Weekly journal-miner., 1917-11-14
STRONG VEIN OF COPPER CUT ON 600 LEVEL
STRIKE IN BINGHAMTON NOT ONLY ASSURES A BIG MINE BUT GIVES EN- COURAGEMENT TO EN- TIRE MAYER DISTRICT.
(BY F. ". Bower)


 through 3l feet of high grade copper ore in the new crosscut on the 6OO- | foot level, the grade of ore being high ] enough, for the most part, to ship to the shelter The company is undccid- | cd whether to start the shipments of i high grade again 10 Humboldt or use the high grade with the lower grade to bring up the heads in the Notation ' mill. The crosscut on the 600 level | has cut through one of the strongest veins of ore to be found in the State.
 It is a continuation of the same vein that has been cut through on all of the
 upper levels. It settles for good the pcrnanency of the ore bodies in this
 mire and in fact. in the whole Copper Mountain district. It has put much
 new fife into the newer companies
 which arc developing properties in this whole Mayer section. Mine Su-
 ucrin,crdent Clancy. who has been in charge of ,hc Binghamton mine six months, is the man who studied out
 the formation of the mine and found tue ore. Now that the formation of the mine underground has been
 read" it will be an easier matter,
 according to Superintendent Chaney,
 to follow down the several orc bodies
 in the mine and the knowledge he has
 learned will be of great help to other
 developing companies in the same
 district
 The Patton copper mine, which IS
 located east of Mayer four miles, has
 been taken over by the newly organ
 ized Rio Tonto Copper Mining Co.
 It. was owned by John Patton and Warren Davis. of Mayer. w. D. Ma honey and P. ]. Mcintyre, of Jerome,
 are the principals in the new deal.
 Extensive work is to begin within 60
 days. The property is we'll developed and considerable high grade and
 milling ore has been exposed. The
 company will be sufficiently financed
 to carry out extensive development . work. The property shows the ex- tension of some of the ore veins that
 have been found in some of the big mines north. The officers of the com- ' pany are: President, P. ]. Mcintyre. r vicc-presi sidcnt, ]. w. Jones, of King
 man. and secretary and treasurer,
 w. D. Mahoney.
 The Copper Mountain Mines Com- l pany is working force of a dozen
 men at the old Stoddard mine on the
 north end of Copper mountain. A gas
 hoist has been installed and one of . the old shafts is being retimbered. f This company is d reorganization ot , the old Stoddard Copper Company l which operated extensively a quarter { of century ago. The new company
 is capitalized for 5,OO0,00O shares, par
 value Sl. The old mine IS one of the
 best developed on Copper mountain, with many shoots of high grade and milling ore exposed which were de- ' v4opcd when only rich ore could be handled The close utilization of this f company with the Arizona Bingham
 ton, a mile north, in the management, will mean that the experience of de- veloping the lower workings of the
 Binghamton will be used in the cX-
 tensivc development of the old Stod-
 dard mine. Celora' Stoddard is prcsi- 1 dent and general manager of the new company, Senator Reynolds of New York is yice-prcsidcnt, and M. \.
 Pickett, of Phoenix, is secretary and treasurer.
 There are increasing indications of ore in the tunnel that is being run on
 South Copper mountain by the Monte dc Cobrc Copper Company. This is the mine that was taken over last Summer by w. A. Tucker. John Ross
 and James Smith, of Bisbec. The
 tunnel is being run to tap strong vein
 of copper that was followed down in , shaft 60 feet. The formation has changed and some chalcopyritc has appeared in the last drillings.
 The announcement made by the Black Canyon Mining Company that flotation mill is to be erected at the
 mine i've miles below Turkey means ; q great deal to this high grade silver
 lead camp. The mine was originally
 located by ]. D. Thompson, of Pres colt, eight years ago. shortly after he { had reported favorably on the Fl Tierc gold mine in Mexico. It was ThompSon's report that induced the Kansas City and Bisbce people to buy
 the property which has since dcvcl- opcd into big dividend payer. 2 Thompson partly developed this 1 Black canyon mine himself and then
 sold it to the present Kansas City
 owners. They have run drift about l 500 feet on the main orc body which , has opened into strong vein from
 s to l6 feet wide with a milling grade of orc 5GO feet long and the face oi the drift is still in orc. The best out . crop is about 100 feet ahead of the present drift face. There are about