Bisbee daily review., 1903-09-26
MITCHELL DEvEl-
 OPMENT COMPANY
DR. GEORGE KoEN,c RETURNS
 FROM BlSBEE.
Moore Talked with Him About What Had Been Done and What Was Found.
(The Peninsular Record)

MT. George KOenig, professor of chemistry arc meta'l:iray in the Michigan College of Mines has re- turned from Bispee, where he spent a number of weeks. and upon his return wac interviewed concerning he AIi' zona mines. and in connection with the Mitchell Development rrorerty he had the following to say:
 '1 visited the Mitchell Development property on the invitation of Super intenient Moore. It is tw caty-seven miles from Bis1ee in d sou'heas- crly direction. in the Hauchucl mountains. Huachuca is a word of milan deriva- tin, and means wet hills. It is ap- piled 10 these mountains on account of the torrential rains. whica are said to be heavier tho than elsewhere.
 The property is very niily. It lies mostly in the Montezun;a canyon. The claims. however, embrace a per ton of what is known as the Copper aanyon and still ano.her cauyon. There are surface indications and old workings of copper, lead. zinc. gold and silver. The lead is silver bearing as also is the zinc. Int to a lesser degree Traditions shows that the Spaniards extracted silver-lead ore from the property at a period ex- tending back to the very earliest times in America. They probably operated chiefly for lead. as 1t is rath- ar scarce in that country The lead claims were worked of ar on bv lif- ferent people before te Nirclell com panv tock hold of the property.
 The most promising of any of the showinas is the zinc. It is not proba- ble. in my estimation. that the copper will amount to very much. The cop per formation is too light and too hard. condition that. acco ling to FAne-al evne~ience does not ,-n inta considerable bodies of ore. Ire zine and lead ores. on the other hand. ;ie in limestone. il a manner very similar to the Missouri ores
 Tn describing the develoDment work 50 far visible when I visited ,he property will begin al the south end Of the territory. The opening there was by means Of shaft on a vein carrying cuprite chiefly. with very little sulphices. A seccnd shaft has been located one quarter Of a mile north Of the first. This. howeve~. had Tot yet struck ore. On the crest Of Montezuma canyon, which divides Montezuma canyon from Copper can yon and the other canyon. there are outcropings of both cooper and zinc are
 The development there has been by means of two tunnels, which in my estimation have been located wrongly. They were opened in their presen. To. cation against the opinion of Mr. Moore. who. I think. had the proper view concerning the matter. This was to open one tunnel instead of TWO. and not immediately under the crest, where it could be hoped 10 show noth. ing more than what is already dis closed by the outcrop, but to locate t lower on he escarpment. where a tun. nel would open the formation and es. pose the condition at depth, thns tell ing something which is not already known.
 The nest of the energy and ex- pense so far has been put into the development of a narrow quartz leuge, which al some places carries conside. rable gold values, but which for the most part carries nothing at all. The entire average of gold, n= proved by the deveiopment thus far, is far below q workable quantity. The zinc and lead showi-g have not been developed at all, and I deem that great mis- take, as consider the zinc 70 be the only thing really valuable.
 MT. Moore was placed in very disagreeable position. as Captain Samuel Mitchell. the presidens of ihe company. insisted on directing every. thing from Negaunee. although he had no personal knowledge of the proposition except what would he gained from one short visit to the property. No maps of the work were ia existence, and no provision made to secure any. Captain Mitchell trusted to his memory entirely in the matter, and gave absolute directions, which could not be controver;ed.
 "A gasoline hoist has been ordered and is awaiting shipment when the final payment is made. understand another is contracted for. These are more mistakes. Very valuable time i6 lost in not having power machinery. And when they do get their power it will require the hauling of gasoline to the location twenty-seven miles by wagon to run it; whereas the proper