The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-05-10
ADVANCE IN
COPPER STOCK
LaFlorencia Gold and Cop
per Company to Double
the Selling Price of
Their Stock-Lin1-
tied Number OF
Shares Offered
for Sale Before
Advance.

ANA AAAASSs n. .
Before advancing the price Of the stock
Of this company to double the selling
price which 1t Is now being offered, wo
offer limited number OF shares of stock.
at the old price, and persons desiring to
make Investments should do so in the
next few days.
To substantiate our claims as to the
value of our property and to verify re-
ports made by one engineer In charge
Of the works, wo publish report IN Iuli
as submitted to us by Mr.. ]. B. Tomlin-
son, OF Prescott, Ari.. who Is mining
engineer OF wide reputation, as foloWs: /,
Ell CAPULn, GROUP.
This consists OF the Florencia, Ell
Capulin, Johnson. Richmond and Ainsley.
covering Approximately no pertenencias OF
mineral bearing ground. They are sit
| uated in the foot hills Of range OF
mountains lying about ID miles in vest
erly direction from Turlcacha, O small
station on the southerly branch OF the
Ell Paso and Southwestern Railroad IN
the State of Sonora, Republic OF Mexico.
The claims are located to cover large
contact vein or dixie lying between granite
and lime. The dixie Is plainly distinguish
! able on the surface. by Its, outcrop. which
Ia mainly "a heavy iron stained slllcious
porphyry. The presence OF copper In the
dixie is plainly evidenced by green car
Donate, red Oxide punches OF, chalcoclte
and bournite and chrysocalla, which IS
| found everywhere along the vein out
| CROP. as well as where openings have
| been made beneath the surface. The
| weathering and decomposing influences
| OF the atmosphere has covered the sur
| face OF the ground in this vicinity with
| fragments and detached masses OF Iron
! porphyry and green copper ore. which
| have broken from that part Of the vein
cropping above the granite and lime. and
tho. presence OF stains OF carbonate or
silicates OF copper In the fragments Of
rock affords good reasons for believing
| that a workable vein of copper ore exists
| below The course Of the vein along
| its strike through the country is from
| southeast to northwest, with a slight dip
| ensterly under the lime. the granite on
the west forming the bedding for the entire
| everything mass
/ The area OF naturalization on these
| claims IS large, and gives evidence Of
! permanency and richness in depth. The
| leached or depleted vein matter has only
| been penetrated to depth of 16o feet by
| q shaft, the formation OF teh bottom be-
/ ing a moderately soft stuff, representing
| the original vein stone by soft cal-
/ careous substance lying conformnble with
| the vein structure, but having been act
| ed upon by carbonaceous waters, Is al
tered almost beyond recognition Of the
| original porphyry and carries pyrrhotite
in stringers and punches This shows cop
per values contained in fine soft smut
| or black copper. ordinarily known as
| melaconits, and 10 the result OF teaching
| OF the original copper sulphide once lying
in the upper portions of the vein. This
Ia no doubt secondary decomposition. or
concentration OF the copper values
| lenched from above. The point down.
doubt In the zono between oxide and
sulphide, therefore should say that
greater depth with this shaft would prove
the vein to carry. the copper sulphides or
chapcopyrite In payable Quantities. The
workings on the most southerly claim Is
in the form of cross tunnel. running into
| tho hill In an ensterly direction Here
tho vein structure is crossed for III feet
/ at right angles, with an average depth
| under surface OF about 60 feet, beginning
| and running in tho porphyry At point
| midway between mouth and face, copper
| ore IS feet In width Is cut and a wlnze.
! now down is feet below tunnel floor, Is
being sunk in this ore. which consists
of carbonates Of copper in porphyry
| showing in the seams and on the planes
| of cleavage Of the rock. as we'll as being
i bStANN''sSN''So
OF the rock. This Is all good copper
| ore. and overlies the sulphides which
| will be encountered deeper. Continuing.
! on past the winze. soft decomposed
| porphyry and lime Is rim through to n
| point a short distance hack from breast;
i this is stained by iron oxides to a dull
| red color, and along the sides OF the tun-
/ mel. copper stain and carbonate OF copper
show in many spots. Lying next to this
| Ia another strata OF silicious porphyry
carrying copper values. and adjoining this
| I'M the face of the tunnel, is II strata OF
altered felslte: this ia very sllicious about
| seventy per cent. Is fresh colored, very
compact and hard.
AS seen on the surface above the tun-
mel, this structure lles along the line of
tho eastery contact and next to the
| lime.
The porphyries are of ancient date and
belong to the felsita class. The eastern
| foot hills are composed mainly OF car
| boniterous Imestones, which the forces
| of contraction. acting almost equally In
| either direction, have compressed into
a series Of complicated folds In which the
prevalent strike Is In n northwesterly
direction. The folding Of these beds has
been accompanied BY Gerry considerable
| metamorphism. and by the Injection OF
porphyritic dikes, together with subse-
| quent mlnerailzu!ioH =" WV ,t'o'o US,
turbed districts All the granite on the
west Is stained reddish color by ferru-
/ glnols solutions. which gives the foot
hill region generally. red appearance
| In conclusions will say, that In consider
alton of the fact Of such extremely good
| copper ore being FOUND In SO many places
on the surface Of these claims. the large
size and mineralized character of the
vein, the particularly favorable conditions
| for bodies Of copper which It possesses on
account of the structiIre (porphyry and
l,ine) as an l,ndeyeloped COPPER property,
/ I have seen nothing to compare with It,
Tho formation strongly resembles the
Blsbee country, in the vicinity of the
Copper Queen. and you canot fail 70