Bisbee daily review., 1918-07-21

inal Stoddard mine, the Jerome con tractors, Bradley and Holtz, have put
 the old shaft down to the 25O level. At the 100 level, shoot of ore was pass ed through on an incline which is the
 same ore body from which years ago
 shipments of ore were made. The shaft
 is to be sunk to the 500-ft level.
 The Big Bug Copper company has
 made the strike of the season on its property on the northeast side of Cop
 per Mountain Ore came in at the sur
 face when a shaft was started on
 promising outcrop which shows strong copper stains for a distance of over
 2OOO feet. At a depth of 50 feet only, ore that will run from 20 to 9 per cent
 in copper has been encountered and
 the ore body cuts clear across the shaft
 bottCm. eight feet in width. lndlca-
 tions are that this ore body is an enor-
 nous deposit of copper ore taking III
 the whole mountain side. Numerous
 pits have been sunk along the north and south strike of the OutcrOp which have shown the same character of ore
 as that found in the shaft. The north line of the Barbara mine is within
 about 400 feet of the Big Bug shalt m direct line with the south extension or
 the large ore deposit. The Big Bug company has recently been recrgan- ized. Those interested for the most part reside at Fl Monte, California.
 The -PocahOntas people are going
 right ahead with the mill construction, having the necessary machinery for a 5O-ton oil flotation unit on the way. Numerous ore tests have been made on tbe ore taken from the several shafts and tunnels and there seems to be no Guestion but that the old POcahontas has been brought into the mine class. ] If is now opened up sufficiently to pro duce enough ore for the contemplated mill and there will also be shipments
 of high grade to be made as the lower grade is taken out. The Pocahontas mine is on the south end of the Cop nor Mountain belt and the values run more in silver, lead and gold at the [ ipresent levels but copper has been making stronger in the last work.
 There are six entirely new mlhlnS deals now pending on properties Tn | this Copper Mountain district when
 are located along the strike of the are bodies that are being developed by line older companies. Claim surveys
 are being made, engineers reports prepared. and examination made by some well known mining engineers
 who are making their headquarters at ! Mayer for the time being. The amount of capital involved in the six trdnsac-
 tions foots up to the tidy sum Of S4So'
 coo for development work alone. The principals in the deals who are making inc reports and examinations come from New York, two of them. Boston, l Cleveland. Bisbee and California. One very important mining engineer. after making careful examination of the formation around Copper Mountain which took him into some of the pro ducing mines. has expressed himself
 as having found every kind of rock III Ithat camp that makes up the formation If the Jerome mines. His report will ,hayc particular weight with one of the ! largest and strongest operating copper ! companies in this state which is in this Mayer field looking for promising copper properties. The interesting feature that appeals Co the Visiting mining men is the ease with which the
 ore bodies can be traced through tle