Show ARIZONA wilcox range news bisbee was thrown throw into to considerable excitement last week by a Z zold gold old strike in the very center of the warren district the interest has 0 grown with developments and men who are authority on oil mining matters express the opinion that 1 the strike is big with promise to the future of the camp hundreds of people inspected the ledge yesterday and all were impressed with the prospective value of the find kingman kinaman miner the union basin mining Alini nIg company is shipping 1 I another car of high grade zinc ore to the smelter at lola iola kansas for treatment this is the second car of ore shipped from the golconda mine the first car ran 50 per cent zinc besides spine some gold and silver john boyle jr general manager of the company has a number of miners at work opening up the property and getting it in shape for a large production of zinc and lead globe silver belt the stockholders of the keystone copper company voted to accept the offer of john B newman of globe who agrees to pay off the mortgage and to spend a month for two years in development at the end of which time he may take over the property for a sum unknown or let it revert to its jow owners ners this knocks out the deal the keystone made with N L amster of boston two weeks ago on practically the same lines tucson star president prindle of the helvetia copper company was in tucson monday last en route to the property mr prindle brings the news that a new ber atory furnace has been contracted tur tor in the east cast and will be installed at helvetia just as soon as the contractors can erect the same it i is s the expectation of bf the company officials to have the furnace in operation within the next sixty days and is intended to be the first unit of a large and up to date smelter bisbee review from local men who have recently visited the southern portion t of the territory it is learned that the greene cananda cananea company is advertising for a large number of men and will probably resume operations on a normal scale at the mines on or about july 15 from the same source it is learned that the labor which will be employed in the future will be mostly native and that americans will probably be employed only in places where skilled labor is necessary prescott courier although thousands of dollars has been expended in the development of the pine mountain group in the walker district it remained for W C tonkin president and general manager of the interstate inter state gold company who recently purchased the property of his concern to open the most promising and highest grade ore ever uncovered in the property the new find was made in a tunnel which he started on virgin ground after he purchased the group the tunnel is now in feet it is ninety feet along the pay streak which shows continuous since it was struck there is a large amount of the high grade ore now on the lump dump and mr tonkin is preparing to make a shipment of it clifton copper era the various improvements in prove ments of the arizona copper company are being completed one by one and the cost of handling the ore is being reduced thereby first the humboldt bridge and ore bins are almost completed and will be in use in a few days the incline for the liverpool mine is finished and the timber for the mine is now hauled up by electricity instead of being carried on burros and last of all the excavation is completed for the new horsepower direct connected engine and generator the foundation for the building is completed and the forms are being placed for the concrete foundation for the engine this will soon be in operation and furnish power for the haulage of ore from the mines kingman miner after lying idle almost seven years the properties of the jerome verde copper company will again be the scene of active operations all arrangements range ments having been recently completed for the resumption of work on a larger scale than ahan ever J al abbett sutton of new york general manager of the company who has been a week at his com banys camp at jerome arrived here yesterday on his way to the camp of the pickaway mining company to make arrangements for the transportation of the machinery there to jerome for installation on the jerome verde properties the plant which comprises a complete mining outfit of tools and appliances includes two 62 horsepower boilers a large hoist and air compressor mr sutton will personally superintend per intend the installation of the machinery and will remain at his camp in charge of operations clifton copper era herman degenar secretary and treasurer of the new york arizona gold and copper company visited clifton this week on business connected with his company he reports that the company is pushing development work and at present is employing about thirty two men the management of the company has decided to do more sinking in the future than it has in the past as they are now convinced as to the best places to do their sinking on several of the best claims principally the lillian louise and buzzard shadow excellent results have recently been obtained the company now has ample funds on hand to continue de work for some so me time but it is their intention to erect a small gold mill in the near future in order to be in a position to take care of themselves without the sale of any more stock than is absolutely necessary the company has been operating over a year and it has been forging in to the front rapidly |