Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-09-21
about 6O,0O0 are available for trading. PRODUCTION FOR AUGUST

about 60,00O are available for trading. FOR AUGUST
 Official figures given out by the United Verde Copper Co. and the United Verde Extension show com bined production of 12,510,O00 pounds of copper for the month of August. The former company established a new record of 100000 pounds while the U. V. Ext. with only one blast furnace running produced 4,6OO,OOO pounds of the red metal, the average of the ore smelted being around 16 per cent.
 JEROME VERDE
 Shipments were started from this property to the shelter at Humboldt
 today, and with the possibilities in sight, will be continued for an indef- mite period. At present there are 60 tons of ore in the bins and as much more broken in the stope. Extraction is being made from the fourth floor above the 900 level on the Mantop claim, and here an interesting condi- tion has shown up. At the time ship ments were stopped last fall, it was thought that the entire 4th floor had been practically stoped out. Now it appears that the ore body is widening out as it goes up, for in addition to the 60 tons extracted and that broken down, there is much more in sight and the limit has not as yet been reached. A new raise is being run from the 300 level to connect with the 4th floor, the old raise not being suitable for the handling of the ore from the enlarged |stope.
 In the Maintop country and on the HOO level, the HOP s. w. heading is being driven spasmodically. This drift is prospecting the country be- low and adjacent to the Maintop ore body. From the station which was cut midway in the raise between the 900 and HOO levels of the Maintop, crosscut has been started for the pur- pose of cutting the downward trend of that orebody, but bad ground has held up the work so far and very lit tie headway has been made.
 On the Columbia shaft side of the property, the crosscut being driven north from the northeast drift for the purpose of prospecting the pyritic zone cut by a diamond drill bore, has been temporarily stopped. At an advance of 47O feet this heading cut through about three feet of iron pyrites and quartz, but no copper was to be ob- served.
 A diamond drill bore is being run from point 600 feet east of the above and has gained distance of 500 feet. The formation is a quartz-porphyry.
 The increased size of the ore body on the Maintop claim is an encour- aging factor in the work being done Ia Jerome Verde.
 PITTSBURG-JERO
 Although lack of labor has caused slow work at this property for the past few weeks, the development work done has shown up some very encour- aging features, more particularly on the 800 level.
 In all five headings are being run, four on the 500 and one on the 900 level. The crosscut on the latter has shown nothing of note.
 On the 500 level, the No. 9, being driven from the point where the high garde streak of ore was cut a couple of months ago, is looking very favor able. This heading is crosscutting a sheared zone about 400 feet in width and is being run at an angle of s T5 w. It will be remembered that where the ore was encountered it was cut off by slip in the formation. The No. 9 should be able to again pick up the naturalization at some point in its advance across the sheared zone.
 On the same level, the No. 8 re- gently cut through some copper glance which, although, not in commercial gave evidence of having come from some point near, and it is to be that the fractured zone which is being approached should show up something interesting. GREEN MONSTER
 The Dorothy May shaft is now down to depth of 990 feet and the cutting of the station for the 1000 level will