Bisbee daily review., 1917-06-03
Many Near-Productive. Prop critics Are Also Being Oper- ated In Pioneer Mining Dis trict of State.
BINCHAMTON OUTPUT
 IN MAY IS LARGE
Showings On Properties of Jerome Copper Company Indicate Chances For Ore Are Exceptionally Good.
BY WILLIAM p. DE WOLF.

PRESCOTT, Ariz., May 30.-Mining
 operations along the copper-veined up- lift that spans the country between
 Jerome and Crown King. which Mir. J.
 H. Shockley. of New York City. a we'll
 known mining engineer. has described
 in his very favorable report on the
 property of the Big Reef Copper com
 pany as belt of mineralized schist 35 miles long, beginning near a place
 named Crown King. where t is ter
 minted by gigantic intrusion of gran
 ite mountains, and ending just north of Jerome, where it disappears beneath
 overlying strata of more recent orf-
 gon," have resulted in the opening of an half-dozen shipping mines and the
 development of at least four other properties to the nearly-productive stage.
 The shipping mines referred to are the Binghamton. owned by the Arizona Binghamton Copper company. control ed by Senator W. H. Reynolds. of New Yory City and Long Beach. New York: the Copper Queen. owned by the Cop per Queen Gold Mining company; the Blue Bell and De Soto. owned by the Consolidated Arizona Smelling com pany. which also owns the smelter at Humboldt; and the Henrietta and But ternut mines, owned by the Big Ledge Development company. which likewise operates the smelter at Mayer through medium of a subsidiary corporation
 The nearly-productive properties in clude the 350-acre estate of the Big Reef Copper company. located in the vicinity of Mayer; an extensive acre age adjacent to the Binghamton mine. owned by the Jerome Copper company. which also owns the Ewing & Hooker group in the Verde district; the Lone Pine and other groups in the vicinity of Humboldt. owned by the Loma Verde Copper company; and the Leg horn Mines Estate in the Cherry Creek district. operated by the Cop per Lode Mines company.
 Copper Lode Productive.
 The property last mentioned has
 
 a gold-copper showing of unusual pro mise Former operators sunk a shaft to an incline depth of $40 feet. opened a Assure vein in granite from to feet wide. mined and milled about ESQ., 900 worth of gold-bearing ore. and partially prospected a deposit of cop per ore on the bottom level. At time when mining success seemed to be as- sured. however, managerial disputes arose and the mine was closed down. After a protracted period of inactivity the property was taken over by the Copper Lode Mines company under [ years lease and option to purchase. and work was resumed The terms of the contract waive all royalties on ore for the first year and provide for the payment of a 10 per cent royalty thereafter. The option to purchase runs the life of the lease and calls for he payment of s100.000
 For some weeks past two Cameron pumps have been steadily employed n freeing the workings of water The ob will be completed early in June and thereafter two shifts of miners will continue the work that vas started by the former operators n the copper ore deposit. The breast if the drift on the lower level Is well with copper sulphides. md the deposit is dipping toward the ,oint where the shaft will intercept 1t t greater depth. The management xperts to enter the primary strata of opper enrichment at an approximate Iepth of 1000 feet. In the meantime he gold-bearing vein opened on the pper levels is to be drawn upon for he ore to supply the Lone mill erect