El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-02-07
GRAND SURPRISE
IS IN NEW HANDS
Ell Pasoan Interested In
Company Buying 81 Claims
In Superior District.

Phoenix. Ariz., Feb. The Grand
Surprise group Of q claims in super
ior district. west Of the Aiasmatic and
Dagss groups. has been purchased
from ". P. Howle by a new corpora
ton organized by Vincent Montague
and Vincent Andreas, OF FL Paso, and
Vincent Fortune. At the head Of the
company viii be George J. Stoneman,
Phoenix attorney. and state auditor
Jesse L. Boyce viii be secretary treas
@ G. Delay and son, OF san IRAN
cisco. have taken over the old DeserJ
mine in the Harcuyar range north OF
VicksburZ, IN northern Yuma county
and have developed several Lodges OF
low grade gold ore 10 an extent war
.-antiug construction OF 4 large con-
centratinE mill, with flot2tlon equip
suent designed Tor economlcai opera
ion and maximum saving OF values
Finds An Old Mine
Twelve miles southeast of Phoenix
in the salt River mountains, II nan
kin, d veteran prospector, mas l0uLu
an old mine possibly one worked oy
the Standards. II is entered py a tuIi-
mel, from which has been sunk q WINE
1S5 feet deep Some ore has Deen
brought TO the city. It IS OF complex
Old Octave Is Revived.
The old Octave property. few miles
north OF Congress Junction, IS naNlnS
= new lease OF life. Faults IN the
veins have been picked up at several
points by the engineer in charge, q;
Nelson Nevius. of Pasadena Cal, ana
Il II claimed that the amount OF ore
developed is in excess Of anything
Heretofore known IN the property The
mine is one OF the deepest in the south
west and has been a sink Tor immense
sums of money II Is equipped with q
ase~ 1gff love NNEr o
type \ new mill is 10 be erected and
modern equipment is being added at
several Of the shafts.
UnwaterinG silver King.
The famous old Silver King mine.
across the divide from superior, IS be
ing unwatered down to the 400 level
on which known low srade silver ore
veins viii be worked, after ABANDON
uent for many years Alex b JoWhe,
the general manager, IS Installing
much new machinery and expects 70
start production within = couple -of
weeks. The old workings are about
500 feet deep and are understood 70 be
bottomed IN copper ore that was dis
banded by the pioneer miners
benefits smiI Mine Owners.
Great benefit has come 10 the sma i
mine owner Of central Arizona through
the operation at WicRenburg OF Inc
sampling mill of the Arizona Sampling
and Reduction company. which espe-
cially is handling ores from the Con-
stellation district. mainly Of notaoie
high grade. providing funds for the
further development Of scores Of prop
critics of large promise The sampler
Is now handling molybdenum ore from
the Ada c group in Hamhn gulch,
owned by Thos- c. Walsh, who has con-
tracted for the delivery in Wickenburg
Of $50 tons a month.
Deal Involved S5,0OO.VcU-
4 price Of S5.00o,00O is named IN con-
nection with the late transfer by Thos.
7. Corrigan of Los Angeles Of p min
ing claims in the Seneca district or
northern Yuma county TO the ArlZona
Standard Copper company
Vim. J. Davidson. now a mechanical
engineer at Ajo for the New Cornelia
Copper company, has sold a controlling
interest in the InteTloper group in
Superior district TO Samuel Newhouse
Of sale Lake City. for q consideration
understood to have been Sl05,00e The
claims adioin the Superior and Pitts
burg property lately acquired by the
Magma company