Arizona republican., 1901-04-17

i may be guaged by mining men who
 have reliable knowledge of the deve!-
 opment of the greater mines. State
 ments of the United States hints and | of the railroads and Wells. Fargo &
 Co. cannot be relied upon, as metal | from Arizona finds outlet through va | rious channels, and frequently in the
 form of ores to Fl Paso and Colorado | smelters.
 | A large proportion of the gold output ] comes from the copper mines, and in | the gold properties silver and lead | frequently occur. The predictions made one or two years ago that Arizona would soon lead in the production of l copper, now seems more likely of early | fulfilment than ever before, and coupled with that ia the assurance l that the production of gold and silver shortly will be swelled to large figures In case of the revival of the Tomb | stone holdings these mines alone will | much more than produce the amoun. oG silver now sent out of the terrl- tory.
 Activity in copper is widespread, ani
 in fact, there is no other region in the
 world where copper finds wider dis tribution than in Arizona In com
 parison. the lands of Michigan are
 very circumscribed. The Jerome. Bis
 bee and Clifton districts each hold
 out wonderful possibilities and each
 year the output of these camps is ma
 terially increased In Gila county the
 Old Dominion and United Globe. as
 well as the Back Warrior and smaller
 properties, are awaiting constant
 fuel supply in order to start large
 aud steady production.
 In Yayapai county. the most richly
 mineralized county, SD far as present
 discoveries in Arizona have deter
 mined, steps are being taken to un- earth its copper deposits With the exception of the United Verde. the mining of that county hitherto has
 heen almost entirely confined to gold and silver but there is now lively in-
 terest in the search for copper. The copper mines of that county almost invariably carry a heavy percentage of gold, SO that in many cases the mines and prospects are known as copper gold propositions. The Pennsyl- Nania capital, which controls the Oo- tave mine, is making an active search for copper in the Black Rock district. The Queen of Arizona Copper com pany has taken up about thirty pros poets in the heavily mineralized Big Bug district and is now spending m the neighbOrhood of $l5,000 per month for development that is rapidly con- Nerting the prospects into mines. F. B Gage. Reese NJ. Ling and other promi- nent citizens of Prescott have also or sanized several companies now opsr- ating in the sanfe and adjacent dis. tricts. The santa Fe. Prescott & Phoenix railway is contemplating an extension of the Prescott & Eastern line to the mines near Huron, under development by Mir. Gage and others. IL has been demonstrated Tn Yavapai county that Arizona mines "go down." and determined effort is being put forth to outline some of the rich and deep deposits.
 Among the most important deals, looking to an increase in the mineral output. was the sale of the Congress mine to eastern capitalists. Another deal of importance was the transfer of a group of eleven claims in the War Ten mining district near Bisbee, to a Michigan corporation. The laims vera sold by Martin Costello to the Lake ! Superior X Western Development com pany. and shortly they will be trans terred to the Calumet x Arizona Min | ing company, composed Of the same | men, but with q heavier capitaliza- tion to facilitate rapid development. | The large sales indicate thaL millions ]