Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-09-07
LATE MINING NEWS FROM
 THE JEROME DISTRICT
VERDE DICTRICT AUGUST COP.
 PER PRODUCTION

FEN ThODOCllON
 The Verde District can we'll be proud of the record made for the month of Au gustin turning out the red metal for Uncle Sam when a tot al of over 12,O00,00O pounds of copper was extracted and smelted from the ores mined by the United Verde Cop per Company and the United Verde Extension Mining Company.
 While the exact figures are not ob- tainable at this early date, the un- official reports fro mthe United Verde give seven and one-half million pounds smelted and shipped to the refineries during the month.
 A quite remarkable record is that made by the Extension, who report over 4,500,000 pounds from the first full months run of the new smelter and from the one blast furnace. With the reverbatory in operation this out put should be very materially in- creased.
 VERDE COMBINATION
 Four headings in all are being worked at present on the 1080 level at Combination, threa of which are look ing quite. good. 's ~. .- The No. 2, running southwest, is now in a total of 164 feet from the station and exposes we'll mineralized quartz and schist.
 No. 4, heading northeasterly, has gone 120 feet and is in very soft |sehist showing some quartz but no mineral. A ... f.. ... No. 6, being run off from No. northwesterly and toward the SUD- posed location of the quartz lodges exposed on the 700 level, has advanced 188 feet. The formation looks much better as the cross cut attains dis tance, being a we'll mineralized schist and showing some copper in the form of chalcopyrite. According to the theory on which the management is working this heading should reach it's objective at total advance of 215 feet, leaving about 27 feet yet to go.
 The No. 5 winze is looking exceed ingly good. It is down to a deD.h of 45 feet and they are now crosscutting toward the north to cut the heavy streak of chalcopyrite which was ex- posed in the stump workings. It is es- timated that a distance of about 40 feet must be travelled to reach the more intense naturalization at this point, however, the formation at pres- ent, which is schist, shows much py- rites.
 GADSDEN COPPER
 The shaft at this property has been sunk to depth of about 25 feet be- low the 1900 level for stump purposes and station is now being cut on the 1900. The ground is very soft and wet and difficult to work, and, until two or three sets of timbers are put in progress will necessarily be slow. At present the first set has been com- pleted.
 The formation in the bottom of the shaft is very good looking porphyry in which occurs considerable hematite.
 GRAND ISLAND
 The three-compartment shaft has now been sunk to a depth of 50 feet below the POS level and in spite of hard ground they are making at the rate of about 100 feet per month.
 CALUMET AND JEROME
 A little hard luck attended the diamond drill operations being con- ducted at this property. In Hole No. 4, which is being driven from a point near the winze on the 600 level, the rods broke in two places, and it has been necessary to install larger ma chine for the purpose of roaming out the hole to extract the broken rods.
 The bore was down 215 feet when the accident occurred and the forma- tion exposed was a schist carrying