Show ARIZONA jerome news general manager hull is doing things at the mine and smelter of the Peo cleopatra patra copper company as well as on the kin king consolidated company ground the cleopatra smelter will be entirely completed before the of next month the power 1 plant to handle which is now in place and has already been given a trial run clifton copper era considerable excite pent ment has been created in the Chiri cahuas by a rich strike of copper ore on the edge of that town last week the property is owned by the epply brothers well known in douglas and judging from reports which arrived last week these men appear to have one of the best properties ever located in the Chirl chiricahua cahua district jerome news contractor mitchell is still at work enlarging the diamond drill hole on the harryhausen Harry housen group which is being developed by the jerome mines development company the ground in which they are working is hard and progress necessarily slow but when casing is put in past the eaves caves progress will be rapid as the bottom of the hole is in soft ground tombstone epitaph george S wilson manager of the sterling copper companas comp anys property in the DOS cabezas mining district is in the city for a few days mr wilson states that a body of high grade sulphide ore ten feet wide had recently been L opened up and that the development of the numerous properties in that section is bein being prosecuted with encouraging results H E peoples of tombstone has been appointed fiscal agent of the company kingman miner E came over from chloride last night and departed to los angeles he is getting the old smelter at that place in readiness to start up as soon as coke is received A carload of coke is now in the kingman yard on its way to chloride if a coke smelter will handle the ores of the pinkham mine successfully it is probable that a standard stack will be put in the gentlemen in charge of the enterprise are doing everything in their power to make a success of the undertaking the mine is all right and if the ore can be reduced on the ground it will mean great things for chloride camp kingman miner henry G latter ot of milwaukee arrived in kingman thursday night he was met here by R P wheeler and boget together her the gentlemen are to go to the Sun cloud mines below signal A company has just been organized with a large larg e capital to handle these mines and mr wheeler I 1 Is to superintend the work the mines show good bodies of an excellent grade of gold ore and the present development indicates the opening up of large ore bodies at a lower depth the mines are situated close to the dig big sandy creek where plenty of water for all mining and milling purposes can be had wood is also quite plentiful in that section globe belt the old dominion made several remarkable smelter runs during the past week breaking all records one day with an output of eighty tons of blister copper the production of copper for the month will probably exceed pounds very little is being accomplished underground this week as the big hoist is undergoing repairs A day or two longer will see the repairs finished and operations resumed on a larger scale the supply of ore in the bins and from outside sources is sufficient to keep all the furnaces running reports from the continental rhine mine are highly satisfactory shipments of ore aggregate about 1000 tons per month tombstone epitaph george R welborn president of the ellwell gold mining company will leave tomorrow for the companas comp anys property in the huachuca Hua chuca mountains to begin operations A force of men will have already arrived at the camp and will commence work during the present week mr welborn states that considerable development work is contemplated and that a shaft will be sunk to the depth of about feet to tap the vein of the main tunnel further down the mountain machinery and supplies for the company have already arrived at hereford and are being transported to the mine it is the immediate intention of the management to equip the mill and mines with electric power and do away entirely with the use of gasoline for lighting and power purposes |