Arizona state miner., 1926-11-13

within ten months Wickenburg will
be the center of the most active field
in the entire country, highly miner
allied district forty miles square It
is the biggest thing in the west.
Wenden Cooper Mining Co.
The following report issued last
week from the office of the president
in Phoenix, gives an idea of the sound
ness of method being followed through
out the district:
Wenden, Arizona,
October 20, 1926
To Stockholders of Wenden Copper
Mining Company:
On April 1 I addressed letter to
you, advising the status of affairs of
the company as of that date, progress
of our work and outlined plans for
future deep development of our mine
L now wish to report what has been
accomplished during the past six
months. I am pleased to advise that
your company has accepted from the
contractor, as finally completed, the
first 1000 feet of the Barkdoll shaft,
including station cut at that level.
The prOmptness with which the shaft
contract was completed, and the low
cost of this work. are points on which
our directors are entitled to commen-
dation.
Installation of certain requirements
In our equipment, making of various
repairs, occasioned by the six months
operation, and the improvement of
shaft ventilation, will consume possi-
bly, two weeks time. Thereafter we
Will run two crosscuts from the shaft
on the 1000 foot level, one to the
south and one to the north. AS pro-
gress is made with such development,
drifts viii be run from the crosse
east and west to determine the limits
of the ore block first discovered and
disclosed in our No. / shaft workings
and laterals.
The Barkdoll shaft, stockholders
will recall, was started at a point on
the surface to the north of our then
proven ore zone, in q fresh gneiss,
the country rock of our district. it
being the idea of our superintendent
and directors that such would be our
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would be hoisted to surface. Geolo-
gical data, based on observations TAX
en- On the 400 level, Indicated that the
then proposed new shaft would con
tinue in country rock to an approx
mated epth Of one thousand feet,
from which point drift would be run
to the ore
To our advantage, such calculation
were proven erroneous by the fact
that at q depth of 615 feet in the
Barkdoll shaft the ore zone was pen
etrated At that point the gneiss be-
came altered and veins and freaks Of
chalcopyrite carrying good gold val
ues came in and have continued to
our present depth. The formation, in
vertical range, dips slightly to the
northeast. Since the point where the
ore was encountered in the shaft, we
have been cross-cutting the forna-
ton at an acute angle. Assays have
shown a wide range in the values but
the average has been exceedingly en-
couraging.
n the past SIX months, we have at
9 conservative estimate, increased ten
fold the known ore tonnage on our
property and such will in all probabil-
- be further increased as the areas
70 me north are explored by the north
c-o9s-cut. Our first DEVELOPMENT
work proved our ore zone to ? point
go feet west from the Barkdoll
shaft and 800 feet to the south with
out actual exterior boundaries being
finally established. These facts when
considered in conjunction with the
mineral content Of our formation are
important factors in calculating the
earning possibilities of the company.
The almoat negligible pyrite content
II the veins and s5reaks cutting the
shaft and the high sold values which
occur with the copper suiphides, in
the Judgment Of the writer. make our
property Of an appraised value great
" in excess Of the figure arrived at