Tombstone epitaph., 1897-06-13
THE COMMONWEALTH.
Graphic Description Gfthe New
 Famous Ptatce Distiict.

The following, written Tor the En-
 ginecI;nc and Mining Journal ty r.
 Nj. Epdiich. wlo was in Tcnitstrnc 8
 manth slnce. Owing ;o lack of space
 We arc uns tle to rut.ieh entira article
 today but viii iiai-h same tomorrow:
 Within ihe past year Co,hise
 COnnlv, Ar;zOns, has come tpthe irort
 with a rhenom.Eaiiy r:ch mine. Ire 1 PCaTCe. IL Is lCCat,d Cn ore CT the
 outlying hills iCyoud tic ea.tsrly slope Of the t.seCOn meun.sins. While these lat:,r shCw e co,o C.:
 me etainorphic rc cSs, l.us: hy copper
 bearing cGrEoniiciuus lmcstorcs and
 .rgver-ed by intrusioas cf pCIphyritic
 character, the more or less isola ted
 hIl!s aud siGsc-shsred buttes to ,he
 eastward nprnItn'!y belong 10 tGe
 ;rachytic snd Ihyol,t'c selies. The
 structure of the uprer portions Of 1 these rCcfs is, to some ext, nit, co,un-
 mar, and, consequently, the hillsides l are covered with det!itU5 and angular 1 fragments of rcCk, the result Of disin- ! tcgra;ion. At nun!ler of l.Cin.s. however, in slite Of ;iis covering, | queitz veins ,co,rudo al ov9 the deLri., standing out prominently by ,iltue Of their uuiiori.riy hard character and prcuouacsd thickness.
 Al various places, on the surface, as well under ground, tbcs9 veins show ihCaudering CT gc0d;c structure, leads me to infer that these porticns | may owe their existence to secondary iEE,tration and the comparative bar- rcnucss, SU far as ore Is concerned, of tlie s:l ciGus deposits as vel! as their seI arato inclusions Of specific metal- hearing minerals suurCrt this ylew. Tn strike as vel as dip the vein. Of the district sboN q certain sim ilatity, the former icing north c! west, the later :suging i:onl 60 10 eo degrees iJ the southNaid.
 linus far the maia q, ve:oprne,t ceIt5Is n tie r:aIce mine, located al
 FeaEce cAuir, q settlement 0! perhaps SOO suu,s. To the northeast. near Stpckinl', Is ,le God Cliff, and U tie
 west U: fi;t .hUrS i, the SIx-.nil4 Hil g.orrs. He ;ifst named was located , March ICth, lo3j, worked ID d desu!- tory fashion ty the pearcc Brothers, .u5stquel fly bonded by Philadelphia capitalist, ani cn Jai1uary lst le9d, passed into their possession under the namo oI the Commonwealth Mining Company with a capitalization Of $2,9O0,U0o, Active work was coai- ! uenc9i under tbe man gem mt et John Brockman from New Mexico, wiio selected MT. TNons y, istn Fl tie same teIIilcr.., "s lis !erintendeu;. Shipments Ui ere weIc s;aItcd about
 July, lS96.
 , z! 2 vein crops ovt for moro than 3,G0J r., Gpd exhibits tle character Isti.s blTe IC;,J. Three shafts aIe .iEkiGg. the deepest rcaching 3CO 1t 1 They are strycd al resInt ty horse , wLius, but connection between them : is bti1g nov n alc, aIii the nlEia shaft is cing pieI af,d fer an iHci.nel csge : 'r,n: t,a-er X Cha.m rs. tt ar early { stege of ine mining york II wss !oUEd ! that .he vein presented 1nusGsl diner 1 riuns, and :s ci. imej tl:a; 'ie foot wal! has not yet tetn reached GI,- ] though o;e las been deyeiGpei tO 2 ] ri.ickregs y cet Girg L0 .t 4 ren,s k- . sLIr circumstance !lrs in ;he !att that nearly nll o! this materials I siir- ! ::rg grade. A. ar instance 1t may be stated lhat on the lower level fonr Li. ! 3 gre working .breas. (alo .t lG r ircE:). Ike ore 3 lo:s,ei dir; ctly : iitp storage bins, withOut any kind oi sc,t ng, loaie l into gscODs and s,aIi- d cn it's Usy to sme.tirg Ho,ks si Fu"blC, Coo. Whoever Is !. ailiar wi ih the costs of teeming, railroad freight ior about 70 miies, aI d trea,- i nent charges on d:y ores csn readily q: iGJsfaT Il :list tEe ere nut carry ! afpTeoil' ie yaiuss.
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