Weekly journal-miner., 1918-01-09
WORK |SST0PPED ON THE JEROME
 PORTLAND
MANAGER FRAME PAYS
 OFF MEN, PULLS OUT PUMPS, SELLS PART OF , COMPANY'S EQUIPMENT AND LEAVES FOR COAST
(From Thursdays Daily.)

Work at the property of the Je-I rome Portland Copper Company i'm the Verde district was suddenly suspended last Monday, the men paid off, the pumps pulled out and the 500- foot shaft Is now filling with water. This action on the part of Manager \. E. Frame came as complete sur prise to both the stockholders and the men at work on the property, mol intimation of the shutdown having been given prior to its being carried out. The affairs of the company were supposed to be in good condition and q balance Of something like S50000I was believed to have been in the bank. Stockholders Of the compan, yesterday announced through their attorneys in this city that steps would at once be taken to have the Superior court appoint a receiver for the com pany and efforts made to ascertain just why Frame suddenly shut down the plant and left Jerome.
 According to word from Jerome, Frame sold a large amount of the companys movable property before leaving the camp. He IS said to have sold two of the companys horses for S550 and is said to have told a team ster in his employ that he did it to meet last weeks payroll.
 Charles Arrata, superintendent of the Pittsburg-Jerome, closed a deal with Frame for the Portland tool sharpening machine Frame had it loaded into a wagon and started forI the P.-J. camp. Before it had reach- cd its destination Frame learned that Arrata could not pay him in cash, that he would have to wait till al check could come from Pittsbure. Frame thereupon recalled the wagon and the sharpener was taken back to the Portland camp.
 Frame instructed the Arizona Pow CT Company to cut off the Jerome Portland current at l2 o'clock Monday night. He had a crew of men working like beavers in the shaft Monday afternoon to pull the pumps before that time The power company isl said to have more than Sl 200 coming from the company.
 About 40 men lost their jobs by reason of the closing of the mine. All of them are understood to have re- ceived their wages, however.
 Frame was in Prescott on Mon day afternoon, and is said to have taken the 4:40 train for California.
 About a year ago, George Brook shire, John NJ. Sullivan, J. NJ. Ma honey and w. P. Burke, who had figured in the organization of the Je-i rome Portland, lost control of the company to Frame and his associat- es. The Frame faction elected the entire directorate. Sullivan, Burke, Mahoney. Brookshire, George Moore, lake Webber, w. H. Sprangle and Ralph Greenlaw brought suit against Frame to oust him from control and compel him to restore to the treasury q big block of stock issued to him in return for some outlying claims that he turned over to the company. This suit was heard recently in Prescott before Superior Judge Frank H. Ly- man, of Maricopa county. While onI the stand Frame is alleged to have stated that the treasury contained be- tween s5O.O00 and S60,000.
 The Jerome Portland has been un- der development almost two years. A three-compartment shaft was sunk to a depth of 500 feet and much de- .yelopment work was done on that level, mostly to the south and south cast. The development work has demonstrated the existence Of a, big body of low grade copper ore at least 600 feet wide. Its length is unknown but drifts have been run on it $50 feet. The ore is schist that runs all the way from one to two and hall per cent copper. Small punches oi high-grade were frequently found and rumors of strikes caused several flurries in Portland stock.
 Frame predicted only last week that the Jerome Portland would never be q producer until Notation plant was installed to handle its low-grade ore. He added that in his opinion about Sl50OO0 worth of churn drilling should be done as preliminary move in order to determine the limits of the ore.