Show in nearby states ARIZONA the redlands arizona copper company operating the miner aliner property near mayer is is installing a cu ft chicago pneumatic air compressor i I 1 bill simpson and paul schneider former lyof phoenix have reported the striking of rich ore in the quartzsite Quartz site mountains which is said to assay sixty per cent lead and ounces of silver according to word from superior E H lundquist superintendent of the magma 6 mine for ten years resigned his position on oil june 1st ast F W stone formerly assistant superintendent succeeded mr lundquist A car of high grade manganese ore was shipped last week from the burmister property near mayer to the steel co corporation rp oration at birmingham alabama a shipment of a car per week is expected to follow with regularity the barbara shaft now being sunk by the united eastern mining company three miles east of mayer is being deepened five feet six inches each 24 hours mineralized seams are now showing in the bottom of the shaft at a depth of feet on oil june 1924 there were eleven prospects and mines working in yavapai county june 1st ast 1925 there are 42 mines and prospects working with indications that the number will increase more than per cent before the end of the year leasers leaders upon the storm cloud mine south of prescott are taking ou out high thigh grade gold copper ores of at least a car per week now being made with expectation of doubling this output within the next month the ores from the storm cloud clod mine are very 1 low and particularly desirable at the smelters shelters sm elters 1 the may production of the tom reed has passed all previous records of the mill since the lessors lessons took it over the estimate bein being 6 better than for the may cleanup this will be about above the april cleanup and tar far above the other months since the first of the year che he goodroad Gold road leasers leaders are still shipping exceptionally good ore re to the mill and the tonna tonnage b e shows a slight 6 increase over that of last month the ajo extension copper company joseph josegh A hunter I 1 president and general n manager lanager tucson announces announce that preliminary development by diamond drilling is to be started within the next sixty to ninety days ten holes are to be drilled each to a depth of feet the ajo exten sion on consists of twenty one claims lying south of the new cornelia at ajo twenty five shallow test pits on the tl ie claims show copper ore in carbonate form As a distinct surprise to the mining world comes the announcement from general john C greenway that he be has signed reigned as general manager of the calumet and arizona clipper apper companies a position which he has held for the r rast past ast fifteen years the retiring official refused to give his reasons masons for resigning declaring thattie th that atthe the decision was voluntarily reached and was contained in the written resignation w in the hands of gordon campbell president of the calumet lumet and arizona company arizona mining journal BRITISH COLUMBIA reconditioning a branch of the kettle valley railroad from princeton to the allenby copper companas Comp anys property at copper mountain is proceeding in expectation of shipments of copper concentrates from the mill at allenby four miles aniles froni from the mine the movement of concentrates to the consolidated mining and smelting smelling Sm elting 1 5 company s smelter at trail is expected to begin in july or august the production of pounds of copper annually is expected to result from operations operation of the allenby company when operations in the mine and mill reach capacity the allenby is controlled by the granby consolidated mining and sm smelt elt in ing company COLORADO B N ramsey who with T J creel has taken a bond and lease on the bon homme and illinois boy in buroughs park section has matured plans for a custom sampler for ore of the district generally and construction of a twenty ton concentration and notation flotation mill in connection th therewith ere will be soon inaugurated the old jackson mill on chicago creek out of idaho springs which recently had what is known as a selective or preferential flotation plant installed which causes a separation of zinc and lead concentrates is proving 6 quite a success according to mr gibbs who states that they are now making a 65 per cent lead and a 35 per cent zinc product they are running about five in one and making a high grade product N A hansen has taken an option on the last chance 1 2 3 and 4 claims on hotchkiss mountain near the main highway from lake city two and a half miles south from the depot mr hansen is now driving a crosscut cross cut to catch the vein showing down all the way in an old shaft getting it at feet depth at which point ore has been already taken out that runs ounces silver per ton 39 to 40 per cent lead and fair values in zinc the property is near the old producer the golden fleece and adjoins the goshen the camp of rico under the beneficent influence of a high price of lead removal of the ban on zinc ores and reduced freight tariffs effective june 23 is today in a more flourishing condition than it has been in y years ears according Z to manager fred price who returned to salt lake after a ten day visit to the property of the rico argentine mining company control of which is owned by salt lake capital construction of a new 2000 foot tramway to transport rico argentine ore has already started this work will be finished by june 23 according to mr price A crew of twelve men is employed in and about th the emine mine there is a sample of rich ore containing several thousand dollars per ton in gold and silver taken from the deep workings of the orphan boy mine of mosquito gulch in the alma mining district on exhibit in the office of W F kendrick coronado building denver this ore is from the ore shoot or vein that the miners were working in at the time vein crevice filled with water under they shot into a cross or considerable pressure that filled the workings and drowned the mine the orphan boy mine is one of the famous producers of colorado mining history and in position to repeat or come back when the matter of drainage is over overcome conle attained through connection with which may be permanently the mascotte tunnel the international exploration company with offices in denver recently sent a number of trucks loaded with supplies and mine workmen from denver to the well known george III property southerly some twenty five miles from lake city and in the camp carson section a force of eight of these men are now busy under the direction and management of E B burdshall Bird Birds shall liall E M running drifts levels and adits adias to systematically get under the old lower workings of the property at the same time doing necessary cleaning out and strengthening timbers etc the head of the old tunnel will be driven some 1200 feet further in as a complete drainage adjunct to the workings this company is also erecting necessary additions to the buildings already in place for the installation of their special chlorination process of ore treatment IDAHO preparation to speed work on the property of the silver star mining company on big creek has begun with an order for the installation of machine drills and compressor according to reports from kellogg high grade crude ore and concentrates are being shipped from the sunshine mining companas Comp anys property on big creek coeur dalene region at the rate of four carloads a month as compared with two and a half carloads in april the shaft in the stratton mines companas Comp anys property in the coeur calenes dA lenes is now down a depth of fet in four feet of ore most of the way it will be sunk forty or fifty feet deeper and then drifting will be started on the foot level patents to thirty five lode mining claims were received from washington by the land office at boise recently for the consolidated mascot mines company with the six pi patented Lien ted claims already owned by that company its total patented holdings in one solid group amounts to forty one mining claims additional equipment adding fifty tons to the capacity of the idaho metals companas Comp anys mill at mackay has been purchased and is being installed the equipment includes a new ball mill complete which unit will bring the capacity up to tons daily and increases the production of the mill to fifteen railroad cars per month excavation is proceeding for foundations that will support the ball mill rolls crusher and other machinery with which the property of the giant ledge syndicate at murray in the coeur dalene region will be equipped according to word received at spokane from officials of the company the foundations will be on bedrock L 0 is president ravenel macbeth of mackey secretary of the idaho mining association has undertaken a survey of expenditures in 1924 by development companies producing non dividend paying companies assessment asse work on and newly located mining claims in idaho he wil dij go to boondry county thence to bonner and other northern idaho counties before entering the southern parts of the state considerable excitement has prevailed among prospectors over the recent discovery of rich gold bearing quartz on northford northfork North fork some very high grade free gold ore has been encountered on the modoc chief lode belonging to J rathbun of carmen recently J E ney of colorado and allen alien of salmon have been associated with mr Bath rathbun bur and they have staked out two or three additional claims in that locality but several others have rushed to the district and stuck up notices on other ground the scene of the modoc claim is on the east side of the northfork northford North fork valley or gulch about three miles above the mouth of that creek specimens of the ore show gold in large chunks or nuggets plastered all over them salmon herald another famous old producer of df custer county and oneff one of the outstanding mining 6 properties of central mineral empire is to again join the list of producers says the mackay miner the beardsley mine located near the in the bayhorse badhorse Bay horse canyon about seventy miles from mackay is to be operated under tinder lease which was negotiated by roy huffman in the interest of himself and wayne darlington mr huffman formerly successfully operated a lease on the beardsley property which lease terminated in 1922 in the early history of central idaho the beardsley was one of the chief producers with over 1000 worth of metals to its credit recovered from comparatively shallow workings MONTANA in 1924 the output of mines reached a total of nearly forty million dollars 4 J montgomery and mayor briscoe of lewistown Lewis town expect to develop the abby group of mining claims near kendall the hill development company has taker taken over the julia property near elliston the property a number of years ago produced a large amount of high grade ore the company expects to drive a drift feet long starting in the imeldo clai claim m on the foot level this will give a depth of about feet on the julia claim the developments are being financed by minneapolis investors A G siebenaler son are installing an experimental leaching plant to treat the ores of the consolidated metals company if successful the properties will be operated on a large scale consolidated metals is a merger of the butte duluth and mines in the eastern portion of the butte camp these properties contain large ore bodies of copper carbonates and silicates lying close to the surface vice president J R robbins of the anaconda copper mining company announces that directors have authorized an increase increase of approximately one third to the present capacity of the great falls zinc plant construction will be begun immediately the present plant which is the largest larga a 1 z zinc inc refinery in the world has a capacity of OW pounds per month and will be increased to per month when the plant is in operation it will require an additional men and an additional h p of electricity to be furnished furnish edby by the montana power company NEVADA charles keough is producing four flasks flacks of quicksilver daily from the mina mercury company mine eleven miles cast of mina and it is reported has opened a shoot of very rich ore ludwig sandberg harold miller and charles johnson of reno and P J murphy and L A brinkerhoff Brinker hofT of tono pah have taken a bond and lease on the crown point mine in i four miles from spring garden and nine miles east I 1 of 01 quincy cal and will commence work ther thereon iao immediately the property has not been operated for several years on account of the death of the owner and subsequent leg legal a 1 difficulties according to present arrangements work will be r resumed e I 1 soon at the olympic mine at freiburg when work I 1 ceased last winter the long tunnel had opened up a wide vein of silver lead ore and this discovery will be proved ved with i h lateral work other properties in the freiburg district ha have e excellent showings and the sustained high price of lead may lead to their further development T frank moore of the star coal company of ogden utah tom Settle worth mining engineer and S H goodman of the goodman mercantile company returned wednesday from an inspection of the silver B bar ar mining company property on muncy creek they report that installation of two air compressors is now in progress A five hundred foot tunnel will be started mediately immediately im to cut the ledge at a depth of about feet feed mr moore da parted wednesday for ogden ely record esth L and charles L goodman of ely have taken over the hollinger group of five claims at gilbert from M J toner and dan the original locaters locators lo caters whose monuments date back to october 20 1924 the consideration is said to have been A company to be known as the gilbert hollinger gold mining company will ill be organized and a shaft sunk to develop the ground the group adjoins the ruth claims which were bought by one odthe of the los angeles syndicates several weeks ago A diamond drill outfit has been received by H T hamilton and ira B joralemon who are now FLOW operating the treasure hill properties at hamilton under bond it is reported I 1 I 1 that representatives of the phelps dodge corporation C orp 0 ra have been inspecting the treasure hill mines work is is in in progress on the property of the argyle mining company formerly the eureka hamilton hamilto n sinking conti continues in the shaft of the white pine wining mining company a and nd s several 1 l other companies are starting development work along the treasure hill ridge the divide extension liis has cam completed a new and is setting 6 the hoist f allta kofl william H webber died recently in denver accord mg ing t to letter received in reno webber was afis one of the original owners of the nevada hills mine at fairview and was manager during the period of large production associated with him in the ownership were james R davis who made a fortune at goldfield and round mountain john kirby y john T hodson W H dark clark and W V kice the mine ne was a large and highly profitable producer from the beginning ginning when high grade silver ore was found at grassroots all of the original owners except davis w were ere utah men and all have passe daway r except ar davs dav p an and d dark clark nevada mining press another rich strike of high grade ore has been made in the betty oneal mines A recent rec eiTt inspection dathe property shows ore bodies larger and richer bd fore dipre in its history the most recent strike is an ore body fifteen L feet wide and sixty feet long averaging ounces silver per ton toil gross production of thia the betty ONeal mines for w the quarter ending march 31 was a according to the ie companas comp anys bullion tax statement to the 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