Weekly journal-miner., 1918-07-03
MINING ACTIVITY
 IN JEROME SECTION
FAVORABLE CONDITIONS EXPOSED IN 8 PROS PECTS; KINGDOM MAY NOT WITNESS BLOWING IN OF SHELTER.
Special Correspondence.


 JEROME. June ?. - The Jerome camp seems to again be coming into the lime-light. for in the past week or ten days three of the active pros- pects-Verde Combination, Pittsburg- Jerome, and Calumet & Jerome, have exposed favorable conditions i'll the work being done in their respective properties. The foregoing, together with the anticipated starting up of the new smelter of the United Verde Extension and the prospect that Je- rome-Verde will begin the extraction of ore from the Maintop claim. all tend to create the same degree of activity and excitement that prevailed during the boom days of the Fall of 1916. Now. however. it is not due to stock-gambling and blind speculation but is the outcome of carefully follow ing and keeping track of the exten- sive and systematic development work which has been carried on at the active properties during the past year and a half
 Pittsburg-Jerome.
 The raise which has been started
 
 800 level at Pittsburg- Jerome some six weeks ago is showing up some very good rock The stringer, which is from l2 to l6 inches in width, has been followed up over Is feet and the top of the raise now exposes from two to three inches of high-grade copper glance lying between two bands of good carbonate ~-e. Assays for the entire width of the streak gave Y per cent in copper to the ton. The stringer is being followed in an- ticipation that 1t leads to larger body of ore.
 U. V. Extension Shelter.
 General Manager George Kingdom has announced that there will be no demonstration of any sort attending the blowing in of the blast furnace of the United Verde Extension smelter. In fact, he said. that although he did not know the exact time, one might not be surprised to see the smoke coming out of the 425-foot stack any morning during the coming week, and that he himself might not even wit ness the event.
 It is possible. however, that Presi- dent James s. Douglas, who has been in France for the past year in charge of Red Cross work and who arrived in New York Saturday. June p, may be in Jerome in time to see the first charge of ore put in the furnace. The smelter when fully completed and in operation will have a maximum ca pacity of 200 tons daily.
 Calumet & Jerome.
 Tn both the long south crosscut and the No. / heading being driven east nrly from the former conditions have been improving of late. The No. 7 has cut into some good country ex- posing some chalcopyrite and pyrite of better grade than has obtained while in the south cross gut and on one side of 1t they recent y exposed about IA feet of mineral zation in the form of chalcopyrite, ron pyrites and some bornite This was at an estimated depth of 400 eet below the surface, the heading laving gained that much in its ad- rance of about 1000 feet from the bottom of the 600-foot shaft This condition will be followed later. No 
 has been made as to he letting of the diamond drill con ract.
 Verde Combination.
 This property is exposing condi- ions which at present are more fav- ,rable than at any time in its his- ory. The work of cutting the sta- ion brought to light many stringers # extremely heavy chalcopyrite. amples of which assayed IS, 20 and 3 per cent in copper to the ton.
 Jerome Verde.
 On the Maintop claim the station n the raise which is being run from he 1 100 to the 900 level has been cut nd they are now timbering the same. II the bottom of the station the for nation, which is a broken up and cry much oxidized quartz-porphyry nd schist, contained some Specks of ative copper.