The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-08-08
RICH IN COPPER ORE
MOUNTAINS AROUND GLOBE, AREZ
FULL OF MINERAL WEALTH
PrOspectOrs Now on the Ground
Declare That the New Town
Will Become "a Sec
Ond Butte

GLOBE, Ariz., July 31.-(Special)-
Standing on the summit of the PinaI
Mountains one gets a panorama that is
scarcely equaled in this great country of
ours. We are here at an altitude of 5000
feet. Not so high, it is true, as other
noted spots, but for sublime wildness the
scene beggars description Far to the
southwark, some fifty miles away, we
get a glimpse of the great Arizona
desert. To the southwest we are met by
the rugged and snow covered peaks of
the Superstitious range, stretching to-
wards Jerome and the famous Verde
mines
We had to come up here over the old
trail on horseback in order to reach Our
own camping ground, passing the famous
Bloody Basins, where our boys in blue
played such havoc with the belligerent
Apaches under Geronimo the willy chief
Scenes have changed since those bloody
days even in this remote region. Rail
roads, telegraph, telephones and easy
wagon roads have slowly opened the
country to the march of a newer civfliza-
ton. While many of the old landmarks
of the mining frontier are still intact.
yet under all, there is a current which
denotes that even the Oldest Of old-timers
here are looking for the dawning Of
newer and better days
1t has never been my good fortune to
see greater mining district than the
one which Is here opening up under the
magic touch of capital ana labor. Ere
many years have elapsed there will exist
here mining camp scarcely second to
the famous Butte, Mont. In a zone Of
twenty-five miles every hill is a receipt
able for untold wealth in copper and in
every direction we can see the camps of
the hardy prospector or Of the more ad-
Vanced mining enterprises. From our own
place we can count a number of them
and quite few have already become sue
cessful shippers of ore. Copper ore is
found here in every conceivable shane and
variety. One hears nothing else but car
Donate, azurite sulphte," etc, from
morning till night and the whole region
mas become infested with an enthusiasm
which we can hardly understand I'm the
East. Many things are vet required TO
complete the conditions which will make
out Of Globe an ideal mining town but
with the progress now being made in
the mountains surrounding the town
these will come in due time
Much Minnesota capital is finding its
way to this section. Not far from us.
on the Pinal mountains. DR.. Force and
his associates from MINNEAPOLIS are de-
Veloplng what promises to be one of the
pest paying copper producers Of this ter
rltory These men are operating the
Boptall group of mines and have an i'm
mense amount of ore not only in sight,
but actually on their dump They are
now putting up concentration to handle
their own ores. Within a stones throw
are the workings of the Omaha mines
owned by the well known Minneapolis men
who are conducting the American Mines
development company chiefly capital
lied by Minnesota money. These prop
critics are also promising well. The Fra
ternlty Mines company, operated by a
number of ST. Paul and MINNEAPOLIS
newspaper men and fraternalists lie
upon the divide of the Pinal range, at the
head of Mineral creek, and form almost
the center Of a producing radius It is
remarkable fact all the properties held
by Minnesota people are making credit
able showings and promise to be pay
ing properties as soon as depth is reach
ed Where the permanent mining is to be
found.
1t is common occurrence to hear the
locators and prOspectors talk of $50 900
and $4,000 for claims on which but little
development work has been done, scarce
more than enough to show that ore
bodies exist in their locations All hope TO
retire in the near future, rich enough to
enjoy life at their ease. But men with
capital are no longer paying these
fabulous figures for more prospects and
do not care to spend their money on
mere hole in the ground, simply because
some prospector believes he ought TO
have an immense price for his location.
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