The Arizona copper camp., 1919-11-29
GREAT SILVER PRODUCER REBORN
STEPS into RANKS OF IMPORTANT
Mines Of ARIZONA AS SHIPPING
STARTS FROM HISTORIC PIONEER
Operations For Past Year. Quietly Conducted Restore
Famous Silver Producer to Activity; to Ship Within
Next Thirty Days.
SENATOR JOHN G. DEVINE IN
PERSONAL CHARGE OF OPERATIONS
Installation of Complete Plant Follows Development
Huge Tonnage of Shipping and Milling Ore at
Old Camp sS,

Unheralded by the trumpet of the
promoter, and almost unknown to
many residents of the Ray district,
there has been developed at the
famous. old silver camp of Pioneer
one of the most important silver
mines of the entire southwest, and
what is probably the richest silver
mine in Arizona So quietly and un-
ostentatiously has the work of de-
velopment proceeded during the past
year that the news of the opening
for production of another big silver
mine, located at about the center of
the great Ray-Inspiration-M dis
trict, will come as surprise to
many, although mining men in close
touch with operations have known
for months that one of the most inn
portant developments in the state
was taking place.
The White Metal Mining company
is the name of the concern which
| last year purchased the old Pioneer
and Howard .mines, located at Pho
neer, just over the line in Gila coun-
ty This property consists of fifteen
claims in the center of the Pioneer
mining district, about six miles north
east of Troy, ON. the south slope of
the Pinals. 1t lies about ten miles
from Ray in a straight line, and thir-
! teen miles over a. good road from
Ray Junction. n aa 9yfs
The property acquired and devel-
oped by the White Metal company
consists of one of the oldest silver
producers in the southwest. Over
forty years ago, when it was neces-
sary to haul the ore 300 miles to
Yuma, these mines were developed
1 and successfully worked for their
high-grade ore. There was at that
! time no railroad within hundreds of
miles of the mines, modern concen-
, trating machinery was not known,
and the silver market was very un-
4 certain. 1t was that same uncertain
silver market that later on caused
the suspension of many of the great
: silver producers Of the southwest,
leaving untouched vast deposits of
rich ore, which under modern meth
DDS of mining can be profitably
worked.
Today, with rail transportation
within thirteen miles of the old
camp of Pioneer, with a high and
practically unlimited silver market
assured for years to come, with mod
ern methods of concentration of val
ues available, operation of the White
| Metal property is regarded as one Of
the most important and profitable de-
velopments now under way in Ari-
Zona.
For the past year development of
the White Metal property at Pioneer
has been under the personal direc-
tion of Senator John c. Devine, ac-
knowledged one Of the most success
full mining operators in the south
west. The Endorsement of this big
project by Senator Devine, who has
to his credit the successful develop
ment of the great ore reserves of
the Ray Consolidated, he having had
charge of all underground develop
ment in that property for period of
ten years, gives assurance that the
White Metal Mining company will
add another world E'eater to this dis
trict, which is already accredited
with some of the largest mines and
dividend payers in the entire coun-
try.
Senator Devine is vice-president
and managing director of the White
Metal company.
Years ago development work on
what is now the property of the
White Metal company disclosed ores
of phenomenal value, some of the
richest deposits of high-grade silver
ever mined in the southwest being
encountered. Shipments from the old
camp of Pioneer in the early days
reached a production figure of over
$1,000,000 in bullion. This figure was
reached under mining conditions that
were nearly prohibitive.
Since acquiring the property, the
White Metal company has not only
conducted development through the
old workings, but has also further
opened up and developed the mine.