Show 8 ARIZONA yuma enterprise one of the most phe strikes ever made in the crescent I 1 district nevada was that of rev norman h B harris when ore returning it is reported an assay value of a ton was encountered on the turquoise claim located about a mile south of the camp the button produced from the assay is as large as the head of an ordinary collar button A number of assays essays of the ledge matter gave returns as high as and a ton toll it is stated kingman miner peter white came in from the tyro mines over west of union pass last thursday evening and re reports ports that he uncovered a fine body of rich ore in that property while doing title work the tyro group of mines is among the best of the union pass properties and with development will undoubtedly become a rich producer the ore exhibited by mr white is said to average about seven dollars a a pound it is a black ore differing very much from the usual ores found in that locality kingman miner L G burton of salt lake city passed through here a short time ago and tuesday last four other gentlemen from the capital city of utah arrived here on their way to the kemple properties in which they are all heavily interested mr burton is the manager of the property and intends to open it up on a large scale this year methods and means for the development of property will be discussed by the party while at the mines and the financial end of the business will be arranged for as soon as they return to salt lake city clifton copper era J F fraser who is promoting the twin peaks mining company near steeple rock visited clifton last week the company is now several months old and it is reported has raised a good sum of money for development purposes he reports report s that work is addan advancing cing rapidly with good prospects of uncovering an excellent ore body the claims owned by the company are located in a good country and old prospectors and gimners who are good judges of rock are of the opinion that they have a good thing it will probably be some little time before enough work will be done to enable the company to do any shipping clifton copper era harold C E spence and the fraser bros who are operating a lease in the steeple rock district are now working about thirty men on their property they will put on two 8 mule teams to haul ore from the mines to the railroad station at duncan it is a silver gold apropo proposition and the ore is being shipped to the copper queen smelter at douglas their output amounts to about tons per month and the leasers leaders are realizing fair returns A considerable amount of the same grade of ore was recently shipped to the shannon smelter when the property was under the management of perry spence A large amount of development work has been done on the property and it is reported that prospects are most flattering natt ering kingman miner thomas holmes came up from the mccracken mine this week he is enthusiastic in his description of the magnitude of the property expressing the kopini opinion 1 on that it will be one of the greatest mines in the territory at no place in the property has there been a spot uncovered that does not show ore the big shaft is being sent downward as fast as men can dig it when the level is reached it is the intention of the company to begin them the driving of a great tunnel through the mountain to the west where at the adit a town will be laid out and all the business of the mine w will ill be conducted A big power dower plant will be put in for the purpose of driving all the machinery in the mine and on the tunnel level under the present shaft a mammoth station will be cut and an electric hoist put in for the purpose of sinking to a great depth tombstone epitaph work is progressing as usual on the properties of the tombstone consolidated company at the emerald where the large body of coper ore was recently opened up the company is installing a new compressor which will be used to furnish power for the burleigh drills as well as for a small hoist that will be used on the in which the body of copper was uncovered the has been sunk to a depth of ninety feet the extent of the ore body has not yet been determined as the bottom of the still shows the same width across the workings as was uncovered some seventy five feet above in the drift on the small bodies of the copper ore are being found which do not carry the percentage that is found in the but indicate that the district is opening into a copper zone of promise several cars of copper ore from the new strike have been tested and the ore will in all probability be concentrated in the mill here and then S shipped h ia to the smelter |