Omaha daily bee., 1916-10-08
United Verde
PROPERTY

PROPERTY
Following is digest of the report Of the United
Verde Junior, and Mahurin Properties by Engineer
George A. Bethune.
U. v. JUNIOR
The properties Of the United Verde Consolidated
Copper Company are located ON the northwestern
slope of the Black Hills range, Verde mining dis
trict, Yavapai County, Arizona, one and one-haf
miles south of the town TO Jerome
AREA
There are six full and fractional patented claims,
approximately eighty-six acres and two fractional
claims, not patented totaling approximately thirty
acres, making total Of about 120 acres for this
group.
NATURALIZATION
Numerous out-crops of mineral are exposed on
the surface of the property. Where the veins are
exposed large groupings of quartz, associated with
hematite of iron and copper can be plainly seen.
In the different surface crosscuts and deeper work
ing pyrte, chalcohyite, bornite and other siphide
and oxidized copper ores are encountered. Of the
Mahurn group, the engineer says in part:
LOCATION
The claims known as the Mahurin Mining Prop
erty are situated four miles west of the town Of
Camp Verde the eastern slope of the Black Hills
range Squaw Peak Mining District, Yavapai
County, Arizona.
AREA
There are twenty-five claims, about 440 acres.
This property embraces rugged topography, the
elevation of the property from the lowest point,
3,7OO feet arising to height of 6,4OO feet
NATURALIZATION
Heavy iron and copper outcrops occur. The
diorite has been changed from moderately coarse
looking rock to fine, saty rock, this being the
casing of the Glory Hole of the United Verde.
Along the strike and on each side of the heavy iron
stained ledge are rocks showing copper carbonate
and pyrite and copper sulphide ore.
Extracts from report by j. Dan. Sperr, E. M
On Mahurin Group of twenty-five claims, 40 Acres.
The location of the group would be described as
on Copper Canyon, within the Squaw Creek Mining
District, in Yavapa County, Arizona This canyon
acquired its name from the many indications of
copper found.
This group is well supplied with water by the
stream in Copper canyon. rough stream measure
ment gives me an estimate of IL cubic feet per
minute as the flow of the stream During the wet
months the stream will probably yield several times
that amount
dam can easily be constructed across the can
yon at about the center to lower end of the group,
which will give reservoir capacity sufficient for
all camp and mining purposes.
On the Rosebud, copper bearing rock Of highly
metamorphosed porphyry has been developed BY a
shallow shaft and small open cut Green and blue
copper stains are found through the rock over
considerable area this claim. On the Pine an old
tunnel in granite porphyry discloses some dis
seminated copper in the form of chalcocte and
chalcopyrite. On the Orient and Poppy claims the
cuts tunnels and shafts in porphyry show green
copper stains.
A. The surface indications of copper are as salts
factory as might be expected but only deeper pros
pecting can determine the presence Of commercial
deposits | unhesitatingly recommend diamond
drilling the most satisfactory method of CARRYING
on this preliminary prospecting.