Weekly journal-miner., 1918-09-11
B|G STRIKE MADE BY THE KAY
 COPPER CO.
TW WELV E. FEET OF ORE ENCOUNTERED WHICH RUNS EIGHTEEN PIE R. CENT IN THE RED MET AL: OTHER VALUES.
By F. w. Bower.


 copper ore this summer. Is that of the Kay Copper company, at Canon. about twenty-five miles south of Mayer. at the south end of the ''Jer- ome to Phoenix" mileralized belt Ever since Geo w. Long took over the property few weeks ago. and started the old shaft to the 500-ft level. there has been much specula- ton on the part of those who know the history of this mine, as to what would be encountered when more depth was reached and the ore zone crosscut
 For eight years, S ]. Triboiet. of Phoenix, has been spending his sur plus in the development of the Kay mine. A shaft was sunk by him $50 feet which followed a strong vein of copper ore from the surface. Every fifty feet, station was cut and ore was mined and shipped. total of 42 carloads having been taken out which ran from 10 to 16 per cent copper and some gold and silver. Tribolet spent S70,OC0 of his own money in this de- velopment work
 Last Spring. George w. Long. of Oatman fame, examined the Kay mine and shipped carload of 42 tons of ore selected carefully to represent the average of the mine. The returns of the carload showed 1862 per cent copper. The deal that was finally made between Tribolct the principal owner and Long and associates, calls for the expenditure Of large sum of money and the work that has been done so far under the new manage ment would indicate that mining of the very best kind will. be employed. The old shaft has been retimbered where necessary and sunk to the 50O- 1t level in record time. A drift was started south as soon as the station was cut and 70 feet from the shaft the ore body was encountered. which was 30 feet nearer the shaft than Tribolet figured. The last reports from the drift face arc that P feet of ore have been encountered, ; feet in the face Of the drift and feet byI q machine drill hole into the foot wall on the east side of the drift The broken ore from the last shot averaged lS4 copper, 1.35 ozs silver and Sl.40 in gold. The drillings from the 7-ft. hole on the foot wall averaged lo5 copper, 175 ozs in sil- yer and SlSO in gold. Just how wide the vein will be at this level is al question but judging by the uniform increase in width of the vein from the surface to the 350-ft level where 1t was 30 feet wide, # will in all probability be 30 to 40 feet in width on the 500-ft level and it is expected the grade of ore will keep up as it has on all the levels above. The drift is to be continued a little farther when a cross cut will be run east to determine the width of the ore body. Surfase indications show the mineral ized zone to be about 300 feet ini width and about 5000 feet long. The length of the zone has been deter mined by several shafts and pits along the strike, the deepest shaft being lSO feet deep. north of the main shaft 2.5OO feet. Tn this shaft, l2 feet of ; per cent copper orc was crosscut at the soft. level.
 The successful development of the Kay mine means great deal to the southern portion of the Black Canyon district There are several other eX- ceIlent properties in the same vicin- ;tv and the grade of ore seems to be higher than in some of the other districts of the belt. The Kay prop | crty is in excellent hands for big de- velopment Geo. Long has big sue cess in the United Eastern mine, at Oatman and he states that he took i over the Kay mine after he had travelled 300O0 miles by auto to find another mine He has arranged to commence shipping ore right away to the Humboldt smelter from the neW workings in the Kay
 1.-The Mayer district has two man Canese mines which are producing. located at the forks on the Agua Fria river and Ash creek, about F miles southeast of Mayer The mines are owned by Bunker & Burmeister, of Mayer, one property being worked by the owners the other under lease to Ben Sherwin, of this place. A con tract has been signed with the West ern Ore Purchasing company, of Reno, Nevada. to ship 15 tons per day from the two mines The grade Of the ore is high as shown by sev- eral carloads already shipped.
 Two years of very successful . operation of the oil Notation mill at the Arizona Binghampton mine were closed the 24th of last month The mill was started August 24, 1916 and it has made record for tonnage and percentage of extraction. The first month saving of o5 per cent was made and there has been succession ],