The herald., 1896-08-12
A MINING BOOM
Tucson Citizens Excited Over an Unu,ua II,
Rich Strike


Rich Strike
TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 9.-(Special cor
respondence to The Herald.) Great ex-
citement prevails in this city over a very
rich strike in the Ripsey mine sixty
five miles north of this city. At depth
of 500 feet body of ore averaging about
six feet in width was struck, which as
says on an average $4S4, the select ora
of which assays over 800, per ton.
This practically settles the question Of
the great richness in precious metals of
the Ripsey region, of which there has -
long been dispute.
A rush of capital to develop the i'm
mense Lodges there may now confidently
be looked for. 1t has never been poor
mans camp, and never will be. but for
the investment of capital for Legitimate
mining enterprises on grand scale, like
that of Bisbee, or Jerome, or Anaconda,
1t cannot be exceled. A party Of Ken
tuckians, headed by Major Thomas Fl.
Hays of Louisville, has big property
there adjoining the Rpsey. They have
just left after inspecting 1t, and Will
proceed at once to develop their mines.
Quite a number Of new locations have
been made. and from present indications
it is going to be one of the greatest mining
camps in the history Of Arizona. 1t is
in the same great gold and silver belt
as that of the Mammoth, the Silver King,
the Mohawk, and other famous Arizona
properties from which millions in div
idends were declared before the demon
etization of silver. 1t Is on the edge of
the great copper fields, of which Globe
is the center.
Ex-Governor Hughes of the Tucson
Star has vast mining interests in the
neighborhood, while Mr. Cooper OF the
Daily Citizen has big interests in the
great copper region near Dripping
Springs. So this is land in which even
newspaper man may aspire to be
millionaire mining man.
The country for radius of sixty miles
around Tucson has undoubtedly more
gold. silver and copper than any similar
belt in the United States or in the world.
Thousands of rich claims on government
land can yet be taken up. Men of mol
crate as we'll as of large capital will fin1
this the biggest and best field for gold,
silver and copper mining in the world.
1t is here in big Lodges and in big quanti
ties. The vein of the Ripsey mine, six
feet wide that averages almost $500 per
ton, is fair example of what exists
around this ancient and historic Ameri
can city.
The Ripsey is owned by the Norman
Mining and Milling company of San
Francisco, and there is great rejoicing
in their office 10 San Francisco over this
recent great strike, the immense body of
which makes 1t a sure enough "bonan
"a" DIR. T. NJ Smith of Hagerstown,
Md, has recently acquired valuable in
terests near the Ripsey. 1t is fine field
for California capitalists to come to in
search of mining investments. The city
of Tucson is only about 450 miles from
Los Angeles, and the Ripsey district only
about sixty miles in the interior. A good
wagon road once to Ripsey and the world
is yours. You can take your choice oT
gold. silver or copper. or of all together.
Before you stretches country of noun
tafns, foothills and plains full of big
Lodges carrying all these precions metals
in vast quantities. You can almost see
the city of Globe in the distance, forty
five miles away. with it's big copper
plants. also Jerome, the Silver King, the
Mammoth and other famous camps
Talk about South Africa, Alaska, or
some far distant Golconda, they do not
compare with the vast gold fields around
Tucson, where the air is pure, the skies
are clear, the water good, and every con-
dltlon exists for successful mining. Tue
son IS an American city now a little over
$50 years OF age, and is beginning to get
civilized. 1t contains churches, smelt-
| ing furnaces, schools, saloons. dance
nails, newspapers, railroad shops and
| other elevating and civilizins influences.
so no one need have the least fear or
hesitation about coming to the new
gold fields in the Ripsey or surrounding
districts. To one who has never visited
this great gold region it is almost i'm
possible to convey to him an adequate
idea of its vastness and great richness.
and the writer can cheerfully and with
out hesitation say to the capitalist seek
ing a great field for mining operations
come to Tucson, then go to Ripsey.
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