Bisbee daily review., 1905-12-31
nINING IN TIE CHIRlCAHUAS
The Big Range and Some of
 th. Things Doing

The Chiricahua Mountains begin
 their rise in the San simon valley and
 trend northwsstsrly to the junction
 of the Sulphur Springs valley and
 the northerly end of the San Simon
 valley, distance of some thirty miles,
 with an average width of about ten
 miles and with a mean elevation of
 about 5000 feet above sea level. The
 higher parts of this range are covered
 with heavy growth of zine timber.
 and as the mountains slope down to
 the valleys and gulches is found 8
 heavy growth of oak timber. The un-
 told wealth contained in these hills Is
 as yet only partially developed. but
 the wheels of progress are rapidly
 turning to view the copper, gold,
 silTer and lead that is found in the
 many redges throughout the district.
 Th6 geological formation charac-
 terisde of the district consists of ex-
 tens sNe granite and porphyritic erup-
 uons which have lifted and tilted
 the snestones so that they stand at
 angles of from 4s desrses to nearly
 the perpendicular. the trike being northwest and southeast, with tho gen. erai dip to the southwest Immense dykes of porphyry cut the limestone formation and these contacts present Ideal mineral conditions foe the for. nation of ore bodies. h this respect and from the surface outcropp'ngs ot copper ore the district Is remarkable. In general the dykes follow .he stiike of the limestone and are intrusive in the bedded planes. The minsraliza- ton is extensive and the outcroppings numerous. The values are In copper, gold. silver and lead, the copper pre- dominating The ores are largely sul- phides. oxidation prevailing to but shallow depth.
 The history of the district dates back to the early eighties and the first prospectors encountered not only the hardships that accompany the pros pectors and their burros, but in this | ease they had the Indians to contend | with, as Geronimo and his band of savage Apaches had turned loose on the warpath and numerous are the | graves of the hardy pioneers.
 In 1882 8 fifty-ton lead smelter was erected to treat the lead ore and sill yer from the Texas mine, located about one mile northeast of the pres ent town of Paradise, which is in the south central part of the district, this smelter being operated about eight sen months, when the ore turning i sai la 7sSssls ssls eepp zid per being nearly valuiess from this section at that time, the mine was the smelter dismantled md hauled away, leaving the old slag lump as It's only reminder of former Activity. In 1888 other parties built , small adobe lead furnace, but, start ng it before it was dry, 1t burst, and having no more money with which to -EDulIO, lucy 6lbO dDauuO4S1 IAC uAo- .rict From 1888 to 1902 the camp was lt standstill, when from the success ,f the now famous Wsrren-Bisbee dis .riet, fifty miles west, and the enor- nous demand for copper prospectors their efforts in the Chirica- qua Mountains. rapid development 
 The pioneers in the field. the Chiri- sahua Development Company. bonded he Burns property. about one and sne-half miles northwest of Paradise. After driving cross cut tunnel 750 feet long and cutting their main con tact. they erected large and perma- nent working plant, sunk three-com- partment shaft 3s5 feet ies2 on the side of the hill, making 6 total depth of about 600 feet below the apex, where they have since been perforat-