The news-herald., 1902-01-18
| INVESTME E N T
An Opportunity in the
Sahuar0 District.
No Work Being Done but that Shows Up
Rich Copper and Silver Orc...lndica-
tons Point to Another Cobre Grande
Being Unearthed.

Mining men looking for a field
for investment would do we'll to
investigate some of the numerous
prospects in the Sahuaro section
east of town. From present indi-
cations the prospects are good for
someone to open up an immense
copper deposit in the district which
is becoming famous for the rich
ness of the silver ore taken out at
various places. Between the large
dyke several miles east of town
and the river, there is a basin con-
tanning several square miles which
shows copper stain at nearly every
point so far prospected, and in
many places rich veins and string
ers of copper glance have been en-
countered. Besides the body of
rich copper-silver ore uncovered at
the Sahuaro, and which is now be-
ing developed, several other very
promising prospects are being de-
veloped as fast as their owners
means will permit. A number of
Colorado and eastern mining engi
neers who have examined that Sec
ton predict the finding of a second
Cobre Grande. Richard Lloyd of
Colorado Springs, the gentleman
who bonded the Sahuaro for $780,
900, expressed the belief that the
basin had once been the site of a
number of mineral springs, from
which the rich surface showings
came, and that development work
would prove that section to be un-
derlaid with an immense body of
rich silver and copper ore.
Among claims having the best
showings at present are those own
ed by George Sayers and Tom Gra-
ham about three-quarters of a mile
southeast of the Sahuaro. On the
Wickenburg claim, these gentle
men are sinking development
shaft, following a rich stringer of
copper glance, carrying good silver
values. The vein varies from two
to five inches in width and at a
depth of twenty-five feet is widen
ing out some. Parallel to this vein
and on the same claim, several
other veins can be traced the
length of the claim. On their
Gallon claim, ending on the Wick
enburg, they have started an open
cut which shows up a vein similar
to the one on the Wickenburg
claim, and which evidently runs
through the hill, being a continual
ton of one of those on the Wick
enburg claim. The country rock
is granite, and from present indica-
tons the owners believe they will
either encounter a body of ore or
that the veins will come together at
no great depth.
On the west side of the same hill
DR.. r. S. Brown and r. A. Rob-
erts have two claims which show
up we'll and give promise of being
good ore producers with further
development work. On the Iowa
claim a twenty-foot shaft has been
sunk, following vein of ore SINH
lar to that of the claims of Graham
and Sayers. On this claim rich
kidneys of copper glance are also
distributed through the porphrytic
granite country rock. On these
claims considerable placer work
has been done by Mexicans with
good results, the gold being coarse,
and in one instance nugget worth
81 being found. AS yet no gold
bearing ledge has been uncovered,
but from the gold being found so
far up the hill side, it is probable
that one exists somewhere on the
hill above the placeritas.
The double compartment shaft
on the Sahuaro is now down about
ninety feet. At depth OF one
hundred and twenty-five feet a
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