| Show ARIZONA leasers leaders at work on the old antler mine owned by the phelps dodge corporation and located near yucca are getting out some excellent ore one car of which has already been shipped to the smelter the ridenour grand canyon copper mine situated on the rim of the canyon north of yampai from which high grade shipments of copper ore have been made ever since 1880 has been optioned option ed to R R kirk according to a kingman dispatch A new lead silver property located near nogales has been opened up by A A booth former mining engineer of the coeur dalene district in idaho the main shaft has been sunk to a depth of seventy feet and mr booth expects the property to be in the producing class before long satisfactory progress is being made in the development work on the leland property at oatman largely owned by col sam porter crosscutting cross cutting from the foot level is being pushed and the ledge which was discovered on the upper levels is expected to be encountered the work is under the supervision of superintendent tom grace the pluma king mines company is is a newly organized company which will operate in the vulture mining district near wickenburg silver lead gold ore has been opened up in quantity and the property will be actively developed W T snyder of rho phoenix enix and H W biddler Sidd ler aaron purdy A P crawford and W T crawford of mesa are the organizers it is understood that arrangements have been perfected whereby the necessary funds have been secured for the sinking of another working shaft at the hackberry mine near kingman the present shaft is overworked in supplying sufficient tonnage to keep the mill operating to capacity and with the new improvement will meet this need as well as give an opportunity for the enlargement of the mill if tonnage requires operations of consolidated arizona smelting smelling Sm elting company for the past month are summarized as follows from blue bell and de soto mines was shipped to reduction plant at humboldt tons of ore concentrator handled tons of material the smelter proper treated tons of new metal bearing ores and concentrates shipments of fine copper in bullion to eastern refineries amoun amounted tea to pounds about pounds of which was derived from ores mined in companas comp anys own properties what resembled some of the old time gold rushes of the west was the scene at the opening of the W Wall apai indian reservation to prospecting under shenew the new regula alodis recently approved at washington numerous automobiles were lined up on the eastern side of the reservation near pine springs and there was a mad rush when the starting signal was given there are a number of well known copper deposits in the vicinity and the miners have long looked forward to the time when this section would be opened for filing the arizona hillside development company operating near hillside has completed the installation of its 40 horsepower western hoist and is now sinking a on the ore body on the level at a point feet from the shaft in sinking this bunches of copper going as high as 18 per cent is being encountered the ore is a sulphide and carries some zinc the company is shipping tons of ore monthly going from 47 to 50 per cent zinc the mine is thirty miles from the railroad and the ore is delivered to the shipping point by four auto trucks three of which are white trucks while the other is a peerless indications point to the possibility of the mine developing into a great copper producer the main office of the company is located in salt lake city |
