Bisbee daily review., 1903-10-30
THe sIssEE CON-. AN IDEAL LAY.
 OUT.

After all, copper, like gold, is where you find il. Theories. and tren.s, and dykes, and formations, and tradl- tious and superstltions are all good in their way, but hey do not weigH much as against cold facts. Mala- chites and azurites, and stalactites and theodolites and a thousand other 'ites. may sound good to the unso- phisticated pumpkin propeller in the enete East who has a collar and six bits to invest in stock, but to the old boy who can spit on a specimen and draw out all it's attributes by a jack knife assay, property is "wuth what she f0tches," and no more.
 Now the Bisbee Consolidated mas fotched" something on the surface. and is steadfastiy delving for the source of the elegant carbonates which appear in a dozen places on the face of the proceedings. President Sam uel, of course, is not disposed to be discouraged in contemplation of the fact that their property is not far from the Calumet & Arizona, and that a streak of the same general charac- teristics connects them, and that he really has the better of it so far as developments has proceeded. but he is not waiting for the Copper Glance, nor the HOughton Development, nor the Pittsburg & Hecla to develop his prop erty for him; he is going Tight after it himself. under and by direction of his company and by means furnished for that purpose, and his new hoist ing plant, with capacity of 1,o,V feet, is a monument to the faith and sturdiness of the management upon which Bald Mountain looks down with combination of benignity and pride.
 The threatened coal strike and its attendant evils have no terrors for these people. The omnipresent soto stands so thickly over the property that one can hardly walk out after night. and it is estimated that there is enough of it on the group to sink three-compartment shaft 2,000 feet deep. It is the quickest, cheapest and most convenient fuel for light hoisting in existence, and represents a feature of economy in development that has never been fully appreciated.
 The hoisting plant. boarding and lodging houses, sho-s and all other press one most forcibiy that while every essential facility for the devel opment of the property has been pro- vided, the most rigld economy has been practiced. and not one cent has been misapplied. No automobiles, no residences. no fancy stables and tall salaries loom up in the back ground as the Bisbee Con. resumes sinking, while Bald Mountain looks benignly down upon their splendid operations from the center of the Copper Glance.
 To avoid heavy dead work, the shaft, which is a nearly perpendicular incline. has been sunk on slip oy well defined seam, carrying ledge mat ter all the way down. and good car bonates of copper in places. The shaft penetrated oonglomerate for 80 feet, when the formation became sott. and at the bottom is looking more fa- vorable. The seam cut both fornaa- tions, and ranged from a mere sheet to a ledge a foot in width. From this and the further fact that the ground is growing softer. with lime, s deal is reasonably expected before half of the cable is in use These fine indications, coupled with the fact that the group. as well as nearly all surrounding groups is dotted with piles of fine carbonates taken from ly unset a soto without disclosing in teresting forms of copper. are calcu- lated to .enthuse the proprie'ors be- yoDd measure.
 The Bisbee Con. recognizes anolh- CT source Of encouragement in the Reighbors. the Pittsburg and Hecla on the northwest, and the Copper Glance on the south, while the HoUgh- ton Development. between them on the north, are all exceedingly pro-nis- ing. some of them being producers. The Bfsbee Consolidated embraces IT claims, carefully monumented and ti- tle worked. with view to applying for a patent. It enjoys, perhaps. bet ter prospects for speedily becoming a frst-class copper producer than any other property in this most promising district. and among the reasons upon which that conclusion is based. the following may be mentioned:
 They can boast most excellent con ditions all over the surface of the sroup. including the disclosure of fine carbonates and glance in many places.
 Operations in the main shaft have developed better prospects than were ever enjoyed by a producer in the Warren district at a corresponding depth. ercept the original Copper Queen, where the formation and ore are strikingly similar.
 The favorable location of the prop erty in relation to the successful mines of the district. being only about fzpr miles in direct line from the