Williams news., 1904-06-25
LOCATED THE UNITED VERDE
Found the Mollie Gibson and
 Other Valuable Mines

The original locator of two of the most famous mines in the world Senator Clark's United Verde in Arizona and the Mollie Gibson sill yer mine in Colorado-is in the city for a brief visit.
 Leonard D. Sivyer, the we'll known mining engineer of Spokane, Wash, is the gentleman. MT. Siv- yer has just completed an examin- alton of mining property in Tuol- umne county for a syndicate of Los Angeles men, and if his report is favorable, large amount of Los Angeles capital will probably be invested in this, probably one of the oldest mining sections of the state.
 For nearly thirty years Mir. Siv- yer has practiced his profession of mining engineer throughout the western portion of the United States, Mexico, British Columbia and Alaska. He calls Spokane his home, but he is a frequent visitor to Los Angeles, and during a con- rrsiderable portion of the year his family resides at the Hotel Mum on South Olive street.
 LOCATION OF UNITED VERDE.
 In 1875 Mir. Sivyer located the Leviathan claim, which afterward became the nucleus of Senator Clark's rich holdings in the Ari- zona copper belt, known today as the United Verde. There were no railroads in those days nearer than Pueblo, Colo, the terminus of the Denver x Rio Grande, on one side, and the end of the Southern Pacific at San Bernardino on the other, and though the outcrop of the ledge near the Verde river looked prom ising, it was not possible to ship ore that would run less. than $2OO per ton.
 In telling the story of the loca- ton of the famous property MT Sivyer said: T had been mining in Colorado for several years and had a keen desire to do some prospecting in Arizona, where opportunity was offered one day. 1 was acquainted with the officers of the Sixth U. S cavalry, and when they were or dered to Arizona went along. We entered the territory during 8 stormy period of her career, but we experienced no trouble with the Indians. We finally reached Camp Verde, then 42 miles from Prescott and there I parted with my mill. tary friends and started out on a prospecting trip with German metallurgist named Frank Schulz and a miner named George Drew
 We formed a close corporation and after purchasing an outfit we went into the Black Hills and es tablished a permanent camp a few miles west of the Rio Verde One Sunday morning early was ou after some horses when l ran across the outcrop of what is now tht United Verde mine. A casual ex animation proved conclusively tt my mind that the ledge contained vast amount of copper ore, and located claim, calling it the Levi athan. Later Schulz and Drew located two claims adjoining mine This was in November, 1875. ant at that time there was absolutely no signs of any other locations 1T that part of the country, though unueTstduu tildI IL IS Clditieu tLd locations were made there in 1873
 DIDN'T KNOW ITS VALUE.
 "Of course we had no method o determining the value of our prop erty, and as it was impossible tC market the ore, We abandoned th' claims when we left the country ; short time later.
 It was not until 1893, when met ex-Governor Lytle at tn Worlds Fair that 1 learned thu United Verde and Leviathan wer' the same. Mir. Lytle minutely de
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