Arizona republican., 1899-05-18
HELMETED IN METAL
fCont1nued From First Page.)

These outcroppings extend down the slcpe5 of the n.-1ntain and out onto the meSas The first claims reacheu cu the i.rail from Geronimo are in rthe lew hills of the mesa, and at this point a good view of the formation Of Mount TIrnbull is: presented. A little farther m rewards the mountain is Indian Springs where the cowpunchers camp and where traye1ers find pure spring water cooled by tunnel development, which prev ents the sun from temper ing the water Here on the southeaS-- ern slope of Mount Turnbul the course of the mineral deposition can De ob- served. At the right on Ahe crest CT the mountain is a great lime dike which shoots outcroppings Of lIme down the slope of the mountain and its course can be traced for over mile to the foothills below. This lime takes the general course Of the mineral which is from the northwest 10 the southeast Toward the west or the apex of dhe mountain a distance of about five hundred feet from the lime is dike Of porphyry mixed with lime and diorite. This dike pitches into the mountain and appears to be the hanging wall of a great mineral zone, the foot wall of which appears three hundred feet farther on toward the southwest There is a uniform course maintained by the lime, porphyry and diorite when it leaves the apex of the mountain on Ihis side, and it stretches down the slopes of the mountain and reaches out to the gulGhes nearly two miles distant. The copper veins are found in the olstcroppings of the rock which is an altered porphyry. On .the surface it appears slightly impregnat- ed with copper but within a depth of not more than foot the character Of the malarix- rock is completely absorbed by the copper. In this contact of lime and porphyry veins of copper ore are found all over this portion of Mount Turnbu.l, and it seems to me that the great mountain promises rich store of wealth for those who own claims here.
 The slope of Mount Turnbull is about 35 degrees, but the highesls p-int on the m-l-i1tcf1 is accessible by good trail. Tho mountain is covered 1 with i1ne gra4uas and shFltbbery which i arc foui-i- in this altitude and here and ] there are cedar ard juniper trees. | which afford timber fer the miners. | Down On the mc:5as dncre is mesquite ] and at 'Jhe highest point Of he moun- tain the growth -f pine and junipers l is prolific. With the development of ! the Turnb1ll district Wate- vii be se- i cured from the spring high up in She | mountain and piEeh to the mines be- lew, or it can be raised from the h. l dian Spring at the base of the noun i tain. From Geronimo a wagon road l can be built over the mesa to Indian i Spring, a distance Of twelve miles, and | Goodwin wash, which leaves the Gila 1 valley and circles around to Spena- | zuma and strikes into the southwest ern slope of the mountain, has opened | the way for a railroad.
 Where Goodwin wash cuts it's way into Mount TurnbuIl there is an i'm i mer1se quartz lead which leaves dike l ,cn the mountain side. In this portion | of the mountain there is no deve1cp- menlt and there is presented a field for the. p-iospeotor whfch is very alluring l A spring finds it's source at the head of Goodwin wash and other springs add their mite to the stream until Goodwin wash carries an abundance of running water which will supply many camps when this districtl receives the f atteDtich it deserves.
 
 While the San Carlos strip has been open 6G- location butt four months theIe are two prospects in the Turn ! bu-a district which are rich enough on fihe surface to provide shipping ore. Perhaps there are many others but the distriot is new and une0plored Men [ w'hci are looking for investment in ! cCpper prospects can find a rich field here Like most mining districts tie claims are owned by the men who dis coyered them, and they are too poor to develop their properties to any ex- tent. To undertake shipping ere Tneane the ,cmtlay of money which they do mot possess. The owners of claims here do. not place exhorbitant prices upon their properties, and they are willing to give reasonable terms to ehose who will develop their pres poets.
 **f*
 The Mount Turnbull district is but a small portion of the San Carlos strip i It is a mineral zone which borders the strip, running from the northeast to {he Southwest, and it is separated from Uhe western lpiorti-n by a great granite mountain which has a width of four miles and skirts a goo6ly portion Of the len5th of the strip. The San Car los st1ip is about fcrty-five miles in length and twelve miles wide r
 The distrid5 which I have described in f1- IS b6uter IS rlch in promise, but on the a. er side of the granite mountain is found a copper zone where there is more deve1Opment than in TllCnDulI district and my next letter will relate what has been done there.
 M. P J. Co.e of Phoenix is making 9 tour of the strip, and I learned today that he has taken a two months' op- 1icn on the Marblehe3d group for S10,- 900. This property is owned by L. l.. Wight and ..5 located in the Arivaipa district, which is not included in the strip, but adjoins it on the southwest. MT. Cole has also taken an option on the copper claims owned by Broakin and BaIso in the same district, the con-