Show ACTIVITY IN YAVAPAI COUNTY special correspondence correspond ence prescott arizona dec 21 1915 more activity in mining is now evidenced in the famous yavapai county mining district of arizona than at any time during the past eight years the records of the county recorders office show that never since the time before the panic in 1907 have so many mining transactions taken place and so many location notices been filed in that office for any one month as during november 1915 the gain over the same month during last year has been tremendous location notices having been filed during that period this year as compared with but thirty one for the same time last year ta this S great activity is due somewhat to the fact that yavapai county is receiving some of the overflow from the mohave county rush but the rich gold strike in the nelson and the wonderful showing made by the little daisy have gained much attention for this field practically ayery one of the old mines are operating and with the birth of many new ones it is safe to predict that yavapai county in 1916 will see the most prosperous year in its history the united verde extension little daisy is shipping forty tons por per day about ten tons of which runs 45 per cent cop copper pei eighty men are employed in all the copper chief is mining tons daily and the new tube mill and cyanide plant recently installed to treat its gold ores is working successfully the green monster company has taken over what is known as one of the best properties in tile the verde district the old treadwell including the brookshire layman dark clark and hopkins groups about 1100 acres or more this company is composed of very representative business and mining men and a constructive tive line of development is to be pursued the mccabe district is again in the active class the houses and public school are fillin filling g up and the life of former years is again returning to th the camp among the active properties is the marshall group which is being operated by fred B tatum three shafts are being sunk and all ire are in ore this increased activity in mining is also noticeable to the south of prescott the C commercial om mercial mine is shipping seventy tons daily of high grade copper ore the dumps of the old congress mine have been leased byearl by san francisco capitalists who are no now v working these successfully the rincon mine in the weaver district has been taken over by phoenix men and a systematic line 00 of development is being followed every train brings mining engineers and prescott who are 18 5 mining men to scouring ng the county for desirable properties A list opt of mining properties and prospects is on ao file with tile the yavapai county chamber ot of 0 commerce and can be secured upon aepli ip cation to the secretary chamber of commerce ard prescott arizona A noted mining editor who recently visited prescott remarked 4 that this was the only list of its I 1 kind ever issued by a chamber of commerce ji ail and d without cost to either party |