Arizona republican., 1906-07-15
ORIENTAL COPPER
 COMPANY OF ARIZONA
General Description of the Property,
 Its Location and Prospects.

Cave Creek is a historic name in central Arizona. Associated with it is something of interest to nearly all the old timers and the name recalls mem
 ories of a varied nature. Primarily Cave Creek is the name of a mountain stream that flows almost perenniaIly i from it's source to a point known as | HOuck's station or Cave Creek post office, the center of the Cave Creek mining district. Mining was the first l incentive to settlement in those parts but necessity developed other natural resources, less in importance only as less capital was required to operate. The raising of cattle and horses, and other stock a few vegetables. a little hay, etc. all came in due time as the mines were developed. Cave Creek as scattered settlement, was as big twenty-five years ago as it is today and perhaps more important as there were then fewer places where man and beast could obtain refreshment
 In the natural order of things Cave Creek became home to a few and a place of business for many. Families have been reared on Cave Creek. and men who came there twenty years ago to die are still enjoying it's health full climate.
 Yet withal, it is principally min ing district, one of more than usual promise, though strangely enough with but meager development That may seem an odd statement when the age of the district is recalled, but it is easily explained. There has been a vast amount of mining on Cave Creek but most of it has been done by men of small means and effort was there fore not concentrated. In the main it was looked upon as a gold and silver section, as was the greater part of Arizona until recent years when cop per became the inspiration of the min CT, for reasons too we'll known to need repeating. The Cave Creek miner was after the rich stringer of gold he could either ship or secure the values from by some inexpensive process, thus op- erating with small capital. But few gold mining projects backed hY large capital have been undertaken and some of them were materially success full; with good management all perhaps might have been. The district of which Cave Creek postofice. thirty miles north of Phoenix is the center has always been a constant even though a small gold producer and only In very recent years has it appealed as a copper section. Now that it's ex- ploitation for that metal is at hand which means large operations or none at all, Cave Creek as a mining district IS to be born again. There are with in it's confines many fine copper pros poets. A half dozen properties are be- ing developed as rapidly as circum- stances will allow and the building of a railroad the final necessity of cop per district, is only a question of as- sured tonnage. All other perplexities and they are few in number, will fade before the genius of the railroad builder.
 ORIENTAL COMPANY.
 For reasons that shall hereafter be made clear. the project of the Oriental Copper Co. of Arizona five miles northeast of Cave Creek postoffice could not be more promising It is an association of gentlemen commanding all the capital that can be legitimately used in such an enterprise if they choose to so divert it. The corporation is largely composed of men who have been associated together for years in railroading and other business activ- lties and the utmost harmony prevails between them, confidence is firmly es- abolished, and their president who rep resents the company locally is the gentlemen who are furnishing the capital. The president is w. T. F. Donald, formerly of Atchison Kansas. | and twice honored as mayor of that city, a recommendation of those who !