Arizona republican., 1902-02-13
WEALTH OF FINAL
The Republicans Correspondent Along
 the Phoenix and Eastern Line.


 shut down temporarily, has a substan- tial appearance. and there is more life and activity than one would expect(to find where great stamp mill is idle. The shut-down is regarded in the ma ture of a rest here, and there are no bad effects, save the loss of trade through shutting off the ready money of the camp. The rancherS who supply the camp with wood and provisions feel the suspension of work. but they are assured that it is q matter of but short time when work will be resumed At present the work is chiefly upon the tailings of the Mammoth-Collins com pany and provides employment for number of men. But Mammoth has become established a supply point for ranchers and prospectors: the trade keeps up and the camp is dull only in the sense of comparison with Il few months ago when the canyons echoed the sounds of falling stamps and the tramway brought it's golden burden of ores from the mines at Schultz.
 The mines of the Mammoth-Collins company are at Schultz. three miles southwest in the foothills of the Cata- linas Here also are located the Mo hawk gold properties. which are inn portant producers of gold also. The Mammoth and Mohawk mines make camp of Schultz where the miners live. and the headquarters of Manager Blair of the Marnmoth- Collins company are ] located there. Schultz shows more than Mammoth the bad effects of the shutdown, although everything is in readiness for immediate resumption of work as soon as the courts will allow it. These mines are extremely rich low grade propositions The Nam moth has been producer of gold for years. the ore averaging values of g and SS per ton. The mines employ hun dreds of men and promise to employ many more when work is begun again. ! The scarcity of wood has been a drawback and Manager Blair had about completed arrangements for in stalling an electrical plant in Arivaca canyon when the camp was closed down through q disagreement of the stockholders. Those who are familiar with the wealth of the Mammoth do not fear but that the mine will open again as producer. There is too much ore developed and 100 large q sum of money invested to allow the mine to remain long idle. Mammoth will become q camp of far greater inn portance when it is touched by the Phoenix and Eastern railroad. for cheaper transportation will allow the lcamp many conyeniences for improV- ing the facilities Of mining and milling here. When the camps of Mammoth and Schultz are in full blast there are about eight hundred men employed.
 AriVaca canyon is rich feeder for Mammoth. This canyon has a great many rich gold prospects and a great many copper claims are being worked in desultory manner, the owners of which are resting on their ore dumps
 waiting for the coming of the railroad which will lead them out of the from tier. There are many delightful ranch homes in this canyon where farming and fruit raising is carried on success fully. Most every rancher along the canyon owns gold or copper mine in the mountains whereabouts which he claims will provide shipping ore with cheaper transportation. The country
 is so remote that only very rich ore
 can stand packing to the Southern Pa
 cific railroad While there are many
 mines which will today provide ship
 ping ores. yet the greatest possibilities
 of this region are in the certainty oi
 the development of rich mines whicf
 will eventually make important camps
 and trade Centers. Today this regior
 is nearly one hundred miles from . 2 railroad. yet it is developed in spite o , lthe adverse conditions which it had tC l contend with. It must be plain tC
 every man who is familiar with the I mining and agricultural resources O. < this region that a railroad tapping i i will bring wonderful results. The Dee
 Creek mining district will also find f convenient outlet in the San Pedro railroad, and many other districts em g bracing such well known mines as tht s Grand Reef owned by John w. Macke!
 Of New York the Table Mountain, tn
 klondike. the Saddle Mountain an, :, other camps will find easy access to tn = new railroad. The Grand Reef has - large body of ore blocked out and it i I safe to predict that this camp will b
 worked extensively when the railroa,
 is built. MT. Mackey has spent owe . S2G0. 900 in developing his property am v it is regarded as one of the best mine . in this part of Arizona.
 The Table Mountain mines are bu N sixteen miles from Mammoth. Throug
 some misunderstanding with the Nam ' moth company a road was built froT
 the Table Mountain to WillcoX, d dis '- tanCe of about ninety miles. Abou
 s30 GOO was spent upon this road. an r the camp shipments have all bee IL made over it in the past. With tn Phoenix and Eastern running throug
 the San Pedro valley. touching Man . moth and the mouth of the Aravaip
 canyon 1t is safe to say that the Tabl 'l Mountain will take advantage of tn
 railroad and build a wagon road
 connect with it at a convenient poin
 The mines there are owned by the O2 IT idle Copper company. although of lat T the company has acquired mines
 Sonora and has changed the name es it's company to the Ari-MeX Copp' company. There are two eighty-to jackets at the Table Mountain cam
 with fully equipped surface works f'
 making copper matte. There are abol
 fifty-one claims. all told with wol
 done upon the most of them. In a
 about 1000 feet of work has heen dol Il. which is embraced in tunnels al . shafts. The ores carry copper al
 gold, and of late the gold values ha' III increased and prospecting is now d
 rected toward making gold the chi r,N,