Arizona state miner., 1925-08-15
MINING NEWS
Of SOUTHWEST

Whining dcClVlCy cOnC1nuoS unaDated
in the Dos Cabezos district. About
100 men are employed by the Central
Copper Company, which is said to
have discovered some exceptionally
large bodies of copper ore. The ore
is of peculiar character, which will
require special process for handling.
The copper values are mixed with
magnetic iron, it seems. Those mag
netic iron deposits are so powerful in
spots that horse shoes can be made
TO stand on end and do other fancy
tricks How to separate the iron
from the copper is the big problem
now before the mineralogists.
Senator Roberts announces a pro-
ducing oil well at Wilcox, his home
town, and oil experts are swarming
in and taking up leases. A Salt Lake
outfit has installed a Standard rig
TWO miles east of town. Another new
outfit is being set up just west of
town.
A rich silver vein is reported hay-
ing been found near Vicksburg, so
miles west of Wickenburg.
Keystone Lead-Silver companv has
been incorporated near Douglas.
The new sulphur plant of the West
ern Chemicals Co., at Camp Verde is
nearing completion.
The Sinclair-Bowen well on Macy
ranch near Yuma, down 1885 feet.
SHOWS signs of commercial oil.
Three new compressors are being
installed in Stepp Brothers mine near
CLIFTON to work three shifts in each
drift.
The Arizona Redlands Copper Com
pany, A. S. Parr, Supt., Mayer, Ari.
zona, has broken into the producer
class by the shipment of a second car
OF copper ore to the smelter at Hum
boldt, running 1087@o copper with
some gold and silver. This is the
second car shipped since the prom
erty started operations under it's pres
ent management
The New Cornelia Copper COMPANY
at Ajo, Arizona, is constantly increas
ing the size of the pit where it is
now mining mixed carbonates and
sulphides.
]. B. Ward assistant chief clerk at
the Calumet and Arizona Mining Com
pany's Douglas smelter since 1918.
has been promoted to chief clerk.
taking the place of Mr. Dave.
With the transfer of the public
land mineral leasing activities of the
government from the bureau of mines
to the geological survey, a new organ
ization known as the conservation
branch" has been created in the in.
terror department, under supervision
OF the director of the survey. It will
have engineering control of all min
eral leasing on. the public domain as
well as the classification of public
lands
Bryan Akers of Phoenix has incor
porated the Cerbat Mining Company
near Kingman Akers has also re-
ceived permit to sell stock of the
Butte, Los Angeles, Mining Co.
Surveys on Choctaw, Alabama, and
Chickasaw claims of the Black Giant
Mines near Wenden have been ap-
piled for.
Jack Coffee of Yuma, Arizona, ac-
companied by force of engineers.
is making preliminary survey of
the workings of the Red Cloud mine.
so miles out of Yuma
The Signal Mines Company of Yuc-
ca, Arizona has closed its mine and
mill
One of the largest civil suits ever
filed in Yuma county has been start
ed by the Swansea Lease, Inc, against
the Swansea Consolidated Gold and
Copper Company and the Hellman
Commercial Trust and Savings Bank
of Los Angeles.
Although the smelter of the South
west Metals Company, G. M. Colvoco-
resses, Humboldt, Arizona, is not op-
Grating. they are purchasing gold, sill
yer and copper ores.
Shipments have been started from
a property being operated by J. w
Lemons A. e. Susser and C. r. Lake,
all of Prescott, Arizona The prop
erty is located % miles north of Hill
side
Work has been resumed ON the
property of the Lucky Strike Copper
Company Hassayampa district, Pres
cott, Arizona, under the direction of
w B. Putnam