Show ARIZONA nogales oasis next week S F johnson general manager of the four metals mine is expected to return from chicago and other eastern points where he has been in conference with officers and directors of the four metals mining company in regard to the development of the mine which under his management has been prospected with such success that they are now working in one of the largest bodies of copper ore in the territory wilcox range news the tellurium mining company whose claims are located about sixty five miles northeast of mesa has let a contract for the development at the mines on the main ledge ore was encountered which assayed 63 to the ton it is a gold property and it is the plan of the company to have the ores treated by smelting smelling sm elting process the ledge from which this ore was taken increases considerably in width as the shaft is sunk and the indications are that there is the making of a splendid mine there kingman miner col L P hanson came in fr from om pasadena monday last and in company with henry lovin went out to the tom reed mines the mill at the tom reed continues to turn out its quantity of bullion estimated at from 1000 to 1500 daily but only about 56 per cent of the values are saved on the plates the tailings are being stacked and will later be cyanided lovin withers have a concession for store boarding house and club rooms at the mine and will soon commence the erection of buildings clifton copper era according to the last report of edmund bristol mana managing C ing director of the new england and clifton company the company should soon be the fourth heavy producer in this district the directors have recommended the construction of a concentrator at the copper king above clifton and the building of a tram from the antietam to the tunnel connecting it with the king the report is a lengthy one and will appear in the next issue of the era the company is now on an excellent foundation and regular shipments continue from the copper king though nothing but development work is being done at the antietam nogales oasis saturday of last week the new reduction plant of the tribune ing company commenced dropping its stamps for a long run the great ore body developed already assuring an abundance afore of ore the plant comprises twenty stamps and cyanide vats the capacity being sufficient to treat tons of ore daily the contractors who erected the plant are roy I 1 acomb of nogales and they completed the plant in just five months and six days after signing the contract twenty four days inside of the contract time the mill and plant is said to be one of the most complete and substantial of the kind in the state of sonora kingman miner supt bupt L hoffman returned a few days ago from the mines of the arizona southwestern copper company in crow canyon and reports that a crosscut in the tunnel now in feet shows splendid copper values in the shaft on the pittsburg claim of the group good ore is showing up As soon as the big pump which was ordered several months ago is received and installed sinking will be resumed in the deep shaft the pump is made in sections which will allow of its being carried in to the mines on burros there being no road to the property at present all work on this property is of the best character and carried on with a view to making tunnels and shafts permanent working openings |