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 through the agency of Ed Shumate of Prescott, who is heavily interested in the Venture Hill and Verde Apex properties at Jerome. At his solici- tation E. C. Averyt and J. A. Ellis, of the firm Of J. A. Ellis & Company, of Birmingham, Alabama, visited and in spected the Copper Basin district. At the close of their inspection the Ala bamans took over a block of 300000 Big Butte treasury shares and made arrangements for development of the estate. Messrs Averyt and Ellis are prominently identified with the finan- cial interests of Alabama and have strong following throughout that state. They returned to Birmingham thor oughly convinced of the mining op- portunities presented by the property.
 The plans for the development of the Big Butte Copper estate include the immediate erection of the neces- sary camp buildings and a general prospecting of the company's forty three claims. Prospecting at surface and nominal depth will continue until | the arrival of the mine machinery now en route. Thereafter the real campaign of development will be con fined for considerable time to the Cass group, located within 4 miles of the railway station at Skull Val ley. A deep working shaft is to be sunk on the Cass in the vicinity of an old tunnel that penetrates a large i per to the ton. The oxide and car bonate ores in this dyke are highly mineralized and present indications of permanency at depth.
 Property We'll Thought Of
 The estate of the Big Butte Copper company embraces the Cass and Brow holdings, long numbered among the most valuable in the Copper Basin country. The acreage is traversed by series of well mineralized dykes through which copper is generally dis seminated. Hitherto, however, devel- opment work has been sporadic and circumscribed owing to a lack of funds. Notwithstanding this fact the former owners refused to accept an all cash consideration for their hold ings, stating they preferred to re- tain a stock interest rather than to part with them outright Their stand would appear to be justified by min eralogical and geological conditions as well as by the infusion of financial strength which assures an aggressive campaign of development.
 The company is capitalized in the amount of 1.5O0, 900 shares of a par value of S1 each, and has local and Colorado backing in addition to that of the Alabamans. George L. Reed, of Denver, a man prominently identi- fled with Colorado mining affairs, is president; Ed Shumate, prominent business and mining man of Prescott, is vice-president; George c. Ruffner, former sheriff of Yavapai county, and large holder of United Verde Ex- tension shares, is treasurer; Harry | E. Shumate, manager of the Owl Drug & Candy Company of Prescott, | is secretary. The men named. with Mrs. Robert Brow, compose the com pany's directorate.
 Garford Becomes interested
 Through the agency of George NJ White. manager of the sampler and smelter at Wickenburg, recently erect ed by Arthur L. Garford, millionaire manufacturer of Ohio. the latter has taken over and is developing the Cop per Hill property in Copper Basin. ! While under the control of k. $. Clark and J. J. Jackson of Prescott, the Copper Hill was opened to depth of 400 feet and commercial ore de- ] veloped and shipped. MT. White is i continuing the work started by his j predecessors and is preparing to make regular shipments to the Garford re- duction works at Wickenburg The Copper Hill is considered one of the best partially developed copper prop f critics in Yavapai County. and now that it's financing is perfected will doubtless make good it's earlier prom ise. The former owners of the prop