Arizona republican., 1899-05-26
The Republicans Correspondent
 Visits the HeIYetia Group.
HISTORY OF THE PROPERTY
Ills Laier Development and Promise Of Becoming One or inc Great Producing Copper Mines of Ariz- Ona Under inc Stimulus Of Men Who Have Had Experience in inc Lake Superior District.

Helvetia Camp, May 24-(Speoial correspondence of The Repub.fcan.)- This is enc of southern Arizona's s new ly acquired mining camps IL has marks of a frontier camp which are interesting to the visitor. There is a long row of tents which are formed in the manner of a i company street in a military camp. but there is a gulch on the opposite side which faces this invasion of civi- lization with defiance and leaves tho street but half completed. There is room enough for teams to pass be- tween the tents and gu,ch, and until Helvetia grows into producing cop per camp this will probably suffice as i the main thoroughfare of the new min- ing camp. On the rolling hills of the mountains base are tents here and | there, and on the opposite side of the gulch are the company's buildings and the eating house of the camp. Farther up into the narrow canyons which force their way into the Santa Ritas are more tents, and all about the hills are dumps which mark the places where the wealth of the camp is stored. It is a pretty camp, and when one considers that it is but a few months old, Helvetia is not an unim- portant place. There is found here the hustle and activity Of a young camp. There are four saloons and several stores, and the loungers about the liquor shops present a contrast with the rust,ing of the company's employees which gives a versatile interest and presants.a sociological aspect that the -s..Aes-; ta ssat study with profit A crew Of twenty men were starting out over the hills to make a wagon road from Vail station or the Southern Pa cifc to HelYetia when I arrived. This new read will be used to transport the equipment which will make the camp a producer of copper bullion. A large smelling plant will be placed on the property at once, and the workings ot the mines will be equipped with hoists and machinery for expediting the woIE of extracting the ores from the depths below. Down at the lower end of the camp diamond drills are being used to prospect the undeve,oped claims Of tho company, surveys of mill sites and new claims are being made, and there is life on every hand.
 
 Here is but picture of the new de- which has set in, and which marks but the beginning of an era of
  is but one instance in the copper de- of this portion of Arizona. Helvetia camp is only an outpost or the advancement which capital is mak- ing into the undevelcped regions of Arizona This property was idle for many years. just as other mines farth- er in the interior are dormant today. The demand for copper brought it to he attention of capital. and while this amp is being developed and inhabited he agents of capital move farther on o find new fields for investment.
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 Helvetia camp is located in the foot lills of the Santa Rita mountains hirty-five miles south Of Tucson. To 
 cen miles, and farther on Is the Mar inique camp, CT the Twin Butte cop Ter mines, as they are more fami,iarly ,nown in this part of Arizona. The Azurite is off to the northwest, and O.. he east slope Of the Santa Ritas $ lcsemont camp The development ere is as new as the camp itself. The eepest workings are no more than % feet in the Helvetia's properties, Hhile the mines owned by the Rose lOnt company have attained a depth nearly 200 feet. FrCm the Mohawk line rich sulphide ore is being packed y burros to the shelter of the Rose lCnt company located on the other de of the mountains a distance of SIX niles. The claims of the Rosemons cope are surrounded by those of the Lelvetia company. In all there are ,rty-two claims and twenty-two miH tes owned by the Helvetia company. he development does not include all these claims; in fact there is scarce any development at all, but where Ork has been prosecuted there is er- engagement for further sinking in the -Omise which the ores of the second y formation hold out to the com my. There are 100 men employed in Ie camp between the Rosemont and elvetia properties, but when tho nelter is erected the pay roll of the elvetia alone will over-reach that lmber
 Continued on Seventh Pagel