Show ARIZONA the united verde extension mining company jerome george kingdon manager has taken an option on the property of the bisbee queen development company in the bisbee district and will begin exploratory work at once the katherine extension mining company kingman charles waters superintendent has reached a depth of over feet with its main shaft at the present time the shaft is being sunk in a formation in which there are no seams or stringers but which carries gold values of from 4 to 7 per ton the old hardshell mine under the direction of ed bohlinger patagonia is now drifting in a solid face of ore averaging 89 ounces silver and 29 per cent lead per ton while the drift proper is five feet in width it has been widened to seven feet at this time and the limits of the ore body are not yet in sight R J edwards representing himself and four associates all miners of globe is hauling a carload of siliceous copper ore from the giant copper claims in the north end of the mountains for shipment to the international smelter at miami the ore will be sampled by the tucson sampler and if the initial shipment of forty tons is satisfactory the owners expect to enter regular production during the three months ended september 1926 there was produced by magma copper company pounds of refined copper at a cost of cents per pound after deducting gold and silver silve r values this cost does not include any allowance for depreciation or federal taxes but includes all other fixed and general expenses the net earnings for the same period before deducting deprecation and federal taxes were based on a net sales price of cents per pound of copper the past two weeks says a recent issue of the kingman miner R M daily a federal attorney from the land office at santa fe and H W mcferren an engineer and geologist of the same office have been making examinations of the lands in the Wall apai mountains signal and planet areas where there is some dispute as to the mineral character of the lands as classified by the government engineers some time ago the santa fe railroad is protesting against the classification and W B collinson of topeka kansas assistant land commissioner of the santa fe and field engineer C B mcclelland of kinman kingman kin 1 I man accompanied the government men on their various trips over the disputed areas in an effort to convince them that the lands are non mineral in character it is possible that there will be a hearing clearing before the land office before the matter is clarified |