Arizona republican., 1899-06-20

the many ,eXtravaganb claims made by
 this company. I wish to protect hon.
 est miners and save investors from
 loss, and to that end I call attention to the following report of a competent
 mining expert upon the property of
 the Val Verde Copper company:
 This group of copper claims is sit uated about forty-5ive miles north of 1 Williams, in CoconinO county, Ari- zona.
 Extent and Formation.-The group is composed of tWenty-one (21) claims, called as follows: Copper Queen No. 1, No. ,, No. 3; Holiday No 1, No ?, i No. 3 Echo No. 1, No. 2, No. 3; Glance No 1, ,,lNo. ?, No. 3; Chicago No. l, No. 2, No. 3; Modoma No 1, No. 2, No. 3; i; Morris No. l, No. 2, No. 3.
 Each of these claims is supposed to cover 1,50O feet in length and 600 feet in width
 1.-The formation is white limestone, laying fiat or with little dip to it; in this occurs small pockets or nodules of copper glance or oxides, none contain ing over one hundred poslnds or so Of ore. While here and there are small seams or veinlets of similar ore run ming through the lime, these are hon zontal, none pointing downward
 Wherever cuts or holes have been sunk through in the uppsr layer. the ore has been bott0med. The next layer of lime, which is from eight to fourteen feet deep below the surface. or directly beneath the copper bearing stratum, contains no ere whatever; here and there the surface layer is stained blue or gTe5n with copper car 5onates and occasionally one might break a piece of apparaRtIy excellent ore and find iu simply a niece of lime stone coated with a thin outer skin of copper carbonate.
 Practically the property. consists of a surface layer of limestone. coated more or less with copper carbonates which are occasional spots or seams of high grade, copper glance or oxides; taken as Q whole it would not average one per. cent copper. and to obtain ore of any quantity of a grade that would pay for handling is out OF the question, although t-Iere is at pres ent about 2,0O0 tons of matenal on the | claims dumps from which fifty to 100 tons of 25 per cent ore could be sorted. |
 As to water, there is none; the that is operating these claims is hauling it's water fOrty-five 1 miles
 "Considering this proposition as a whole, I do not think much of it; or. 1 n other words, it will not do.
 'ffSigned) LESTER JACKSON"
 It is charged that several other com panies are selling stock in the east n alleged mining properties in Ari-, zoaa, and making wild and ridiculous claims because their locations are sit Iated in the same distinct with, or near, some great producing mine; and are succeeding because of an excited market, espjecially in coppsr stocks Among these are named the United Verde Junior company, the Unfted | Verde Extension company and the l. Spenazuma company. Concerning these companies I have no positive informa- ion; but I recommend the closest scrutiny On the part of investors.
 It 1s exceedingly distasteful to me to 1e compelled to invite public attention o affairs of this kind; azld it may be hat reputable citizens have given ;anctiCn to some of the erroneous pub ications in good faith; yet it is the luty of every true friend of A3iZona to earlessly expose misrepresentation in 1 urious to the fair namis of the terri . Ory and it's business interests; and. f it -s noj done honest mining will .uffer a backset from which Arfz will not recover for many years.
 N O. MURPHY. Phoenix, June 19. Governor.