El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1918-12-24
VERDE PEOPLE
SEEKING MINES
Coming of Peace Sees No
Letup In Vigorous Eff
fort To Find Ore.

Prescott. Ariz.. Dec. 26.-The record
made by the eVrde mining district OF
Yavapai county, Arizona. in the pro-
duction of the red metal and the pur-
chasing OF bonds, war savings stamps
aud the outright subscriptions TO the
various war organizations speaks for
itself Of the manner in which the COM
panies and the employees assisted the
government during the war period.
With the cessation Of hostilities there
has peen no letup in that district with
respect TO the desire to bring in more
producing mines.
The Gadsden. which is being level
oped 0y the Calumet and Arizona COM
pany. VIII soon be equipped with a
pump capable of handling the present
water development as well as that Of
the future. Recently general mana
ger ". b GoebrinE and master me-
chanic VIII r. Mckee, Of the c and A,
visited the property and decided that
a pump OF soc to 1000 gallons eaDaciry
was required The present pumps are
lifting BIS gallons minute and IL is
certain that much more water win he
developed as soon a. the west cross
cut fro mthe 1900 foot station reaches
the fault which is its objective The
cross cut hrs advanced some 500 feet
sheared zone OF quartz porphyry with
a little schist- There Is much miner
alizatiOn IN the form Of iron and iron
oxide. This makes at least three such
zones through which the crosscut has
passed All Of them look promising
enough to warrant drifting, but this
will not be done until the main north
and south fault IS reached. This is
probably 600 or 700 feet ahead of the
present face OF the crosscut-
Finishing Iaterurban line.
Shortly after the first Of the year.
and Clarkdale VIII be in operation.
according TO Information given by W.
II 3rchdeacon. of the Verde Tunnel
and Shelter Railroad company. The
grading for the new line is nearly
completed and the-rails have been laid
tween the two towns. The tracklay-
ers are working close behind the grad !
ers and the two departments of the /
work viii be able to announce com I
pletiOn within A few days OF each I
other the second motor car has been
delivered and Il is expected that the /
first train VIII pass over the rails I
soon
Each motor car viii pull trailer +
fitted up, and as soon as the service Z
becomes adjusted it viii be possible
for Clarizdale travellers TO purchase ;
tickets 10 Jerome Junction by way of 4
the q v and ?. road II is possible /
that this service viii be extended to .
Cottonwood and eNrde.
To sink Verde Combination shaft.
Without delay. the Verde Combina-
ton shaft viii be sunk 200 feet deep g
er and Development Of the promising f
showing opened on the 1850 viii be &
prosecuted vigorously on the new I
level While sinking is going on work
VIII be continued in the No south
west drift on the 1850, which has al 4
ready exposed a big body of schist 4
carrying pyrite and chalcopyrite- This
work was the principal recommended
ton Of manager Dave Morgan in his
annual report which was unanimously
adopted The report shows that for
the year ending October 81, the Com
bination company accomplished 5O39
feet OF drifting and crosscutting at a J.
cost Of sl6-57 a foot. The shaft was
sunk 402 feet at s6391 foot The
management is confident that within
another year a producing copper will
be made Of the Verde Combination.
Making Big Output.
The Consolidated Arizona2 at Hum
eoldt, is averaging around 1000. 600
pounds a mOQth OF u .000 600 mounds