Arizona state miner., 1925-07-11
MINING NEWS
Of SOUTHWEST

The Black Giant Mining Company,
operating the Little Giant mine at
Wenden, Arizona, has Cancelled a
working lease for the purpose of be-
ginning operations on company ac-
count. This property is owned by a
group of Mobile, Alabama, men.
The Wenden Copper Mining Com
pany Wenden, Arizona, has started
the sinking of new shaft on its
properties. The new shaft, which is
TO be. known as the BarkdOll will be
carried to depth of between 1000
and 1900 feet, depending on the wa
ter conditions encountered. Construc-
ton work will be under the supervis-
ion of w. A. Buchanan, who has sue
ceeded w. N. Ormsby as superintend-
ent. Ned Creighton, general manager
of the company, has just taken up his
residence in the camp and will be on
the job permanently. Following the
first work on the shaft and the in
sta1lation of machinery about 40 men
will be employed.
Splendid progress in the new work
is reported by Col. Fred Bowler of
Prescott, manager of the Franco
developing the claims on the west
slope of Vulture Peak, Wickenburg,
Arizona. The controlling interest, 81
per cent of the stock, in this new de-
velopment is held by the Pittsburg
Steel and Mines Company. Consider
able new equipment is being added
and plans for future work are exten-
sive.
Col. Fred Bowler has just returned
from a visit to the Sinaloa Mines,
which are to be consolidated with the
recently acquired Copper Chief south
OF the Vulture and the Yavapai coun-
ty holdings known as the Franco
American Copper Company.
An encouraging report has been
made by Charles NJ. Donohue mineral
engineer, on the Gibraltar claims, To-
Gated 40 miles north of Congress juno
t1on and so miles south of Kingman.
The claims were secured several years
ago by Richard Allen, who now has
associated with him J. w. Fleming.
Lloyd B. Christy, Andrew Quist, Ho-.
mer Quist and other residents of
Phoenix and the valley
The shaft of the Peerless Mining
Company, on the Summit mine, e. G.
Campbell, Kingman, Arizona, has been
unwatered and is to be repaired pre-
paratory to furthering development or
the 800 level. Development on the
140 level has been carried about 400
feet in both directions The Peerless
company is having all claims surveyed
and plated, the work being done by
Foster and Davis.
During May, Onetto and Fairbanks,
Iessees of the Goldroad mine, Gold
road, Arizona, shipped $50 tons of ore,
valued at $37 per ton. Shipments
were made to the Tom Reed Mill.
The first unit of the mill of the
Katherine Gold Mines, R. L. Dimmick,
manager, Kingman, Arizona, was turn
ed over the first of the week and
moved smoothly.
1t is stated that plans have been
perfected for the consolidation of the
properties of the Greenback Mining
company, Pinal Grande Mining Com
pany, and the Pinal group. IN Casa
Grande district, Arizona, 40 miles
south of Casa Grande.
The asbestos mining industry of
Arizona will be greatly stimulated by
The statement just made by the Riga
Asbestos Mining Company of Los An
geles, operating in Fluorine mining
district, Gila County, Arizona to the
effect that most satisfactory agree
ment has been made with one of the
largest users of crude asbestos in the
east for the product of it's mines for
the V0ar 1Q2S
The asbestos is to be delivered at
the railroad at Globe, Arizona, the
terms of settlement, according to Roy
c. Mead, consulting engineer for the
company, requiring the payment of
80 per cent of the sale price on deliv-
cry, the remainder G. o. D. at unload
ing point in the east.
Negotiations by the Shattuck-Ari-
zOna Copper Company to acquire the
Denn-ArizOna Copper Company, a PIP
acre property in the Bisbee district
of Arizona, have been virtually COM
pleted and the Shattuck-Denn Mining
Corporation has been incorporated
with authorized capital of 100000
shares, no par value, witha view of
absorbing the merger companies.
According to the text of message
from the Kay Copper Corporation of
Canon, Arizona, one of the drifts on
cid0 Of Tho pr09f