Arizona republican., 1916-11-10
0N THE EDGE
 MINING bOOM

That one of the greatest mining
 booms in the history of Arizona is just
 starting Is the opinion expressed by
 II. E. Davis, a Los Angeles mining
 engineer, who arrived Tuesday night enroute from Ray to Jerome. MT.
 Davis has been making an extensive study of conditions in Arizona in the 1 interest of the brokerage house of A.
 w. Coote of Los Angeles, which. while interested in no promotions of any i Kind, issues a weekly market bulletin dealing with listed western securities
 which can be compared only with the
 publications sent out by some of the
 big New York houses. MT. Coote takes
 the precaution of having Mr Davis
 personally examine districts and un- derground workings of various prop erues which are in the public eye. be-
 fore attempting to give them exten- sive analysis in his market bulletins
 being the only broker in the west who follows this rule. Last week Mr Davis finished an underground examination Of several of the larger Oatman prop ertles, and IS now starting a like ex- aminatlon Of several Jerome proper ties. Speaking of Ray, where he has been for the past few days, he said
 There seems to be no question as to the fact that Ray is on the verge Of big boom. The town is full of mnlnS men who are making quiet in- Vesslgatlons of properties throughout the district, and many options are be- ing secured on promising looking prop critics. This condition prevails in inc entire district from Ray to Superior. The Ray Hercules is now getting splendid native copper one from about 700 feet depth, the shaft having gone through more than 40 feet Of this ma teriai, which is some of the highest grade ore ever mined in the Ray dis trlct The Arizona Ray has it's first cfurn drill working. the bore now heinz Gown 160 feet and having pen etfated the usual dacite cappine.
 The Magma has just made one of the greatest strikes in the recent his tory of Arizona copper mining On the 1400-foot level some g. feet Of fornite ore has been penetrated. which runs from 35 to 50 per cent copper, with no wall in sight This Is notable body of this character of ore and it's discovery is directly re- spcnsible for the recent phenomenal advance in the price of Ma gma stock
 After the election uncertainties have been settled. anticipate the most intense mining activity which tHt west HIS cApSIlellCeu TOT q uttaQP and it appears as though Arizona will be the center of this activity. IL is coming to be recognized that Ari- zona is one of the most extensively mineralized states of the anion--that in size of deposits and diversity of minerals. it perhaps surpasses any other known section of the world. This recognition Is now beginning to show it's effect in new work in almost every portion of the state"
 Col F M House that he had been re- elected
 President Wilson issued no state ment before his departure and con- tinued to take the position that he would await tho definite figures be- fore making arv claims Secretary Tpnulty and other officials. however, grew more and more optimistic iI their comments on the election re- turns.
 Mr Wilson's departure for Will liamstown brings to a close his au- tumn vacation here. Secretary Tu- multv and tEc staff at the executive offices will leave for Washington to-