Bisbee daily review., 1905-05-09
PROSPECTS IN CHIRICAHUAS FOR PRODUCING
Camp Are FRe--OreS of Value in Sight-Penty of Wood
 and Water Substantial Development Work

dangers he was wiling Co encounter
 and the hardships he did undergo in
 his ceaseless search for gold.
 The mineral zone of the Chirica-
 hua mountains trends rom Northeast
 to Southwest and is from eight to ten
 miles in length ana a half a dozen
 miles in breadth The mother lode
 passes almost directly through the
 town of Paradise ana is flanked on
 either side by a rain DOW lode two
 miles away and carrying for almost it's entire length. Tae general char acter of the geolocica; formation of the mining district is the same as the formation of the Warren mining dis trict which surrounds Bisbee. The lime formations are the same The same prophry intrusions are found
 While some silver in paying quantities has been found and n a few places lead in quantities suffice to be at tractive it is copper that will make the field a permanent camp and a wealth producer. The gold and silver and lead encountered will continue to be of minor importance but will like ly add considerable to the values and richness of the copper ores produc- ed. Every foot of the ground has been prospected and evry particle of 1t within the mineral zone staked and monuments erected. The prospect ing work has all been done and the development of the field is now well under way THE CHIRIcAHUA DEVELOP.
 MENT co.
 Up to this time the greatest amount of development work done in the field has been by the Chiricahua Develop ment Co.,. a Michigan corporation. This company which is composed of experienced mining men have sec,r- ed thirty-four claims lying immediare- ly beyond the city of Paradise ant; have gone to work in a systematic manner to develop their property They have plenty of money and are not selling stock They have done sufficient work to convince them that they have a good copper mine when it's wealth is uncovered and day anl night, twenty-four hours n every day they are sinking their shaft anl drifting in their tunnels uncove-iEg the ore which will maRe the first pro ducing mine in the district. N. " Coffman is the president of. the com pany and s. R. Coffman is the secre- tary, both of Marquette, Michigan. MT. Hoar is the superintendent in charge of the works. The company has run in a tunnel on the Planei claim 75O feet under a limestone lie. They have also sunk a sha1i on the North 1 side of the mountains to the depth of $50 feet and have uncovered ore of good value. The mE.n development work is the shaft being sunk in the gulch above Paradise where the works have been erected. This shaft has now reached a depth of about 800 feet and is steadily so:ng down. The ore body has not ye: Deen uncovered in this shaft but it IS expected that it will be encounterec within the next fifty feet At the 400 foot level cross cutting has begun. The main shaft is the permanent working shaft, seven by seventeen feet Wit. three com partments. The machinery install ed by this company is of the very best and every thing IS on a perman- ent basis. The ore DoCies so far en- in the Chiricahua property is sufficiently rich in copper to make of this mine when fu;;y developed very valuable property.