Bisbee daily review., 1904-03-13
TransvaaI Mine
 Its History
GENERAL RESUME OF 4 MOST IN
 TEREsTINc SECTION.
Camp in Sonora Which Has and Is
 Now Attracting a Great Deal of At tentiop-Eshaustive Article Relating to Properties in the Camp, Taken from lnternationaLAmeric .. ..

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 Within the past few months the Transvaal copper property have been attracting a vast amount of attention from the capitalist, the miner and the prospector. That the Transyaal is a big proposition is well known, but the facts relating to its history, condition and future are not generally known.
 The Transvaal mines are in the Moctezuma district of Sonora. in the Piedra Verde mountains. twelve miles from Cumpas, a town of about 3,o00 people.
 To realize what a great property the Transvaal is one must visit the mines and see them. It is beyond imagina- ton, the amount of copper ore that lies locked in the rocks of the Piedra Verdes. The first thing to catch the eye of the visitor to the mine is the Verde canyon for thousands of yards is rock-bound by high cliffs that are stained a bright green by the copper they contain. This phenomenal sur face showing is what led to the discov- cry of the mine.
 The history of a mine is always in- teresting. and the history of the Transvaal is very interesting. In 1899 MT. Ohlender made the discovery of the copper formation in the Verde Ia lod into haf ular region by his brother-in-law, a Mexican, who had travelled through the pass and had noticed the green stain on the cliff before men toned. When Ohlender had travelled up the pass for several miles he found himself in the heart Of a wonderful copper formation. He did a little work on very promising outcropping and was rewarded by opening big ore body which carried carbonate, sul- phide and a goodly proportion of na tive copper. He realized that he had struck big thing, how big he did not realize at the time. Having no money 10 carry on development work, he hunted for some one who did. In La Cananea. which was then a camp of about 250 people, he met o. l.. Neer, who was the foreman of the old Cobre Grande mine. He interested Mir. Neer in the proposition, and showed him samples of the rock. Ohlendier heh the property at s100.O00 gold. and per suaded MT. Neer to go into the Piedra Verde and look at the mine on that figure. MT. Neer went and after care fully investigating the showing made by the development work and the sur rounding country succeeding in getting hold good for several months. The matter was dropped for some time, and then MT. Neer succeeded in get ting several well known Ohio capitali- ists interested in the proposition In the meantime L. G. Cloud. a well known mining engineer who was at the time in La Democrata, became jn- terested in the property. He and Mir. Neer went over the Transvaal and took up the ground and bonded the
  up much more of the surrounding country.
 Work was started on what had al ready been prospected, and active prospecting of the vicinity was begun, which resulted in the finding of sur face showings and outcroppings of ore bodies that were if anything larger than the original discovery.
 From the time of the organization of the company in Cincinnati, the work of developing and prospecting has been rapidly and systematically car ried on, with results that are astonish- ing the mining world and are proDis- ing the greatest copper mine in Amer ica
 Fer the past two years the CanaIea mines have been held up as the ideal Of great copper mines in the south west. Before the year is over the Transvaal will have this place, as there is more ore and of higher per cent in sight at the Transvaal than there is in the Cananeas-
 There are several distinct mines on the property of the Transvaal com pany. Every one of them has so far developed into ore bodies of unusual size and richness.
 The Cobre Rico, which means rich copper is truly wonderful. and alone is an immense mine It is situated up the Verde canyon two miles from camp. and is easily reached by a trail, and will soon be connected with the other parts of the property by a rail road The Co5re Rico is rightly named; it is rich in copper and in quantities that unless seen is hard to believe. Upon reaching the mouth of the tunnel the visitor, although he may never have seen mine before. is impressed with the wealth that lies before him.
 The tunnel is cut into the face of the mountain 500 feet. and every foot passes through ore There are cross cuts, winzes. raises and shafts, which have been opened from the tunnel, and