Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1899-08-18
Mines and MininQ
RosEMONT COPPER MINES.
Proving a Very Valuab-e Properly and
Being Successfully Worked


Being Successfully Worked
The following excerpt from an ex-
tensive description CT the RoseE0r'-
mines. published in the Tucson Star.
will be interesting to those who are
familiar with the history OF the prop
erty To those who are not it may
be said the. the mines we're owned and
named by L. J. Rose, a well known
Californian. who spent about 500 900
in their development. finally giving up
the investment at a loss. He died re-
Gently il Los Angeles, comparatively
a poor man.
Later the property was purchased by
its present owners. considered among
the most SPACIOUS and far-see-ng cop
per men Of .1e day. Steps were at once
taken tc obtain an accurate knowledge
of the property. With that end II view
D. S. Matthews a gentleman of many
years experience in mining and smelt-
ing, both in this country and England,
was placed il charge cf the ROsenont
mines. In .. comparatively short time
the property, u1Gs- the mana cement
of NJ. Matthews. with the able assist
ance of Mine Superintendent William
Shaw. has shown that il is capable of
becoming one Of the b7st investments
il Arizona.
During .he month Of July the smsli-
or an average Of over tsn tons daily.
The matte runs about 80 per cent cop
Per, which would maxi the production
of the emp nearly LOO tons Of pure
copper Tor the month While the
showing made IS a very gratifying OTIS
there have been many drawbacks
which 1t is hoped can be Obv.ated in
r
roads it has been very difficult to keep
enough coke on hand 10 operate the
smelter Heretofore the coke has 5een
hauled from Wallis station, but Mr..
;Mctchews has made arrangements by
which the coke VIII hereafter BE- haul
ed from SOnoita, a station on the So
noIp branch Of the Southern Pa1ffic-
This viii make a great saving OF time
and expense Another drawback has
been in the handling CT the ore. The
smelter being located at Rosem01t,
eae. Of the range, and the three pin
cipal ore producing claims On the
west side, the orr has to be transport
ed over from the mine 10 the smelter /
by burr0s. There is plenty Ct ere on
the east side. but being OF u carbonate /
nature Il does not smebc economically !
unless mixed with sulphite ore, that I.
west Of the range being of the last /
named nature. This makes ii abso- !
lIFtely necessary that certain guam !
ii'y BE- transported ova- the range |
daily to keep the sneltsr in full cper- I
alton. By using 100 bu1r05 and max !
enS two trips Caily an average OF
twenty-five 10 thirty tens per day have /
been taken to the snelter from the Nd
hawk, Exile and King mines west Of I
the range This At best is an expens-
i've method Of Transporting ere while /
er turned out over 5000 tons Of matte, /
it is also difficult to handle the amount !
desired
The question of transporting the ere
cheaply cnce settled and with a sne.t-
er located on the west side Of the Santa
Rita range to handle the product or
the Mohawk, King, Exile and adjacent
c-Hms, the Rcsemont property will
prove a bonanza.
At RcsemOrE camp the location IS
superb as the surroundings are beauti-
full and there is an abundance of good
water. Large live oaks make this
an ideal spot for camping The fine
hotel or boarding house of the com
pany is located here.
The owne-s of the Rosemont prop !
erty have patented forty-four claims,
at cost of many thousand dollars.
Many Of these claims ere lCcatad on I,
the east side OF the Santa Rita chain
Of mountains, but some Of the most
valuable are on the west side of the
range n the same tsrr:.0ry as the
claims CT the Hsvetia group. The
most notable Of the mines OF the Rose
mont company west az the range are
the Mohawk. Exile and King
Tbs RCsemSnt property is proving
10 be a very valuable hiding, AID
future developments and the inaugur-
alton Of necessary improvements viii
largely fncTeass the output A repre-
sentative of the owners will soon be 4 :
here to inspect the property and #
considered advisable action Will be
.eken that win lead to more extensive :
CT the mines. The showing
made under. the present management p,
cannot be otherwise than very graft D..
tying to the holders Of this fins prop
erty.