Weekly journal-miner., 1918-01-02
JEROME COPPER CO. CUTS b|G
 ORE BODY
IMPORTANT DISC OV FRY IS MADE IN 930-F OOT TUNNEL RUN IN RICH
 PROPERTY IN UTH
 JEROME DISTRICT. \
By F. w. Bower.

has been encountered in the tunnel
 that has been driven 930 feet on the
 property in the South Jerome district
 which was taken over last Summer by the General Development Com
 pany. Ii is considered one of the
 most important strikes of orc made
 during the past year. The ledge mat
 ter is about 30 feet in width, the
 values running a milling grade of
 copper and silver. Drifts have been
 started each way on the vein and
 crosscutting is still in progress, with
 ore still in the face. Mine Supcrin-
 tendent J. G. Finn states that tho mine indications could not be better for making big mine.
 This strike is oi especial importance
 to the district for several reasons. In
 the first place it is the first property
 to be taken over in the Jerome to
 Phoenix" mincralized belt by this
 strong eastern company. The maK- ing of the first attempt success will
 stimulate the company to further | development work on other prop
 critics in the district. The company owns the Christmas mine, three miles
 east of Mayer, which was the first | one acquired last Summer. It IS now
 expected that work will be started on
 this property early in the year, fol there arc strong indications that not
 much more development will be re-
 quired to prove up another large pro
 ducer. The Christmas mine is right i in line with the Arizona Binghampton
 and Copper Queen mines. on the
 south extension, with only few
 claims between. There are places
 opened up that will run better than
 20 per cent copper.
 The discovery of the large body oi
 orc in the Jerome mine is especially
 gratifying to two business men of i Prescott. F. A. Kastner and Homer
 King, who were instrumental in in tcrcsting the General Development | Company in this district.
 The Arizona Binghampton Con- pany has begun to sink the 60O-foot
 shaft to the l,200-foot level. The
 new shaft is to be three compart- ment and there will be a station cut at the 700 or 500 levels. The sinking of this shaft will be watched with great interest, for it will again deter mine, this time in a big way. what may be expected with depth in tho Yavapai schist Not everyone knows just how wide the main ore body IS on the 6OO-foot level My actual
 on the 6OO-foot level By actual measurement, it is 5l feet wide and it is all a milling grade of copper
 This same ore body has come down through the several levels above, get ting wider and better in grade with depth. Some of the best mining talent in the State has recently passed oh the property. It seems to be the general opinion that one of the big mines of the State IS in the making That is why the work now in progress in sinking the shaft to double its present depth, will be watched with such keen interest.
 Over the divide from the A E q mine, the Copper Queen Company has encountered new ore in an up- | raise from the bottom of the 2OO-toot winze. The ore shoot has been widen ing out fanshape with a depth ot seven cctxwith values running to 0 per cent copper. The development work is now being confined to the winzc level. It is planned to pursue an extensive scale of development oi the entire property this coming year. There are a number of very promising outcrops on the surface that have not as vet been even proSpccted-
 While no public announcement has been made as yet by the Consolidat- cd Arizona Company as to the sue cess of the new work on the ,zOO- foot level in the Blue Bell mine, 1t IS generally reported that some ore has already been encountered in the dritt to the north which IS running con sidcrably higher in gold values and about the same in copper as the big ore bodies on the l.6OO-foot level This new work on the new deep level is interesting again for It IS proving up depth. On the l,OOO level ' in this mine. there arc ore stopes 4o feet wide of milling and smelling , grades and now on the 200 level, , the ore found is showing highcr values which is according to the pre- lictions of the best mining men ih Inc camp. Some recent development work on the extreme south end of the Blue Bell mine, about 2,0O0 feet south of the main shaft, has opened an ore [ body better than 24 feet in width at f | depth of $ feet It is the plan oi . Inc company to run drift on the SOO- [ 'oot level southward to open the new I strike at depth (
 The new strike in the Pocahontas ' nine is continuing to grow better ( ,very day. The vein is about l2 cct wire with portions of it running nto high-grade shipping ore. Some [