Arizona republican., 1899-03-31


 mOnWealth and the discovery at Fres-
 nal, where free gold accompanies sIl-
 yer ore, as in the Comstock lode in Ne
 vada.
 Space will only permit of a brief ref
 erence to the once celebrated Tomb- l stone district
 Most of the mines at Tombstone are
 now idle, and the town is almost de-
 serted. It is interesting to note that
 ore has been traced from the old claims ! of the Toughnut and Goodenouga
 through the Way Up down into the
 Empire claim, and that at present the
 most promising field for prospecting and working lies in the region beyond the Empire, where in fact some ore is being taken out. A rich strike was re- ported in the Wedge. l The older and larger mines a. Tomb stone, such as the Contention, the 1 Grand Central and Way Up, which have yielded so generously in he past of gold and silver, are not now worked for account of the companies owning them, but there has been considerable chloriding in Q small way. The dumps also have been partially worked ever by the cyanide process. A large DOT tion of the semi-decomposed porphyry thrown cut from the Contention mine carried free gold in it, flakes spread in 44OCiC opSCho duQ pdlCHOS dpOA lu- cleavage joints and surfaces. Some of this porphyry in the upper levels was also more or less coated and impreg- mated by chloride of silver, occasionally l m distinct but small cubica1 crystals. Sucn rock, if not too cIayey and inn perYlous for free teaching, should yield good results by the cyanide process.
 The great drawback to the working Of these Tombstone mines in depth is the great influx of water and the cost of lowering it by pumping The con nection of the deposits or veins under ground is such that one claim cannot be drained without draining tha. athers It therefore becomes essential to have a union of the interests of tha various owners and pro rata agreement to bear the cost of pumping from ! central station. It has been asserted that gold was mere of a factor than was given credit for, in that once famous district 1t was no common thing to assay $10 to a ton, and blocks Of bullion of S3,000 value were known to run $500 to $700 in gold. The cry was demone- tization of silver, but in reality there were three causes at least for the sus- pension of operations, to-wit:
 The strike, fire, which caused the stoDDage of the pumps, and the lack of better rates of transportation. Had a rail route taken in Tombstone in the early sos, it is a question if the nina operations would have stopped. PRODUCTION OF COPPER IN ARI-
 IONA.
 The fame of Arizona as a copper pro- ducer extends throughout the world The ores of this most important meta in their varied forms are extensively throughout the' territory The chief and best known centers c production are Bisbee, in the southeg portion of COchise county; Jerome, YaYapai county; Morenci and CliftC in Graham county, and Globe, in Gi county Large quantities have al been produced in Pima county, ns Tucson, and in the Santa Ritas, nc ROsemOnt In the early days If territory, even before the constTuct1 of the railways, quantities of 3oTr were produced at the Longfellow mss md sent cut by OK teams overland.in In those early days also, the mines ohe Ajo Mountains produced and shped arge amounts of native copper an1he scarcely less rich and valuable reoN- de to San Francisco by way of ma md the gulf.
 1t would be a great and aluo inn possible task to enumerate, anpuch more difficult to describe, all To- ;alittes of copper ores in lZona. Lany of great promise are ye!ying de, waiting for the hand of cstal to Ievelop them. Many are yet toe dis covered, for the work Of the pfpector Il Arizona is not yet c0mplet.
 The. year 1898 has been a sy and profitable Cne generally for IT chlet CipPer producers. The prodtion has lot only been well sustained, It it has +Io Of treat advancements and impVaments ? the art of reducing the es have cen made. by which not CT the cost f treatment has been redUG, but by which ores of a lower pernuage can e proitably treated, iwhhel the same inc superior product e be turned uR ct1 ting less for transptation. The Nl known Williams broer5 at Bis ee and the managers aterome and [ Clifton have in their receive fields cen in the vanguard ofrogress and ave not allowed the repRtion of Ari- Ona for alert progressi- intelligence ) suffer or to be diminaed.
 The following figures LOW the rela- we standing of ArizOn among the 1pPer producing states
 In 1898 Montana proceed Zl9,Z49,- P pounds of copper, hicl is de- 'ease of 7909439 pnds as com 2red with 1897; LakeSuperior dis jet produced 159,147,2 pounds in }9S, an increase of 1307,743 pounds yer 1897; Arizona, 111S3. .199 pounds 1898, an increase of 3164.177 pounds yer 1897; other so1ces, 40,TS8,GO0 1unds, an increase of ,617 ,82S pounds Ter 1897
 Montana. as will be sen, shows de- 'ease of ever seven IT cent; Lake 1perior an increase C s per cent, but e marked feature of le year was the eat increase in the)utput ot Arl- mas copper. it beinsmore than 57 IT. cent above that of S97. It is estimated thatfor the present.