Arizona republican., 1893-04-30
GOLD, GOLD, GOLD Forty Feet of Gold in a
 Field of Copper. The Volcanic Copper
 Mine a Bonanza, Rich Samples of Ore That As-
 say $2i7 a Ton. 100 Acre Field of copper-FIve Acres Exposed to the Public Gaze.

Even the fabulous mines or nctlon al, into insignificsnce when compared r,b the lOO.acre field ofcopper through sSich runs stream of gold forty feet i, width, recently discovered ninety mis, due west of Phoenix on the lIne of A, uroposed Phoenix X San Diego rail mad, near the mountain pass where it .n,,ss the Hsrqua Hala range.
 The property is known as the vol ,nic coppe mine and is owned by the T@csnc Mining and Smelling com ,,py which company is made up of the directory of the Orange Belt Land and Gnsl company. The gentlemen com Ssns this board of directors are resi- j,us of Phoenix and Decatur, Illinois. They own 100 acres of moDsr field, five acres of which is ex- ned to view throughout, and looks Sis vast lake of the malleable, while |As remainder of the tract seems equally Id ,ieh, but the mineral is some depth vndsr ground. Beniamin F. Lower, the president of hs company, accompanied by Capt. |. Sanders, 6 mining engineer, as- .svsr and expert, just returned from up 10 the mines, bringing with them rpnistaksble evidence of the biggest rod mine on earth, if it goes down to hs depths as is usual with such de- |paits.
 While prospecting over the fields of ,h copper ore for smelter location, hy stumbled onto something which Oied like a gold prospect. The prac. a eye of the captain was attracted tV .he indications, and on closer in- sciion vein forty feet wide was dis oyersd with ore throughout of similar hnscter. They remained for some lime on the grounds and and procured ]: much mineral from various parts of be vein as they could conveniently aul back to the city, for which they ssded with high hopes and palpitating s'Is to disclose the news of their rsst discovery.
 Upon reaching Pheulx they hastened D toe Marcopa Gold and Silver Ex- sctOn works which occasionally does lsOm assaying and with their care. uIy selected laboratory equipment are eter prepared to do the work than nyone else in the city. R. Waldin, 6 hsnist of unquestioned ability and hOrOughly reliable in his returns, bsdss careful assay and when the riOus minerals were placed on the ensitive scales it was found that they sd indeed struck mine many times rsatsr than any known in the civilized Gd, The values per ton were as fol- pw; Gold, Sl99.40; silver, $lS.40; bpper l2 ounces, or grand total of el1 to the ton.
 While several mines run in value at ls height aud many even higher there not another claim in the world forty stVide with mineral of even grade At runs s25.00 a ton.
 lhls claim, as copper mine, was lrhased recently of A. J. Porterie for S,W and the purchasers then knew
 g had bargain, but with the addit. AO this big gold vein it was almost fssHt.
 "'kN iOlNO VI uich VIII Dc khllcTtu ha'Illy as possible and the work will Plshed vigorously, while smelters
 Oeerected on the grounds at an lry date.
 asabOve story, were it not for men
 Aonor and integrity. as well as inde- aaelt means, seems too big to be
 but with the evidence they pro.
 e Tn the shape of gold bearing bull
 no one can question but that the ssssI mine known to the civilized
 td Is in Arizona and but ninety aS rom Ph9nix, from which point 1l M De reached by teams in two days,
 % ls intervening country is compara- Nnle untold wealth lies almost at
 very door, Arizona is the poorest
 spected part of the United States,
 s ID many cases to scarcity of water
 %s 'oS ranges, and also to lack of
 S ,5 10 develop property when it is