Show ARIZONA kingman miner work is progressing at the g K N P mines in IXL basin where a new 1 hoist and pumping machinery are being put in general manager H al bowen has been looking after the installation of this machinery and will soon have sinking under way the presence of copper in the strike is A a slight confirmation of the belief oft expressed that with greater 1 1 reater depth this f famous a camp will repeat the history of butte and other silver camps in developing into a copper producer the progress of development on the new strike will be watched with interest tombstone epitaph A rich strike of ore was encountered at the foot level of 0 the big shaft of the tombstone consolidated mines company this week which is most favorably regarded as one of the certain indications leading to the geological conclusion that large ore bodies exist below the water lever in the district drifting was recently started on the foot level which is some feet below the water level uncovering a ledge of ore over two feet wide carrying varr ying high values in gold and silver and assaying 5 per cent copper the latter metal appearing as sulphide the extent of the strike is yet unknown and same is to be fully exploited kingman miner R J ferguson returned from the east last saturday where it is said he financed the redemption clyde mines work has already been commenced on the mines and a gasoline hoister bolster has been sent out to chloride and will be placed on the new shaft as soon as possible mr ferguson will have charge of the work of exploitation the mines have produced agrest a great deal of rich copper ore and it is expected that with depth they will become big producers 0 D M gaddis and J el perry of kingman are interested in the company kingman miner A fifteen horse power gasoline hoister was shipped to the idaho mine at cerbat carbat last thursday it will be placed on the mine at once and active development of the property will soon be under way john boyle jr Is to push development on this property as fast as possible and intends to put in a magnetic separator for the purpose of handling the ores at the vanderbilt mill the ore is heavy in zinc and this metal will be separated from the other metals and gangue and the product shipped to the missouri smelters shelters sm elters the e gold and silver in the ores will be extracted by another process owing to the nonmagnetic non noll magnetic character of the iron in the ores res a roaster will be put in to magnetize the iron and put the pulp in shape to be handled by the magnetic machines the plant will be capable of handling about thirty tons of ore daily clifton copper era on account of the recent decline in the price of copper the gold belt company has discontinued the shipment of its lower grade copper ore they have taken off the burro train temporarily pora rily and at present will sort the best ore which they will haul with their own wagon and teams it has been falsely rumored that the ore body was exhausted but those who believe such a rumor eun cun take a drive to the mines and see for then thell selves with copper around the 25 cent mark the gold belt could mix the first and second class ores and make good profit but at present prices it will pay them to sort their ore ship the best and keep the see sec ond class the management of the gold belt ba at is going along with development work op on the property and the new shaft will be driven on the upper claim as rapidly as possible the company was never in better belter shape than at present |