Bisbee daily review., 1917-03-11
One of the Famous Silver Pro-
 ducers of Yavapai County May be Developed by Or ganization Now in Control.
PRODUCTION RECORD
 OF NEARLY $500, O,000
Venture Hill and Verde Apex Shaft Down lC0 Feet, with Considerable Copper Ore Showing.
tBy William P. De WolD


 PRESCOTT. March 1O-Plans are being made to resume miniar opera tions at the Suscumbia mine. one Of the noted silver producers Of Yavapai county. The property is located in the Grown King country. is owned by the Tuscuwbia Mining & Milling compa- ny of Arizona. and has a production record Of approximately S50O.0O0. the ore coming from a set of four tunnels to a depth of 800 feet. ana in the shoots carrying as high as 1000 ounces silver tO the ton. The property is now under option to prominent Nevada and California mining and oil man. Work will begin about April !. contingent upon the state Oi the roads and weather at that time. The Tns- | cumbia mine is considered one of sh.. best silver propositions in lavg--.i county. and the prediction is freeiv made that it will prove to be one of Arizona's richest silver bonanzas en- der the spur of ample dnahcisI strength and the increasing price of silver per ource.
 Neurological conditions warrant the conclusion that the ore body It. gently discovered at shallow depth .n the Calumet S Jerome workings is continuation of the deposit encounter ed at similar depth in the United FeI- de Extension workings during she early stage Of development therein. Tho ora v,-o- .,-aneI -r f,sIrsr...- Al r- rome ground near the line Of the United Verde Extension property and is Identical in appearance with the ore exposed in the upper workings Of the last mentioned. IL samples as high as r per cent copper and carries a general average copper content of | per cent The ore body recently en- cOuntered is not, however. the con tinuation of the main United Verde Extension deposit The latter will probably be picked up in c. X j. ground at depth Of 1000 feet IL is eii pected that yet another ore body will De en- tered al depth ol 500 feet
 Copper in Venture Hill.
 At a depth of loo feet the double compartment shaft that is being sunk jointly by the Venture Hill and Verde Apex Mining companies near the end line of the Socrates claim of the urst mentioned and the side line cl the Black Horse claim Of the hast men, toned. is showing considerable copper ore. In fact the shaft has encountered copper from a few feet below surface to its present depth. Chalcopyrite prevails throughout the schist and the showing is in general one of the most promising in the Jerome district. The plant of machinery recently installed is aiding materially in hastening de- velOpment work. The Venture Hin tunnel has been driven beyond the site of the double-compartment shaft and is now entering the casing Ol a cross ledge in Verde Apex territory. This tunnel has from time to time en- countered considerable native copper The showing in the tunnel is even more promising than that in the shaft as it is demonstrating the presence of pay grade copper ore in place
 Nevada City. California. people have taken over and are developing group of eight claims in the Black Canon district. four of which were pur- chased from the HCode estate The deal was closed following an examina- tion and sampling of ;le property that extended over several weeks The new owners .. \. RalstOn and IT. L. Brady. have established camp at the property and are freighting in sup plies from Cordes siding on the Santa machinery has been ordered and a comprehensive plan of development been mapped out. The property is lo-
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