Bisbee daily review., 1903-01-10
ITS CLAIMS OF MUCH VALUE.
H. 0. Young Thinks Marquette Tough ton Pool Has Good Thing in Arizona


 (MaTQuette Mining Journal)
 Congressman-elect, H. O. Young, who has recently returned from trip of inspection of the lands embraced in an Arizona tract held under option by gentlemen who are prominent in mining affairs in Marquette and Houghton county. believes the prop erty offers a very hattering prospect and that enough is showing to war rant the. expenditure which has been made, says the Ishpeming Iron Ore. Over forty claims have been secured, these being in the Huachuca noun tains, about twenty-five miles west of Bisbee, and occupying positions in the Copper and Montezuma canyons. In cluded in the list is the New York group, two groups of Gus Baron's. the Andrew Chedals group and the Cham pagae group. In these there are about 800 acres. A favorable plan of pay ment was agreed upon, a small DOT tion down. and the balance in two years providing developments warrant it. The owners have great faith in the claims. and were willing to give long-term option so that the lands might be thoroughly prospected. Very
 
 At the New York claim there is 8 quartz vein holding gold ore where a shaft seventy feet deep has been sunk and where a drift between 40 and 500 feet was driven. The latter is follow ing the formation, and is of no value in trying the ground Captain Samuel Mitchell of Negaunee, who accom- panied MT. Young and who was the mineral expert in the interest of the pool, says the drift can be used to ad- vantage. as cross cuts might be put in from it, the quartz vein in question be ing close by. There were several samples of ore taken from this vein by Mr Mitchell, the lowest showing in gold being SPA per ton and some of the assays going s150 per ton. This vein seems to be persistent. as it can be traced many huP&gels of feet up the sides of the canyon. h some of the local quartz veins there has been con siderable zinc in the upper portions and these have been turned away from by prospec1ors as being of no value by reason of this refractory element. Now however. process has been discover ed which treat this class Of ore sue cessfully and at small cost.
 On some of the claims of the pool are strong outcroppings of copper ore rich in copper, and carrying copper glance and zince in places. The main question to be settled is whether these outcroppings of copper are per sistent in depth. This has not yet been determined, as no work has been done in the way Of sinking Some argue these are of volcanic origin and should be found downward indefinitely while other contend they are simply teachings from surrounding rocks and will pinch out early. No one knows. because none have gone down upon them sufficiently far Of one thing MT. Young is satisfed-the claims show more exposures of copper on surface than any tract of land he saw in all his travels through that ter ritory. The ore outcropping is rich, and the by-products are also valuable, [ The ores of this section change to sulphides with depth. and in most places iron deposits change to copper as they are followed downward Iron is considered an excellent sign. and there areseveral prominent blowouts of this mineral on the lands of the pool, The ores of the district are ir the limestone. and adjacent to the porphyry. The mining men of that region are not yet ready to say that the porphyry itself may not hold ore in paying quantities. There are a few properties producing ore in this for nation. but none as yet have found very large deposits. There is still much to learn of the geology of the country It is not yet settled beyond dispute that the limestone does not underlie the porphyry. There are many who argue that it may be so found.