Arizona republican., 1899-05-20

On tFe side of the mountain 200 feet above this gulch is fifty-fiye fo1t shaft which is sunk i'll a varying vein Of ere whose richness is contained in sulphide of copper. There is a well stocked dump of ore which came from this shaft but it is too low grade to ship. It will be left there tc shciw the duality of the product of the Copper Bell to inquiring visitors. This shalt takes the pitch of the ore vein. The width of the vein here is not known as no walls have been found, but in the gulch it shows ten and twelve feet On the western slope there is a strip ping Of the veins Cutcr1p in several places and in other places work has been done, but no mere than to show the trend of the veins. It has been demons traded that this mountain is 8 rich store house Of copper which will make its owners rich and add a pTcmi- nent mining camp to this portion Of Arizona. The Copper Bell is located on the south end of the San Carlos strip. fifteen miles due south from San Car.os station, which is accessible cnly by trail, as nio wagon roads have been built in this new district.
 The west extension of the Copper Bell is owned by Billy Mansell and the east extension by the Allison broth CTS. who also own other claims in the strip and are eamped here On the crest of this hill are a number of claims which arc owned by MT. Man seii and Joe McKenney. There is a oapping 0f magnetic ircn which ap- pears to contain tungsten, but this is net known definitely. There are twenty claims in the Bell group, and although Messrs. Porter and Jones have the controlling interest there are 8 number of others interested m claims here. The Copper Bell proper and the Copper BeN'Nt. are cfwned hy Messrs. Jones, Porter and Robin sen, and lMansell and Mckinney are associated with them in the ownership Of a great many claims. Burnett, Tut tie and Knowles are also interested in the Bell group as are also Allison brothers,
 The hills on the west Of the Copper Bel are mineralized. In the gtlch which separates these mills are found rich feat which might have come from either side. There are distinct buttes here separated by deep gulches, but the same general formation pTed0mi mates and the course of the mineral veins take a uniform direction from the northwest to the southeast. This is but the beginning of the San Carlos strip and from the camp of the Copper Bell I will journey on toward San Carlos and visit the camps of pros pectors in other portions of the Stan ley Butte and Deer creek districts.
 The great undeyelcped riches of this new district cannot but appeal to the visitor and make him lEiorlde- at the changes which win come over these hills when capital finds that there Is a virgin field here rich in the metal which is so eagerly sought by invest CTS today. Not cnly is there copper here but gold, lead silver. wcifram and coa. is found. and the latter is 9 product which gives this district prestige which few sections in the southwest can attain in the eyes Of capital The strip was opened for To- cation in February but ar that time there was sncw on the ground and there was no rush of prospectors in here. The fact that the district was opened since seems to have escaped attandiSll and there are few persons here who have not been squatsing on their claims for several years It was but a few years ago that the Apache indians were making it very uncom- fGrtable fer those who persisted in re- maining here, and in tramp:ng ever the hills you can find monuments NhI1n do no1 mark the presence of a vein. Beneath are the re- mains Of some prospactOr who rfske1 the Apache arrow in days gone bv in hopes of finding fortune
 GEORGE H. SMALLEY.