Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1917-12-02
(By p. r. Milnes.)

ueHlOuSlIdle 10 WilUl0 com pdTdllNe-
ly short time whether there is a cop
per mine on the Jerome Copper Com
pany's property. better known in the
Verde district as the Ewing & Hooker
group. A large force has been at work
for several months and present indica-
/ tons point to a successful elimination
of development. The Lewisohns do
not make any great or unusual noise
about their business but when they
take hold Of any property it is almost
a certainty that sooner or later will
come the announcement that another
producer has been brought in. Super
, intendent j. G.. Flynn. today reported
. that the crosscut tunnel. started about
the 9Th Of October is now in some 500
feet. a distance of 124 feet having
been driven in the last ten days. on
the 500 level a u by IL foot OF jasper
. quartz, heavily mineralized was cut in
to, following which sheared schist was
encountered in which formation work
progressed for about 100 feet The
schist carries iron pyrites and on the
seams little chalcOpyrites. In the
face considerable water is coming in.
The cross GU will have to be driven
total of 900 feet to reach the iootwall
of the contact where a depth will be
had of 500 feet, therefore the crosscut
will have to go about 800 feet rurther
than the presen- point. After the con-
tact is reached drifting along II will be
carried on.
The camp is splendidly equipped for
development campaign OF some mag
nitude and before the winter is over
the reports of several eminent engi-
neers will have been proved or disprov-
ed. In fact it is confidently expected
that in less than 90 days the mine will
be made to all practical intents and
purposes.
Copper Basin Is Booming.
While other mining sections of Yav-
apai are more in the limelight. Copper
Basin. few miles from Prescott. is
making a showing which augurs well
for that camp becoming a copper pro-
Queer of no mean magnitude. The
Garford syndicate. headed BY Arthur
Garford, the Elyria, Ohio. truck man
ufac-urer, has for many months been
actively prosecuting development work
On the Copper Hill group. a camp.
catering TO the comfort of the men, has
been erected, its principal features
along this line being steamheated
bunkhouses. no. and cold water and
shower baths. Development has now
reached the point to justify the cree
tIon OF mill. thus ObViating the ne
cessity OF shipping 70 the Wickenburg
smelter. The mill il is reported. is
TO be of the fiOtation .ype and the
concentrate yield will be freighted di-
rect TO the east where it will undergo
special process by which recoveries
will be obtained OF the ores three con-
tents-molybdenum. copper and sold.
new hosting plant will also short
ly be installed.
The Mayer Section.
The Arizona BinghamptOn. has zone
through 81 feet OF high grade copper
ore in the new crosscut on the 500 lev
el, the content being rich enough for
the most part to warrant shipping to
smelter. The company, however. is
undecided whether to ship again to
Humboldt or use the high grade wi n
the low grade to bring up the heads
in the flotation mill The vein cut on
the 500 is one of the strongest to be
found in the state and is a continuation
of the same one cut through on all the
upper levels. II settles. once and for
all. any question regarding the per
manency of ore bodies. not alone in
this mine, but in the entire Copper
Mountain district
The Patton mine, east of Mayer
about four miles. has been taken over
by a syndicate of Jerome people. I'M
der the name of the Rio Tonic Cop
per Mining Company. Work is to be-
gin within 90 days. The property has
been well developed and considerable
high grade and milling ore exposed.
The property shows the extension of
some of the ore veins that have been
found in some Of the big mines north.
The Copper Mountain Mines Com |
pany is working a force OF a dozen
men at the old Stoddard mine on the
north end of Copper Mountain. The
old mine is one OF the best developed
in that section with many shoots OF
high grade and milling ore exposed /
which were developed a quarter of
century ago when only rich ore could /
be handled
There are increasing indications of ]
ore in the tunnel being run by the
Monte de Cobre Copper Company on
South Copper Mountain. The tunnel
has for its objective the tapping of a
strong vein of copper that was follow
ed down in a shaft for 90 feet. Bisbee
people are financing the development
work.
The Black Canyon Company, owner
of a high grade silVer-lead nrODartv
five miles below Turkey. has made an
nouncement of its intention TO install a
fiotation plant A drift run for 500
feet on the main ore body has opened
into a strong vein from eight to sixteen
feet wide with a milling grade of ore
500 feet long and the face of the drift
still in ore. The best outcrop is
about 100 feet ahead of the present
drift face. About 800 feet OF gold