Arizona republican., 1900-11-23
A COMING MINE
The Development of Great Wealth in
 the Bjo Country.

MT. Herben, Mosely, president of the Boston Gold and Copper Mining com pany, is stopping at the Hotel Adams. The name, Boston. has been given to the company because the members of it live there. Ths other officers are Vice President W. G. Nash and Secre- tary- Treasurer N. J. Broadway. The superintendet of operations is George McFall of Phoenix, who was for a long time own6Y of some of the claims which have lately become a part of the prop erty of the company. This property lies about fifteen miles southwest of Ajo and in a direct line about thirty five miles from Aztec on the Southern Pacific.
 The company was organized last March, but active operations were com menced only recently, though cQnsider- able development work had been pre- viously done. The property is divided into two parts. One consists of eighteen copper claims. covering 36O acres and about a mile and half northeast of the copper property there are two gold claims.
 Speaking of the operations vest rday,
  cen copper claims had been opened up and copper ore was found everywhere. Numerous assays show it to be mo- where less than 20 per cent. The high est assay runs to $5 per cent.
 Twelve men are at Rresent employed. A shaft has been sunk fifty feet all the time in pay ore. The sinking of the shaft will be continued to water. The shipping of ore to Fl Paso will be be- gun n Xt month. an almost unparal- leled incident in the opening of new mine The copper district in which this property lies has long been noted for che richness of the orc, but ther5 have been two almost fatal drawba acks-the difficulty in getting water and the ab- sence or scarcity of iron, lime or other fluX. The Boston people are handi- capped by neither of these drawbacks, for an iron cap about nine feet thick and from 200 to 800 feet wide runs the whole length If the property. There is also plenty of limo and it is estimated that there is 5nough Aux in the vicinity to last a hundred years. Water near by is found at Q depth ot forty feet. Some idea of the ore body may be gath cred from the circumstance that the distance between the contact ore and the hanging wall is fifty feet. The character of the ore is nalachlte. aZur- ite and copper oxide. There is quite a large percentage of peacock copper and a conside erable quantity of copper glance has been obtained. Dr. Ford, who has examined the property and made nu- msrous assays, predicts that the mine will become one of the great mines of the United States. The company has already contracted fir a large quantity of machinery to be deHver, on the ground early next year. The contract includes a twenty-five stamp mill, to be placed on the gold property. It is expected that it will be in operation by January l.
 The gold property is said to be ar at tractive proposition. The ore is a free milling quartz of sreAt but uncertain extent. The oultcropping runs in a great visible line over the mountain. A tunnel has been run in at considerable length to the ledge and another tunn=l further up on the mountain. Still fur ther up the ledge has been frequently cross-cut and has nowhere been found to be less than six feet in thickness.
 Two assays have been made. One by Dr. Fcrd showed the ere to be worth $16.5O a ton. According to another by Carmichael of Bostcn, ore from another part of the ledge is worth $342 a ton. Assuming that the average value is only $2O a ton, there is in sight above the lower tunnel $l.S00.000.
 Alt pres mt the cnIy way to reach this property is from Gila Bend, dis 'tant sixty-five miles. The work Of building a road to Aztec will be begun a once and when it is completed the distance to the railroad will be reduced thirty-five miles.
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