Arizona silver belt., 1901-08-22
PRAISE FOR GLOBE.
Writer Makes Mistakes, But Is Right in Esti-
 nation of the District.


 taiRs one gets panorama that it scarcely equaled in this great country of ours We are here at an sititud, of 5000. feet. Not SD high, IL is true as other noted spots, but for subin, wiidugss the scene beggars dsscrip tion. Far to the southward, som, fifty miies away, we get a glimpse n the great Arizona desert. 10 th, northwest We are met by tue ruggsI { and snow-coyered peaks of the Super stitious range, stretching towards .Ie rome and tho 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 Tanks where our boys in blue played such baYoc with the bel,igerent Apacheo under Geronimo, the willy chief ISic
 scenes nave changed since those bloody days even in this remote re- zion. Railroads, telegraph, telephones and easy wagon roads have slowly opened the couatry to tue march of a newer civilization. While many of the old landmarks of the mining from tier are still intact, yet, under all, there is current which denotes that even the oldest of old timers here are looking for the dawning of newer and better days.
 It has never been my good fortune to see a greater mining district than the one which is here opening up under the magic touch of capital and labor Ere many years have elapsed there will exist here a mining camp scarcely second to the famous Butte, Mont. In a zone of twenty five miles every hill is a receptacle for untold wealth in copper, and in every direc- ton we can see the camps of the hardy prospector or of the more advanced mining enterprises. From our own place we can count number of them, and quite a few have already become successful shippers of ore. Copper ore is found here in every conceivable shape and variety. One hears nothing else but carbonate, azurite, sulphide," etc., from morning till night, and the whole region has become infested with an enthusiasm which we can hardly understand in the east. Many things are yet required to complete the con ditions which will make out of Globe an ideal mining town, but with the progress now being made in the noun taIns surrounding. the town these will come in due time.
 Much Minnesota capital is finding it's way to this section. Not far from us, on the Pinal mountains, Dr. Force and his associates from Minneapolis are developing what promises to be one of the best paying copper pro- ducers of this territory. These men are operating the Bobtail group of mines and have an immense amount of ore not only in sight, but actually on their dump. They are now putting up cOncentrator to handle their own ores. The Fraternity Mines com pany, operated by number of St. Paul and Minneapolis newspaper men and fraternalists, lie upon the divide of the Pinal range, at the head of Min erai creek, and form almost the center of a producing radius. It is remark able fact that all the properties held by Minnesota people are making cred itable showings and promise to be pay ing properties as soon as depth is reached where the permanent mining is to be found.
 It is a common occurrence to hear the locators and prospectors talk of COCO and s75, 900 for claims on which out little development work has been done, scarcely more than enough to show that ore bodies exist in their To- cations An hope to retirein the near future, rich enough to enjoy life at their ease. But men with capital are DO longer paying these fabulous fig ures 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 loca- ton. FL. DEL.
 The writer of the above exaggerates the work being done by Minnesota people. They are really doing very httle, with the exception of the Rob- ..ail Mines company, who appear to nave a very promising property, and are doing considerable development work They have not begun the erec- NNoh ni concentration as yet.-EDIToR SILVER BELTl
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