Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-02-04
ole MINES Of ARIZONA

critics has lust been consummated
giving a total of about 1,400 acres,
ANA organized into the Arizona Cop
! per company. These properties in
clude - claims, covering the groups
previously known as the Echo,
Standard Crescent Copper, Fl Mo-
line. Cecil. Elephant and Hottentot,
+ every one Of which combinations have
. sufficient showings at surface and
at considerable depth 20 warrant eX-
| tensive development work.
The Swansea oelt cuts through the
Echo. Crescent and FL Moline, turn
! ing north up through the Empire
mines, While the Planet belt runs
through the Elephant, Revenue and
Cecil, apparently forming a junction
with the Swansea belt on the Ores
cent group and indicating the as
sembling OF 4 mass OF ore that NAY
prove extraordinarily large and rich
a geological condition that IS usually
looked for under such conditions.
The Swansea formation consists
principally of lime, porphyty and
schist, With an immense iron cap
ping over the ore bodies which are
found in both blanket and dixie for
nation underlying the belt, widely
disseminated copper and gold values
being predominant. On the Echo
group about 1900 feet of work has
been done. which includes shaft 1856
feet in depth showing gold and cop
per values running between $50 and
$40 per ton, not including copper
glance ore that runs as high as so
per cent in copper which is found
in several places in the tunnels and
cross cuts that constitute the devel-
oprnent work. The surface showing
between the Echo and the Revenue
group is said 20 be continuous as
! shown by a number of openings from
80 to 40 feet in depth. The shaft on
the Revenue group. down 30 feet
deep, with cross-cut $50 feet at the
bottom Of the shaft, is said to be in
good ore, while a quarry that has
been opened at the surface only has
produced shipping ore running per
cent copper with high gold values.
On the Elephant group carbonate of
copper ore has been disclosed run
ming as high as 80 per cent copper
This property has been opened by
three shallow shafts. The Hottentot
claims have been developed by three
shallow shafts, but even with this
small amount of work two shipments
have been made running IA per cent
in copper with the usual gold values
II is stated that the blast on the
original Hottentot claim blew out 50
tons OF ore running per cent copper.
NO doubt from more than one To-
callty there may be shipped hun
dredS of tons of ore by the Arizona
Revenue Copper company. should the
corporation decide To begin ship
ments at once. as tons upon tons
OF this ore could be produced at the
present time from various workings
Almost directly north of the Ari-
iona Revenue group, as the above
mentioned group viii be known as
an entity in the future is located
the Planet mine, one of the nota bic
producers Of the district. This prop
erty is controlled by the LeNisohn.
| and consists of 80 patented claim,
with one shaft down SOC feet. Sew
eral drill holes have proved the prop
| erty to be a rich one, and il wa.
after about 1900 feet Of churn drill.
ing and diamond drilling bad beer
done that the titles We're perfected
The surface has been leased to par.
ties who are permitted to work t
only few feet in depth. hut the ore
produced is sufficient TO keep eigh
auto trucks busy and it is said thai
the leasers have netted upwards Of
100000 profit within the past si>
A. 3. Jones. of the Swansea smell.
ter, owns 40 claims adjoining the
Planet to the west, has developed a
gold bearing ledge for a distance o.
one and onehalf miles averaging
four feet in width. 1t is stated that
sufficient ore has already been de-
veloped to warrant the installation
of milling plant which is now being
. negotiated for Large quantities OF
copper ore have also been opened.
Along the same vein system anC
being a continuation of the Jones
ledge. apparently, is located the Mex
; lean group OF claims, owned by Du-
buque, Iowa. and Duluth. Minnesota
people. Ore is being shipped from
this property running s45 per tor
in gold and copper.
The Mineral Hill property owned
by Mr.. Pickrell of Prescott, prom
inent Arizona mining man. has beer
one of the notable producers of the
district, ore having been shipped
years ago 10 the Swansea. Vale.
smelter, having been packed ont anc
sent by the way OF the Gulf of Cal
ifornia. Crude methods of minins
then prevailed and only exceptionally
high grade ore could be extracted
Upwards Of 500 feet Of work has
been done on this group, but exten.
siYe development will now go for
ward.
New Jersey and Pasadena people
together with F.. s. Osborne of Pa,
| Iker own the Continental TERRITORY
and are shipping to the Hayden smell
ter from the underground as well as
from surface quarry that is highly
productive Between 800 and 900
feet of york has been done in tunnels
and shafts.
E. S. Osborne and C. Hunsaker are
putting force Of eight men to work
on the Arataba group of sever
claims to take the first steps in de.
velopment work to open Up the ex-
tensive surface showing that has beer
proved by prospect holes sunk at var
ious points.
The Mohawk Consolidated Mining
company, composed Of Long Beach
capitalists, has taken over the EN-
erald and Tyrone group under q
lease and bond and will install a
matte plant. The work was started
December II, when supplies were
taken out TO the camp TO take care
of the large force of men that will
gradually be put to work by the end
of the year. There is shaft 100