Show ARIZONA steam shovels are now busy at the united verde at jerome following the churn drilling which was recently completed there is a tremendous yardage of oxide ore to be removed by the shovels contracts have been let for the concrete work on the new million dollar crushing 13 plant at the united V verde erde the machinery order has been placed and it is expected that the contract for 2000 tons of structural steel will be placed this comino coming 6 week the plant is planned to be completed by summer it is rumored that the shea mine in the jerome district is to be taken over by the calumet arizona interests the shea development program which was progressing tl favorably at the time was discontinued several months ago ago in the event that the property is taken over by the C A it is considered that it will be opened and developed on an extensive scale the black eagle mine at harshaw which produced produced a few thousand dollars worth of silver about two years ago ago and later fell into litigation gitig attoh resulting in the lessees lessels giving the property back to its locators was leased last week to H H mccutchean McCutc hcan and M A hogan well known local mining men who have begun operations on the property santa cruz patagonian pata b anian an option has been taken on the keystone mine in the san francisco fra encisco district by chicago people and the work of watering unwavering un the property is soon to be under way the property is in the hands of G S holmes and T H fitzgerald who are said to be the principal shareholders and they are making possible the rehabilitation of the mines and the sinking of the main shaft to greater depth george H dowell manager of the copper queen branch of the phelps dodge corporation at bisbee recently announced that operations at the mine were beginning with men all of whom had been kept in the aamli camp on development work during the slump while it was hoped that an increase in the force might be made in the near future for the present mr dowell stated no additional miners were needed drilling for the giant meteor believed to lie buried in the earth at coon mountain 18 miles southwest of winslow is being prosecuted steadily by the united states mining and smelting smelling Sm elting company A hole has already been drilled adrille d over 1000 feet and it is declared that meteoric fragments have been encountered drilling is proceeding on the theor theory y that the meteor went off at an angle after it entered te red the earth |