Bisbee daily review., 1904-05-11
MOIder Coal Fields
 ARE DESCRIBED
 By Correspondent
EVERY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT ARIZONA WILL SOON
 HAVE COAL AND OIL.
To Render Cheaper the Reduction of It's Coal and Minerals-TraVeiing
 Representative of Mining and Seien- tifc Press Describes the Situation.

The article herewith printed was written for the Review by MT. Ra'ph Marshall. tarveling representative cf the Mining & Scientific Press, foll w. ing a visit Thursday to the Mo'der coal field There is very much Iii '' of merit. MT. Marshall says:
 Nature often bestows not ouly her choice gifts. but in connection the means of utilizing them as well; anu il is no uncommon thing that where ore exists there also is to be found the fiuxes necessary to treat it; the natural conditions of physical contour water. fuel and means of transporta- tion at hand.
 Morenci district has been an unfor- tunate exception to this rule. Fuel transportation. water, all were seeur- ed only al an immense cost and the enormous outlay was justified only by the vast deposits of ore. the extent oi which, today, after years of develop ment. is little better known than II was in the beginning.
 Therefore the discovery of coal in the same district may still, in later years. be looked upon as the real be- ginning of unfoldment for Morenci- Clifton district. As yet in com mercial quantities is not known to eX- ist. but there is every reason to hope.
 That signs exist of fuel, whether coal or oil, is ground for hope and jus sificstion for the outlay of any amount of money necessary to certain its extent. That there are as good indications as the Molder field discovery shows, naturally leads 10 the conclusion that the conditions at some time in it's geological history must have favored coal formation and if any, why not?
 The writer claims no knowledge of coal formations. where it may or may not be expected. but knows from ob- servation that within certain broad limitations, not only gold but every other mineral is- to use common ex- pression. where you find it.
 Nothing is more common than for experts and wiseacres generally to erect petty theories that are upset by hard, practical truths. As mat ter of fact we still have many things to learn about Mother Earth, as well as of the worlds in space. She had a varied experience in her younger days, and no one part, however thor oughly explored, will tell the complete history of the other part.
 Therefore, whatever may be the ul- timate result. there is every encour- agement for capital to test, not only the presence of coal. but of oil as well.
 Even should this field prove barren, there is yet much to be hoped from the general interest aroused, that other deposits may be found, and it is likely that as a direct result of the present excitement there will be new discoveries of other metals. and indi- cations that formerly were passed over as insignificant will assume new importance A case in point is the Duncan field, known and partieally ex- plotted twenty years ago; another the recent reported discovery beyond that place.
 Tt is entirely reasonable to hope that within a few years Arizona will have both oil and coal in abundance for her needs, and that her needs will be vastly greater than they are to- day. The thing to do is to give prop CT encouragement to those who risk their money, as well as those who spend their time in finding what has been cached by the passing centuries. neither by blind faith nor pleasant words, but by an attitude of aggressive inquiry, open to conviction.
 At Morenci the line seems firmly drawn between those who think the camp stands on a foundation of coal and those who think prospector may have dropped sack of it in his tray els. which now blooms as a coal blos- som. Neither is right and neither can ultimately influence the result.
 The writer traversed for years a section of California that today IS the producer of vast quantities of oil- The resident would have laughed in your face at the mention of oil un- derneath, it wasn't the right forma- tion and it was a hundred miles to the nearest known oil deposit. The first explorers sunk hole after hole amid jeers, and Encouragement by buckled pipes and lost bits, un-il ct a depth of 2O0O feet 8 gush of oil came that carried away the derrick and drowned a horse that was hitched near by. Then every one knew oil was there if they only could find it.
 So there may or may not be coal at Morenci. It is only a question or time and money until the question shall be answered. But one holt in the ground and one mans money will not answer it. There is room for all.