Bisbee daily review., 1920-02-08
MAYER lS BUSY
 |NlAlNG CAMP
 FUTURE BRIGHT
Little Yavapai Town is Now Surrounded by Prospects
 and Producing Mines

Mayer would become one of the nv Hest mining camps in the state are rapidly coming true. Outside of Je- rome, there are more mining men now employed within five miles of the town than in any other camp in Yav- apai county. During the winter months, when mining is often slack. the older companies have been op- erating full handed and a number of new companies have come into ex- istence.
 Mayer is surrounded on all sides by producing mines, mostly copper. The most active section is around Copper mountains, which is five or six miles northeast of Mayer. Cop per mountain itself is the center of the district and has been we'll named for there are many veiAs of copper ore penetrating it from all sides. Isaac Stoddard thirty-flve yearr ago, began development work lon the north end of the mountain and built the first smelter aAerh of Globe, about mile from the mine. on the Agua Fria river.
 The most developed mine in the dis tri9t Is the Arizona Binghampton. which lies about one mile north of the original Stoddard works. The A. B. C.. as it is commonly called, is one of the coming rvppzr r1I1nes of the state. For over & year, 3-oom- partment shaft has been going down which will afford better facilities for hoisting. The deepest workings were on the 600-foot level. The new shaft has passed the 850-foot level, where a crosscut found one of the lenses of of copper ore in place. More devel- opment is expected to open up all of the several ore bodies at this level. The shaft is to be sunk to the 12O0- foot level The ore opened into on the 950-foot level, is excellent in quality and the width of the vein Is greater than on levels above. The finding of the ore in this mine at the deeper leve1 means much to the en- tire Copper mountain district and to the copper mines of the entire "Je- rome to Phoenix" belt, for it has again determined the permanency of the ore bodies at depth. The flotation mill at this mine has been doubled in ca pacity. making it 300 tons daily, which is soon to he placed in commission. again.
 The Big Bag mine has scored again by bringing in an entirely new body of ore in the east crosScut at the 225-foot level The management of the company reports cutting through 60 feet of low grade sulphide copper ore and 26 feet of oxidized ore which carries native copper, which is uni formally disseminated throughout the schist. This formation of ore is en- urely new to the country and bears the name of "Amygdaloidal" copper ore. Twelve feet of high grade ore has been encountered in the west croSscut on the same level and cross cutting Is still in progress toward the wI;t wall where another shoot of high grade is looked for. The east crosscut is being extended toward the old Minor claim which has excellent orc reserves
 Within the next few days, the France American company will com mence regular ore shipment of high grade copper to the Dewey station on the Santa, Pe. This mihe has been taken over recently by 0 company or ganized by Col. Fred Bowler and ]. R Russeh Of Prescott. Former owners developed the property with a 250- foot incline shaft, which followed down very rich Tense of ore Four carloads were shipped before the com pany took it over. the ore averaging from 22 to B per cent copper and about si0.s0 in gold and silver. In the shaft bottom, the ore vein is about 2 feet in width and the best car of orc, that which averaged 30 per cent copper. was taken from this lower level. A new hoistinG equip ments has recently been installed oni deep sinking is contemplated A new truck read has been made into the mine and shipments of one to two carloads DOT week are to commence in short t!Ile. The miae will then be sblc 10 develop itself from the re- turns on the gre shipments
 The H&k Ioon Copper company is another of the newer organizations that is looking for copper ore Nn this district. Cleveland capitalists are in terosted and the cenpany is fully fi- naneed A shaft of 800 feet deen has been sunk in record time and cross cutting Is now in progress both east and west Thich, ii IS expected. will encounter most any time the orc lens cs that show strong outcroppings near the shaft.
 Atushe PocahOntas nino. q new oil flotat1on mill haS hecn built and tert- cd and regular treatment of ore will soon be going on. The mine is well developed for gold. silver snd copper ores. Another Hotafion mill of 100 tons daily capacity. is about eomn'e'- cd at the Coprer Queen mine. vbich lies north ot tho Half Moon. ono of the older properties with 2 large ton DaCe Of milling ore deelsDed.
 The next few weeks will sec work started again on the Liberty Copper Copper Age Clipper Mobntsin Mines compans.. Yuba Copper Company and others i1 this Copper mountain dis trict. Thcre arc a number of prope~ ties with extensions Of the known or'