Weekly journal-miner., 1919-04-30
SENSATIONAL IS FINDING OF
 KAY COPPER
(F. w. BoWers)

Kay copper mine is a "gusher" The Kay IS located in the southern DOT ton of the Black Canyon district, about 45 miles north of Phoenix. It is an old property formerly owned and operated by s. J. Tribolet, of Phoenix and later taken over by F. R. Poss and associates, of New York and George w. Long, who was the United Eastern company, of Oatman The Kay Copper company is the name of the organization
 The mine was developed to the 350- foot level by Tribolct and associates and a number of carloads of high grade copper ore were shipped by them. Under the new management, the shaft was sunk first to the 500- foot level where considerable develop ment work was carried on, which opened up very large bodies of ore, in fact, the ore body in the south drift at the 5OO-level, proved to be better than 75 feet i'll width running from a good milling grade in value to 2 per cent copper and some gold and silver. The north crosscut on the same level showed 6 feet of mill ing ore, this apparently being a separ- ate lense from the south ore body.
 After thoroughly exploring the 500 foot level, the shaft was continued to the 600 and in the past few weeks, development has been in progress on a large scale in drifts and crosscuts north and south of the shaft and the findings of ore have been on the sen sational order. Not only have the ore lenses opened and developed on the 50O-foot level been found to be in place on the 600 level, and to have widened out considerably by the main fault on the west has been penetrat- ed and the south ore Tense has been encountered on the other side bigger than ever. The grade of ore i'll the workings on tht 6OO-foot level is about the same as that on the 500.
 The mine map of the workings shows the ore lenses to be contin- uous from the 50-foot level where the first high grade ore was mined and shipped by Tribolet, to the present 600 level. They have widened out regularly and uniformity
 No strike of ore of such import ance as the Kay has been made in Yavapai county since that of the United Verde Extension, at Jerome. The mine Is located in the Yavapai schist formation, quite similar to that of the Jerome district and the deter imitation of the permanency of the ore bodies in the Kay to the pres ent depth sets aside all doubts as to the future of the mine and to this particular schist formation which pre- dominates in the Black Canyon dis trict The Kay mine is about 70 miles south of Jerome.
 It is known thht the Kay company has definite plans as to its own re- duction works which will be built not so very far from the mine at the proper time. It IS also a settled fact that a railroad will be built to the mine. through the canyon, although the details are not ready for public announcement The development of the Kay shows ore reserves that will warrant the building of the contemp- lated reduction works and the rail road.
 A number of other mining com panies with properties in that same Black Canyon district, which have been holding back until the Kay prov ed the district, will now commence development work The Big Copper Chief, with headquarters at Phoenix, has had several prominent business men from the cast on the property in the past few weeks, and plans have been announced to starting ex- tensive work on the property.
 The force of miners has been in creased at the United Arizona com pany's mine, east of Cordes. The winzc on the 500 level is in splendid l ore indicating that the wales are be- coming better as the water level is reached. The ore is a chalcopyrite similar to the Kay ore. 4 new SO- hp hoist is to be installed.
 There is much new activity in the different nearby camps. In the Cop per mountain district, the Big Bug Copper company has the making of a remarkably rich mine. The Victory Copper company has a 1OOO-foot shaft well under way on a promising prop erty west of the Binghamton mine excellent progress is being made on the new 3-compartmcnt shaft at the Binghampton; and the Copper Queen | company has commenced the cree ion of 50 ton Notation mill. Local parties have taken options on several of the old silver-lead properties ill the Turkey Creek district the plan be. ing to install a central reduction plant 4 number of the old silver properties west of this place have been examined and reported on re- cently
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