Arizona republican., 1906-12-26

recently it was definitely decided in an informal way to build the twenty eight miles of railroad necessary to conneci
 the main line at Florence with the mine
 at Superior and to erect a smelter ol 1 250 tons daily. This enterprise is pos | itively assured. but the method of fin ancing the company has not been de- 1 termined upon. IL is estimated that | half a million dollars will be required in the construction of both enterprises { The twenty-eight miles of the new railroad will sweep its entire length through an unbroken gold and copper
 belt. and the shelter is to be establish
 ed and situated convenient for the transportation and receiving of ores
 from all points on the route The mines and new enterprises are in Pinal coun-
 ty. at Superior, flourishing and thrifty
 community of people of 300 miners and
 their families. The town and commun-
 ity has an ample supply of the purest
 and bes; mountain water. both for do
 mestic uses and the smelter. The wa
 ter is of crystal clearness and purity
 and contains high medicinal properties.
 free from alkali or other earthly chemi- Q
 cal so deleteriOus to perfect and robust
 health The company also has in con-
 temptation the establishment of an
 electric power and lighting plant for
 the operation of all its machinery. as
 well as waterworks for conveying wa
 ter directly into homes ard places of
 business. The company possesses large
 holdings in t!e great mineral belt, but
 the greater portions of mining claims are vested in individual miners or small
 companies of them, many Of whom
 have worked their claims some and
 have shipping ore of high grade wher
 once the the facilities offered by the
 new railroad and shelter are comple-
 ted. The carbOnates of copper cover
 the ground making a picturesque and
 beautiful sieve to walk upon. and reach
 from the surface to unknown depths.
 and once. with deep sinking. into and
 through hard formation the surprises at the richness of the ore can be con
 jectured but not accurately estimated.
 The percentage of copper wherever
 worked or sampled is good, and when
 the smelter is established and placed in
 commission it can by no means handle the large output of ore that will very rapidly ensue with its building. Many
 important discoveries of rich ore have been made in this district in the year
 just going out More recently. how ever. a Remarkable strike has been
 made on the J. l. Coleman and L. w. Higgins gold mine. situated near Troy
 After sinking an inclined shaft to depth of 140 feet. in which were ex- posed splendid bodies Of rich gold ore. an adit was started to tap the vein at a good depth below the bottom of the inclined shaft. This tunnel is now un- der cover for distance of 200 feet, and at the breast of it a a four foot vein was crosscut. This vein lies in con tact between quartzite and lime schist, and stands almost perpendicular. The vein gOuge is principally a rose quartz. and some of it is phenomenally rich in free gold and beautiful in the tints Of formation. The average Of the entire four feet of vein matter Is very rich. At the Arizona Hercules Copper cOmpany's property in this dis trict diamond drill exploration work is in use. MT. w. P. Durham, president and principal owner in the is at the mine to superintenG operations. Just how many drill holes will be sunk is uncertain, but enough to define the extent of the ledge and 10 reveal its value and worth. This work is merely preliminary to active devel ment. which will be undertaken on a large scale in a short time.
 The Arizone- Hercules is situated in one of the richest mineral belts of Ari zona. It is within a short distance Of the Ray mine. and the famous Silver King. in which work is to be resumed next month. the property recently haV- ing changed hands. The new, owners propose to unwater the Silver King, the old pumping plant which Is still in good order, for the purpose. They expect to find good copper ore below the third level. as the records show that such was encountered.
 But to leave the untold and unde- | reloped gold and copper wealth of Pinai ! county for the future to open up and determine the reader can mount our | Pegasus behind and take a swiftly fly | ng spin over the hills to Mohave coun- ". with her riches already pouring out | .o the metal markets of the country, | whose immeasureably mineral wealth | passes in a never ending stream of yell i ow. white and red Kingman. where l We dismount and stable Pegasus. is the l point for all the mines or Mohave county. The nearest opera ing mines are those of Stockton Hill, where at the present time, the stockton Hill Mining company has just comple-
 ed a 4O-ton plant. designed to handle f ,res from the Banner group of mines n the same district. At Cerbat. four
 cen miles north of Stockton Hill camp he Golden Star Mining company Is erecting a concentrating mill of fifty
 ons capacity. which will reduce the ores of the Golden Gem mine. This s credited with a production of S2OO,- 100 in two years while being worked Tn