Show ARIZONA 9 clifton copper era ambrose burke and nj P F crowley this week entered into a bond with chicago parties for their copper plate group of claims on th the e west side of coronado mountain parties will arrive soon to examine the property graham guardian F A weast contractor and ceasee of the starlight mines is meeting with success he has about I 1 tons of ore out on his lease which is worth about 65 per ton and is wanting teams to haul it to san carlos kingman miner T R garnier gamier returned monday from needles where he looked after the sampling of a carload of ore from the st louis mine the returns were very satisfactory the ore running high in lead mr garnier gamier now intends to open the property up in good shape and begin the regular shipping of ore tombstone epitaph A contract was let yesterday by superintendent fisher of the cochise gold and silver company to drive the tunnel on the companas comp anys property just beyond the state of maine another feet the tunnel is now in feet and it is expected that the main ore chute will be encountered within this distance some fine ore has been found on this property tombstone epitaph wm formerly connected with the tombstone consolidated soli dated company has secured an interest in alma claim near the emerald and expects to have extensive development work done the ledge of manganese on this property is one of the largest and best defined in the camp and should give a good account of itself kingman miner S R rhea is home again from los angeles where he made arrangements range ments for the reopening of the tennessee mine at chloride the property was recently and it will take but a abort time to put it in shape for the extraction of ore it is maintained by those who worked in the mine that there is a great body of ore in the lower level which can be taken out cheaply kingman miner charles E sherman has been at work the past two or three months on the distaff mine chloride and is now ship shipping pinga a carload of high grade silver ore to the humboldt smelter the distaff has been one of the best shippers of high grade silver ore in the chloride section but during the past few years little work has been done on it now it is expected that the mine will be opened up and regular shipments of ore made jerome news at the north verde superintendent perin james has put the gallows frame in place at the shaft and is now getting the engine and hoist on to the ground it having been in the railroad yards here for some days the delay in taking it to the property was on account of the wet and soft condition of the new road leading thereto in a very few days the power hoist will be in position and development work will be pushed forward just as fast as experienced men can do it with first class machinery clifton copper era general conditions of mining are now more satisfactory in the clifton morenci district than ever before in the history of the camp quite a number ot of new deals have already been made this year which will put many more miners to work and in addition to this all mining minin men are beginning to realize that they now have a good home market for their ores where they will vill receive a square deal with quick returns from their shipments this of itself is no small item to the man of limited means but plenty of ambition and who is willin willing ra to take chances on his property kingman miner between the and levels of the gold road mine there is said to be a solid body of ore six feet in width and feet in length the average value of which is in excess of to the ton in gold between the same levels are larger ore bodies having values from 40 to 60 to the ton the widest body being 25 feet on the level an entirely new ore body has been opened to the west which maks practically two mines this body lies under the hogback to the west of the main workings and the ore is distinct from that found in the gold road and line road mines safford guardian the old san juan mines across the river from safford now owned and operated by the gila valley copper company are looking better today than ever before in their history better ore bodies are being developed with very foot of development work the work being done under the direction of john F weber is of a nature calculated to show up the ore bodies and expose their riches so that they cm can be mined and brought to the surface for mill treatment at a minimum expense the fifty ton concentrator that this company is erecting at its mines is almost completed several cars of machinery having arrived which was hauled to the mill during the past few days this mill will concentrate all the ores of the district subject to its treatment several thousand tons of concentrating ore now being on the dumps of the san juan property the telephone line between here and the mines is now being reconstructed for the convenience of the company clifton copper era there is no denying the fact that the mining industry in the clifton district is on the verge of a boom during the past week three deals of some importance have been closed and several others are on the tapis so tar far as new deals and the inauguration of new companies were concerned there has been practical alb nothing doing in this district for the past two years or more but recently there has been much inquiry concerning I 1 property iu in the district and it now appears that capital is again heading this way for the past few years investors have been baug caught ht by the glam mour of sonora but the indian india troubles the high tax rate and the dynamite mo now more than offset the glowing accounts and the promise of cheap labor mining men have run up against so many obstacles in mexico that they are becoming pretty generally convinced that it is safer as well as more profitable to operate at home than to take chances in mexico and after all al there is no part of mexico that has shown such marked advancement as arizo arizona lia during the past 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