Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1918-12-28
MINING NEWS FROM
 YAvAPA| COUNTY

PRESCOTT, Ariz., Dec. 27.-The record made by the great Verde Min
 ing District of Yavapai County, Ariz.
 in the production of the red metal and the purchasing of bonds, war savlngs stamps and the outright subscriptions to the various war organizations l speaks for itself of the manner in which the companies and the employ ees assisted the government during the war period. With the cessation of hostitities there has been no let-up in that district with respect to the de- sire to bring in more producig mines, according to recent issue of the Yer de Copper News, published at Jerome. The Gadsden, which is being devel-
 oped by the Calmuet and Arizona Copper company, will soon be equipp- ed with pump capable of handling the present water development as we'll as that of the future. Recently General manager w. B. Goehring and Master Mechanic Will R. Mckee of the c. and A. visited the property and de- cided that pump of 600 to 1000 gal Ions capacity was required. The pres cent pumps are lifting SIS gallons a minute and it is certain that much more water will be developed as soon as the west crosscut from the 1900 foot station reaches the fault which is it's objective. The crosscut has ad- vanced some 600 feet and it has just passed through another sheared zone of quartz porphyry with little schist. There is much naturalization in the form of iron and iron oxide. This makes at least three such zones thru which the crosscut has passed. All of them look promising enough to warrant drifting, but this will not be done until the main north-and-south drift is reached. This probably is 600 or 700 feet ahead of the present face of the crosscut.
 Shortly after the first of the year the interurban line between Jerome and Clarkdale will be in operation according to information given by w. H. Archdeacon of the Verde Tunnel and Shelter Railroad company. The grading for the new line is nearly completed and the rails have been laid for more than half the distance be- tween the two towns. The track layers are working close behind the graders and the two departments of the work will be able to announce com pletion, within a few days of each other. The second motor car has ben delivered and it is expected that the first train will pass over the rails within month from today and possibly a few days earlier. Each motor car will pull trailer fitted up, and as soon as the service becomes ad- justed it will be possible for Clark dale travellers to purchase tickets to Jerome Junction by way of Jerome and the U. V. and P. road. The in- terurban schedule will be so arranged that close connections will be made. It is possible that this service will be | extended to Cottonwood and Verde.
 Without delay the Verde Combina- tion shaft will be sunk 200 feet deeper and development of the promising showing opened on the 1880 will be prosecuted vigorously on the new lev el. While sinking is going on work will be continued in the No. 8 south west drift on the 10S0, which has al- ready exposed big body of schist car rying pyrite and chalcopyrite. This work was the principal recommenda- tion of Manager Dave Morgan in his annual report which was unanimously The report shows that for the year ending October 31, the Con- bination company accomplished 5039 feet of drifting and cross-cutting at a cost of $1667 a foot. The shaft was sunk 402 feet at $63.91 a foot. The is confident that within another year, producing cooper will be made of the Verde Combination.
 The Consolidated Arizona at Hum