Arizona republican., 1899-06-19
An UndeYelOped Region of Great
 Future Prospects.
IN THE GRAHAM MOUNTAINS
In fhe Vicinity Of inc Spenazuma Properly Which Since inc Re- publiCan'S Late Exposure Has Been Barred Against Those Not on inc IaSid1-~r You Are Not Wanted"

Tuba Dam Camp. Ariz.. June IT, i Especial correspondence of The Repub-
 lican.)-In the cool altitude of the
 Graham mountains, amid the environ
 ment of pine trees, junipers and oaks
 and the songs of mocking birds, there
 is gold district which is little known
 by gold seekers in the southwest It
 is romantic spot, and the traveller from the heated valleys derives the
 best there is in it, for the sharp con
 trast lends additional beauty to the
 surroundings. It is known as the Clark district, and Tuba Dam IS it's
 parent. Until few weeks ago when
 the SpenaZuma camp was removed
 from Black Rock, Yuba Dam was the only patron of this district. Clark dis
 trict is on the west slope of the Gra-
 ham range, and the gold lodes which
 find their source in the, higher peaks
 force their way down 1 3 the foothills and out on to the mesas. Where the
 mountains are highest the leads are
 largest and as you reach the mesas
 nothing but stringerS remain. as l though they marked the pinching out
 of great Assure. The climb to the top of the mountain is we'll worth one
 the exertion it costs, not alone :n the
 recompense of looking upon great
 veins of gold bearing quartz, but in the
 panorama of scenery which is uufolded
 On all sides. Under the shade of a
 pine or juniper, the earth cooled by
 the unobstructed breezes, you find an
 ideal resting place. and the eye IS
 treated to a picture which impresses
 itself upon the memory. Far away to
 the north is the Gila valley, the green trees and alfalfa fields appearing in di- minutive form like a ribbon>stretched upon the confluence Of the plain, and to the west the undulating foothills and mesas, darkened here and there by deep shadows of some protruding peak and gashed by gulches coming out of the mountains, take away the sameness of the aspect and give color to the scene. The Galluro mountains form the western background of the picture, and running as if to meet ttis range are the Santa Teresa mountains on the northwest. In the folds of the mesas to the right is the Cedar Springs ranch and a path upon the mesa marks the old Globe-Willcox freight road, where history records many bloody massacres and hold-ups not many years ago. To the left of the picture stretches the Sulphur Springs valley and a patch of green shows the location of the Sierra Bonita ranch, owned by Colonel Hooker.
 Above you the peaks are clothed in pine and all about are great oak and juniper trees with here and there a cedar which has strayed above the line marked by nature as the home of the more pretentious growths.
 The Clark district is nearly fifty miles to the west of Solomonville and twenty-eight miles from Fort Thomas, a station on the Gila Valley, Globe and Northern railroad. Wilcox, on the Southern Pacific, is forty miles to the south and Fort Grant is only fifteen niles distant in the valley. The Chris topher Columbus elf this gold district was grub-staked by T. D. Morris of Wilcox who now resides in Solomon Ville. MT. Morris secured full pos. session o1 the Gold Cord and began lctive development of the claim. He built the Tuba Dam camp and at ,ne time employed a large force of men and operated a "cannIon ball" mill )n the Aravaipa river, seven miles rom the camp where the ore was hauled for milling The mill was an expensive piece of machinery and MT. Norris soon found that his values had )een washed down the river and the he plates had caught but a small hare of the gold. The Gold Cord ,laim has a shaft 107 feet, but since work was stopped water has filled in to depth of seventy-five feet from the water course of the hill, and I was un- .ble to godown the shaft farther than he first level The vein has a sharp Iitch from vertical and is contained Gn olid walls in granite and porphyry ormation, the pay streak having arying width of from six inches to ighteen inches The values are in rec gold and iron sulphurets, and here is a copper stain which indicates Tsence of values in this metal deeper own. Some very rich ore was taken rom the Gold Cord, and there is more here than has ever been extracted. It's evelopment does not take it out of the lass of prospects, and to the visitor here seems to be no cause why this