Bisbee daily review., 1903-02-06
THE GOLDEN ERA AND
 EASTER SUNDAY DIST

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 We are under eminent obligations to Mir J. D. Connors for courtesies eX- tended, during a recent visit to the Golden Era. We are under no less obligations to MT and Mrs. Port Morse for a prime beef feed while there. The Golden Era is owned and is be- ing developed by Pittsburg company with MT. Connors in charge. Port Morse is on the ground supervising some of the practical details. The property is sQuarely up against the Easter Sunday, and is about four miles southeast of Bisbee. The public nat urally take unusual interest in this property, as the ultimate destiny of the district hangs largely on the out come in the Golden Era and the East CT Sunday. The last named property lies as silent as the tomb, but those who claim to know, assert that work will shortly be resumed on the ground. | in the mean time, the Golden Era em- | ploys eight or ten men, and does not 1 appear to be afraid of the ground. | They have one shaft 130 feet deep i with 65 feet of driftin. They have an- other shaft 8 feet deep with 45 feet of drifting, while on the No. ?, they | have run a so foot tunnel from which i they have drifted one way 8 feet and another way 10 In this tunnel the 1 prospects are very promising. the ledge starting in fiat" then straight ening up beautifully at about thirty feet. The ledge is some seven feet thick. and several assays from tons Of ore on this dump have run from eight to twenty-three dollars. The ledge
 would appear to be inexhaustible.. Al a distance of about one mile and a ha I on ground owned by the company, MT. COnnOrs calculates that w,h an out lay not exceeding $500 he can de velop sufficient water 10 handle a 20
 stamp mll.
 The general situation of the camp is
 exceptionally pleasant, it being on a
 beautiful slope. in full view of the great Copper Queen smokestack.
 and furnishing a splendid view along
 wth the most salubrious conditions. II
 would be an ideal place for a town. The operations of the Olden Era are
 well calculated to redeem the recent regretable condition of uncertainty in
 that district. caused by the shutting
 down of he Easter Sunday There are Q score of good men who own and are developing prospects in that locality and We hope to be able to congratulate them in the near future on some de. yelOpment in the Golden Era which
 will establish the unfailing success Of
 the district The ore in the Era is
 very similar to that of the Easter Sun.
 day. but does not run so high in
 silicate. Copper Queen authorities
 have stated that it is not sufficiently
 high in sihcate. so far as developed, to
 be available for converter lining. The
 ere is for the greater part. base
 though an interesting specimen was
 horned in the presence Of the Review
 nan. and showed a nice prospect in
 free gold along wi-h an exceptional'y good looking string of concentrates
 indicating the presence of important values in sulphurets. The Golden , Era was originally located by Forrest !, : Goodrich and others, and considerable surface work done by them before passing 10 the Pittsburg people.
 : We shall take unusual interest in following the progress of these enter
 prising people, involving as it does the profound interests of so many
 sound citizens in that locality.