Weekly journal-miner., 1918-04-24
GREAT ACTIVITY IN THE COPPER
 MT. DISTRICT
VIRTUALLY EVERY PROP ERTY IN RICH DISTRICT EAST OF MAYER IS AT
 WORK OR UNDER BOND; OLD WORKINGS REVIVED
By F. w. Bower

cally every mining property m the Copper Mountain district east of this place IS working or is under bond. At the Copper Mountain Mines Com panys shaft, E. H. Bradley and OS- car Holtz, of Jerome. have con tract to sink an additional 450 feet which will put the shaft down to the 60O-foot level This is the old shaft from which the late Isaac Stoddard shipped high grade copper and gold ore. The old records show consid- erable high grade left and it is be- lieved that with the additional depth, something unusually fine in copper and gold will be encountered. A new wagon road has recently been com pleted by the Rio Tonto Copper Com pany from the Half Moon mine across to the main workings of the Rio Tonto, which Is locally known as the Patton mine This company has recently acquired nine additional mining claims adjoining the Half Moon on the south. w. H. Skinner. president of the Pocahontas com pany, has returned from the east with sufficient capital raised to build the new oil Notation mill at the mine.
 The properties that are under op- ton include some of the best in the Mayer district. While publicity is being avoided in most of the tran sections, it is locally known that not less than six properties are soon to be placed in the producing list witk ample capital to carry out extensive plans of development The excel lent showings of copper ore in the Arizona Binghamton and the Copper Queen mines as development work progresses, stimulate the newer en- terprises.
 The next few days will be an ex- tremely interesting period for the stockholders of the Arizona Copper and Mining Corporation, which is developing the Pentland mine two and one-half miles northwest of Mayer. A station has been cut at the 500-foot level and crosscutting Is now in progress east and west. For the last 200 feet in the shaft, ore has been in evidence that will come close to being a commercial grade of copper and several stringcrs of ore have been passed through that have brought the ore average up high. The crosscutting will soon dc termine the extent of the richer ore bodies very soon. Indications are strong that a large body of , to I per cent copper ore will be found at the present depth. The company Is strong financially. The next move will be the erection of Notation mill, plans for which are already under way.
 Work Is soon to be resumed at the Loma Verde mine, formerly known as the Lone Pine. Arrangements are being made with financiers both on the coast and in the cast to finance the company sufficiently to carry on deep exploratory work. The mine IS equipped already for deep mining and there IS a strong reserve of shipping copper on the lower levels.
 Adjoining the Loma Verde mine at the northwest corner, is the old Shill mine, which has good record as shipper of gold and silver ore. It has recently been taken over by the Humboldt Consolidated Copper Company which is controlled by busi- ness men of Mesa, Ariz. ]. \. Jag ger is the fiscal agent and F. ]. Davis and Wm. Silverthorn, of Mesa, are among the officers. The company was given a good financial start by number of business men of Mesa who know the property through its past reputation as shipper. It is planned to install a hoisting plant with capacity to sink 1000 feet and there will be no let up until the property is thoroughly developed. The proximity to the Humboldt shelter, the railroad. water in the Agua Fria river and wagon roads. makes the property one of unusual promise.
 J. l.. Dillon announces the sale of half interest in the Copper Butte mine, which IS located half a mile west of the old Hidden Treasure gold mine, on the Phoenix road. to Captain John A. Hassel, of Los An geleS. The purchase price includes the Hidden Treasure mine winch at one time, was one of the prize gold properties of Yavapai county The deal calls for a bond on the remaining half interest in the Copper Butte property and the expenditure of S20,- 900 in development work The sur face indications as shown by sev- eral pits and surface cuts, show one of the strongest veins of copper ore in that section, there being consid- erablc cuprite and some glance in the Outcrop.
 North of the Copper Butte is the Mace property, owned by John Slack and associates, in Mayer. A shaft sunk 50 feet, has opened very high grade native copper orc. It IS on the strike of the Copper Butte vein.