Arizona republican., 1917-02-04
MINING MAN LOST
UNITED VERDE BY
ACCIDENT TO WIFE

The sudden relapse and death of the
well-known mining engineer and au-
thority, w. L. Cooper, in the Lost
Pines district, Inyo county, California,
last week, after an accident at the
Bunker Hill mine, which he has been
putting on a producing basis, and the
recent active entry of his business as
sociate, M. Morgan. into two promin-
ent Jerome properties, the Great
Verde Extension and the Mingus
group, has brought to light an inter-
esting happening of thirty years ago.
Mr.. Cooper. who has guided many
big operators in their mining opera
tiors. had examined the United Verde
property, decided it was what it turned
out to be and secured an option, he
told Mr.. Morgan, the price being $780,
600 Going to New York Mr.. Cooper
arranged for the money, his principal
to come west to complete the details
of the purchase and payment Now
came the accident that gave Senator
Clark the chance to get the mine, and
wealth which has followed it's develop
ment, said in round figures to be now
over forty millions of dollars. The
buyer started on time from New York
City prepared to make payment and
been allowed for him to visit the mine
before concluding the purchase.
At Denver. the little god of chance
or fate, it may be, stepped in. A tele
gram caught him on the train telling
of his wife being injured in a street
car accident and calling him back at
once. He returned by the next train
the accident resulted fatally, and be"
fore the matter of the mine purchase
could be taken up again the option
expired. Senator Clark. Mr.. Cooper
said, was on the spot. with his pur-
chase money in gold promptly on the
minute. and closed the purchase. That
was thirty years ago, but Mr.. Cooper
never forgot the possibilities Of the
Jerome district, and it was in this con-
ference that caused Mr.. Morgan to
examine with more than ordinary in
terest the possibilities of the Great
Verde Extension and the Mingus prop
critics. with the outcome that he is now
Heavily interested in both and with
his associates committed to a program
that means a great deal of activity in
the development of both into produc-
ing mines without delay. The Great
Verde Extension has attracted the at
tention Of more than one expert en-
line with the shafts of the United
Verde. United Verde Extension. the
Jerome Verde and the Dundee Arizona
and the general belief among the
technical men and the practical miners
that the trend of the ore bodies from
the two big mines is directly to the
Great Verde Extension. This point
was brought out in court when it was
testified that the United Verde EX
tension had acquired its eastern hold
ings because it was believed that the
trend of ore bodies was in that direc-
ton. These eastern holdings of the
United Verde Extension adjoin the
Great Verde Extension, which is d.
rectly east of the Mingus group ad-
joins the Great Verde Extension on the
east and south, and Walter Harvey
Weed in recommending the develop
ment of the Mingus group called at
tention to this belief in the easterly
trend of the ore bodies, also to the
property being in a straight line with
United Verde. the United Verde Exten-
sion and the Dundee Arizona
The section about the Great Verde
Extension will soon be about the most
active in Jerome. Immediately south
| and adjoining the Mingus group, Gov
ernOr OOdle IS preparing TO ueNeloI
the jerome Del Monte, and right by
is the Gadsden property, now working
fifty five men, putting down a shaft
to 1000 feet with the usual dispatch
that characterizes Calumet and Ari-
IONA development work.
Prominent mining engineers express
the belief that tine ore bodies on Great
Verde Extension and the Mingus grouI
will he reached at abOut depth OF
$50 feet. which is several hundred feet
nearer the surface than on the Verde
Extension and the United Verde.