Holbrook argus. (Holbrook, Ariz.) 1900-1913, 1901-10-19
By II. Il. Pedse.
Official Paper Of Navajo Co,
Entered at the postofiice at HolbroolS, Ariz.
as second-class mail matter.
The ARIzPE COMPANY.
A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THIS
COMPANY'S PROPERTY.
Old Spanish Mines From Which Fab
ulousIy Rich Ore Was Taken
in The EARLY Days.

Arizpe Gold and Copper Min
ing Company is a corporation
organized under the laws Of the
territory of Arizona, with acapi-
tai stock of 81, 100000, divided
into 100000 shares Of the par
value Of 81 each, fully paid and
nonassessable.
One million shares of this stock
has been set apart as a treasury
reserve, and the proceeds of all
sales Of this reserve must be used
for the development OF the prop
erty owned by the company and
the erection OF srnclters and ma
chinery necessary for the mining
of its ores and preparing the
same for market.
The company owns claims, di-
vided into four groups, as fol-
lows: La Mendoza" a group
containing four claims, silver
property; "Olaya, a group con-
tanning four claims, gold prop
erty; "Rey del Cobre," contain
ing 20 claims, a copper property,
and "Gorro de Fierro," a group
of 90 claims bearing copper and
silver.
These claims are situated in
the famous Arizpe district, state
of Sonora, Mexico, and in the
same belt with the famous Cobre
Grande, known in history as one
of the greatest copper PROPOSE
tons in the world.
These properties were located
by w. H. Brown an American,
who has resided in the Arizpe
for more than twenty years and
who knows every foot of ground
in that district. Of the famous
LA Mendoza" Brown says:
ct is an old silver mine,
worked more than 1OOyears ago
by the Spaniards, lies about one
mile east Of Puertosita, a small
Mexican village on the east side
of the Sonora river. About 70
years ago this mine was reopen
ed and very fine silver ore was
found, and the Mexicans now
living here (some Of whom are
ninety years old claim that a
very large piece of ore was taken
out of the mine at that time and
was sold for 800 in gold. This
must have been native silver.
An Old Mexican woman, probab-
ly ninety years Of age, claims at
this time the men were working
in an incline shaft and that ten
men were shut up in the shaft
where they were working and
were never recovered because the
Indians were making war upor
the Spaniards and Mexicans anC
life was not safe except. under
protection. This incline shaft
has never been reopened. About
twenty years ago man by tht
name of Hunter worked upor
this property and sank an inclin(
shaft Of about 1876 feet and free
milling silver ore was found tc
be of very high grade. The or,
body i'll this shaft has never ru1
less than forty ounces of silver
In this same shaft the ledge is II
wide as two feet and runs a
high as 500 in silver and in som
places native silver. Hunte
used wooden pans to separat
the ore. The 13O-fOOt inclin
shaft was the extent of the dc
velopment work except tw,
other incline shafts just referre,
to worked by the Spaniards 10
and 70 years ago, but as l stat
ed these are filed up and no on
knows what they contain.
THE Hunter shaft is abou
5x6 feet. Hunter left main shat
four times. following rich pa
streaks-once running about te
feet off of main shaft and e
other times from three to fv
feet in from the main shaft. TIL:
shaft has an incline of about 4
degrees. Hanging walls al
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