Arizona republican., 1917-08-19

trict, designed to sink soo rect II heces- l sary.
 Mininq Activities in the Bill Williams River Section
 Recent developments on both sides Of 1 Bill Williams river which divides Yuma and Mohave counties reveals large de- posits of copper ore and from geologl- cal indications give promise of duplica tion of the southern copper centers and the fact that Senator Clark has en- tered the field no doubt will be but | repetition of other large interests talk | ing a hand in the near future.
 Swansea Mine
 The Swansea mine having been taken over by United Verde interest at a price of $5, 5,000, 900 on long time bond, i and the commencing of sinking of a new shaft at a more favorable point to the 1OOO-foot level as well as the re- l ported removal of the smelter to the i Bill Williams river four miles away and the remodeling and enlarging of same shows that the new management | have faith in the mine which has pro-. duced for the last year at the rate of thirty cars per week.
 Repeated reports of the Clark inter 1 est taking over the Bouse and Swan ! sea Tdl1TOdu WHICH IS Di dlCIl llilt lTOIIl | the Santa Fe cut off to the Swansea
 mine and smelter seem to indicate that | the Clarks are laying the foundation for large operations.
 | Cleopatra Mine
 This property having been taken over by Thor Warner and c. w. Nell son, with headquarters at Central
 building Phoenix and the financing of | a treatment plant for the company is
 now under way.
 1 The Cleopatra ore deposit has been ! estimated to be the largest surface
 showing in the northern part of the
 state and gives promise of becoming a 1 big mine, the ore is exposed on the sur l face covering an area of about 15 acres
 and as no sinking is required to mine 1 the ore, the deposit can be worked by
 means of steam -shovels, and the geo.
 graphical condition makes it desirable for working along such lines thereby
 reducing the cost of mining to a low
 figure.
 From a geologic standpoint it com pares favorably with several of the large copper mines in other parts of I the state, the formation consist of
 schist with overlying lime stone, the
 latter having been scraped away by
 erosion, leaving the ore deposit ex- posed on the surface which have been
 estimated by several engineers to con-
 tain enough ore in sight to keep a 200
 ton plant busy for at least 10 years
 without doing any additional develop ment work. The deposit is developed , by means of open cuts and pits from } which samplings show that the average
 of the ore is from 3 to per cent cop. per with additional gold values, a large } part of the ore is in form of calcocite similar to the ore of the United Verde } Extension at Jerome, Arizona The reconstruction of the wagon roaC to Yucca on the main line of Santa F, ] by Mohave county and the proposed extension of the Swansea railroad of 7 fers this section of the country excel 3 lent transportation facilities
 The Cleopatra mine was located many I years ago but on account of it havinl | been evolved in litigation the propert, l has been inactive until the presen t management undertook to clear the ti ] tie and organize the Cleopatra Coppe s & Gold Mines. company and their man r agement and business policy points to
 sound and substantial undertaking.