Arizona republican., 1902-02-14
RANCHES OF FINAL
Surrounded on All Sides By
 Great Mineral Wealth
The Correspondent Of The Republican Along the Route of the Pho enix and Eastern Railroad.

Dudleyvine, Ariz.. Feb. 7.-CSpeciaI correspondence Of The RepublicanD-
 This place is more cosmopolitan than some of the other towns up the san Pedro river II is sort of -headquar- ters for COW boys. prospectors, ranch CTS. farmers and travellers. There is store and postof!ice. corral with
 spring water, a school house with
 pretty teacher-aH pleasantly located
 along the main trlNeieI read Of the
 one horse mail r;3 T. is about twenty
 five miles from A-- nsInoth and about
 the same distance from Riverside. a
 sort of half-way place, although the
 town is really larger and more mpor-
 tant than Rfvc-sidc.
 There is some mining going OF in the
 Dripping Springs range on the north
 side of the river and some in the Tor
 tii!a range south of the town Saddle
 mountain stands between DudIeyville
 and the ApGches on the san Carlos.
 and in this mountain there are some
 rich gold and silver mines. What is
 known as the Saddle Mountain Mining company, strong corpora tion. is oper- ating in this mountain. \ coucentrat-
 ing mill of ten tons capacity has been placed upon the property. The Ccrcea-
 trates are p4Ciei from the mine to Tucson from which place they are shipped to the smelter. The mine is being developed rapidly and is fast be- coming known in this region as steady producer. Tine ores carry both gold and silver The camp is seven miles from BUdIeyVil!e. About forty men arc now employed and the deVel- opment of ore bodies has warranted the exp =uditure of large sums of money in surface equipment. Farther on are the Stanley Butte and Deer Creek dis tr,cts, which are rich in copper. gold and silve-.
 George Scott, a :aucher living near Dudieyville says that the most of the mine owners ia the mountains about here are waiting for the railroad to come beiore they attempt to work their mines for profit At present only de velopTeu wo,k is being done The Dan Carr group or twenty-five claims is being worked but the ore is placed on the dump to be shipped when the railroad comes to the valley. This group produces rich copper values
 The Sample silver mine has been q producer of shipping ore. There is a 24C-foot shaft on the property and an other. 100 feet deep. and the vein IS very large. There are at the present time about 5000 tons of ore on the
 
 with cheaper transportation. and the vein. which is d large one. is capable of producing much more. There are . great many prospects in the Tortilia range which will be worked and de- Veloped when the encouraging whistle of a railroad locomotive rings through the canyons of the mountains.
 From this point the san Pedro river is lost in the Gila and the wei ters CT the ! San Pedro swell the How of the GiId . 10 a respectable size. furnishing plenty ! of water for irrigation purposes at this , time of the year.
 The San Carlos group ot copper mines is located in the mountains ! north Of the river These mines are owned by Phelps. Dodge & Co. the owners ot the Copper Queen at Bisbee, . and other camps in Arizona. The . mines are equipped w-h a smeiter. The camp is idle just now. some diff -ulty with the government because of
 he proximity of the properties to the san Carlos reservation resulting in a emporary shutdown.
 In the Dripping Springs range is lo- ,atsd the ''79' mine. which is generally ooked upon as good prospect, and 'ne which will soon be taken up and worked. The values are copper and 'iiver. This mine was located in 1872 is about four miles from the Gila 'Ivev. There is considerable ore on the lump. and the claims are more or less developed.
 Along the road to Dudleyville in tho octhilis there Is d deposit of marble which is more than likely of great com nercial value. The preliminary survey If the Phoenix and Eastern road trav- rses the belt which contains this de 'osit. The locators believe that they nave a great proposition. and they propose to open up and quarry the marble as Soon as the railroad is built trough this country. Solid blocks of marble are obtained from half an inch 0 two feet thick.
 The ranches along the river are nu- nerous and they are as substantial as hose all along from Benson down. Occasionally one comes 10 a ranch arger than tine others Where great elds of alfalfa are under irrigation. N heat, bariey and alfalfa hay are the and every ranch has it's pigs nd chickens. So far the mines about ; erc hare consumed all that has been reduced.
 The Cottonwood cattle ranch, owned " J. F. Burns, is on the opposite side f the Tortilla mountains, ana Dudley ille is the trading point oe the cow oys employed there. This ranch is ne of the largest in this part of Ari- ona, and thousands of head of cattle re owned by Nir. Burns. There are umber of ranGhes here which are 'orthy of mention, among them being he Tom Wills ranch. the Swiugle anch and the George Pusch place, all f which run thousands of head of attle fn the valley and on the ranges. , .t the present time these cattle are gTH.au
 istance Of fifty and sixty miles, from ( mich place they are shipped to the |, markets. With the Phoenix and East { Tn railroad all this stock would be , hipped from local stations on the Gila | r San Pedro. thus saving thousands