Bisbee daily review., 1916-01-30

A prospect incline shaft has been sunk on vein No. to a dept hof 55 feet. The bottom is all in ore, which as says around SSO per ton.
 Carter.
 The management of the Carte< plans to soon resume sinking opera tions at the 250-foot level with depth of 800 feet at the obpective point. Work is again under way in the north crosscut on the 250-foot level which i has penetrated the main vein about 15 feet without revealing the hanging wall For the width named encour- aging assays have been obtained. The company has installed 3 drill com i pressor and intends to increase it's working forces in the near future.
 WaIlapai District.
 About two months Of preliminary work, the Kingman Zinc Mining com pany is about to enter an era oi heavy production in the operation O. the Shooting Star and De La Fount- aine properties, located one mile southeast and one-half mile south, respectively, of the famous Golconda mine il the Cerbat range of noun tains, about 12 miles north of King man. On the 130-foot or bottom level of the Shooting Star east and west drifts were recently started on two feet of ore that average 20 per cen; zinc. S5 gold and s silver per ton, according to General Manager B. K. Dawson. In the drift work tkus far accomplished about 300 tons fo ore have been extracted and stopes above each drift are being gotten under way. Shipments from the property to the company's concentrating mill, about a mile distant, will soon begin. The hauled. While it has a capacity of 100 tons daily, it will be operated only one shift at the outset and from 30 to 35 tons of ore treated. The company recently placed a 25 horse power gasoline hoist on the 400-foot shaft on the De La Fountaine proper ty and is now installing a three-drill compressor. Stopipng above the east and west drifts on the bottom or 400- foot level of this property will soon be resumed on ore bodies showing ar average width of feet and carrying IT per cent zinc, 10 per cent lead and s2 gold per ton. When this poperty resumes shipments to the company's s shipts or Is hours daily and later to full time.
 Copperfeld Prophyry.
 The second churn drill hole being sunk in the exploration of the appar ently gigantic deposit of disseminated
 prophyry copper ore on the property of the Copperfield Porphyry Copper
 company, at Cross Spring, 22 miles north of Kingman, has gained a depth of 63 feet, of which 5 feet are under al overburden of 10 feet has given as
 says averaging better than per cent
 in the red metal. The company re . gently made a second 50-ton carload shipment of ore to the Arizona Con solidated shelter at Humboldt, Ari
 zona. Returns upon this shipment, as
 well as tie first which was made two weeks ago, are expected in the new flew days
 - Cedar Valley.
 Much interest in the mining world
 has been created of later by the Ari
 zona Venture Corporation through its
 recent shipment of lenzite wireless E crystals to the English government from it's Waldron property in the : Cedar Valley district. 56 miles south
 east of Kingman. The initial ship ment of lenzite, composed of abou; ! 400 crystals, packed in an ordinary
 ive-cent match box and valued at $1(
 and upward each. was made aboul
 six weeks ago. The second shipment made up of 256 crystals, was despatch ed about week ago. These crystals have been found to be superior to an, ernment in its wireless telegraph sta { tions and their production is rapidly developing as one of the important - features of the operations of the com
 pany named. In order that agreatel production Of the crystals may bC
 made. as well as the various ledge, of the property thoroughly and sys tematically developed. the company
 according to General Manager w. D
 Grannis, will soon materially increase
 it's working force. The program oi work mapped out includes the continU
 ation of the main two-compartmeni P vertical shaft from the 350-fOot point it's present depth. to the 500-foot leve and the extension of laterals on tho S15, 45O and 500-foot levels. The ] shaft is equipped with a 25 horse
 power gasoline hoist. in addition tt
 which a three-drill compressor, two
 jack hammers and one Leyner dril
 are being used in the development I work Upon the completion of the B shaft to the 500-foot point and the
 disclosure of the ore bodies at that