Bisbee daily review., 1906-04-24
Frank Alley Writes in Interest ing Way of Great Mining
 Section.
FINDS IT ONE OF
 REMARKABLE EX ENT

DOUGLAS, April %. - (Spe, ial.)- 1t is quite true that I have never carried as muc ha sa tack hammer in
 my life. If l cannot speak vel of a
 district or property, I relegate it to
 the silent list and say nothing about
 1t. allow it to speak for itself. True,
 it is a genuine delight to "crack a
 wild cat across the crust when the
 opportunity arrives. but that disrepu-
 table "varmint' has not shown up in
 the category of mining enterT rises in
 Cochise county for several yrars. so
 that there is no occasion for scolding.
 The Chiricahua district is one of
 remarkable extent, as well IS vari-
 ety of resources. Aside from its spe-
 cific mineral features those inciden- tai conditions so esentfai to the sue
 cessful outcome of a district. such as
 fuel ,timbers, water and facilities for transportation, are absolutely out of the ordinary. The establishment of 8
 forest reserve in the Chiricahpa noun
 tains was a splendid move. At first, the old timer, accustomed to cutting posts from timber which a few years later would have made cords of wood and hundreds of feet of timbers. ac- customed to building fires and permit tirg them to burn a. their c-n sweet will. destroying vast belts ot Valuaole timber. denuding the Landscape and ] inviting drc;..s.., found the -.rest re serve regulations rather irk- one. but
 now he has come to look upon the
 matter in its proper light; he has come to the assistance of the for, st super visor, they are working harmoniously to preserve that magnificent forest and today he takes asemuch pride in the preservation of timber as does the government agent himself.
 With the improvement of forest con
 ditions. the water supply. which has always been fairly satisfactory, shows disposition to become more perma-
 nent and abiding, rendering every spe- cies of industrial improvement easy and certain instead of problematical. In the mining field, all eyes were for years fixed upon the Chiricahua Development and the Manhattan prop critics, simply because they were both backed by heavy capital and in the case of the former was equipped with the only standard development hoist ! in the district Now, those eyes are
 wandering from the throne. Those properties may yet become mines. It | is conceded by all practical observers that the resources of the Chiricahua Development have been badly mis1p- plied, while as to the Manhattan, its work has developed fairly good re l suIts. It is probable that both prop o-.ies gith judicious development will
 vet hiring important ore R2dics to the
 light. ,, oor,, hour that it is no longer necessary | for investors and owners in the dis | trict to link their fate to these prop
 critics. Along the foothill belt, devel' onment work constitutes positive ! revelation. The property owners p I tbis holt are fer the most paTt men
 or companies of limited means. They must needs pursue the grass root 1 ..,aD. If only for brief space LIS
 -eassuring ore body should disappear l shese men would be unable to enlis'
 assistance to continue their explor 1 ations. but so long as the ore bodies ! are in evidence, improving in siz'
 and quality they may continue work
 ug until the merits of their proneT ties are beyond dispute, and they cai then command the means for reaUc
 ton plants and other improva-nen at!
 necessary to place their holdinfs il
 iii ediyidepa list.
 Ii In every instanct in the foothill bel
 have these happy conditions held thei
 own, until in several instances tn
 goal has been reached, and in all
 them the uniform success achieve'
 at their respective stages of deve 4, . ment, renders it practically .orts that every property holde- .,, .n =. |. sr ha ture. Upon these co- ,aft;or SoI II hesitatingly predi..ss that tss Sistri : fesardiess ,r tho outcon ss the t' B pioner propositions fl fss mention . tin this article is dest oes to becol , one of the most succr ss.rtl in the t 2 ritory, and the reali saipn is not . of. Among the pr cv,frsies includ' |. in this belt which hass. already vii : ca.ed their claim s, standing anu : ognized prodr srzyu are the Savs 2 the Davis. offici .Ty gnown as the < chise, the Sc- ynErm the Doran-Gs sner, anc M' ns smaller ones. many others are rapidly appreacf 2 the product ,ou pofnt.
 III ene meauSi1ne, numerous o 2 properuef which have long ranked i. producer s ss chloriders are oy . means sxhausted- but on the cont : were m better condition when en-, . suspe ,nded than ever before con . uouf ay the Walker & Meyers pre e tie the King of Lead and SCOT H lfface producers e Iu regard to prospects, prac' = iv every undeveloped claim on - fbe,t enjoys the same surface c ,1tions as those whose fortunate
 z CTS have been able to develop
 sH mines George Walkers propert , . most in the suburbs of Paradise ; = Tim Williams holdings, ilttie !, = ther out. while only superficnli! II! |, 1 yeloped. present finer condition o r their stage than did any other \ erty at a corresponding stage o veIopuent on this belt , The character of the ore, wni greatly diversified on the suria' 2 especially interesting; gold, .s lead and copper, each striving 10 lead in the matter of values, ne