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Mohave County miner., 1918-01-05
JEROME MINES IN SULPHIDES
 GREAT STRIDES IN MINING

Verde pending the arrival of parts for the repair of the big pump on the 1050 level of the Columbia shaft. Op- erations have been suspended for more than a week in the south drift where the unexpected flow was encountered. As soon as the pump is again in com mission the drift will be driven ahead with all possible speed as it is in a most encouraging quartz porphyry formation. No attempt is being made to follow the 4-inch streak of chalco- pyrite ore recently intersected by the crosscut being driven along the line between the U. V. Extension and Maintop claim, in order to get under the Maintop ore body on the 400 level. There has been no change in the north east drift, which is going through which shows many signs of minerali- zation.
 The water courses of leached an- desite are being followed; the cross cut from the winze back under the shaft and crosscut No. 1 are being driven ahead with all possible speed. This in brief tells the story of the progress being made at the Calumet and Jerome. One of the water courses was cut a short time since by crosscut No. 1, some 660 feet south of the 600 station. It has been fol- lowed westward about 50 or 50 feet. Its average width is about two feet, but at one point it pinches down to almost two inches. If the Calumet and Jerome makes an early strike, ;t probably will be in this drift, for the water courses are exactly like those which lead to the United Verde ore bodies.
 James Pollock, a laboring man of the Jerome district, has gone to Wash ington where he will appear before the War Industries board and urge the necessity and desirability of keep ing the price of copper at a reason ably high level in order to avoid re- ductiOn in wages, labor troubles and the curtailment of output. The 231s cent price arrangement expired Janu- ary 1, and Pollock is strongly in favor of a higher price being fixed by the government. He will go before the board armed with a mass of facts and figures in support of his contention. If a higher price is fixed the miners all over the country, Pollock declares, will ask for a propOrtionate increase in wages.
 Diamond drilling will soon be in full swing on the Grand Island group. A 1000-foot drill is already on the property where it has been set up about 900 feet east of the main shaft. The plan is to drill at least two 1000 foot holes.
 With the arrival of a Perry com pressor and Western gas engine, now on their way, a vigorous development campaign will be inaugurated at the Jerome Superior. Three shifts will be put to work on the sinking of a double compartment shaft to depth which now is down 160 feet by hand and with only one shift employed.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-05
LNLL-TENNESSEE ID
 PURCHASE NEW EQUIPMENT

The Schuylldll' Mining company has arranged for the purchase of all the electrical equipment of the Golconda and will at once begin it's erection on the big shaft of the Tennessee mine, at Chloride. Supt. Tarpey stated to the Miner editor that work would be at once commenced on the big lead zinc mine and be rushed to completion The work of razing the old head frame and machinery on the mine has been going forward for some days and it will be but a short time until the ground is in readiness to receive. -tss new plant. Machinery and buildings are being moved to the Tennessee from the Schuyll1ill and everything ad- vanced as far as possible to meet the new requirements.
 We have been lead to believe that the new company will soon have a milling plant installed to handle the ore from both properties, but so far the location has not been decided on
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-05
ISLE
 MAY RIVAL THE
 NEW CORNELIA

Last Wednesday the Miner editor visited the plant of the Emerald Isle, about three miles south of Chloride. He found the teaching plant running along nicely and number of cathodes taking on their weight of copper. The plant is the only one outside of Ajo that is making a success of electroly- tic treatment of copper ores, and is the only one in the north part of the stateJ although there are many mines whose ores are susceptible to this treatment.
 The deposit of copper ore at the Emerald Isle is one of the most pecu- liar in the country, the percolating wa ters having evidently deposited through a large stratum of broken quartz and lime. While no effort has yet been made to ascertain the extent of the deposit the present workings would denote many thousands of tons, while the possibility is that the ton mage will run into the millions. A few superficial cuts and shaft around the edges of the deposit show that it has an area of half-mile square, at least, and possibly greater. In shall low shaft, in the old workings, the ore is richer than on the surface, some s per cent copper being taken out. No conception of the depth to which the deposit may be followed can be ob- tained from the work so far done, but it is our opinion that it may reach 100 feet. If we are right in the esti- mate the tonnage will run up in the millions, and it is possible that it will rival the great mine of the New Cor nelia. A larger teaching plant is es- sential to make this property one of the big paying propositions that the New Cornelia now is, and now that the present installation is a success we see no reason why finances for future extensions cannot readily be obtained. With copper above 20 cents, an i'm mense tonnage of ore available and successful method ih use the Emerald Isle is sure of a great future.
 J. H. Conway, R. c. Jacobson, l. c. Stricker and J. w. Cornelius were the men who worked out the method of treatment now used in this property and financed its operations. The mines were owned by Thomas McNeely, who has held them for many years in the belief that some day a successful method would be developed to extract the copper.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-05
KAISER'S PICTURE CAUSES 4 KILLING

Charles Dudley, one of the best known mining men of northern Mexi- co, and well known in mining circles in this county, was shot and instantly killed at Fl Paso, Texas, last Thurs day. William Russell, Texas cattle man, had displayed a photo of the kaiser, while walking in the plaza, which act was resented by Dudley. In the quarrel that resulted Russell drew his pistol and shot Dudley dead.
 Charles Dudley operated several mines in this county about five years ago, notably the old Blackberry, the c. 0. D. and the Pinkham. During the time of the operation of these mines M-. Dudley was Q constant visitor to Kingman and made many warm friends among our people. His death will be greatly deplored in both the United States and Mexico, where he had been active in all lines of mining. He was thoroughly American and it is our hope that his assassin gets his speedily.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-05
WAR MEASURE
 ABSORBING TABLE

An eight-foot sorting table that re- wolves so fast the onlookers get sea- sick is the latest "war measure" adopted in the big mail room of the Southern Pacific company at 65 Mar ket street, San Francisco. Priority orders, war tax regulations, war board circulars, and other matters in cident to the tremendous activity of the railroads, has become such that the largest private mailing establish ment on the coast could not digest the flood by ordinary means.
 An eight-foot table was fitted up, by Foreman H. c. Schmidt so that it revolves three times a minute. When sheets of mail matter are to be assem- bled into sets, as in the case of tariff sheets, etc., F clerks get around the table and assemble 60 sets a minute, or one every second, grabbing up the sheets as they come around. An av- craze of 30,OOO pieces of matter are assembled daily.
 Girl clerks at work on the table grew seasick at first watching the constantly revolving surface, but they gradually became accustomed to it and now they laugh at some of the equili- brium tests invented by the aviation experts.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-05
MAY DAM VIRGIN RIVER

Edward I. Cox, Mormon bishop at Bunkerville, is asking the Mormon church for an appropriation of S25,OOO to be used in constructing a dam across the Virgin river at that place. The residents of Bunkerville have used the waters of the Virgin river for years for the irrigation of their ranches, and to generate power for flour mill and cotton gin, but many fertile acres along the mesas cannot be reached with present methods and a dam appears to be the only saliva tion.
 A few miles farther up the river a big irrigation dam was under consid- eration for many years, but every company tacIding the job fell down. The country in and about Littlefield is ideal for irrigation and with a dam in the Virgin at that point many thou sands of acres would be brought un- der cultivation, and at low costs. Lit tlefield is in Mohave county.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-05
ELIGIBLE DRAFT MEN ID ENLIST
 IN AVIATION

According to an order received from Washington recently at the U. S. Navy recruiting headquarters, 301 Spreckels building, San Francisco, California, the U. S. Navy aviation corps has immediate need of men for service in it's notifying branches and eligible draft men who are not needed for immediate quotas by their local draft boards will be permitted to en- list in the aviation service after De cember 15, and up until the time they ara called by the local boards.
 The type of men that are needed are mainly mechanics, blacksmithsl machinists, quartermasters, carpen- ters and coppersmiths, and particular ly men with a knowledge of flying machines. That these men are urg- ently needed is made plain by the fact that they will be given immediate ser vice, going into training at the naval training stations at once. Some ot these men will be sent to Pensacola Florida; some of them to Bay Shore Long Island, New York, while others will be attached to the naval air sta tiOn at San Diego, California. These men will be required for ground work only, and will not be permitted to en- ter the flying branch of the service later on. This is because the navy recognizes that the man on the ground, the man on whom depends the mechanical perfection of the aero planes, is too important to be switched from his place after he has received his training and has become highly efficient.
 Men who enlist in the aviation corps have unusual opportunity for ad- vancement. No service time limit re stricts them, but advancement de pends entirely upon personal qualifi- cations.
 Men may enlist in the aviation corps at any navy recruiting station
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-05
TOM REED TRIMMING
 ORE FROM AZTEC MINE

The new aerial tram between the Tom Reed mill and the Aztec mine is now in commission and is working satisfactorily. With the ore coming from this new property and the old shaft of the Tom Reed the big mill will soon be handling it's capacity. The mill, under adverse conditions, was producing about S6O,OOO monthly in bullion and it is the impression that this production will soon be doubled. The ore from the Aztec is higher in grade, than the Tom Reed, which makes that property the big possibil- ity to the shareholders of that fa- nous old mine.
 At the present price of the stock the Tom Reed is one of the best buys on the market. It has an abundance of ore, one of the largest estates in the county and an efficient manage ment.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-05
SHOOT UP TOWN

Friday night cf last week shots were fired in the neighborhood of Pat terson plumbing shop, some of which went though the building and perfor- ated saw blade. Officers investigat- ing the matter state that men. in an adjoining building were scuffling over a gun when it went off. Scuffling with a loaded gun is as dangerous to the people of the neighborhood as it is to those participating and the scuf- flers ought to be punished for the breach of the peace.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-05
CACTUS QUEEN
 DEVELOPING BIG
 BODIES COPPER

The Cactus Queen Copper company has about thirty men at work on it's property near old Rawhide, in the south part of the county. The coni- pany has two shafts down 300 feet and has opened bodies of high grade cop per.
 A road is being built to a connection with the Yucca road from the camp and within a short time all supplies will go in from the line of the Santa Fe instead of from Phoenix, as at present. Supervisor Foster was at the camp this week and reports that the road is almost completed.
 The opening of a big copper camp in the south part of this county has long been predicted, the whole country between the McCracken to below the Bill Williams Fork being copper bear ing. In this area is the Cleopatra, the Swansea and Planet. At the Cleopatra large tonnage of excellent ore was opened close to the surface, and indications are that big bodies will be opened at depth. In the prop critics of the Copper Queen is a big mineralized area, and depth would in dicate that the mines have greater possibilities the deeper exploration is carried on. The people in charge of the work know the mining game and are well financed to carry through all work mapped out.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-05
.OLD BLACKBERRY MINE WILL
 ERECT NEW MILLING PLANT

At last the big mill for the Hack berry mine is assuming definite shape. F. W. Sherman, who has the designing of the plant under consid- eration, was in Kingman early this week on his way to the coast, whence he will visit and inspect many of the big concentrating plants of the coun- try to get new ideas in Notation. He expects to be gone about two weeks and then things will hum around Blackberry.
 The Blackberry mine at the present time has one of the largest bodies of lead-zinc ore in the county. Every day brings in larger and larger re- serves, until it is said that enough ore is blocked out to keep the proposed plant in ore for two years. The mine has been under the management of William Neagle ,and it is pleasing to know that this is the second winner he has brought in in this county. The Copper Giant was the first mine to be developed by hint and this is said to have immense ore bodies above the 900. The Blackberry was tackled in telligently by him and that he has made good is due altogether to the masterful manner in which he han
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-05
MOHAVE COUNTY RED GROSS
 FILLS QUOTA IN BIG DRIVE

the chapters. Mrs. Riggs of Valen- tine, was the one best hustler among the captains of the drive, having a smaller population to work on and getting big results. Frisco, with only nine people, came through with nine members. Mrs. James Dundon was captain in that field.
 The Red Cross since last report was made sent out two boxes of surgical dressings and hospital supplies from the local worlroom. The women are hard at work on necessary supplies, and all members are carrying on the work of knitting sweaters, wristlets and other cold weather wear for the boys in the trenches and at the can comments.
 c. M. Leonard has been appointed secretary of the Red Cross chapter, vice, Miss Kathleen Kehoe, resigned. Mir. Leonard is one of the active mem bers of the order and will fill the bill to the entire satisfaction of every body.
 The dance last Monday evening net ted the Red Cross $30.10.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-05

[ Owing to lack of water volume at Chloride it is possible that it may be built in Kingman, where an abund- ance of water is available. But any way the necessity of milling plant is apparent and it is to be hoped that such c plant be built close into the mines. The company is well financed, large financial interests being back of the enterprise.
 The fact that the Tennessee mine has great bodies of ore already opened and ready for production makes the operation of the property ideal. Through the big shaft great depth can be gained in the Schuyll1ill, and it is more than probable that a parallel vein will be opened in that part of the company's property. The proper ty is one of those big mineral zones for which the Cerbat range is noted, and the wish of every one in the cOun- ty that this company will open a great dividend payer within the year.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-05
DISSEMINATED COPPERs

We are informed that a big com pany has been negotiating for the Gross Copper company near Mineral Park. This is the property upon which large deposits of disseminated ores were found a year or more ago and upon which considerable work was done. It is the belief of many copper men that a great body of ore will be found in that section and of a grade that will pay well to work. The whole south part of Mineral Park basin shows this dissemination to the neigh borhood of Todd Basin, on the south. In and around the Ark is a splendid possibility for the opening of a big copper property.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-05
HOLDS BLUE SKY
 ID BE LAW VALID

AS indicated in an editorial com ment in this issue the federal court, sitting en banc, after hearing argu- ments and citation of authorities in- numerable, yesterday at Los Angeles, decided the Arizona Blue Sky Law valid. The case which brought the matter before the federal court was that of a proposed motor company, organized to sell-accessories to mem- bers at cost. No cash was put into the proposition by the promoters, nor had they any property. Stock was to be sold and the purchasers money was to be used not only for the equip ment of a business plant, but also to be used largely to pay the promoters for their services in promoting the deal. The Arizona corporation com mission declared the proposition a fraudulent one, and permit to sell stock was refused them. The court held that the commission was within the law in refusing to allow the com pany to do business, and that the law was good. The decision was unani- nous, being concurred in by Judges Sawtelle, of the Arizona district, and Ross and Bledsoe of the California federal district.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-05

dled it. Every foot of ground broken by him was in the right direc- tion, and the result is that Mohave county has another great shipper all ready to be put in commission. The Blackberry was discovered in 1874 by W. B. Ridenour and the late Sam Crozier. They worked it for some time and then sold it to a San Fran cisco company. ln the early eighties it was taken over by the Indian Queen Mining company, the late John Howell being at the head of the concern The ores had gone into zinc and the meth cd of handling was expensive, al- though many hundred thousand dol lars was extracted by the chlorination process. The depreciation in the price of silver and the knowledge of the fact that a new shaft was neces- sary caused the shutting down of the mine, Mir. Howell going to New South Wales to install his roaster at the Broken Hills mines, where he made wonderful success. It was the tracing out of the old ore shoot across the faulting that brought the mine into its present prominence and it is this ore body that will surely enrich the present company.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-05
(By P. B. NIilnesl


 PRESCOTT, Ariz., Jan. 1.-The feverish 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, whicE has struck four feet of sheared quartz and schistose diorite, heavy with iron sulphide and carrying some sulphide. Two small stringers of the same material, 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 diorite It is understood, however, that the tunnel has not passed entirely out of the sheared formation. The tunnel is now in 855 feet and when ia has ad- vanced 870 feet from the portal the depth will be 45O feet. It is certain that the contact, which is the tunnels objective has not been cut, and the streaks which have been cut are sup posed to be mere stringers therefrom. Experienced mining men. agree that the rock just cut into will assay at least four per cent and some esti- mate the content as high as eight per cent. Even if it carries less than four per cent, the indications for striking rich ore at an early date are conceded to be very promising. The Lewis sOhns are developing the Jerome Cop per, which in itself is an indication that the vast amount of money being spent will not be in vain, as they are known not to waste their time and cash on anything in the mining line which does not give abundant promise of returning them dividends many times over.
 May Discontinue Shipping
 War taxes, shortage of cars and high freight rates may result in the cessation of shipments from the Dun dee. Ore to the extent of 12 carloads a month has been forwarded to Hum boldt and to a smelter at Tacoma, Washington. The Washington concern, however, pays premium for the 50 or 50 units of silica in each ton of Dundee ore, while on the other hand the Humboldt smelter penalizes heay- fly for the same content. No ore was shipped from the property last week, but this week shipments are being made from a streak of 15 per cent ore which has just been located How much of this high grade there is can not be determined but it is thought that the quantity is limited. After the high grade plays out there may be no more shipments.
 Fighting Water
 Railing has been resorted to to keep down the flow of water in the Jerome
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-05

The Red Cross drive in Mohave county has met with success, the quota being filled. This in the face of recent drives for membership is pleasing to those having the matter in charge. Few counties in the state, or for that matter in the country, has given the Red Cross such unalloyed support. Chairman c. J. Walter has been hard at work on the work of the drive and is very much pleased with the result. The following is the mem bership of the various towns:
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-05
MOTHER OF MINING MAN DIES

Last Monday evening R. S. Billings, the well known mining engineer, re- ceived a wire announcing the death of his aged mother at Jamaica Plains, Mass. Mrs. Billings had been ailing for some time, and while her death was not unexpected the blow was one of the hardest that man is called upon to stand. Owing to the fact that the funeral was to be held Wednesday last Mir. Billings was unable to attend.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-05
POPULAR OLD-TIMERS
 VISIT KINGMAN

Dr. R. B. Knight, wife and daugh- ter have been visiting in Kingman the past ten days with Dr. Knights brother, Harry. Dr. Knight was a Kingman resident about 20 years ago and was one of the most popular phy- sicians of the country. He removed to Stockton, California, but still retained that warm spot in his heart for the old place and old boys of the other days. The family departed earlys this week to their California home.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-05
WARM WEATHER
 AFFECTS TREES

As an evidence of the unusually warm weather of the past month, we are informed of a cherry tree in the yard of J. W. Prisk at Chloride, that has ripening cherries on it. Some trees around the county are budding out and if the weather remains warm for another week we exepct to see orchards in bloom.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-05
DIES AT OATNIAN

Louis A. Bush, who had been a resi- dent of Oatman for a yeaF or more and who was well known i1- Kingman, died at the big gold camY Friday of last week and was burisf Saturday. Death was due to peritonitis.
Mohave County miner., 1918-01-05

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