Bisbee daily review., 1917-11-11
YAVAPAI COUNTY MINES CONTINUE
 WORK IN WINTER
Cold and Approaching Snow Do Not Threaten to Lesseh Work Contemplated in Big North Mineral Section.

PRESCOTT. Ariz.. Nov10.-The ap-
 proach Of winter in this section us-
 ually means a slackening up of min ing activity, but this year all rules
 seem to be reversed and the industry
 is showing signs 'of more life than
 when the season is propitiOus. Al , the present time. there is an unac- cOuntable influx of engineers and also a large number of deals being made. which is evidence conclusive that capital is seeking this form of in- vestment in preference to any other. Two deals Of considerable magnitude
 were closed recently. both for gold
 groups, in the Groom Creek section
 about eight miles from Prescott. These properties are contiguous. but one has
 net been developed, the Yellow Jacket, except for the necessary assessment work The surface indications, how ever. are most promising. The other,
 known as the 'Emporia" group has had considerable work performed on
 it, there being two shafts of 200 feet
 in depth, a mill and other improve
 ments on the property. In early days
 when Groom Creek was a camp Of some pretensions, considerable free milling ore was taken from the group, commencing at the grass roots. The ore depth lost its free milling proper ties, but the tonnage blocked out is sufficient to assure a profitable ven ture for its new packers. Frank G. Mueller. a mining engineer, represent ing St Louis capitalists, has taken charge and is getting both groups in shape for extensive operations. Mr. Mueller is also negotiating for other gold groups in the same district. There will be no stock explorations in con nection with either property as the people back of them are looking into the future to that time when the war will be over and gold will command heavy premium in all parts Of the world
 After months of exploration and the expenditure of thousands of dollars. Green Monster, whose meteoric stock career is familiar to everyone inter ested in mining. jumping in a few days from 75 cents share to $7.00. has struck ore. A couple of days ago the last round of shots for the days work brought in a 2-foot body of sheared diorite carrying chalcopyrite, which assayed S.9 per cent copper, one and One-half ounces of silver and twentieth ounce of gold. The ore was opened in the east drift from the Georg tunnel on the Cherry claim. Al though not yet mine by any means, the indications are promising and Su- perintendent Finlayson in report to the stockholders, which will be issued shortly. says the strike. although small. is the most encouraging de velopment yet made and justifies all of the preliminary work leading there to. In consequence of the prospects of Green Monster being considerably brighter for the making of a copper mine. it is expected that the efforts of James Layman and Will l.. Clark. large stockholders. to oust President Neil F. Bailey and the present board of directors will be doubly renewed. Both factions are sending out letters and requests for proxies for use at the annual meeting to be held in ter ome. December 3rd.
 Internecine strife is also raging in the ranks of the stockholders of the Jerome-Portland Copper Mining com pany. and a lively time is anticipated at the annual meeting the first Mon- day in December The insurgents. headed by Attorney J. H. Morgan. are not only trying to depose A. B. Frame. the president and general manager. but have supplemented these efforts by filing suit to cancel a large block of stock held by Frame. Develop ment on this property has opened an ore body of some magnitude, carry ing copper values ranging from a trace to per cent Selected sam- ples have been taken that run as high as per cent and 1t is the expectation of the management that shipping will be under way December 1st.
 The annual meeting of the United Verde Extension was held in Jerome recently instead of in New York, as is the custom. Rumors of an extra Christmas dividend of good-sized pro portions were denied by General Man ager Kingdom, who said no such ac- tion would be taken. if at all. until next February The stock which ad-