Mohave County miner., 1917-06-16
MINING INDUSTRY RECOVERS
 FROM RECENT BRIEF STRIKE

per levels of the mine. H. P. Dickin- 1 son, managing director and consulting gold-bearing ores exposed in the up- engineer of the company, will arrive here in, few days to superintend the initial run on ore and to lay out plans for thedevelopment of the copper ore bodies exposed on the fourth level and in the bottom of the shaft, depth of $40 feet. The gold ore has a general average value of S2O per ton and the copper ore an average content of 6 per cent per ton. For the past six weeks work has for the most part been confined to freeing the mine from water.
 Development of the estate of the Arizona Copper Queen Mining com pany, located between Mayer and Cor tes-a corporation distinct from the Copper Queen Gold Mining company, adjoining the Binghampton mine-is being prosecuted under contract and by leasers. The latter have set up a plant of machinery at the collar of an old shaft and are taking out 15 per cent copper ore. A shipment will be made to the shelter at Mayer early in July. The main shaft has depth of ITO feet and is being sunk to the 500 foot point by three shifts of min CTS. The property shows a wide area of naturalization and is one of the most promising to the south of ter ome. Kansas City capital is behind the venture.
 Big Reef Will Soon Ship
 Another shift of miners will be add ed to the working force at the prop erty of the Big Reef Copper company before the close of the current month. The new men, however, will be em- ployeyd at points on the estate other than the main shaft. The latter is in ore that carries considerable chalcopy- rite. Mineral conditions continue to improve as dtpth is gained. At sur face and nominal depth the Big Reef property shows "pay' silicious are throughout an extended area. With the increased capacity of the shelter at Mayer, brought about through the installing of a 800 ton blast furnace, there is a demand for the silicious ores on the nearby Big Reef estate, which Managing Director Dell Higgins will supply by surface prospecting the acreage.
 After a short suspension of opera tions, due to defective fiues, the big machinery plant at the Lone Pine mine of the Loma Verde Copper com pany is again in commission. Ap- proximately 500 tons of high grade copper ore is piled on dump awaiting shipment, and now the mine plant is once more on the job, further high grade tonnage will be added to the pile as development work progresses. The first job at hand, however, is that of freeing the shaft of water. While this work is under way a crew of miners will find employment in pros pecting the long tunnel driven by for mer operators of the property. This tunnel has yielded considerable ton mage of high grade ore and there yet remains therein a considerable ton mage of similar grade.
 The new ball mill at the Binghamp- ton mine went into commission a few days ago and is proving a most eff cient agent in increasing the capacity of the reduction plant. Prior to it's installation the mill was turning out an average of p tons of copper con centrates per day. The output is now around 50 tons per day. Mine Super intendent Chaney is stoping ore at seven points and is sending a product to mill that samples an average of per cent copper at the heads" With the increase ip milling capacity the Binghampton will probably turn out in excess of 100000 pounds of copper matte this month as aginst trife less than 100000 pounds for May.