Bisbee daily review., 1922-02-05
WILCOX DISTRICT ACTIVE
MANY Properties Being Worked.
Several Mines Preparing to Extend Operations Result
of Re-openng of Smelters; Greatest Activity Now
Centers in Dos Cabezas Mountains, Near Wilcox

employing a few men at development
york Their ore appears to be high
rade, and consists OF copper, carry
ng good values in gold, and it is be-
eyed that it will pay to haul the ore
Wilcox and shipe from here b,
-ail to the shelters. The experiment
will be tride this spring after the
leather settles.
Hope for Gold Prince
The Dos Cabezas mountains is the
nearest field to Wilcox and where tt,
reatest activities have been and are
low in progress. The old silver camp
las recently passed into new hands
nd development work has started.
several men are now employed and
he force will be increased durinS
The spring and summer. Placer min
ing, which has been carried on inter-
nittently for 40 years, has assumed
new activity. In Gold gulch and
district east and north or it, several
ave made good wages at placer min
ing this winter. eW may look for
aore activity in that direction durin
next summer and fal THAN ever be-
fore.
The Gold Prince mine, located near
Dos Cabezas, was shut oown month
Or more since. The trouble seemed
to arise in the method of management
among the owners and litigation ha.
ansued. All seem to think that isis is
a good property, and it is hoped tina
the temporary differences existing in
he organization will soon be ironed
out so that the company will resume
operations.
The Leroy Consolidated Mines COM
pany is another good property. This
has not been in operation for several
months, but is expected 10 resume
during the summer.
The main mining activities are at
the Central Copper company's camp,
three miles east and to the north from
Dos Cabezas. This company controls
about So mining claims, ana employs
about 100 men. 1t has worked full
force even during the shutdown pc
Rod of other camps. This property is
well equipped with machinery and ra-
cilities are developing much ore. At
the workings on the home camp.
called the Consolidated WORKINGS, oO
or more places have opened up ores
underground. Some ore bodies are
large, and carry good values. in gold,
silver and copper. They are pushing
development work aggressively in the
lower levels, so as to cut the ore
bodies above at depth
Experiment Conducted
A year or more ago this company
also built a road across the noun
tains to another group of claims which
1t owns, called the Elma Here they.
are sinking on very large ore body
The three-compartment smart will go
down 1000 feet. They are now Gown
500 feet. The ore body continues down
and shows excellent values in copper
and silver, with a little gold. They
have third unit which they eX-
ect to start development on in IT,
future, and which promises just as
great ore finds as on the two they
are now working. Later they will in
stall reduction work and commence
producing.
curious experiment was conduct
ed upon these properties last summer
with the electric ore-finder invented
by DR.. G. NJ. Butler and STAN or the
University of Arizona at Tucson.
The device registered a continuous
ore connection between the Consoli,
dated workings on the south side of
the mountains and the Elma ore body
on the north side, the two being about
one and one-quarter miles apart
The outlook for mining in the Dos
Cabezas and surrounding sections
about Wilcox has never been brighter
and the coming year will experience
gerater activities than ever before. In
the Dos Cabezas region they now feel
that the experimental stage is long
post, and that the ore is there in large
quantities and all thas ~ neevssar,
now is go down after it, and con-
struct the proper works for reduction,
when the active producing period will
commence