Show ARIZONA the tungsten reef mine near hereford in cochise county has been sold to the tungsten production company of boulder colorado and operations on a large scale will proceed forthwith the ore body is said to contain approximately tons and carries scheelite gold and silver and is probably the largest exposed body of tungsten ore in the united states J G dark clark president of the purchasing company accompanied by A B frenzel consulting engineer of denver colorado visited the property last spring and checked the report by frank W royer mining engineer of los angeles F W nelson field man for the phelps dodge corporation po ration has been looking over the base metal mines of this county the past week the corporation has just blown in its big smelter at douglas and is now in the market for lead and copper ores the corporation also has a lease on the plant at humboldt and expects to have a mill in operation for the handling of complex ores especially the ores containing a large percentage of zinc mines of the Wall apai and maynard districts can well afford to start up operations for production of ores heretofore impossible of handling and there are many mines in both districts that are capable of large production kingman miner |