The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1901-04-18
TT PAYS TO NINE.

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The re-opening Of the Tombstone
mines means much for Arizona: aside
rom contributing largely TO the ter
ritury's bullion output and adding ma
.crIslly To place tine treasure territory
Al the top OF the column OF precious
metal producers. il will serve To i'm
nue altering operators with the lac
hat the mines OF Arizona go down.
aud with depth the ore bOdies increase
in both quality and quantity. Ii l. ais"
a noteworthy fact that when the waller
level has been gained and passed the
ores become richer, and give evidence
OF a permannecy not always manifest
before this period is reached. These
facts have been learned through the
deep workings OF the Cumstocks. the
Calumet & Hecla, numerous MINIS 10
Colorado, Montana aud California, but
more notably 80 ia ArizIna. Water in
large quantities was encountered in
the Tombstone mines at the 6OO-lOot
level, necessitating the installation of
a mammoth pumping system which,
unluckily for the companies cooper
ating, was destroyed by fire, but not,
however, before the mines had been
unwatered sufficiently to demonstrate
the existence OF large and rich ore de-
posts beneath the subterranean flow.
Similar facts have been elected all
over Arizona where deep mining has
been prosecuted. True, but few mines
have reached that depth, owing TO the
fact, no doubt, that the enormous size
OF the ore bOdies-found upon the sur
face, so to speak-precluded the i'm
mediate necessity of acquiring depth;
but, nevertheless, in the course of
time these surface deposits of a few
hundred feet will have become ex
hausted, when necessity, lured on by
the Tombstone successes, will cause
the water levels to be sought, where
natures treasure-box will be flung
open to those who dare and act. The
Tom tone mines do not furnish these
evidences alone; the same conditions
are noticeable all over the territory
from Yuma out west to Graham in
the east. from COcOninO and Mohave
up north to Cochise and Santa Cruz
doAn souih-as depth is attained the
big end Of the ore deposits will be
cncountered-they are planted that
way--which gives stability To the in
dustry and auguro well for the future
Of mining in ArizDna. Arizona has yet
To record Il mining failure within her
boundaries where the promoters and
operators have been conscientious and
tried To extract the gold from the
earth instead Of the purses of the ten
derfeet. Success is his who breaks
he florist, viniculturist, farmer. hor.i
culturist ~ Inine,, but the latter in
du,try is rs stable II, either and part-
mount 10 all; it should b. f,sterrd and
encouraged, Us it is, for, without the
operation of the mines the several
other industries would pale into insig
nificance.
The mining industry of Arizona was
Old workings are pushing u depth aud
meeting with encouraging results,
blocking out orc bodies Tor the future
generations aud installing modern ma
chinery for its extraction and CONVEX
sion into the arts and commerce; their
stability and richness is a sufficient
guarantee to conservative capital to
construct no less than half dozen rail
road lines, whose present and future
financial success is predicated wholly
upon the output of the mines; the most
cautious capital of the land, the most
astute financiers OF the day, have
representatives in our midst who are
securing valuable copper properties
every week: mining men of national re-
pute now seek Arizona mines; John w.
Mackay has but recently purchased the
Congress mine at S3,00O,O0O Senator
Clark of Montana, owner of the famous
United Verde, for which he is said to
have refused s15,O0O,00O, is acquiring
property all over the terri
tory; the Rockefellers own a large
group of copper claims at Bisbee and
have encountered large deposits of
high-grade ore at depth of 500 feet;
the Calumet 4 Hecla people believe
they have found better territory
than in Michigan and are operating
successfully at Bisbee and at Helvetia,
Pima county; the successful and nu-