. Carter an ! Lucky Boy.
 The Big Jim is steadily blockin
 out ore in east and west drifts on u Q 400 and 4S5 levels. and it is official
 stated that the average gold value fC L. more than 300 feet of ore exposul maintains level well above s20. IT