Omaha daily bee., 1899-12-17
Capital stock s2,OoO,OOO.00.
DECATUR COPPER MINING co.

Fully Paid and Nom -Assersable
shares OF the Par Value of s1.oo Each.
JEROME, ARIZONA.
Incorporated Under the Laws OF
Arizona, November 4, 1897.
omcers-w. j. Wayne president; w. b.
Gabbert. vice president; George r. Bacon.
secretary; F. p. Wells, treasurer.
Board OF Directors--W. J. Wayne, w. Il.
Gabbert, George r. Bacon, C. W. Devore, +.
P. Wells, w. S. owen, Samuel Morthland.
The claims of this company are four In
number-the Red Rock, Wealth, Blizzard
and Side Issue, containing about so acres.
They are two miles south OF the celebrated
United Verde Copper mine. at Jerome. Arl-
zona, owned by Senator Clark OF Montana,
and tho richest single copper mine in tho
| world.
| They are on the same great ledge, on the
same side OF the mountain, on the same level
and have the same ore as this great mine
Mr.. j. Il. Bering an eminent minerslogst,
has carefully examined the ore and rock
with chemical tests and also with the aid
| of powerful microscope and polarized light.
He finds We have Chalcopyrite, carrying
50 per cent copper carbonate OF copper car
rying 5S, and Meaconite or cupric oxide,
carrying so per cent copper.
He concludes from his examination that
we have a contact vein and that our pros
poets are bright.
All the rock from our shaft carries copper.
Our assays, of an average lot, show from
10 to IA per cent "copper" $3.50 gold and s1.12
silver to the ton.
Our shafe-5hx71k feet-is now down over
240 feet. We have taken out some fine. rich
ore. We have on the ground and working
satisfactorily one 10 H. P. hoist; one 30 H.
p. engine, an Ingersoll- Sergeant Air Com
pressor and air drill.
The shaft is equipped with a fine suction
fan and 5-inch pipe to draw the foul air
from the shaft after each blast.
Work is progressing finely. but we must
go deeper and more thoroughly develop our
claims.
Our shaft-5kx7k feet-is now down over
We wish to push the work faster and also
to buy some adjoining claims.
To do this, we offer limited number OF
shares OF our treasury stock at the low price
of 30 cents each.
The shares, when issued, are fully paid
and non -assessable.
We unhesitatingly assert that this is q
frst-class investment. ..
NO salaries VIII be paid to ofncerS or the
company until the mine Is on a paying basis.
Every dollar will be used to buy material,
labor, machinery and to secure the adjon-
ing claims.
Satisfy yourself as to the integrity OF the
officers of this company by writing to the
following banks of Decatur, ILL.,:
The Mlllikin National Bank
The National Bank of Decatur.
The Citizens National Bank.
l.. Burrows a. Co., Bankers.
Satisfy yourself as to our property and it's
prospects and worth by careful investiga-
tion.
The shares are bound to advance In price
and before long.
Our machinery and material are all paid
for; so are our four claims.
The United Verde mine pays 1000 900 a
year dividend. No gold mine pays as we'll
as the big Copper mines. Now is the time
to get in on the ground floor. The secretary
spent nino years in the mountains, from
Mexico to Washington
If you desire to invest, make your drafts
payable to the order OF George r. Bacon,
or send your order through your
banker. The company reserves the right to
apportion the shares among the purchasers
or to return the drafts.
Address all inquiries and communications
to George r. Bacon, Secretary. Decatur. III.