Arizona republican., 1918-01-20
JEROME DISTRICT
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 PRESCOTT, AriZ., Jan. 2-The fev- erish race to see which property in the Jerome district will be the first to bring in a producer before the be- ginning of the year bids fair to be won by the Jerome Copper company. winch has struck four feet of sheared quartz and schistose diorite. heavy Wltn ron sulphide and carrying some Suiphlde. Two small stringers of the same material, a little richer in chal copyrite were cut before this particu lar shoot was encountered. The coun- try rock through which the tunnel is passing is an extremely hard fiiorito
 It IS understood, however. that inc tunnel has not passed entirely out of the sheared formation. The tunnel is no" In S55 feet and when II mas ad-
 vanced SI0 feet from the portal the depth will be 450 feet It is certain
 tnat the contact, which is the tunnels
 opJective has not been cut, and the streaks which have been cut are sup poseu to De mere stringers therefrom. experienced mining men agree that ,he rock Just cut into will assay at least four per cent and some estimate
 the content as high as eight her cont
 Even If It carries less than four ra,.
 cent, the indication for striking rich ! ore at an early datA are conceded to
 De very promising. The Lewissohns
 are developing the Jerome Conner
 Wnich In itself is an indication that
 1, the vast amount of money being spent VII not De Tn vain, as they are known ! not 10 waste their time and casb o,,
 anything in the mining line which uoes not give abundant promise of re
 turning them dividends many times over. iS tiilies
 May Discontinue shippino
 Wal taxes, shortage of cars and
 nish irelght rates may result in inc
 cessation of shipments from the D,,ro
 uee. ore to the extent of F carloads
 Sso month has been fo, warded to Hum
 WI. anu 10 a shelter at Tacoma
 cern ba5. .on. The Washington con
 cern, however, pays a premium for th,
 go or 6O units of silica in each ion of
 Duhoee ore while on the other ban5
 ,he humboldt smelter penalizes bes,-i
 Ior the same content No orc ~,,a
 b,,t rom the property last week
 put tnis week shipments are hei,,a. hm,
 inaoe rom a streak of 15 Der cant n,e
 n,,,oIl m,,tSn mas Just been. ,ocated How
 ,ttcI nt or this high grade there is can' that uetermlned but it is thought inc big,' e quantity is limited. After me nish grade plays out there nav ha no more shipments may pe pa;,; Fighting Water
 balllng has been rt,sorted to ,o.,- uo"n the water in E,e Jerona 1=-s pihS the arrival of parts fo, .t,'
 iepalr of the big punp on tbo toen e,1e
 +io, oI the Columbia shaft. One-s
 tba, nave been suspended for rnora
 inc rn eh III the south drift wbera , As soo,, dot pe.teu . lew was encountered mission, the drift will be driven .Lail-, l Mitn all possible speed. as if is ,e@ i,s '. u g must encouraging uuartz- nornb,.,.. | .oi ilatlon. ~ No attempt is being mad ~ iono" the four-inch streak of chaI- t copyrite ore recently intersectod ii,. : uie crosscut being driven along .bs t Ine between the United Verde F,xtep- Q sion ana Maintop claim, in order to s sho tnn Tuouer the Maintop ore body on r. !oot ieVe!. There has been no Ill the northeast drift, which n IS going through what shows rnar,, ?. signs of naturalization. S me water courses Of bIeacbed .,,,lo e ste are being followed; the cross-c,,,
 rum the winze back under tbe sba f, e anu crosscut No. l are being driver n aheaa with all possible speed. This y III prle1' tells the story of the proeres, 0 geIhg made by the Calumet ano $ e.oIne; one Of the water courses was 2 cut snort time since by crescent \o Il l. some 660 feet south or fine 6O0 ets .- tion. It has been followed westwar IT n toout 5o or 50 feet. Its average widtl .e IS aoout two feet, but at one noin, ,f t pinches down to almost two inches = IT the Calumet and Jerome make o, d early strike. it probably will be in thi is oriit, for the water courses are ex re actiy like those which lead to tn h united Verde ore bodies.
 to James Pollock. a laborine man n
 Jerome hoe ,o ~ ington where he will appear hefore th. or War Industries board and urge tb m necessity and desirability of keepini TO the price of copper at a reasonabl nigh level in order to avoid redlIctio
 Tn wages, labor troubles and the cur If tallment Of output. The 23S cen Iv prlce arrangement expired January of ana Pollock is strongly in favor of or higher price being fixed by the gov o ernment- He will go before the boar = armed with mass of facts and fig
 ures in support of his contention. ,,, a higher price is fixed the miners a ,ty over the country. Pollock declare ,s Will ask for a proportionate increas is in wages
 ao Diamond drilling VIII soon be in fu yu ;,, swing on the Grand Island group. ii. :. 1000 foot drill already being on tn
 ~ property where it has been set u .,' about 900 feet east of the main shaf u. LII The plan is to drill at least two 1.0( " foot holes.
 II, ne With the arrival of a Perry con ei. pressor and Western gas engine, no 'es on their way a vigorous developmel oi campaign will be inaugurated at il ne Jerome Superior. Three shifts will l s.e, put to work on the sinking of a doub tn compartment shaft to depth. whic 'ht now is down 160 feet by hand ar he with onIv ona shyFt en,nioved