Bisbee daily review., 1902-11-09
The Brophy Group

S1iy Nhdts Dul oA tAiC ihVSdS anu oSiooS
 the little sunny valleys and in the
 creek beds, the omni-present copper
 bodies are sticking their noses up as
 if they were so crowded by each other
 beneath the surface they needed
 Brophy group. Owned by Mike and
 Billy Brophy. Allie So'es, Stewart
 Hunt, John Bell and John Connolly,
 the property embraces eight claims
 joining the Copper Glance on the
 south and southeast, and carrying all
 the splendid surface indications of
 that great property with it. The
 Brophy group, ideally situated, covers the undulating mesa and little valley
 just south of the Glance. Thence
 running up onto the chain of abrupt
 buttes on the west offering splendid
 facilities for development operations.
 Under the guidance of that veteran
 mining man, John connolly, we were
 shown over the property sufficiently
 to estimate its general character and extent. There has been no develop
 ment of any consequence on this
 group. but a dozen discovery and as-
 sessment holes, none more than if
 teen feet deep disclose remarkable
 prospects. In nearly every instance
 the presence of ledge in place was
 suggested by slight croppings within
 three fee5 from the surface, a solid
 ledge or a deposit of undefnable ex-
 tent is almost invariably encountered,
 being composed of fair grade carbon
 ates tberally Sprinkled with copper
 glance. These splendid indications
 have been brought to light principally
 on the Bell, the Alice and the Colum. bia. A fine deposit of iron appears on low butte on the Hunt. The lime and iron contact is suggestively prom.
 inent. Entirely across the group, and
 if ever there was an inducement for
 the owners of a prospect to dig"
 that inducement exists on the Bro phy group. The profusion wish which high grade copper ore appears on and near the surface would set most min. ing men wild, but those conditions are so common in the Copper Glance district that one familiar with the To- cality is not adequately impressed with the magnificent showing all about them where Dame Fortune is
 holding her fair arms out to them, ! while they roast their lives up in the | smoky city and leave the one great opportunity behind. It is reported
 that the promoters of the Brophy en.
 terprlse contemplate doing business immediately. Lumber is on he ground
 presumably to erect shelter for those !, employed in development work. { Most of the parties interested in this
 group are gentlemen of ample means
 and eminent business capacity and
 after looking over the field the one ] paramouD. question is, Why have 1 they allowed these magnificent pros l poets to ie undeveloped so long. It l is to be hoped that in the near flu. l ture, development operations will be | instituted on this promising property, !! on a scale commensurate with the i; dazzling prospects in sight. There ! must be great mine inside of the i boundary of the Brophy group.
 The Christensen Group
 Just below the Brophy group, is a block of claims owned by Chris Chris tiansen and son. We could not as. certain the number of claims, but learned that it constituted a respect. l able group. Now in going from the | Glance along the copper belt to the i Mexican boundary, we say below" as. we are not only travelling south, but | going slightly down hill after we leave the Glance. Now the Christian sen property is about mile south of the Glance. We only saw one at. i tempt at scratching the bosom of mother earth on these claims. There ] was an open cut run on nearly level l! ground It was about five feet wide ! and twenty-five feet long by five feet deep, and several tons of elegant car bonates. chuck full of copper glance l were stacked up on the sides of the | dump. The cut from eighteen inches | of the top was practically solid ore, growing better and more extensive | where they quit. Why men with pros poets ike these will drift away and be contented to do their annual as' sessment work then leave a; sure ] bonanza lie idle is totally incompre' i hensible. It is parallel proposition | to the Brophy group from every stand. | point Some of the boys who neglect | these grand opportunities will plead
 financial inability. but one look at i those prospects would enlist amp'e | capital to develop the properties. Just | below the Christiansen property, the ! country fiattens out and the big cop !, per DeIt CTOSSeS tue AeAICdh 1nS anu
 takes g straight shoot for the Ajos. l Mr. Connolly explained the trend of the mineral belt through that district ! till a school boy could understand it. In places the mineral crops out on one side and is bind on the other, a Rttle further on this condition is re- versed leaving the impression with the superficial observer that the great belt was crooked. which is a mistake, it is as straight as gun