Bisbee daily review., 1917-03-04
"Men Underground Said to Have Told That Faulted Ore Shoot Is Located on the Adjoining Property.
VICTOR FIX. SAID
 TO HAVE BEEN SOLD
Three Shifts Now Worked by the Arkansas and Arizona. Air Line Enables Company to Develop Property.

PRESCOTT. March 3.--A persist ent rupor. that appears to have first emanated from the men wto work undergroU1d." is current here tO the effect that a strike of high grade cop Der ore has been made in the Jerome Verde workings The management Of the company. however. while not making positive denial of the rum0r has issued a statement which at least is tentative denial Of the mOoted strike Reduced to concentrate facts. as mining parlance words it the de nial assays" as follows: That the diamond drilling operations for some time in force in the Jerome Verde workings have not disclosed the pres ence of pay ore.
 When the foregoing denial is called to the attention of the me-rbers of the Bucket Brigade they smile know inely and advise you to discount it by purchasins a block oi Jerome Verde shares. These men assert that drill ing operations in United Verde EN- tension CLittle Daisvi ground have re- located in Jerome Verde territory at q which faulted in the Extension work ines. The ore is said to run from i5 to 20 percent copper. This rumor may or may not be true. but the fact remains that the wOrd-Of-mouth news bureau current among miners has f. the past been an authentic source of information Future developments will determine whether the recent Hash" is as reliable as those preced- ing,
 Sale of Victor Ex. Run,ored
 Another rumOr circulating locally asserts that w A Clark is nego;iat- ing for the control of the property of the Jerome Victor Extension Copper comDany at a price considerably in advance Of the prevailing quotations on the stock The Petermans. and other Michican mining men who are interested in the Jerome Victor Tx tension. say they have 10 knowledge of such a pending deal. Other inter ested parties intimate that New York City holders of Victor Extension shares may. however have entered into negotiations for transferring the control to Clark. Tho rumor is given credence here from the fact that a large and valuable body of copper ore was encountered recently in Clark's United Verde mine at point near the line Of the Jerome Victor Extea- sion comDany's property.
 The failure of the Clark interests to secure control of tho United Verde Extension cCmpany's rich estate. an estate. by the way. which at one time went begging at cents per share-has caused thern tO look more favOrably than formerly upon territory contisu- ous tO the United Verde minc in point is their recent acquisition of the mining holdings at Jerome of the late G. W. Hull. for which they paid sl.0o0.OO0 The ground owned by the Jerope Victor Extension company would add appre- ciably tO the value and extent of the United Verde Company's holdings. Tn addition it would give the latter ac- cess by way of the Victor EXten- siOn's 3-compartment. 1200-fOOt shaft and the long drive therefrOm. Co the ore recently encountered in United Verde ground near the site of the old r'lark sn elter. Report has it the dip of this ore body carries it into Victor Extension territory. a condition which would add value tO the Extension property as an United Verde asset.
 Arkansas & Arizona
 The recent abatement of the smoke nuisance in the workings of the Ar sansas & Arizona company at Jerome permits the working of three shifts of miners on the l6i0-foot level. Until recently only two shifts were employ ad there A l5-inoh cir line in the shaft. snd le-inch lines in all of the irifts and crosscuts. have perfected ventilation and facilitated mining op- srations. As a result. the east and vest crosscuts on the l6{0-foot level ire being advanced very rapidly to-
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