Show ARIZONA the shattuck arizona copper company operating at bisbee has declared a regular quarterly dividend of 25 cents per share payable january 20 to stock of record on december 31 directors of the united verde extension mining company operating at jerome have declared the regular quarterly dividend of 50 cents a share payable february 1st ast to stock of record january ath A new shaft is being sunk on the properties of the arizona commercial mining company at copper hill near bisbee it is expected that the new shaft will be able to handle tons in six hours and increase production from tons to 1000 tons per month harry and clarence eckert owners of the old braganza Bri ganza group of claims south of prescott have leased their holdings to J gardner scott president and leo stevens secretary of the golden dragon mining company active development work on the old property is promised the copper queen mining company considers that it holds a record in the operation of a big mine and the facts justify the assumption the company employs 2500 men and has not had a fatal accident in A a whole year and has gone sixteen months without a fatal accident underground an excellent silver strike has been made in the silver zone mine in the turkey creek district four miles southeast of turkey postoffice post office A shaft has been sunk to a depth of feet and there is every evidence of permanency the high grade ore runs 1928 ounces to the ton and the low grade ounces work in the lower tunnel of the highland chief mine at oatman has reach reached edthe the objective in uncovering the rich gold ledge found on the upper levels already eight feet of the vein has been penetrated without encountering the foot wall free gold is in evidence and the depth is increased some feet so the results are more than satisfactory active operations are to commence on the property of the new cornelia west mining company which is located between the new cornelia and ajo consolidated properties at ajo according to ta george sayers former owner of the claims the property is a most promising one and under capable management and with sufficient financing should prove an excellent producer monster steam shovels are to be used in removing cubic feet of material from the surface of the united verde mine at jerome in an effort to extinguish the fire that has been raging in the upper levels for years the intention is to lower the entire surface of the property to the foot level and the work will cover a period of years about tons of ore has been already blocked out in the development work which has reached a depth of but feet in the flux mine near patagonia another six months of work is planned at which time a ton smelter will be built one of the interesting developments has been a silver lead body which on the foot level shows by feet of solid carbonate ore the mizpah mine formerly the old eagle property near wickenburg has been taken over by john smith of los angeles california joseph P rossiter of henryetta oklahoma and sill and sill mining engineers of los angeles the property has been fully equipped with new machinery and extensive development is under way including the sinking of a two compartment shaft to a depth of feet the mccracken silver lead mining company has started shipments of ore taken from the development of the mine which is located at kingman there are great masses of mill ore in sight but enough shipping grade is present to make profitable shipments to the smelters shelters sm elters the foot level is the present objective and when this point is reached the property will be in a class with the largest producers of silver lead ores in the country |