Show ARIZONA clifton copper era the celtic group of 0 mines are now among the shippers they sent two cars of good ore to the shannon smelter this week clifton copper era the cuprite copper company will shortly install a diamond drilling plant with which to prospect their properties near metcalf the management has concluded that it will be economy to first locate the ore bodies after which the main shafts will be sunk tombstone epitaph two important sales were made today in front of the court couf t house the sales were made by pickett picket bowman as commissioners and involved the property of the benson smelter and all appurtenances under execution and judgment against the empire smelting smelling Sm elting company for and against the southwestern smelting smelling Sm elting company for the sum of walter L wiley the plaintiff was the purchaser of both properties kingman miner superintendent J D jordan and general manager T E ludlam returned tuesday afternoon from their visit to the mocking bird mine and reported that pyo property perty to be developing into a bonanza the mine has been opened in a dozen places and all show ore of a high milling grade water is being sunk for and the prospects are that a big supply will be obtained As soon as an abundance of water is assured a mill will be put in to work the ores clifton copper era I 1 N stevens manager of the chase creek copper company has just brought in specimens of copper ore averaging about 10 per cent which was recently struck while doing work on the lafave gro group u p of claims owned by the chase creek company and located adjoining the property of the coronado mining company the property is looking so well that mr stevens at once let another contract for development work which will be continued until a mine is developed kingman miner grant mckesson came in from white hills last tuesday afternoon and has gone to needles to look after the sampling of four tons of ounces silver ore the ore was taken out the past few months by mr mckesson and john schem mel the mine has developed a fine body of this grade of ore and as soon as returns are received from the shipment mr mckesson will return to the property and continue the work of extracting the ore much dead work has been done and the ore is now in shape for kingman miner thomas mcmahon has just shipped pounds of ore from the little chief mine stockton hill to the needles smelter the ore is said to be worth about to the ton mr mcmahon stated to the miner that he had opened up a twelve inch streak of ore in the north end of the claim that will run over 1000 ounces silver this ore is still showing in the breast of the drift and in the bottom of the drift and shaft there was no outcrop of ore on the surface and none was found until the shaft had reached a depth of eighteen feet when small bunc bunce ches hes of the ore began coming in he expects to make a snug little fortune from the ore now in sight in the property |