Arizona republican., 1891-02-04
RICHEST IN THE WORLD.
The Temescal Tin Mines in san Bernar
 dino County.

dino county
 Congressman w. w. Bowers paid visit to the Temescal tin mines the other day, and upon his return gave san Diego Sun reporter his experience, as follows:
 "Au the machinery will be run by water-power, and after the water IS thus used it passes on down the Hume and will be used to irrigate 2O,OjO acres ot land owned by the company own AS OOO in all-and it is perfectly safe to say that the land, with this water upon it, is worth far more than the English company paid for the whole estate-not counting the mines.
 "Within 300 feet of the reduction works, the company will, within few days, begin tunnel which will be three.quarters of mile long, passing under the mountain toward the lower hills where the mines are situated. This tunnel will drain the mines and through it will be sent the ore to the works. It will require at least one years working from both ends to complete the tunnel. The main northern ledge appears for mile or more on the umdulating surface of the country. It shows from six to fifteen feet wide, just west Of the two shafts that are now being sunk on the ledge on the slope of the round hill about l5O feet high, which is literally mountain of tin, for here the ore body shows 26O feet wide and at one place has a sheer perpendicular face ol over twenty-five feet.
 "At the mines we found l2O men at work putting in the massive foundations for the machinery; in fact all the bulld- ing being done by the company IS ot the most massive and substantial kind, as II built for all time, solid in character, like that of the Englishmen who are doing the work. Near the shalt i've stamp test mill has just been completed and will begin work this week. Three different styles of concentrates are Tn place now, and the company intended to make very thorough tests of machinery before deciding upon the kind to be used in the large works.
 About 25O tons of ore are on the dump at the upper shaft. This will all average l2per cent tin the selected ore will go 4O to 50 per cent. brought with me some 50 per cent ore.
 "Mr. Mathey speaks of the mines here as dike of system or lodges. Five miles south of the dike is another that showed equally as good as the Iedges opened. To say that there are many millions of tons of the richest tin ore in the world here is to draw it mild. But one must see this great deposit to form any idea of it, and to become convinced thatit would be hard to exaggerate. That the owners appreciate to degree at least is evidenced by the character and magnitude of it's works in course Of con- strurtion. The company is now work ing POI men, and as soon as the reduc- ton works are completed 800 miners will De employed.
 II firmly believe that within the next ten years the Temescal tin mines will be known to all as the richest and greatest in the known world. And now, if anyone thinks l have Overdrawn the picture let him go and sre for himself, and ne will be convinced that l have been very moderate in my statements. I am going to send Major Mckinley some of the ore and a bar of tin. It was asserted by several of the news papers of this State during the last campaign that there was not tin ore enough in the United States to make one tin pail. Those fellows have got to take that back"