Arizona weekly citizen., 1882-02-12
GIGANTIC ENTERPRISES.

eral notice as the wide field mapped on n Tor operations by those ostensibly com 5 pos ng the Santa Catariua Copper Com
 pany, bat whose enterprising arms ex . tend to the coal fields and agricultural
 districts lying far beyond. Their copper properties will, as the company's name , denotes, be the first to receive attention
 They consist of a group of three mines
 situated in the Santa Catarina Noun.
 talns. The Apache and St. Nicholas
 being on She main ledge that gifts the
 mountains base, and the Midas, aa i'm
 mense ledge of copper bearing ore lying
 at right angles with the two named and
 upon the lower end of which the redrc-
 tiol works win stand. The Apache is
 opened by a cut and shaft of eighty fee
 which shows an ore body 32ls feet in
 width of solid carbonates Of copper.
 The same quality is shown in the Midas.
 whose croppings extend over a surface
 "f Go9 feet The whole Of the ore aver
 ages iu copper fuly twenty-five per
 cent, with sufficient percentage of gold
 and silver to largely repay the cost of
 separation. As copper properties their
 values, although long known, were in a
 measme nullifed by their almost inac-
 possibility, and the consequent difficult
 ties attendant upon the construction of
 a road were too much for the ideas of
 the average investor. The best efforts
 of MT. c. 4. Elliott to place the mines
 were by the same arguments rendered
 entirely futile, but h. had examined the
 properties and fully appreciating their
 worth regarded the probable outlay for a ! good road as but a trils in comparison with possible results. So. patiently and consistently for two sue sassive years he
 sought the same end and finally found
 in Dr. $. k. Kane a mind u' sufficient
 grasp to overlook all present obstacles
 m the light Of the prospective future.
 ind through him the properties were successfully disposed Of to an or-auiza- tlon of New York and Boston capitalists who, willing to SOW seed before seeking
 To reap the harvest, at once commenced rhc construction O. a road whose aggrc-
 gate cost will not be less than S2Q.9l1. and procured the necessary machinery Tor thir!y-ton smelter costing, railroad freight included, S12Ooo. The addition li expense of hauling to the mines and
 Its erection, together with the SG0,0g0 originally paid for the claims, leave but a slender margin ou Sl000J0 The road . will be completed in the course of ! couple of weeks and the machinery at once transferred to its place, and by April lst the company may reasonably 1. expect their works to be in copper matte . producing order. The entire machinery was purchased at the Pacific Iron Works
 md much oi il built under the superv;s- .
 on of Alr. George Fogg, whose name
 guarantees the work Co be of the first or 1 Ter The boiler, blower, pumps and en- zines are considered of sufficient capacity ]
 O supply two 5o-ton water jackets, and !
 though 5ato will now be put up t
 yil speedily be followed by another,
 md later on 0y several more entire
 llants. Of the two engines one will iriye the saw mil and the other the rock
 ueaker and blower: one steam pump
 will be used to force the water through
 he jacket, the second for repumring
 he used water back into the supply
 anks, of winch there will be three, with
 . holding capacity Of about 3a000 gal .ons each. By thus ecouomizing the
 water, dry seasons will not materially
 interfere with the flow of copper matte.
 The water is said to be abundant, but in case of dearth a sufficient supply can pe piped from adjacent canyons. The mne and reduction works will be con- Iected by an endless cable, a full car ou the descent taking up an empty one. The saw-mill accompanying the plant
 will furnish all necessary lumber. The supply of timber in the mountains above l. ts said to be one of the finest belts in Arizona and practically inexbaustible. The lumber for present building pur- poses must be taken from Tucson, and Dn the ground is valued, cost price, at s90 per thousand feet. Their mill, when ID operation. will manufacture enough to supply the whole district at about one-fifth the price named. The charcoal will also be burned on the ground, l010O)0 bushels being already contract ed for.
 The stock of the company is divided into 100000 shares. but there is none in the market and none for sale, a q the whole IS held at a value far beyond the reach of itching fingers. Walter T. Mar -in of New York is President. Henry M. MunseH is President, with a board ,f directors, notably among them being L.. l.. Lombard, an old New York copper man, and one to whom much of their present success is due. And when an entire success is assured in the present tue principals of the same 6 company will at once organize into corporate body under the name of the Arizona Narrow Guage Railroad, and .fter obtaining a franchise will Immedl- ltelv commence the building of mar -ow guage road to connect with the At antic and Pacific and through them with the Utah Southern. The company ' while seeking the moral support of the | .,,.l, .,s1- ,,,t a Jo1lur cf f1pir money. f They believe it will be a paying invest { nent beneficial not only to the people q # large, but also to themselves and so t ,pbes1tatingly assume all respousibih- a ies. Depot grounds have already been a .ffered to them and preliminary sur a -ev of the road made Leaving Tucson S t wIn follow tue stage line through the )ld Hat district to the camp of the Cop ger Company, down Hyatts new road to he San Pedro, following t Co is con e unctiou with the GIla, mp the tilla to e Deer Creek. up Deer Creek to the coal c ields. thence to connect with tine At ' autic and Pacific road at any point Go x .a determined later on. The line is so A urveyed as to pass through and open D ID some of ihe finest and best agrl- - ulturaI, grazing. coal and timber lands ID be found in the Icrrit ". The ! -hole scheme is regarded as practical nd paying one and it is supported by r everal of the heaviest capitalists m New h D ID V7l., ..l,-.rv-. t,ry sur- ,-