Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-10-17
MINING NEWS

PHOENIX,. Oct. 16 P-The October
15 issue of The Mining Journal mar
rates considerable activity in the
mining field, with particular atten-
tion to development work. The fol-
lowing review appears in the recent
issue:
/, Z he Mason Copper company has
purchased the interests of the Arizona
United Development company in the
Little Dragons. J. B.. Tenney, who
has been in Tucson for the past
year with the Arizona bureau of
mines and was previously with the
Copper Queen at Bisbee is engineer
in charge. George Wilson, of the
Old Dominion bank at Globe, is vice
president and general manager The
company plans to continue develop
ment for at least year before
starting milling operations.
The Calumet and Arizona Mining
company announced the purchase Of
the Calumet hospital, formerly
owned and operated6rby,, DR.. L. T,
Wright, in Douglas. I'D 4y :
The initial run of the newly con-
structed concentrator of the Central
Copper company at Dos Cabezas has
been made. with everything operat-
ing smoothly. The mill will be placed
in regular production this month.
The new tramway, sjust completed
from the Elma shaft tGe the new mill,
is one of the longest aerial conveyors
in lie state.
A certificate has been issued the
Meteor Crater Exploration and Min
ing company of Humboldt by the
state corporation commission, author
izirg the company issue and sell
$4,000 worth of it's preferred land
common stock. This gtompany aswas s
formed to mine mineral in the
meteor in Coconino county. '
The Western Syndicate, Inc, Phoe-
nix, is reopening the Bobtail prop
erty southwest of Globe. A test
carload shipment was made to the
International smelter at Miami and
the carload sampled approximately
$40 per ton in gold, silver and copper,
with an additional value of ia per
the Miami shelter. Complete selective
flotation tests have shown az per
cent recovery of the gold, silver and
copper and 94 per cent of the zinc.
The Arizona Cinnebar company,
Globe, is employing ~ men in the
development of its quicksilver prop
critics in northern Gila county. Four
i,
tract.
The new S6,OOO,OOO teaching plant
of the Inspiration Consolidated Cop
per company, -Inspiration, is being
placed in operation, the first pro-
duction probably being made within
the next two months. Actual teaching
began October L and as rapidly as
possible the plant will be put up
TO its normal capacity Of $500 tons
a day
A New York engineering company
is endeavoring to find placer mining
ground in Arizona which might be
developed by the installation of gold
dredges.
The Stemwinder Gold Mines COM
and VIII run at GO to 70 tons daily,
later stepping up capacity to 100
tons.
The Arizona Premier Mines com.
pany, Kingman, now has six machine
drills at work in its Fountain Head
and other mines. From the ore
broken down in development, two
cars or more week are going for
ward to the mills in Utah.
All efforts at the Belmont Copper
Mining company, Superior, are being
devoted to shaft sinking, all other
lines of mine work being suspended
for the present. The sinking is
progressing at the rate of five feet
a day.
The shaft at the Mcdonald mine of
the Morrison Development company,
Patagonia. is being unwatered pre-
para tory to extensive development,
according to F. Albert Morrison, pres
ident
CLIFTON, Oct. 16-The first aid
team of the Phelps Dodge corpora
ton Morcnci branch, will appear at