Arizona republican., 1899-11-10
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undergoing repairs preparatory to be
ins run night and day from December
/. It is capable Of concentrating eighty
tons per day. Ore is being taken out
continually from the shaft above the
mill. The company has recently put
in place two gasoline hoists and let u
contract to Charles Ducas to drive q
tunnel three-quarters of mile
through the mountain from Copper
car-On. to another shaft in Mineral
creek. The contract reads for S6S,000.
After dinner the expedition drove
ella river. The grade for the rail-
road is finished about two miles from
Ray down the creek. Cuts have been
made at Ray on either side of Mineral
creek for a bridge in order that the
little mill and the mines at that point
can be reached. The roadDed was
blasted out Of solid rock above high
water mark. Where it was not solid
rock it was ore. The ore uncovered ny
the grade is in appearance similar to
chalk. In reality it is sulphurets in
lime. There are lodges of it forty and
fifty feet wide.
In the drive to the ella The eXpedi-
ton again became cognizant of the
great need of d road into the district
from the Pinal side. The road takes s
course down the wash of Mineral
creek. The wheels Of the wagon az
times sank half way to the hubs in
dust and for the first time on the
trip MI KimbaIls mules showed signs
of fatigue. The road goes up and down
short. steep pitches as it enters or
leaves the channel of the creek. There
are more chuck-holes and unlimited
quantities of dust in it than there is
in the road from Alhambra to Glen
dale and a heavier load could be
handled on a fifteen per cent grade
than can be on it. And all the
wagon freight to Bay must be hauled
over it.
About five miles down the creek
We're seen men at work drilling holes
for blasts on the railroad bed. the
men were on the pay roll OF Scribner
& CrandraII. contractors. from Los
Angeles. The Ray Copper company
We're not succeeding satisfactorily in
building the grade themselves so the
job was contracted to the above firm.
There are eco men at work on the
grade. Messrs.. Shrine 6, Harper or
seeing that the company were going to
the expense of Blasting a railroad bel
out of solid rock for eight miles, be-
came convinced that there was no
wild cat scheme on foot, especially
since they had seen copper at every
turn. Down Copper canyon they had
seen it as they had been told, but as
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had seen it ooze out of the mountain
side where a ledge had been exposed
by the grade. They had seen red oxide
of copper, whole mountain sides of il.
There was native copper and gray cop
per and great dumps of the peculiar
white chalny substance which con-
tanned the sulphurets. When they were
told that there We're great copper de
posits above Ray in Mineral creek
they believed it. When they We're told
that the American Exploration COM
pany had expended large sums in the
district for claims, they believed 1t.
When they We're told that the Phelps
Dodge company were also heavily in
terested in the district. they believed
it. When they again were told that
the Ray Copper company had sunk
twice with hurley drills 1900 feet and
found so much copper that it had
since expended more than $3500O0 for
claims. and were eXpending a million
dollars preparatory to gaining the
copper from mother earth. they were
convinced that the road from Mesa u
the Ray mine should be built and
would be built.
At the ella river there were signs OF
future city. There was under con-
strCctiOn a building ssventy-five feet
square. The building will be of
DOLBY on d heavy rock foundation 1t
will be two stories high with a porch
surrounding it. It will be used for
offices. The ground was broken for
another building 100 feet square and
two stories high. It will be used for
lodging purposes. Jones Bros. of Lehi
have fitted up a brick yard and are
working on a large contract with the
company There were tents and tenn
porary lumber houses and camps on all
sides The new town will be called
Kelvin. and Kelvin promises to be
better known in few short months.
At Kelvin it was learned that large
deposits of copper had been found near
Mining company had been organized TO
develop the district. The Troy people
say they viii come down on the ella,
a distance of eight miles and erect 4
concentrating mill of 120O-ton capac-
ity. The mill will be equal in size to
that of the Ray company and will be
located not more than two miles from
it. 1t was too much to believe. and
the expedition gave the reports no at
tention. It was also learned at kel-
vim that w p. Durham was meeting
with fattering success in his proper
ties across the river. The new town
site is an admirable one for a large
city as it is situated on a high and
extensive mesa, and the indications
are certainly strong that there Will. In
the near future be a large city there.
While watching the surging waters
of the ella it dawned upon the eXpedI-
ton that Mammoth. Pinal county, was
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