Show SMELTER AND RAILROAD FOR AJO advices advises from ajo arizona state that colonel john joh C greenway green way of the C aa A and new cornelia copper companies recently returned to the ajo it is reported to be the colonels plans to commence construction of the railroad from ajo to the gulf of california and it is also understood that colonel greenway green way will be active in the building of a smelter at ajo in the very near future J the new cornelia copper company compan y has increased the working force particularly in the steam shovel pits an extra shift having havin g been put to work there this gives employment to about fifty men at that section of the companas comp anys property the ton experimental flot flotation atio n plant will be ready for operation in about two months sam dark clark the owner of the valley property announces that western operators WhO now have a lease and bond on this property will soon start drilling same on this property the ore deposit has the same charac te as the new cornelia Cornel lat and it is fig ared that big bodies of commercial ore nay may be encountered the little ajo is still drilling an and d depth of over 1700 feet has been reached at the drill cores are looking good as far is concerned but theado they d wal indicate any chan change geIn in the formation ad is still a rhyolite rock this property propel west joins the new cornelia on the but owner knox of ajo was the original eastern capital is now interested 05 the cardigan property ow owned by th childs and associates of ajo was recently rec bonded to san francisco capital for period of sixty days the purchase price being this property has been developed and many deep shafts have been sunk on good ore showings the ore carrying not only good copper values but also have silver and gold content ores from this property have been shipped to the smelter at globe the last shipment of nine cars netted 1000 per car very little development work has been done this summer by the property owners of ajo mining district but in the growler district which is southwest of ajo considerable activity is noticeable among the prospectors and claim owners particularly so near the railroad survey from ajo to the coast this railroad when comple completed tel will open up some good gold and copper country which heretofore has been neglected through lack of transportation |