Bisbee daily review., 1917-03-18
Copper Output for the Verde District in the Month of March IS Forecasted in the Neighborhood of 10000 900 Pounds.
MANY PROPERTIES
 WORKING AT CAMP
Payroll Approximately $700,- 900 Per Month. Pittsburg and Jerome Development Work Goes Rapidly to the Front.
CBy William P. De WolO

PRESCOTT. Arizona. March IT. Recent wage raises made to the min CTS of the Jerome Copper belt In con- formity with the advance in tte aver age price of copper per pound during February. will increase the mine pay roll there to above S10O.000 the eur rent month. The output for March will be in excess Of 10,o1olooo. At an average price of 27 cents per pound this output will have a value Oi ap- proximately S2.700 0O0 Twenty-Five mining properties are undergoing de- veq1pment there Within few weeks about q dozen other properties. upon which Winter laid restraining hand. will again be operative.
 The recent strike Of black sulphites at the property of The Jerome Verde Copper company, while not discov- cry of first magnitude, msg b. ac- cep;ed as indicative of the presence of a large body of pay ore at depth and of the value of the estate as mining asset in fact the strike may. with considerable assurance. De ac- cepted as indicative oi the c0ntiuua- ton into Jerome Verde ground Of the rich body exposed in the United Verde Extension company's property. adjoining With the reimbursement cf the strike and the quick advance iR the price Of Jerome Verde shares. that indefatisable gossiper. Old Man .. rH.af' the report that control Oi Jerome Verde is vested wiih the Douglas in- terests. owners of Verde Extension ground As in the past. there appears to be nothing locally rJ warrant the assertion save the tact that the man. asement of the two companies are working in harmony and each has free access to the others property in the interest of development.
 ?ittsburg ( Jerome Busy.
 Development of the Pittsburg & Je- rome property is pIogressinS satisfac- torily and is attended by mineral con ditions indicative of the presence Of high grade copper ore at depth The companys main tunnel ia now ap- proximately $50 feet beyond the shaft and 400 feet below the 5oo-fOot level The tunnel has at this time length of about 2O0O feet and the shaft a depth Of about geo feet The estate comprises SS7 acres and lies nile and a quarter Co the south of the United Verde and the United Verde .s. ton Is decidedly favorable t0 the discovery Of a large and highly min eralized body of copper ore at a depth of from 1900 Co 1900 feet Conditions in the shaft and tunnel lend emphasis Co those above sround.
 Operations have been resumed at ihe property of the Lucky Strike Rim ing company. formerly the stein Copper company. in the Zohia coun- try. COncurrently, a contract was en- tered into with the Great Western Shelters corporation to ship a iare tonnage of iron-boaring ore Co the l1-- ter's plant near Mayer Delivery .s Co start at once This ore also car ries a copper content Of considerable value-a condition which. added To its value to the shelter people as @ Aux. by reason of its iron content az sures the Lucky Strike management an excellent profit on all shipments
 Strike 6old-copper Ore.
 At a depth of 1000 feet e body of gold-cOpper ore has been entered in the Monte Cristo mine. one of the fa- nous silver bOnanzas of this section two decades ago. The strike has ere ated considerable excitement through out Yavapai county. and more espe- cially in the Constellation country. where the property is located The
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