Arizona republican., 1918-12-01
STRIKE At RAY MINE
PROVES EXTENSION
Of yAvAPA| SCH|ST
{ BY r. w. Bowerl

MA Err, Ariz., Nov. 25.-The most
interesting thing in the mining game is
the development of the first bodies of
ore, when the prospect is passing into
me state OF mine, when the dimen-
SONS OF depth. length and width each
Gay multiplied into cubic feet. means
tonnage Some prospects develop into
mines quickly: others take months and
sometimes years for their growth while
many others die before they are born.
The writer has Just returned from
another trip of inspection to the kay
NINE, which is located in the southern
portion of the Black Canyon district,
about thirty miles south of MAYER.
PROBABLY. no other copper mine on the
Jerome to Phoenix mineralized belt
has developed so rapidly into a big
mine, as the Kay While the mine has
been producer in a small WaV for a
number of years, it was nothing beyond
the ordinary until two months ago
when the new management under
George W. Long struck the new ore
bodies on the 500 foot level
The new work on the 800 consists IL
the main drift south from the shaft
about 20 feet. Dense sulphide ore was
flrSt encountered in the drift 30 feet
from the shaft and the breast of the
Drift is still in high grade copper ore
At - feet from the shaft. a crosscu;
into the footwaH exposes 16 feet OF
nigh grade copper ore. At - feet from
the shaft, crosscut into the footwall
exposes 16 feet of solid sulphide orc
averaging over 9 per cent copper and 8
feet of lower grade ore. South of the
shaft, 30 feet, a crosscut has been run
% teet easteFly which nearly cuts the
formation This is being rum 20 test the
width of the main ore chanue, which
IN all probability, is at least 300 feet
I wide, as shown by the surface indica-
ttons. The % feet of crosscut shows ore
all the way which will average a little
/ over A per cent copper and some gold
and silver. Several short cuts have
I been made on each side of the drift
showing widths of ore from Il to 20
/ leet ssaying 10 IS per cent copper.
( The estimated tonnage Of ore in sight
south OF the shaft between the $50 an
/ the 500foot levels, is over 100000
North of the shaft so feet, a crosscut
! was run eastward forty feet where sui
phlde ore was first encountered The
/ crosscut was continued As rect all ia
/ ore with an average of nearly per
cent copper and a small value in GOLD
and silver. The sample near the breast
/ OF the crosscut asSayed S per cent cop
4 per. The tonnage in the north work :
! lngs IS nearly equal to that of the south
/ workings at the present time with i
lesser amount of development work ac-
! complished
All prospecting work on the 500 has
( been stopped for the present and sink
ing has been resumed TO the 650-foot
I level where extensive exploratory work
will be resumed. No one who has
=. watched the development of this re-
markable mine will doubt for a momen;
that the large bodies of ore which haNt
steadily increased in width and value
from 3-lnch stringer at the surface
to the present large commercial bodies
VIII be found to be still larger and OF
better grade on the next lower Level
4 There are six or seven other promis-
ing outcrops on this Kay property
which have been more or less pros
pected About 2,000 feet north of tn;
main shaft, is the Buckeye shaft. SUM
$50 feet. y crosscut at the 40-foot levf-
shows 10 feet of carbonate schist ant
quartz ore, feet of which will averag 9.
4.b per cent copper. A complete hois
equipment has been purchased an,
systematic development of another or,
body will soon be in progress with tn,
possibility of opening up another hi.
mine
The company plans to ship none o
the ore. but will make mine frs
and then install a mill of the required
process and capacity. 1t win undoubt
eddy be an oil flotation plant for tn.
ore is for the most part a sulphide tina
will concentrate to 10 into l.
The development of the large bodie:
of ore in the Kay mine proves up an
other portion of the long belt of Yav
apai schist which commences at tn,
mines in Jerome and continues south
ward to the Kay, distance of about 81
miles Between the two extremes ar,
other well known mines producing ;
daily tonnage from depths of 200 t,