Show will Mine in Old Phoenician Mines On Isle of C Cyprus Crus D. D C. C Jackling Tackling and Others to Work Properties Opened Up Forty Centuries Ago Shows Old Methods l Used by Ancients in B B. B C. C J By Todd R. R iwo Moss TI E EQUIPPED QUIPPED with modern mini mining g machinery purchased i in hi the thc U United J-J J States with California money the thc rich copper mines of the Isle of Cyprus rus which forty centuries ago furnished the copper for the thc civilized world may in a few months be turning out thousands of tons of that metaL According to an announcement mada made mad madea a syndicate of oC California capitalists has secured a long Ions term purchase lease on a score ecore or more of ot the most valuable val val- liable workings on the Island and engi engl engineers are arc on the ground outlining plans for installing modern mining machinery machin ery cry to replace the thc crude plants maintained main main- gained by the Phoenicians centuries ago While the names of ot members of ot the syndicate were not given out D. D C. C Jackling multi millionaire copper magnate of or San Francisco Is the recognized recognized rec rec- head of the corporation Freeman S Scott ott Moon chemist for the Western Precipitation company of or 1016 We West t Ninth street Los Log Angeles has applied applied ap ap- ap plied for his passports and will sail January 20 o for tor Cyprus traveling via ia England France and Switzerland Mr I Moon will have charge of or the laboratorIes laboratories labora labor tories In connection with Hh the mines and anden anden en ro route te to Cyprus will be Joined b by an n engineer and H. H M. M Mosher of this city who Is interested In the development of ot the thc properties When the thc war first broke broka out the syndicate had about completed plans for Cor or perfecting their lease of ot twenty two claims on the Island but complications complication brought about b by p the conflict forced an abandonment of or the plan until after r the tho signing signing- of or the thc armistice Within recent months negotiations the British government which has had control of or tho the island since It was lost by the thc Ottoman empire In 1878 were completed and the plans plaus of ot the engineers engineers engi engi- provide for development of or the tha tent two twenty two claims along modern lines The terms or of the lease secured from the British government are arc said sald tb to ha have havo 0 been arranged on a a. ton royalty basis Modern Railroad Five years ago tho the workings o of th the shafts sunk by the Phoenicians were inspected but no copper was wag produced owing to International complications The Tho mines are on a a. a broad gauge railway railway rail rail- way affording perfect transportation service to the tho sea five miles distant and antI to the thc capital of or the thc Island Fama- Fama gosta a cit city of or established on the eastern coast centuries ago by tho Lusignan Icings kings during the period when the thc Phoenician fleets represented tho the merchant marine of or tho the world A portion of tho claims now under control of the California syndicate arc aro located near Katy Data a small village vil yil- vil- vil lago lage In the mountains and in the thc maJority majority ma ma- of oC cases still contain tho tim flagging flagging flag flag- ging bing- installed b by the Phoenicians the tho claims being worked b by them up until B. B C. C According to the report submitted to the s syndicate b by the engineers ens tho tim mines aro are among the richest in tho the world with an almost inexhaustible supply while In some of at the thc claims sil silver ilver il- il ver in large proportions has been beon found In laying laying- out the now new workIngs workIngs work work- Ings the engineers report that ample timber Is to be bo found close at hand handon on another island and that tho the only articles of export required from this countr country will willbe be the tho mining machinery l Ship Line With time the development of at tho the properties properties proper proper- ties lies a a. special line linc of ot ore oro ships will be ba established to carr carry tho the oro down the thc Mediterranean and antI distribute It to the tho ports of th the world rhou Though h C Cyprus is rich in minerals th the tha inhabitants until recent modern tiThes times havo hare been for the thc most part o of th jip farming farmin type thou though h developments of or any nature have been handicapped duo due duoto duoto to the thc fact that tho the island has been a storm center throughout history In Including In- In eluding the thc time when It was captured b by Alexander the thc island stripped of ot ail all Its possessions and mining development development develop develop- ment completely stopped Mr 11 Moon will spend a few rew days das in New Neri York where whore he will purchase equipment lor for his laboratory it his intention to remain on the island for two years after aCtor which ho he Intends to return to the tho United States for tor a vacation It was reported in mining circles yesterday yes yes- yesterday es that D. D C. C Jackling and a a. party of ot capitalists ts aro are planning to pay a a. visit to the tho island to inspect the tho mines leased the trip to be mado made in the near future futuro in Mr Jackling's private yacht the tho Cyprus |