Show ARIZONA kingman miner considerable work is being done south of kingman and with gratifying results good ore is being opened up in the mines north of mcconnico some of which shows high values in gold specimens br ought brought to kingman t by philip smith show up well in free gold the veins are of good width and among the most desirable of the properties of that section kingman miner last wednesday afternoon J P gideon brought in from goodroad Gold road one of the usual bars of bullion the mill is running on full time and will continue at work until the big bodies of ore broken down in the mine are worked up by that time it is thought the new mill will be ready to 9 go 0 into commission and the new shaft will be well on the way to the 1400 1400 level tombstone epitaph what is perhaps one cf the most important strikes in the tombstone district was made yesterday or on the lucky cuss property of the tombstone consolidated mines company the strike was made on the foot level fully feet below the water level and carries rich gold and abid silver values the ore is of a carbonate character and is fairly plastered with horn silver several specimens showing the unusual commingling com mingling of crystallized horn silver ilver and native silver which beside the richness in the precious metal has an addea value as rare mineral specimens another unexpected feature of the strike is the values in gold which are known to be rich and in some instances predominate over the silver contents clifton capper era archie morrison and wm win hoff who are interested in the standard copper company at metcalf visited the mines last sunday on an inspection trip they were well pleased with the property and report that a considerable amount of development work has been done on the properties during recent months the old standard claim which has produced much high grade ore is looking well and an extremely good showing has been made in the copper center shaft which has gained a depth of about feet the standard consolidated is one of the small companies in this district that has operated a number of years and passed through several low copper markets hence the present slump will only effect it temporarily kingman miner archibald douglas and TH TR garnier gamier of los angeles An goles arrived in kingman monday last and went v ent out to bat the following day to make an examina on of the st louis and other mining properties in which they are interested mr douglas was surprised with the extent and richness of the ore bodies in the st louis property and believes it will become a great producer of lead silver and gold while looking ing over the rhine mine he discovered a number of cf outcrops of rich lead ore that had been overlooked by the management samples from these outcrops run over sixty per cent lead mr douglas departed to los angeles thursday evening and mr garnier gamier went in last night the tha gentlemen are making arrangement for greater activity at the mines and may soon put on machinery to sink below the water level tucson citizen news of a strike of a rich body of copper ore on the old ajo property was brought to the city by A D lee who is in charge of operations on the property which was recently acquired by a syndicate of eastern capitalists for the strike was made in the double compartment shaft which has been sunk to a depth of seventy feet the strike is a ore body which runs 54 per cent copper the strike is considered one of the largest ever made in the old ajo district the vein is from eighteen to twenty two inches wide and one chunk was taken out which weighs pounds considerable concentrating cent rating ore has been encountered which goes 6 per cent in copper mr lee stated that just before he left the camp for tucson a shipment of machinery and equipment for the mine had arrived included in the consignment sign ment is a horse power boiler hoisting apparatus and other machinery mr lee stated that work is going steadily ahead on the property and with the installation of the additional machinery received more men will be employed |