Bisbee daily review., 1904-03-15
Transvaal Mine .
 Its History
GENERAL RESUME OF A MOST iN-
 TEResTiNe SECTION.
Camp In Sonora Which Has and ts
 Now Attracting a Great Deal of At tention-Exhausttvs Article Relating to Properties in the Camp, Taken from lnternationaI-Amerie .. :.

1n exhautive article. taken from the zBternatienalAmeric which relates 0 the rransvaal mine. it's history, and gives facts concerning the imme- stiste vicinity of this rich property. Sundays issue of The Review con &ained the frs. installment of the article:
 Verde Cliff mine. which gets its name from the green cliffs that line the can 'Tn~ 'unnel has been cut into the sices' of the cliff 100 feet and is for the p,ost part in ore which runs as high ss 20 per cent in cooper and averages 10 8 per cent This ore body is a great pipe which leads down to an enormous ore body below. To pros pect the underlying ore a winze was srnk at the tunnel mouth, which is every foot in ore. carrying native cop per and high-grade oxide. There is dn sight at the Verde Cliff several hun 1red thousand dollars worth of ore.
 Six miles southeast of Ver6e lies the f"n N'coles. one of the silver mines swnes by the company. The ore body lies in a true Assure vein which varies from four to six feet through, bounded en both sides by wall of tale through which seams of ore penetrate at ire quent intervals. The ore carries gold. silver and lead in surprising quanu. ties. The ore carries 100 ounces to the ton in silver. according to the man aeer's report, which is conservative. as this ere will be found later to run higher in the white metal. Thirty per cent in lead and $40 per ton in gold ss the average of the ore.
 There has been developed up 10 date eyer s1o0 eco worth of this ore. It is &n sight; and anyone who sees the San Hfcolas will say that there is more Chan that amount in plain view, but far. C]oue, who has carefully figured tAe ore, said that he considers that 41e0, ,gee worth of ore is what there is aow in sight Considerable work has been dcne on this property, and more men will be put to work at once c get the mine in shape for active ore production At this time 100 tons of ere a day could be shipped. to a smeiter for an indefinite period of Cme
 Over the crest of the mountains, Sour miles southwest of the camp, is One Buckeye, a gald. silver and copper mine. The Buckeye is ledge rum -four to seven feet wide, of very high grale ore
 The copper returns from this ore show 3e per cent. the gold runs $2 to fhe to,. and the silver 25 onnces lSke the state from which the Buck eve takes its name. great things can te expected of it. It is one of the largest properties that the company owns There is now in sight 5000 fcns of very high-grade ore.
 The San Luis is an old mine. located sear the San Nicolas. which was Horked years ago by Mexicans. The orc runs very high in silver, giving re.urn of 800 ounces to the ton The original owners of this bonanza were compelled to abancon 1t because Of fhe inflow of water from the bottom Ef the canyon under which they were working. The tools of these original workers, with the last few sacks of Gre. are stfll in this crosscut, just as Ehey left them when the water poured Gown on them from above and forced Mem to get out. The company has eunk e shaft near the old shaft, and fave Yan a crosscut directly under the <zd one. and are in the big ore body which the Mexicvans struck in the up. ger workings. The San Luis ore is easily reduced and will be money. xh2keT.
 The Capoline is a big low-grsde sif yer proposition. The ore is In a ledge twenty feet wide. and is capped with iron The ore runs twenty ~nncee in silver and can be mined and sedoced at a very little cost
 Resides the properties above named ane described, the Transvaal company gyms and has developed to a consider xble extent several other good ore Bodies that are bound at some time to snp,fv large amount of ore to the shelter.
 The Rasch property Is the old San xuan silver mines. which is four miles fD the east of camp. f
 This mine was workeG about 1et years ago on big scale The mos, valuable thing about the Rasch Is the cd Blag dump, which is rich in copper md silver. and will make good Aux fcz 1be proposed smelters- It fS conserv At1ve to say that $300,0o0 will o< Heted by the reduction ef this slas ir q modsefn furnace
 The Virginia, gold mine. belonging fp the company, lies twenty miles tf fke east of the Transvaal mines. 1T 0e Sierra Madre mountains. There il Sn sigAt in this mine at present 107 ,O0t fpus of free milling ore that runs ex nrny Sll to the ton. giving a valuation = er 1t1 0n(1 The ledge is f1fteeu fee