Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1904-05-12
EXCELLENT
PROSPECTS
For the Arizona Colorado Copper
Belt and Cold Mining and
Milling Company.
R. M. FORCE, MANAGER
Improving Plant SteadiIy-..New Shaft
Being Sunk...Smelter to Be
Installed.

Colonel r. NJ Force of this city and
manager of the Arizona Colorado Cop
per Belt and Gold Mining and Milling
Company operating in Globe, Arizona,
and who makes this city his home. is
here for a few days with his wife and
daughter He has been indsposed of
late and has come to the capital of
New Mexico for rest and to improve his
health.
Colonel Force is very well and fav-
orably known in this city and judicial
district as he served here as clerk of
the First Judicial District for several
years with credit and ability. From
him a representative of the New MeXi-
can got some very interesting points
as to the property he is managing.
The Arizona Colorado Copper Belt
and Gold Mining and Milling Company
of which he is president and general
manager, first began with six mining
claims and has been gradually absorb
ing claims until now the company owns
21 claims in a compact body, embrac-
ing an area of over APO acres of excep-
tionally rich mineral land three miles
north of Globe, Arizona. in the well
known great copper belt and about
mile from one of the largest and rich
est mines in the United States. Phelps,
Dodge Company is now in control of
this big mine, is constructing large
costly steel buildings and sinking
new four compartment shaft which has
already reached to depth of 700 feet
and will be pushed down to a depth of
/ 200 feet. The smelter now beng
constructed and nearing completion .ou
this big mine, will have capacir~spf
| 900 tons per day and there is enough
ore in sight to keep the big smelter
running day and night for long time.
| The old shaft on the big mine a two
compartment, was sunk l 200 feet deep
sulphde ore at or below the water level
thus establishing the permanency of
the ore zone in the Globe mining dis
trict which is one of the most exten-
sive mining districts in the entire west,
and will soon have a competing line of
railroad.
1t is predicted that this big mine,
becoming SO by merging the Old Do
minion and United Globe. under the
management of Phelps Dodge Com
pany, will begin again to pay dividends
and that the stock Of the Old Domin-
ion will go even higher than it ever
was 1t once sold as high as. $50 per
share. The ore carries copper, gold
and silver There is large lime and
iron belt running through this big mine
and the lime and iron are very valua
BILE for f1uXing in the treatment of
ore.
The property of the ArizonaColo-
RADIO Copper Belt and Gold Mining and
Milling Company is about mile north
of the big mine alluded to and in the
same great copper belt. The same
lime and iron belt that runs through
the big mine, also passes through its
property, and the ores at the same
depth are so similar that they cannot
be told apart The veins in the prop
critics of the Arizona Colorado Com
pany are large and dip to the south or
toward this big mine, and the ore of
the Arizona Colorado Company, SO far
as tested. runs from Is per cent to 80
per cent copper, from few ounces to
over 400 in silver. and from S6 to $50
gold per ton. In one of the veins,
colored ore from any of the
other ore. besides running well in
gold and silver, shows values in tin and
uranium. 1t is a big strong vein and
with depth will, it is believed. be very
valuable
The Arizona-Colorado Company has
installed 100 horse power boiler. a
big double geared steam hoist. has
large shaft house blacksmith shop and
is sinking big double compartment
shaft
About so feet south the main big
vein on the surface shows width of
100 feet, the company owns 5000 feet
on this big vein. and it is expected
when the big shaft reaches a depth of
25O feet it will encounter the main big
vein as it's dip is to the south. The
is now arranging to install
25 ton smelter and increase
it's capacity as depth is attained and
the ore bodies justify. There appear
now no elements of risk about the Ari-
Company property which
will. with development, become one of
the big mines of the Globe district and
its stock will soon go up to par value
and far above it. There are many 9TH
er rich properties in the Globe district
now being developed. In Arizona there
are many mining districts and the ter
ritory of Arizona will soon come to the
front as one of the largest, richest min
ing communities of any of the states
or territories in the United States. All
Arizona needs to become such, is
capital to open up its great natural re-