Arizona silver belt., 1901-08-29
ARIZONA MINES.
rbr Go Down and Improve With
 Depth.


 Depth,
 rtras been the impression among
 ..tsru capitalists and a great many
 .,inr men, or men that were sup
 ,ss5 10 be such, that while there
 ara great many prospects in Ari'
 ana that showed up well on the sur
 ,s hey would not hold out at a
 ,.s,rpr depth. What created this i'm
 sssion is something that mining
 n,r. who know to the contrary can
 ,r solve, for there is absolutely
 ,,tbirg to back up the statement that
 ,rizrua mines gre soon worked out"
 ,bHe to Substantiate the statement ,h,t Arizona mines improve with
 IsDtb. we only have to point to every mine u the territory.
 The congress mine, while a very ,ood prospect on the surface, at a
 Isptb of lj0 feet was pronounced ,orth ess by men claiming to be eX-
 .rts and was spoken of as an "Ari- ona widcat' mine, but today at a Ilspth of 3,20O feet it is considered [.honanza, and was sold for S5,000,- np the ore being far better than at he surface and the veins and ors shoots improving right along. The world famous United Verde WAS good prospect, but ex-Governor rritle spent a fortune in trying to proye that it was a mine and would yo down, and was unable to persuade eastern capitalists that Arizona mines, like majority of the mines in the world, improved with depth. Sena- for Clark was sure that it was mine and developed it to such an extent rlat he refused s100,000, 900 for it. The La Fortuna was thought to be a good property, but at depth of loo feet was not considered to be worth ,luO UOO, while at depth of 500 feet vas considered to be worth S2,000, 900, and is one of the big dividend paying mines of Arizona. The King of Ari- ,ona only brought S30,000 at a depth of 100 feet, while at depth of 900 feet f brought sl 900, 000 The Crowned King mine was considered a failure at depth of l65 feet, while it's value at 4Ou feet was S1, ,0OO,000 In the great copper dis lrict at Globe there is not a mlne that has not larger and richer bodies of ore at depths of 5OO to LOGO feet than when nearer the surface. At Clifton and at the great Bisbee mines the same thing is found to be rue without an exception, that they all improve with depth. The great Octave mine did not have very great showing on the surface, but D. J. Jones succeeded in getting capitalists to take hold of it and develop it and more than SjOO. 900 was spent in dovel- Uyment work before any returns were received, and today with the ore bodies getting larger and the ore val ue, higher, it is worth several mill .ons When Arizona had no mine de. yeIyped sufficiently to support the statement that her mines improved with depth, capitalists were sus- picious Of nything that had the word Arizona attached to it, but now when We nave some of the best paying mines in the world to back up our as- sertiOus, they are becoming aware that iu Arizona mines they have some Of the safest and best investments that can be made. Mining is no longer looked upon as a gamble by our most conservative men and the mining in- duStry iS no longer denounced as II speculative" but business men, banks, and the public in general are begnning to realize the importance
 ,he mining industry has to our na- uonai welfare and advancement 4 "ickenburg News.