Bisbee daily review., 1905-05-09

A trip to the Chiricahua mountains st this season of the year Is to be much enjoye by one who loves the rugged mountains and is interested in the mineral wealth which exploi- tation is busy uncovering in that sec ton of the county. Cochise county is a county of magnificent distances. The rugged vastness of it's extent and the uncounted treasures which yet lay hidden within it's bosom can not be properly appreciated without a trip to Paradise. the metropolis of the Chiricahua mountains Paradise lies we4. in the heart of the mountain district, and almost in the center of the mineral belt. It is fourteen miles from Rodeo. the nearest station on the E. P. & s. w railroad. and twenty miles from the nearest shipping point on the Southern Pacific. It is an un- pretentious village of 200 people ly- ing G,300 feet above sea level and well up in the timber, located on both sides of Cave Creek, which at this season of the year is a beautiful and turbulent stream pitching down from the higher levels where the snow is yet many feet deep on the ground. The mountains rise by easy reaches immediately east of Paradise to height of 10000 feet After one gets up to the 1000 foot level magnificent timber is encountered. Pine of lord " dimensions and the finest quality where the woodman's axe has yet done no damage and where the strong hand of Uncle Sam has reached out to protect the forest for future gener- ations. The government forest re- serve. containing something over an hundred thousand acres comes down to within a few mics of the village Within the forest reserve there is one of the finest bodies of timber in the Southwest, where none can cut a stick without government permission. The forest reserve is looked after by Q forest range supervisor and three forest rangers, all of whom make their headquarters at Paradise The forest reserve and in fact the entire surrounding country is sbundantly supplied with game. Mountain lion are numerous. and bear more or less plenty. Good fishing is to be found on the head waters of some of the To ,f wild turkeys are seen once in a while. In the valleys some fine meadow grasses are produced, and the entire district is as fine a cattle range with abundant grass and water as can be found in the territory. Paradise is e beautiful spot in which to live, and is reputed to be one of the most healthful resorts to be found on the continent. Almost perpetual sun shine and elevation stimulating and invigorating and scenery unsurpassed anywhere are the attractive features which one first sees in this mining camp whose productive history is yet in its infancy.
 The Chiricahua mountains are by no means a new mining district. The active exploitation Of the mining field began many years ago. In fact the district was first exploited when the Bisbee camp was in it's swaddling clothes and when Tombstone was in the hey day of it's early glory. It has been more than twenty-two years since the old Texas mine, silver and lead proposition lying one-half a mile North and West Of Turkey creek was opened up and extensive development work for those days done A led stack furnace was erected on the bank of the creek and active opera tions begun. The mine and the re- duction plant were under the super intendency of a man by the name Gay Tor and a village of some pretensiOns grew up around the plant known as Gaylorville. The mine and smeiter were kept in active operations for several years and fairly good values were ldhcI OUt III lSsiO anu SitHC 1dS Tor in the meantime became involved in financial difficulties and made an assignment the value of silver depre- ciated almost one-half until the prop erty was no longer a paying rrOpo- sition. The mine was abandoned. the stack and works dismantled and nov ed away and the village disappeared from the face of tho earth. All that now remains to mark the spot of this early mining in the Chiracahua's is the old slag dump on the banks of the creek. a grim reminder of the promo tive methods in vogue in mining even as late as twenty years ago. It is said by those who are now on the ground that the old slag dump carries very considerable values in gold and sil- .-ar opd if may ho chiprlpd t0 Fl PasO