Show ARIZONA the ray hercules mines inc ted wilson ray arizona have started the hoisting of ore and filling of bins and plan to start the concentrator diamond drilling is being done at the goodroad Gold road mine D R muir manager oatman arizona this it ia the mine of the united states smelting smelling Sm elting and refining company senator W A clark accompanied by his sons paid a visit to the united verde mine at jerome he expects to return within the next two months for an extended stay walter douglas president of the phelps dodge corporation of new york city has been making a trip of inspection to the company properties in the southwest and old mexico the dripping springs copper company A S copely arizona is making plans for development work which is to cost approximately a month A crew is being employed for immediate activity the western chemical company inc according to S D pepin president of the coni company pany will put in a washing plant and ship 20 tons of 95 per cent pure sodium sulphate daily from clemenceau arizona the deposit is located near camp verde the mccracken silver lead mining company kingman arizona is milling ore from a new body of ore uncovered on oil the level shipments last month consisted of six cars of concentrates unlike most of the other mines in the vicinity the mccracken carries carries no zinc zinc only lead and silver the kay copper corporation heard building phoenix recently purchased from george W long of phoenix his interest in the 34 claims upon which the activities of the company have centered for years mr long has been the principal owner of this mine the purchase price is given at A new method of development is being adopted at the shea mine jerome arizona oscar engelder superintendent development work on the and 1200 levels has convinced the officials that the rich vein of ore opened on the and levels did not receive its enrichment from below from now on all efforts will be centered in a drift tunnel along the flat vein which intersects the shea vein shipments of ore have been discontinued due to the price of silver we understand that the oatman gold has secured a right of way through the hartman property which allows that company to get into another section of their vein for which the company was driving prior to the shutdown it is expected that the work will be resumed on this development sometime after the first of the month and continued into promising territory the driving of this drift will be worth considerable to the hartman property which will be opened at a deep level fr far below the openings in the outcrops outcrop i kingman miner the north butte mining company has taken a three year option on a group of claims in the superior district near the magma mine there are 71 claims in the group and on one of them a shaft was sunk to a depth of feet several years ago it developed a small vein of ore but it now has been determined that it did not reach the the formation in which the ore in that district occurs this having recently been proved by the magma mine operators who have the real ore area finally located magma has made important finds of ore at depth rich ore bodies at feet being feet or more in length this has given important recent information on the geola geological ical aspects of the district |