El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-24
OLD HOLMES To
RESUME WORK
Jerome Victor Extension
Completes Directorate;
Tiptop Makes Strike.
d WILLIAtI p. DE- WOLF.


Prescott Ariz., June 24-OperatiOns
ahve been resumed at the Old Holmes
rhine in Black Canyon. The property
was recently taken over by Willard
Bonderant and associates OF Los An
reles. who purpose TO develop II AT
depth. The history Of the Holmes
rhine dates back to the early sos, ana
It has a record as a producer OF hish
Erade gold bearing ore 4 wagon r9ad
has been built connecting the mine
with the camp Of Mayer. and the olG
workings are now being rehapiitated
as a preliminary TO extensive inning
research
white star Operations.
A. E Ioynahan. OF Denver. COLO,
Who recently purchased the me
Spar group OF three patented claims
from Ed. Block. Of this city, IS deEei-
oping the property quite as mucn WIZ
"a view 10 retaining the hign percent
cf anthony contained in the ore as 70
retaining its high silver content MI
Noynahan. who is mine inspector or
Colorado. has interested other COLORADO
mining men in the proposition ana IN
tends TO engage in extensive oeFeIop-
ment work
Mineral conditions in the Iona
Prieta shaft continue TO be satlstac-
tory and to indicate that II Is being
sunk in the main copper ore channel
OF the Copper Basin district me oooy
OF chalcOpyrite ore encountered al a
depth Of IS feet continues TO fill the
Vertical shaft and appears to be a fix
ture therein. Each days development I
work records an improvement IN Inc
orc body and tends to more thorough
" demonstrate that the Iona Prleta 3
Mines company is the owner OF one Of Z
TIE best partially developed copper 4
properties in Yavapai county
Bradshaw Tunnel Work.
The deep development tunnel being I
driven TO the heart OF the Bradshaw /
mountains by the Bradshaw Develop
rlent company. recently tapped a
"tlind' deposit OF copper ore OF prom 9
ising possibilities
Directorate Completed.
The directorate of the Jerome Victor !
Extension Copper company owner OF Z
tie Haynes group IN the Jerome dis
trict has been completed by the cleo I
ticn to the board OF William T James, .
PRESIDENT Of the Queens County Savings .
hank OF Flushing, y y Nork on the ,
companv-s property was started last 3
May and is being prosecuted with ,
gratifying results under the direction .
Of George ". Salisbury. FOR a number I
OF years a member OF the engineering Z
staff OF the great nited Verde mine
Strike - Percent Tungsten Ore.
Seventy-tWO percent tungsten ore
has been opened in the Tlptop claim !
Of the Tiptop Consolidated COMPANY
The property is located about eight d
miles from the Aqua Fria river and in /
past years produced upward Of s., 000.-
COO worth OF high grade silver ore.
The streak Of tungsten recently en-
Countered IS eight inches wide and car
ries a nominal amount OF silver. About
2 ton OF the high grade tungsten IS
being broken daily, and with tungsten
ore OF lesser grade, mined elsewhere in
the workings, is being run through
the CcmDany's mill. a considerable
shipment OF tungsten concentrates viii .
be forwarded to PittsbuFg, Pa, early
". Il Skinner. . mining man OF this
county. is preparing TO increase the
scope OF operations in the mine OF the
PCcahOntas Copper Queen Mining com
pany located near Mayer \ new !
shaft is being sunk. and the cd shaft
200 feet deep, is being unwatered pre-
paratory 10 the resumption Of sinking
Call Special Meeting.
At a special meeting of the board
OF directors OF the Boston & Jerome
Copper company. held in Prescott. II
vas voted 10 call a special meeting or
the stockholders at the main office OF
the company at Jerome on July 8
TIE object OF the special stockholders
meeting is 70 decide upon the advisa-
rIlity OF reducing tie par value Of the
cCmpany's shares from 50 70 80 cents
Ter share and TO increase the number
Of shares from 100000 TO 1.5O0,0 600.
Venture Hill ReOrEunized.
Reorganization OF the venture hiu
Mining company. whose holdings are
located in the heart of the Jerome
copper belt. has been perfected and
Vlaus made TO push development Work
rs soon as the engineer who is exam
lining the property has made his re-
mort At the reorganiza ton meeting
;he following were elected as directors
Ecaz Duncan. OF Los Angeles, Ed
Shumate Of Prescott Henry Brink
meyer. Of Prescott; Q T. Jolly, OF
-larkdaIe. Ed Kiehl. OF Prescott. Philip
recharich. Of Jerome. and William R
Z Der, Of Los Angeles The oIfiSers
are. Boaz Duncan. president; Ed Shu-
rate. vice president; w r. Uber. sec
rst treasurer The main Office OF
the company has been removed from
Jerome to Prescott. A branch Office
= m. however. he maintained in Je-
rome.
Purchase Big stick.
Tulsa. Okla. oil operators have pur-
chased from Joseph Howell the Big
suck group Of claims in the Santa
Maria country a number Of outlying
-iaims were also taken over and added
10 the Big Stick group
An oil floCauon plant OF 100 tons ca
racity is to be erected at the property
1f the Major Mining company, near
" alller- The decision TO build the plant
carloads OF concentrates shipped to the
Humboldt shelter The consignment
-epreseuted a test run on Major ore at
the Polan mill made for the purpose !
D. determining values and the process
best adapted for the reduction Of the
ores and those OF the Eu-
eka district in general
The work Of installing electric power
wires and appliances at the mine and
n the Big Pine Mining company is
Practically completed. A large force
IS employed in the various tunnels on
lie property and a considerable ton
mage Of gOld-silver ore is being mined
md piled on dump. pending the com