Arizona silver belt., 1899-04-06
GLOBE DISTRICT.

ulUCL UlolHlOl. Jos H. Hamill Tn Arizona Republican.
 Globe miuing district, since its organ. ization in 1875, has had its periods of prosperity and years of depression. like many other of the old camps in Arizona, but owing to the varied min eral resources it has better survived the death of silver mining than almost any other district. and has overcome hindraIces tu development which would have proved fatal to district of less merit. IL is not possible within the compass of this article to more than briefly allnde to the main facts in tue early history of Globe and the devel. opment and growth of mining in this section, reserving space for the more comprehensive review of the operations of the important mines and reference to some of the promisin 6 prospects of today.
 THE SILVER ERA.
 It is fortunate for Glohe that the change from silver mining to copper mining was n gradual one, the value of ? the copper deposits iu the district hay. ing been recognized before silver min. ing ceased to he remuuerative. A lingering hope that silver would be rehahilited aud that mining for the white metal wUnld again flourish here, no doubt, had something to do with huldiHg together a community of hardy and resuurceful men whose confidence in the ultimate development of Globes mineral wealth never wavered.
 The first mining locations in this district were the Globe and Globe Ledge. made in 1873, and which claims are now the producing mines oi the Old Dominion Copper Mining & Smelling company.
 Nearly all of the great silver discov- cries were made in 1876. The Mack Morris, Nugget and other mines al Richmond Basin, the Stouewall Jack. son at McMillen, the Piopeer mines and others, which contributed their quotas to swell the aggregate of silver produced to upwards of 2.000. .000.
 DEVELOPMENT OF COPPER MINING.
 The copper industry in Globe dis trict developed slowly, retarded by the long wagon hanl of 40 miles from Wilcox, and the consequent high cost of fuel and supplies, which would have beeD prohibitive had it not been for the extremely rich ores and the simple process of smelting which sufficed to convert the raw ores into pig copper 98 to 99 per cent fine.
 The first copper smplfed Tn the district was ID 1877, by Venarsdell < Garrish, iu an adobe furnace ut Wheat. fields, l2 miles north of Globe, the ore having been taken from the Hoosier mine, then owned by Bud Woodson, Hampton Ellis aud McDowell. The result was an output of about 40 tons of copper.
 The Hoesier was the first mine sold for copper in the district, in 1881, tU John R. Salesman, of Erie, Penn., and although large chamber of high grade ore Was quarried out near the surface, no actual development in depth was attained until after the mine was pur- chased by Phelps, Dodge & Co.,, in 1891. The Hoosier is now the princi- pal mime of the United. Globe Mines, on which the main working shuft of the Hoosier group is located.
 THE OLD DOMINION.
 
 The Globe and Globe Ledge claims were purchased in 1882 by NJ. H. Simpson of Boston who had previons to that time organized the Old Domin- ion Copper company, which took its name from the claim first purchased, and which proved to be of little value. The Old Dominion company operated small furnace in 1881, located at Bloody Tanks, seven miles west of Globe, but the venture was practically a failure, which induced the purchase of the Globe and Globe Ledge claims and the removal of the smeter to Pima, creek, few hundred feet north of the present works.
 It is fact worthy of record that the Old Dominion company started it's furnace in 1882 on ore from the Globe mine, when there was no development other tbaa 20-foot hole and tunnel