Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-08-30
A Visitors Opinion Of the Grand Can
 Aon Copper Mine.


 AOn Copper Mine,
 There IS an interesting mining camp away over on the banks of tbe Grand canyon, lying there almost hidden in the shadow of the gigantic rim lock, and the duii roar of tue Colorado IS waited to the ear on the passing breeze. Mountains, grand and picturesque, rise on every side.
 Mother natuu must have felt secure when she bid her treasures here, bat man, the unsuitable money thirster, spied her srcre: out, even here, bounded as 1t was, by chssms and cliffs The niue l. what vas form ally known as tue Ridenuur copper property, but is now ia the posses sion Of a Boston company.
 M. F.. Sparkling. well knOwL in Prescott business circles, acts as secretary and V Ii Ferguson, also of Prescott, aud a capable mining man, holds position ui sUprrint-cd- ent.
 4 wagon road reaches Co within three miles ol the camp. From here We had t0 take a tya.I and begin a decent of about 2jO0 feet to the camp. The trail iu plares IS so mar TOW and precipilious and the canyon So far below us that tue timid cues east anxious glsnces down the noun tain side and hope their horses are sure footed. The trail, though, Is very good one for the pack train goes over it every day tU deliver its burden of copper ore on the plat form above, where ii Is loaded on the freight wagons, hauled tu the railroad and thence shipped Co Den yer for smelling. We found force of about thirty men employed at the mine and the echo of pick snd drill, the laundering blasts, the cea =eless ting-a-llng of the signal bell, the rattle ol the ore emptled ou the dump aad the general systematic hustle denote the energy wItb which developments aie SeIug pushed. while the merry whistle of the whim boy, the jolly song ot tae miner as he pounds hIs driIl. the laughter of the Mexican packers as tIey urge the faithful burro up the hill. gives to the place the pleasing air of fine good spirits. No shadow of a sad accident has ever rested on this mine, and the miDer goes 10 his work without the haunting memory of the cold white flce ana mangled body Of a fellow worker. Probably no other mine in Arizona with the same amount of work done eau show as good indications of success as the Grand Canyon copper mne. Every shaft, tunnel and cut has is yeins or leads ot beautifu! ore to speak for itself.
 4 peculiar feature of this mine Is that the contact lead. which aver ages three feet in width. lie, ID a bed ] Ol soft Eme stone and gFsuul ted l sand stone. Much O. the ore IS of ! that rare beautiful quality resemb- !. ling rich green velvet. more of it ol 1 [ ue dark heavy. compact kind which l Is part ieuiarly rich.
 . The average uf the ore is 6D Der cent copper but much oi it reaches 1 s4 per cent. aud the lowest grade I being f0 per ceat.
 Mr. Ferguson has mad charge oi 1 operations at the mine since Aprii, ] and despite uuasoIdabie delays aud 1 the distance from the shipping sta ! lion aas succeeded ID shipping seven . ear ljads of ore Iu that time. which ! mas brought a net profit of from ! s2lOO to S2.iUO per car.
 The developments are So planned ] and being followed up that 1t Is cal | ,uiatsd 10 leave the ore ia two lm- nense blocks ss It were, which, from ] present indications, wili furnish the company no less tlan loo car loads of ore
 One shaft is aiready loo fe, deep. iIsplsy ing 6ns ore Its entire route Al the bottom ot this shalt Is a level south and a cross-cut run ling west to Interscct the ~rtst vein, llsO one running north. To the north is another shaft 50 feet deep, following a lead from 1 to ? fee. | vide. 4 Winze of 75 feet deep lies 10 the south from which several irifts have been run showing leads )f fine ore. All leads, veins and i.ringers dip to the west, and a tuu- lel has been cOmmenred from the ,ast siie running west which l. ex- oected to Inter-ect a depth of 500 | eet al shafts DOW in operation.
 There are grand possibilities in tore for the owners of this siugu arly located mine. The camp is with water from a spring lear by.
 In conclusion a word for the hos 1itality Of MT. Ferguson, our geuial lost, who welcomed us with char lcteEistic cordiality, set before us he luxuries of his board. and to- ,ether with bis son Gilbert. made ,ur stay immeasurably pleasant. and IS We tOiled mp the mountain on our eturn, thoughts of our enjoyable -isit led to many backward glance t the glisteniug tents ere the di- -iding ridge mid the little camp from 'ur view. BIG.
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