Show STRIKE IN THE CALZONA post parker ariz the big gold strike on the property of the calzona mines company in the riverside mountains the first news of which was published in last weeks issue of the post continues to grow in importance as development work proceeds A number of mining men have visited the property since the monster ledge of gold and copper bearing ore was uncovered and they all speak in the highest terms of its richness and apparent permanency of the ore body the drift is now in approximately awen ty five feet at the 16 foot point the vein narrowed slightly but it has again widened to seven feet the width of the drift A shaft is now being sunk to determine its depth this working is now down approximately eighteen feet and word from the mine is to the effect that the ore is getting richer as depth is attained free gold is plentifully distributed through the rock and visible to the naked eye the values average about to the ton in gold besides carrying a high percentage of copper good sized streaks of the ore body run as high as 1000 to the ton in the yellow metal beginning with the new year there will be three regular shippers in the riverside district last week john sanburn sent out two carloads of ore to the humboldt smelter and the calzona mines company shipped one car to the same works the copper company will join the list of shippers within a short time the big strike on the calzona property has attracted wide attention attento on and the indications are that that region will become more active this winter than ever before in its history development in the various properties operating there has demonstrated beyond a doubt that the district contains ore bodies of more than usual value and as the element of chance usually accompanying mining operations in unproven districts has been practically eliminated in the active properties of the riversides River sides there is nothing to keep the region from advancing until it occupies a foremost place among the producing camps of the west |