Weekly journal-miner., 1916-03-15
OF GREAT ACTIVITY WILL
 SOON BEGIN
WITHIN 60 DAYS THERE WILL BE SOMETHING DOING IN MINERAL LINE IN THIS COUNTY.
(Bv William P. De Wolf)

now minlnS OpSIdllOAS VIII ON I'A force in Yavapai county on scale hitherto unprecedented. Increased activity is apparent in all of the min eralized areas Of the county, and the indications are that the present activ' ity is the hamburger of even more per sistent and extended mining effort in the near future No particular branch of the mining industry IS being given the preference at the outset Of what promises to be the most prosperous mining era in the county's history. In standardization, all metals look alike to the opportunists who are mining in Yavapai's hills-men who were quick to recognize and take advantage of the growing importance and value of the tungsten, copper, lead and zinc by-products Of the gold and silver ores of this section.
 An accurate index of the good times just ahead is the somaphore recently set by the Santa Fe, Prescott & Phoenix Railroad Company. Officials of the company are authority for the statement that ore shipments are at present the heaviest in the History of the system, and that passenger trattlc to the various mining sections of the county IS on the increase. During a single week, the railroad transported to outside points from the Humboldt and Clarkdale smelters a total of l. 3O0.OO0 pounds of copper bullion hay ing an aggregate value of S5o4OOO. During the same period the company hauled 49 cars of ore from the Blue Bell mine and Is cars from Middleton to the Humboldt shelter; lZ cars of ore from the United Verde Extension mine to the Douglas shelter; Is cars of ore from the Copper Giant mine to the Clarkdale smelter; 20 cars of orc from the A. & C. county to various smelters, and an average of car and a half of ore per day to mill or smelt' CT from the smaller mines Of the county. The tally for the week wac 15O cars of ore. Among the shippers and prospective shippers are:
 The First Home.
 A carload shipment of zinc-lead ore recently sent to shelter from the First Home mine on Upper Big Bug creek, gave such gratifying returns the management has decided to treat the ore in the future directly at the mine. With that object in view the Oriental mill, located within 2OOo feet of the main workings, has been taken over. A syndicate of Bisbee mining men is operating the property ill conjunction of Ed Block of Pres colt. the owner. After cleaning the debris from the workings and shafts to a depth of 300 feet, ore was en- countered that carries high values in zinc and lead. The deposit so far as developed appears to be extensive. Sufficiently so, at least. to warrant the taking over of the Oriental mil and the reduction of the product oa company account. Accessibility tc railroad is another factor that lends value to the First Home as mining proposition, both as means of ship ping out concentrates and shipping III supplies. Zinc concentrates selling ai SIPS per ton. advancing ore prices, and the active and expanding demand for spelter, make the product of thc First Home and other mines of that character more desirable at this time than ever before.
 The Snyder Silver.
 The Snyder group of silver claims located in the vicinity of Turkey sta ton o1 the Bradshaw Mountain rail road. has been taken over by F.. J Temple of Boulder, Colo. and Frank Thornton of Mayer. Formerly work cd successfully for silver, the Snyder group is to be worked by the present owners for tungsten. The acreage lies in the heart of the pegmatite bell of the Bradshaw mountains and offer' exceptional possibilities in the way o tungsten ores-wolframite and hub nerite. Shipments of tungsten or; from the pegmatite areas of the Brad shaws command S65 per unit in th( Pittsburg. Pa, market. Temple an, Thornton have considerable tonnage in sight and will begin shipping a: soon as the new hoisting and pump ing plants are installed and in opera ton.
 The Fl Dorado Sold.
 Operations have been resumed ol the Fl Dorado and Security group of silver claims in the Tiptop sectioi of the BradshawS. Like the Snyde Silver group, the Fl Dorado and Sc curity hold tungsten-yielding possi bilities. Recently they were eXamin ed by N. II. Gctchcll. an expert ol tungsten ore occurrcncies and possl bilities. The outcome was the sal of the groups to Gctchell and associ ates. The latter proposes to reopel the old workings on the Fl Dorad and to work the Security groul through their medium. At the sam time he will prospect and develop tn silver ore bodies already exposed il the Fl Dorado, and will ship the hisl grade silver ores to local mill an