Bisbee daily review., 1917-10-21
NEW STRIKES ARE REPORTED DAILY IN MAYER REGION
Binghampton Copper Com pany Rushes Its Work and is Producing Regularly. En- tire District is Looking Bet. ter.

MAYER, Ariz,. Oct. 2O.-New strikes | in the copper mines around Mayer are almost a daily occurrence The Ari- zona- -Binghampton company is develop ing several levels in a very promising mine east of Mayer five miles and the latest news brought to camp this week is the strike of 40 feet of ore on the 500-foot level in an upraise from the 600-foot level. This new strike again proves the depth of the ore bod ies in the Yayapai schist. Of the 70 feet of ore. 25 feet will average g per cent copper and 15 feet will run per cent. In new work on the 600 level, the extension of the new strike is ex- pected to be encountered at any shot. There is practically no doubt but that the big ore body will be found to be in place on the 600 level for the vein has grown stronger and better grade at every level. There is ore on every level from the 100 to the 500. whict will give a much larger tonnage than is being broken at the present time for the Notation mill.
 The next strike of importance in the , coppers has been announced by Mine Superintendent Ferguson at the Cop per Queen mine adjoining the Bing- hampton In a drift running south from tho chaft Oror oCnnar Ora rxa 2 encountered unexpectedly which win run about 13 per cent copper. The drift is to be continued another 100 feet, at which point the ore shoot was expected. At this point, a cross-cut will be run east, which should open up the best portion of the mine as in. dicatad by the surface outcrop. The Copper Queen is developing into one of the best properties in the Mayer district. The further development of the lowest levels. where the new strike has just been made. is expected 10 open up bodies of higher grade, which will again prove the permanency oi the ore veins in the schist.
 At the Butternut mine, owned by the Big Ledge company. drifting is in progress at the 425-foot level on the rich vein which was cross-cut 15 feet near the shaft. The ore at that point ran between and 10 per cent copper The drift is being run to determine the length of the shoot. How wide it is has not been determined with the cross-cut. On the 300 level, the same ore body is AS feet wide, so it is ex- pected that when the cross-cut is run across at the lowest level there will be revealed one of the biggest ore bodies in the county. The officers of the company are expected to arrive from Duluth in a few days, when work will be resumed at both mines and the construction of the smelter.
 The Consolidated Arizona company is not saying much about its develop ment work at the Blue Bell mine. but locally there is considerable to be heard of what may be expected in the drift that will soon be started north ward from the 120O-foot level. which is 200 feet deeper than the main workings on the 1000 level. The fact that punches of chalcocite copper have been coming in at the 1000 workings would indicate a higher grade of ore when the ore bodies are opened into 200 feet deeper The ore bins at the Blue Bell siding are being enlarged for holding a reserve of 1900 to 2000 tons. At the present time both the Blue Bell and the DeSoto mines could furnish much larger tonnage than can be handled at the cOmpany's smell ter at Humboldt
 Nothing could be of more impor- tance to this section than the opening up of big body of ore at the 12O0- foot level in the Blue Bell. for it is the deepest shaft in this district. Should there be developed a large per centase of copper glance with the chalcopyrite, 1t would be considered a most remarkable discovery. The copper mines that are producing in this district so far are considered largely low grade propositions. with an average of to per cent copper. but in the Binghampton. Copper Queen and Blue Bell the character of the ore is changing. there being eonugh cop per glance and gray copper mixed in with the chalcopyrite to indicate that greater depth will undoubtedly bring in a great deal more of this higher grade In the Butternut mine the crada 0f chalconvrita af fhe shaIloNv