Show strike ke in in the pentland BY F W BOWER mayer ariz may 6 ten feet of shipping ore has been encountered in the west crosscut at the foot level in the arizona copper mine locally known as the pentland mine this sounds like a simple statement but in reality it is without question the most important ore discovery made in the mayer district for many a day the arizona copper mining corporation was started locally about a year ago on oil a group of mining claims owned by E B pentland of this place the first stock was subscribed for in mayer it was later financed in the east to the extent of about the company has done actual mining A two compartment shaft was put down to the foot level which depth it reached last week crosscutting Gross cutting was commenced east and west the expectation being that ore would be found on each side of the shift shaft the first vein to be encountered came in about thirty feet west of the shaft the vein so far has been cut through for ten tell feet showing an excellent grade of smelt ing ore in copper and silver there is reason to believe the vein will be much wider the ore is in the schist the copper values being in the form of which is closely disseminated in the schist mining men who have examined the strike are particularly well pleased with the fineness of the grain of the ore strike of great importance no strike of ore in the mayer district has had such a lifting effect for i nany months as this pentland strike considerable of the stock is held locally and everybody is holding onto it at double the price of last week before the strike was made they are expecting to hear of something sensational before the width of the vein is determined then the mine is so close to mayer about two miles northwest that it means a payroll that will come directly to the town most of the miners live in ill mayer and go back and forth to work each day outside of the worth of the strike to the stockholders of the company and its effect on the business of mayer it means a great deal to the district for far the mine is 10 located at d in an all entirely new camp off from the blue bell or binghampton Bing hampton strikes the mine ai joins the old hackberry mine on th the no noril and is about one mile south ot of the oli boggs mine this ore system runs paralle barall I 1 to the blue bell belt about one raile mile acs d and it can be easily traced dorthia through the iron queen boggs swindle lei lone pine and the property jut just ta en over by the humboldt consolidated consolidate d cup per company no properties have been de 4 t to the south of the pentland min inke to any great extent although the ground is all staked for several miles in that 5 it again proves yavapai schist f the pentland strike has again prove f up the yavapai schist the depth of tt 01 1 shaft feet is sufficient to find perna perm i I 1 nent ore bodies as has been proven in the ti i i blue bell binghampton Bing hampton and other deep mines of the district another vein of on orli is known to exist east of the shaft and it r is expected to be encountered at any mhd time this mine undoubtedly has a great fo ture it is well managed and results have hats come just about as ag planned at the beginning 0 of things a year ago there need be 1 no experiments either in the mining of tilt thi ore or the milling for there are now is I 1 the mayer district a number of successes sei seO on the same character of ore there is at a yet no talk of the company putting UPI up mill at the mine the most important thing in the planning by the company is to fild a mine first which is considered booi gooi business mayer to have custom mill mayer is to have soon a custom ors plant the mayer ore purchasing compan has leased and re fitted the old gray mill a mile below town and in a few dap W will be ready to buy custom ore the c lacity will be about tons for the 0 coar coarse concentration flotation process and sixty tons will be e cent ration later on the company in ill the ready to handle oxidized copper ores leaching department the mill is in cw original in of H A wagner who was the w 06 of the electrolytic process for the mill was built the whole plant W burch now under lease to the mayer ore ing company nee needed A custom mill has been greatly 9 in ill the mayer district any sized ore s shit it F ment will be handled it will make fand fi 21 sible for the small mine owner to outlet for his ore chasing the company also acts as pair aad I 1 agent for ores which will be sampled sample cora complete shipped to outside smelters shelters sm elters A has been esta sampling department debef in which to make tests on ores to mine the best methods for treat men J al a I 1 i there is also a custom assay office plant 4 0 the mill will start off with P plen lenty of il I 1 t for a steady run about afif fifty t Y ton tona have been secured already |