Arizona republican., 1901-08-16

more than sufficient to supply the ranches along it's banks. Its waters can very easily be made available for use upon the Montana Verdi by the construction of a ditch to tap the stream a short distance above the mine. and the company is now negotiating with the owner of large water rights In the river, for the purchase of right to divert sufficient water to supply the property in this manner for all time to come.
 GNhe group as a whole is not especial ly rough. being rather undulating, but the surface over nsar!y the entire area is much broken by almost innumerab'e rock croppings and prominences of all shapes and slzss. These croppings do not appear to be in ledge formation. but project in the form Of great ae- tached masses and bouldsrs without any regularity whatever in the manner of their emplacement. Everwhere they show Q vivid green in color, ana examination shows them to be largely carbonates of copper. oxides of copper and oxides of iron, of all Kinds ana grades, the carbonates predoinihatihs' In the depressions between these mass es of croppings. the surface IS earth which evidently has been formed to considerable extent from the decompo- sition of the rock croppings, JuoSing from it's appearance. and IS streWh over with small pieces of hoat or the same general character as the rock' This earth or dirt, however, Is Vsry superficial, and it is only necessary to dig a short distance before rock closely resembling the surface crcppings is en- rountersd Assays of this surface rock made after returning to Jerome, show that 1t will run on an average six pc. cent in copper and Mir. Mitchell IS ol the opinion that there is enough or It in sight to fully justify the installation at once of n l00-ton blast furnace on the property and the commencement oI smelting operations on a substantiai arele The cost of freightng to and from santa Ana would be more than overcome by the cheapness of both labor and fuel The established wages or drill men is $2 per cay in Mexican money. or s1 in gold. Outside men re- ceive sl75 per day, S1h cents in goiu' Hard wood for steam can be bought a' s2.5O per cord in god.
 The work already done upon the property is not extensive. A vertical shaft has been sunk to depth Of oo feet. An examination of the walls or this shaft shows an exceedingly irreg gu- lar formation and multiform characters of rock, varying from rich sulphides or copper near the surface. to a blue siate implN gnated to some extent Wl.h auartz, streaksd with sulphides at the bottom, Assays of the ore taken from
 the upper part of the shaft run rom 4 to 10 per cent copper. It is the m tsntion of the company to continue the shaft at depth of 100 feet, and then drift through the ore body. A large force of men it now at work.
 1t is impossible for any person to LOOK over this group. to walk over anu among the masses of min; rali2ed rocK and note that characteristic greenlsh appearance everywhere in evidence.
 without forming the positive conviction | that underneath his feet lies hidden | an immense body of copper ore. greater perhaps. if the indications count for Sr | covered. He cannot be brought to the belief that this copper ore came from any other source or direction than be- low, nor that the visible copper in the
 ore was deposited upon the crest of the | hill where the ore occurs. by the acton , cf any surface stream. But though he will conclude his inspection of ihe Mon i tana Verdi with the firm conviction | that little development work vii! | demonstrate what appears now so evil
 dent. 1t Is not until the visitor reaches | the San Jose group. the other property
 of the company. and makes his exam ] ination, that h. feels warranted in say | ing that the company has mine the i character of which as such is assured
 The San Jose group lies nor ,h-wester- 1 ly of the Montana Verdi a distance of ] about 8 milts. and Is approximately