Tombstone epitaph., 1902-06-29
DaAG00N co. MIN.
 AND SIMPLIFYING co.
Will Commence Development
 Work Immediately
A PROSPEROUS SHOWING

Upon . previous occasion the Pace
 RECTOR referred 10 the Drag oon Cop.
 per Mining and Smelling Co.,, a cor
 po'ation owning and operating mines
 n the Drsgoou noun, sins, twelve
 miles north of To bstone. The prop
 -rty of the Company oon-i'ts of ten
 iu! mining claims and an excellent
 -mtl lter site. E.ch claim is 6O1l50O
 'eet making the total holding az
 gregste POO acres. The miues are 10 '.
 csted on a vast mineral sone that is
 conced-d by geologists to first crop
 out in southern Utah, its trend being
 -asily followed in . serpsntine way
 through Ariz ,us, where its outcrop
 Is tapped and mined in numerous geo.
 lions until it has crossed the interna
 tionsl Inc and -g-in come to the sur
 lace in central SoGo-s. where the great
 sork- Of the MoIr zums company de-.
 monstrate that ths farther south this
 mammoth ere b"dy e probed the
 larger and richer Is ,Ls vein found to | be.
 The Oregon Copper Mining Go.
 has gone to considerable expense in
 exploiting it's boldings bsiore incor- poratinR, and the managers snt pro
 motors were fully convinced th, they
 had the making Of a good mine be
 fore ,he public were made aware shat such company was in existence. The per-oonel of the Drsgoon Cop per and Mining C.. c-rris- with it a. -urances ths. 6 ''wild' cat" is not 70 be io'sted upon sn innocent public each and every man connected with the company is clo ely identifiei with the present and future dsvelopment nf Ariz ,ns; they are proud of the fact ,ha, they are privils gsi contributors 'o the upbuilding of such . com nouwesltn ss AriI ma gives evidence 4 beccming-the mainstay of which IS mining; but which 70 mai ntain ct
 andsrd shs; will perpeiuste and -levste that industry. must fall into the management Of men of probity, men who would not, and who cannot afford to ssoritic- themselves to par" -inonious msnipuistion-. Oar min ing in fustry should be guarded aga nst unscrupuloas promoter; and, on the other hand, every legitimate undertaking should be encouraged and nourished.
 The Dragon Copper Mining and Smelling Cn. has a cspi,aliz .tion Of g, ,GOO.00o, $6or,OO of which stock i, contributed tp the treasury for the development and equipment Of the mines. And besides the development work that has contributed to uocov.. -ring the mines thu. far. the m mage nent will put . force of men to work immediately and continue to exploi. 4nt develop its properties.
 The mines are sd snirabiy located on he summit of the Drsgoon range water in suf3ciency ard to spsrs can; oe developed, ani fuel in abundance all over the holdings of the company md on the dIaceot hills.
 Alter hsviog exploited the mines, Ind gone through the several con sots, the management, n order :" nske aseursnces doub y sure, called } ,,Ou two experts to examine and re 'ort upon the proIertis-. William , 3ucklsnd, of Bsilsrat and Gong tong Austrslis; e pioneer Of the dismoud islds of South Africa. later in MoL.. ana and Arizons, prooounces the :, as She home oi god. silver nd copper, ana spe.ks in unmsssured erms Of praise of the properres above eierred. H. O. Aolloy of C.nsnes fexico, was also cent for, and after D exhaustive exsmInstion cnincid. d ith the opioion of Expert Buokisud. noting, in . geological sense, the ., 'me opinions advanced. VI These opinions. too. are subs,sn- sted to . degree by the presence in ,st immediate section Of 60 many !" ell developed and promising miner, .'' rominent among which m y be m n- n ooed the Black Diamond Copper " InIng Go. on the ea-'; the MidIie- " arch Co.,. the S1uin group, and the ." Ippef Crown C.. on the north. and o e Silver Cloud ou the south oo the 'o ct are the .Coppr Bullion Co.,. !" e Copper Belle Co. ', Vermont q Ali !" ms, the Great Western. aui ,he !" 1rqaoi 6 opmpanis', whose holdings An @ op the extreme esst fcot-hills Of VI e rsoge. po The ofiicers and directors Of ths n mpaby are we'll and tsvorsbly known
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