Arizona republican., 1899-05-04


 Globe, Ariz., May 1--(SpeclaI cor respondence of The Republican.)-On Saturday evening there was a sale Of mining properties in the Pinto Creek district which is of great importance to the mining interests of this section of the territory The American EX- ploraticn company which has for some time had representatives ex- aminfng naneA in Gila county has found what its agents believe to be one of the most promising copper mines they have come across any where. The mines which strwck them with so much favor are what are com monly known as the McNelly group They were owned by w. T. McNelly and exISheriff Williamson of Globe. At o'clock on Saturday night the property passed into the hands of the Ameriean Exploration company and Messrs McNelly and Williamson will receive $125,00O.
 The McNelly group of copper claims are as yet undeveloped but the indi- cations point to rich rewards for the new company in their opera'fon of the mines which will commence very soon. The copper vein is located in . contact formation of lime, diorlte and porphyritio quartz and can be traced for five lmiles. Speaking of these mines Mir James A. Fleming, president of the Black Warrior. said that he believed one of the best min ing properties in the southwest would be opened up by. the new owners ''The mineral,' said he, 'lies in formation as unbroken and as per feet as though it were placed there by the hand of a mason. In the great eX- panse of the lead through the noun tains the formation maintains the same uniformity and the vein takes the same unvarying pitch. l regard tIis property as one q, the best have seen and I am glad it is to be develop ed into miRe.'
 The McNelly group is located six teen miles from Globe on the pro- posed route of the Phoenix-Globe wagon road At the present time there Is nothing but trail running to the mines There are other claims in that district and it was reported today that other sales had been made to the American Exploration company. MT. Fleming is authority for the state ment that property aggregating ill value $50, 900 was sold to this cont pany. These are claims contiguous to the McNelly group.
 Al Sieber, the famous scout who is we'll known all over the southwest, was one of the fortunate claim owners who sold to the American Explora- tion company today. Mir Seiber's claims are located near the McNeliy group and they are said to be excel lent prospects The company has faith in the new district and 1t pro- fn 1,yIxy al pt. H. ing the McNe1ly group.
 The opening of this new lnlring dis trict should mean much to Phoenix and the Salt River valley. It ought to be strong argument for the building of the Phoenix-Globe toll road, and one worthy of consideration by the people of the valley The new camp will be located directly on the line of the proposed road. The distance to Phoenix will be less than seventy miles. The trade of the new camp can be controlled by the merchants of the valley with easy transportation facilities such as the wagon road would afford. Then thero is the Black Warrior mine which has been developed to such an extent that the production of copper will soon be- gin And when it does begin at the Black Warrior 1t will not soon stop for there is an endless body of Gre in the workings blocked out and ready to be taken out to the smelter. There are other copper claims which will be- come producers in this new district
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 To be able to see and grasp oppor- tunibes that are presented is pos sessed by few men, And this is not infrequently fault of cities in their development. For years Globe remained frontier mining camp and it grew into a larger place under the most adverse cir cumstances. But few months ago the railroad came and the camp LOOK on new life and there set in an era or advancement which has changed the appearance of the entire camp ana added many modern buildings anu comfortable homes. Phoenix was but eighty miles distant before the rall- road came; today the metropolis of the territory is 400 miles away. h. stead Of drawing this great mining camp, nearer and deriving the addI- tionaI benefit of the closer association Phoenix has allowed the camp to get farther away from her. The building of the Gila Valley, Globe & Northern railroad turned the products Of the ranches of the Glla valley lnlo GloDe and cut off the prestigd which the Salt River valley ranchers held. The barley. hay and ranch products are hauled in from the Gila valley by the new road and the Salt River valley IS too far away to compete with it's az gressive rival.
 The building of the toll road would materially change this condition. The camp wEich is now such an i'm portant source of revenue for Giia valley ranchers would became pre- ftable market place for Salt River valley products. The distance would be cut down from 400 mil7s D eiehtg miles. A stage leaving Mesa in the early morning would reach :Tlohe iD the evening. The distance is no grea= nr, thnn the TI1csOn- -NnpaleS stare