Weekly journal-miner., 1916-04-12
(By William .. De Wolf)

| N-ScHCD copper content of 3.6 per cent 10 the
 ton. has been opened on the property of the Tuscumbia Mining & Milling
 Company. The vein carrying the
 shoot gives returns of IA per cent copper and S55.32 silver per ton. The assays were made at the R. II. Heth- eringto1 metallurgical works in this city on silver valuation of co cents per ounce. The assay returns follow:
 Four Assays Made.
 Sample No. l-talc-silver per ton 42 ounces. Sample No ?, taken from the vein in tunnel No. ?, silver per | ton 9.6 ounces. Sample No. }. taken from ore shoot opened in tunnel No. i 5 f, late March. copper per ton 3.6 per cent and silver per ton 422.S ounces. or S253.6S. Sample No. 4, taken across the vein at a point 500 feet in from the portal of tunnel No. }. copper per ton IA per cent an, silver per ton 922 ounces. or S55.32.
 Significance of Strike.
 | The discovery is one of potent pos abilities and paramount importance to the mining industry of the Brad shaw mountains, as the ore is identi- cal in appearance with the high grade ores of the famous Tonopan district of Nevada, and carries silver con tent equal thereto. It was, in fact. , the similarity of the silver-bearine ores of the Bradshaw mountains to | those of Tonopah that attracted the attention of former Nevada mr1ins men to that section of Yavapai coun- ty some months ago and resulted in the resumption of mining operations in the Tuscumbia, Tiptop, Nelson, Peck. War Eagle-Gladiator and other old-time bonanzas.
 Influence On Others.
 The similarity of the Bradshaw mountains ores to those of Tonopan. and in certain important instances to those of Gold6eld. was instrumental in influencing Dr. F. A. Wheeler and associates to finance the Bradshaw mountains tunnel project-an enter prise kindred in purpose to the devel- Opment, drainage and transportation tunnels of the Cripple Creek district of Colorado. The recent discovery on the Tuscumbia corroborateS the favorable reports on the Bradshaws made by Dr. Wheeler and his engin- eers. It also strengthens the beliei of the operators there that the sec ton offers ore-yielding opportunities akin to those of Tonopah. Likewise. it is proving an incentive for the re- sumption of operations on properties which have for considerable periods been quiescent.
 Tonopah Man Made Strike
 James H. Sullivan. general man ager of the Tuscumbia Mining & Milling Company's property, made the strike before referred to within three weeks from the date he assumed charge of development work. Sulli- van is former Tonopah and Man haitian. Nevada. mining man. He was one of a number of successful lease operators in the first mentioned camp during its carly days. and is. there i fore. capable of making a1 intelligent comparison of the Tuscumbia ores | with those of the Mizpan, Belmont and other well known mines of the | Tonopah district. He says he'silver- bearing veins in the Bradshaw noun tains are identical in appearance with those of Tonopah and that their sill yer content is o1 a par herewith. In Tuscumbia strike. Mir. Sul- livan said:
 Important In Bearing.
 'In my opinion the recent discov- cry in the Tuscumbia mine of a sil- ver-copper ore body having silver value of S253.6S per ton. will have an bearing upon future mi1ing operations in the Bradshaw noun tains as it will tend toward an in crease in mining effort there; and in ,reased mining effort is all that IS re- luired for an increase in the mine product there. The ore in the Tus- .umbia. and elsewhere throughout the 3radshaws. is markedly similar to hat of Tonopah and offers no reduc- l ion problem which cannot be solved " the oil-hotation process. The ] opper su1pnides carried by the Tus- umbia and other ores of that locality nsure a continuity of veins and val es and presage the discovery of de osits of commercial copper when the a ulphide areas have been we'll pene- y rated. The Crown King mill, with I $ oil-hotation process, affords a a earby market for these ores at low c cost. q
 Tuscumbia's Plans.
 "Now the presence of pay ore has T cen demonstrated in the Tuscumbia fl line the company purposes to enter u pon an extended campaign of de- O elopment work. Plans to that end 1T re being formulated and in due n purse will be in operation. The per onnel of the company's directorate VI cludes such well known local busi- W ess and mining men as Frank II. tc city assessor and tax col o ctor; B. H. Smith, former member b,