The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1902-10-11
NEW COPPER MINING AND
SMELLING co.
The Comanche Mining and Smelt-
ing Company Incorporated
Have Rich Copper-Bearing
Properties In the Burro Noun
tain Mining District, New Mex
leo - Prominent Men With
Large Capital Interested.

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Within the past few weeks the Co..
manche Mining and Smelling com
pany was incorporated by we'll
known upper peninsula men. The
president Of the company is Mr.. SIS.
Curry, q gentleman who has been
well and favorably known in mining
and commercial circles in the north
ern peninsula of Michigan for the
past thirty years. Associated with
Mr.. Curry is Mr.. Thos. G.. Atkinson,
president and general maaager of
the Metropolitan Lumber Co., At
kinson, Mich; Mr.. Fred M. Prescott,
president of the Prescott Steam
Pump Co., Milwaukee, Wis, and
Messrs,> G. j. Laughren and Chas.
Humphrey, of Ironwood, Mich.
The properties of the Comanche
Mining and Smelling company are
located at the southerly terminus of
the Burro range of mountains in
Grant county, New Mexico, and with
in few miles of Silver City, where
the company will erect smelling
works. The properties will be con-
nected with the smelters by rail.
The properties belonging to this
company are very rich in copper,
and carry both gold and Silver.
Thirty nine claims, each 600 feet in
width and 1900 feet in length cover
ing an area of over 760 acres, have
already been developed to such an
extent as to convince the most con-
servative mining men who have ex-
amined the property that all that
is lacking to make another bonanza
producer is energy, push and capital.
Samples of ores taken from these
claims run all the way from 6 to 67
per cent. copper. The ore found on
this property is considered very
rich and abundant by experts, which
insures the company large profits,
and those who have been fortunate
enough to procure an interest with
Mr.. Curry in this valuable copper
property are to be congratulated.
In connection with this copper
mining enterprise it will not be out
OF place to state that the best divi-
dend-paying mines operated last
yeap were copper producers. The
gold, silver and copper mines in the
United States, British Columbia and
Mexico returned a net profit of S42,-
j68, ,07l, says the San Francisco
Chronicle. OF this sum, $27 ,989, 900
was obtained from the red metal
mines, the most valuable of which
are the Lake Superior mines, we'll
known to our readers, the .rich
mines of Montana and the new, but
very rich copper mines of Arizona
and New Mexico, the most promi-
uent of which are the United Verde,
the Copper Queen and ST. Louis,
the latter being located in close
proximity to the Comanche, and we
might add that the Comanche Group
is situated only thirty miles from
the famous Bisbee district, just
across the boundary line in Arizona.
Mr.. Curry, in his report on this
property, says: 81 made very
close and thorough examination OF
this group of mines, which is only a
short distance from Silver City,
where tools and supplies can be pro-
cured at reasonable rate. The
transportation of ore from the
mines to the smelter cannot exceed
$3. 90 per ton, as there are splendid
wagon roads. A railroad can be ex-
tended to these mines at a nominal
cost in excess of rails and ties, as
there is practically no grading
necessary. There Is plenty of wood
for fuel and timber for lumber with
in short distance, and water in
abundance. This latter is an item
of great Importance and valuable
consideration, the abundant water
supply on these properties being un-
usual in this country. While these
properties are of the nature of pros
poets, / must say thatlin all my ex-
perience have not seen such show
ing for q big mine, and regard the
getting hold of these properties the
opportunity Of a lifetime"
1t would seem to us that il the
management now in charge will
only apply their usual good business
Judgment in handling and develop
ing these mines they will have with
in year or two one of the largest
mining enterprises in the whole
western country.