Bisbee daily review., 1904-06-16
Working Arizona's
 Sulphur Deposits
ANOTHER SOURCE OF WEALTH THAT WILL ADD MATERIAL
 " THERETO.
In 1891 the United States Consumed 525,745 Tons-Prices Range From $2i to s6o Per Ton-crater on Sun. set Peak is 5000 Feet Across.

To the great mineral resources of Arizona has been added another min. eral that is destined to play no small part in upbuilding and increasing the wealth of this territory, says the Phoe- nix Republican. In the outlying foot hills of the great San Francisco noun tains in northern Arizona there has been discovered a great deposit of volcanic sulphur in the extinct crater or Sunset peak To the energy and ability of Hon J. J. Sanders, a mining engineer of Prescott. Arizona, this yellow capped mountain that has stood so silent for centuries. is soon 10 become the scene of great industrial activity, unlike its former occupation or activity in the earlier ages of the earth in belching forth streams of lava and gases. but to give up it's precious treasures of yellow sulphur to supply the demand for this product in the United States.
 The people of the United States consume annually a vast quantity of sulphur and produce very little. Look ing al United States government sta- ustics for the year 1901 it is found that this country produced 7690 tons of sulphur, valued at S223.340. and in the same year consumed 525,745 tons. thus it will readily be seen that a vast home market is ready to receive the output of the Arizona mountain.
 The volcanic sulphur deposits of Italy and Sicily are owned or controll- ed by the Anglo-Sicilian Sulphur com ..s. 1sx,.s- or I English trust, from which company most of the sulphur consumed in the United States is purchased. prices ranging from s21 to s6O per ton
 Sunset peak is situated nine miles north of Cliffs station on the Santa Fe railway and fifteen miles in a northeasterly direction from Flagstaff. 4 level wagon road from either point through an unbroken forest leads the way to the base of the mountain. where the altitude is TOO feet above the level of the sea The mountain is conical in shape and rises to an The sides of the old mountain are GOV cred with cinders. as is the surround ing country, silent witnesses of the violent activity of this volano in the remote past
 The cra.er is about 5000 feet across and gently slopes down into the heart of the great mountain a distance of about 750 feet. where it closes Sur rounding the crater is a rim at least 600 feet in width wherein MT. San ders procured his samples that as- say sixty per cent pure sulphur The whole rim is impregnated with sul- phur, giving it a deep yellow color that can be seen for miles, giving it the appearance in the daylight of be ing in perpetual sunshine, from which the mountain derives its name-Sun- set peak.
 Standing on the rim of old Sunset, looking to the northeast. one can see the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. To the west, distant few miles, rises the snow-capped peaks of the San Francisco mountains while to the north and among the first 10 attract the eve on a clear day is the wonder full vision of color in the garden of colors. commonly called the Painted Desert. so named by reason of having many layers upon layers of sandstone and other geological formations. all of which appear to have distinctly different color. appearing as much like a painting as could be made by the artists brush. Set in stately pines Sn all sides. it is an inspiring sight fills one with admiration of the great wonders of nature.