The Benson signal., 1917-01-06
Much Mining Development Now Under Way and District Holds Promise
of Bright Future-Copper Gold Properties

The Parker mining district is
surprisingly prolific of large
bodies of gold and copper ore,
opened up in large quantities by
shafts and tunnels in dozens Of
properties that have been devel-
oped and partially developed dur
ing the past twenty years.
Today the recognition that Par
ker has so long deserved is bring
ing that district rapidly into the
vision of mining men, investors
and mining capitalists who have
been engaged during the past few
months In grabbing many of the
promising properties, equipping
them and preparing for exten-
sive development and heavy pro-
.duction.
AT the far eastern end of the
district is located the Swansea
smelter and the properties of the
Clara Consolidated Mining Com
pany. From this property which
today is producer of several car
loads of copper and gold ore
daily, proceeding north and west
are found the principal producers
of the district. At the rate of
about 100000 per month 1t is
stated that there is enough ore in
sight in the Clara to last for
twenty-five years while the larger
portion of the ground is as yet
undeveloped and the ore Is COM
ing from above the 4oo>foot level.
The deposit appears to be a big
blanket vein which has been
crosscut for q distance of 500 feet
without finding any walls or di-
:miuution in values. There are a.
number of working shafts from
which more or less drifting has
been done, but, as will be seen,
the workings are not yet deepl
enough to develop the tremend.!
Gus ore bodies below the present
workings which are known to
exist. The Clara Consolidated
undoubtedly has the makings of
q vastly bigger mine than at
prese ut has been shown up.
The Swansea smelter, which
has . capacity for handling from
7so to 1000 tons of ore daily has
been idle for some time, for vari-I
Gus financial reasons and not from
lack of ore. but it is rumored that
the smelter will soon be put into
operation again either by the
owners or lessees and this will
give a close at-hand market for
several thousand tons of ore.
Immediately adjoining t b g
Clara property and covering the
same formation which extends
westward with q slightly northern
trend, and covering a distance of
close TO four miles, q consolida-
ton of number of properties
has just been consummated, Civ
ipg q total of about 400 acres,
and organized into the Arizona
Revenue Copper Company. These
properties include 72 claims, COW
ering the groups previously
known as the Echo, Standard,
Crescent Copper, E. Moline, Ger
Gil, Elephant and Hottentot, every
one of which combin ations have
sufficient shoWings at surface and
at considerable depth to warrant
extensive development work.
The Swansea belt cuts through
the Echo, Crescent and El Moline,
turning north up through the
Empire mines while the Planet
bel, runs through the Elephant,
Revenue and Cecil, apparently
forming a junction with the Swan
sea belt on the Crescent group
and indicating the bling of
q mass of ore that may prove ex-
traordinarily large and rich, a
geological condition that is usual
lyJlOoked for under such condl-
tious.
The Swansea formation con-
ssts principally Of lime, porphy-
ry and schist with an immense
iron Gaping over the ore bodies
which are found In both blanket
and dixie formation underlying
the belt, widely disseminated cop
per and gold values being pre-
dominant. On the Echo group
about 500 feet of work has been
done, which includes a shaft I85
feet in depth showing gold and
copper values running between
$50 and $40 per ton not including