The Arizona champion., 1885-08-01
The Ca,sra o.- carbonate Fields.
ASH FORK, July 21, 1885.

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 Previous to the advent of the A. & P. railroad through northern Arizona.
 the now beginning to be famous Cat aract mines were comparatively un-
 known, but since its completion 1t
 places them within easy approaching
 distance, it being only about seventy miles distant from Ash Fork, the nearest point. Mining men are now beginning to take some interest in the district. so much so in fact that the attention of the whole Territory IS being drawn towards it, and hardly day passes without witnessing the
 departure of one or more prospecting outfits, for the new Carbonate fields. The ore of the district crops out in
 plain view along the whole course of the canon from Bridal Veil Falls to its junction with the Grand Caron of | the Colorado; it is what is commonly called a blanket vein. lying perfectly flat. It is true carbonate ore in ev- cry sense of the word, and 1t is only in that part of Arizona that 1t is found
 in any quantity, and even the famous
 Grand Canon of the Colorado explor- CTS of late years have described it as containing immense lodges of ore of fabulous richness, and these are not stories unfounded, for there are indi- viduals residing in Yavapai county this day that can recall instances of prospectors bringing into Prescott
 pure gold and silver in such quanti-
 ties as to warrant the supposition that there was abundance of 1t left where it came from.
 But the ore of the Cataract ledge
 ilas always until recently been uniyer- sially supposed to be an extensively
 low grade mineral--so low, in fact, that it was thought impossible to work
 and derive profit from it, but with all
 thanks due to MT. A. C.. Oliver, of
 our city, 1t has been demonstrated 10
 the contrary. Mir. Reese X Co.,, of
 the Cataract mine, being unable to
 make a test run of their ore, MT.
 Oliver agreed to furnish everything
 necessary for the extraction of one
 car load, and also agreed to pay all
 charges for transportation to San
 Francisco, the only recompensc ex. pec,ed beng remuneration for sup plies and money advanced, and when . the returns came 1t created no little surprise when 1t was announced that the average run of the whole car load was sixty-seven dollars (S67 .oo. peI ton. which will pay handsomely, a. the ore exists,in inexhaustible quanti
 ties, and the above run is 6ssa fls, n which can be proven to any one's r satisfaction that doubts it.
 : Since the above became known T there has been large exodus from d Ash Fork, so much so, in fact, tha , the town isabout dcpopulated.
 Getting down to plain talk it is ar ] assured fact that the year of 1885 will . witness the greatest mining excite
 ment Arizona has had for numbe of years. and it can be nothing els, but successful one. For it will b, v based on good mines that have al :. actual existence right now, and no upon paper either, but in Catarac IS Canon, and every pound of the or, C will net handsome profit. and ther, $ is milliou; of tons Of it waiting fo d capital to erect suitable machinery fo e the purpose of hoisting it out of tn, & canon. What an opportunity for th, l. man who has money. Plenty o
 mines and plenty of ore, and tn o quality of that fully demonstrated n there are no chances to take whatever r. But of course one must make allow n ances for the monied mans timidity v He has been gullei so much by tn d machinations of unprincipled minin l. sharks, that mine must now hay 'e Stoo, ,ooo in sight before it can b d sold for SIo, 900.
 el To all who wish 10 visit the ne' le mines. we will say that Ash Fork r. the nearest ou,htting point. ana ther h. are teams and men leaving for ther C. every day, so there will be no diff
 culy in getting there.
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