Williams news., 1903-05-09
THE FUTURE | OF ARIZONA
Its Mines of Copper Rival Those of Any Known Mines of Like
 Metal in the World.

W iiSh 11oiliOOloO Seblo Al llbOiio was the treasure vault of the world, his opinion and statement was drawn from the fact of the min eral and geological formation that came under his observation. That his assertion has proved true where active mining and development work has been pursued in a prac- tical and methodical manner, stands today as a glowing fact beyond con- tradiction. The immense copper mines of the territory rival in rich ness and extent any known mines of like metal in the world today, and the question may be asked, Why is it Arizona does not pro- duce more copper than Montana and the lakes? The answer is evi- dent when comparing the capacity of the different smelters and copper producing plants.
 Naturally many make the re- mark that Arizona mines are widely dlffused and far apart and are scattered from the Grand Can yon to the Mexican line. This is true, and in the truth of the re- mark rests the very strongest fea- ture of the prospective mining out look for the country. Take the great mines of Arizona and review their history. They were mines at the grass roots, and had to be, to be profitable to operate at the time of the discovery, due to crude methods of treating and handling ore, lack of transportation facilities (which was the hurricane deck of mule or a burro), and the high costs of everything required in min ing. There are facts in the history of the great mines that 1 wisl, to call the attention of the reader and anyone who contemplates the selec- tion of Arizona as a mining field. That nearly every dividend-paying mine now in operation had time or period in the history of their op- erations when the ore chute was lost entirely or the value decreased to the extent that was not profit able. The United Verde was idle from '83 to '88, said to be due to the low price of copper, but the facts are the high-grade carbonates and oxides became exhausted and low-grade sulphides predominated. The Congress had some hundreds of feet of barren ground-in fact, nothing but a seam. Practical methods prevailed and the lost was recovered stronger than ever. The Copper Queen at Bisbee was considered worked-out mine by the president of the company, but West Howell asked for one more month of drifting and they granted his request. The Copper Queen speaks for itself, Arizona and mans practical and persevering methods.
 To the casual reader these facts may not suggest anything in par ticular, yet to the experienced miner they have very important meaning, when he travels over the immense mineralbearing area that exists in Arizona and sees strong, well-defned dykes, lodges and veins, notes the character of the formation that mines are made in. He stops and breaks a piece from the ledge, horns it, finds a color, has it assayed, goes $3 or $4. He scratches his head and says. ''This might make big thing, but I haven't the money to sink and drift with to see how the sulphides look or run." It may be a com pany proposition, but not a chlor- ider's.
 There are propositions of this nature in many sections of the ter ritory and await the advent of cap- ital to be used in businesslike and