Bisbee daily review., 1906-11-13
ARIZONA WILL LEAD IN RED
 METAL
Prominent Mining Engineer Makes Prediction That in Eve Years Territory Will Have Largest Output

From what I have seen of western and southwestern Yavapai, Mohave and that part of Yuma county tribu- utary to the Arizona & California rail .oad, I maKe the statement without ..esitation. that with reasonable ds-
 eiopment in these sections, ArizonA Sill be far 1n the lead as a copper producer five years hence" Such was the statement made to a Journal Miner man by !. P. Bedling, mining engineer of over thirty years exper- fence in the mining states of the west, wbo returned here lately from an ex- thded trip through these parts.
 The great surface indications of copper and gold mines in the Harqua Hala, Harcuver and Bill Williams Fork mountains is only equalled, he said, by the showings found in that rar of Yavapai county extenhing from the Hillside mine to the Mohave county boundary and west to the line of Yuma county.
 Surpassing anything that l ever witnessed, either in the Black Hills of Dakota, or the great Montana mines, is a ledge on Burro Creek, near its mouth, over 200 feet in width and which is cut by a canyon to a depth of 900 feet, the entire body of quartz sampling s4 to the ton in gold
 Tn the Black Rock district I saw some very promising copper lodges in addition to the O'Brien gold mines, frsm which there will be an immense output when the reduction plant is in stalled and in operation.
 "The King Solomon shaft is now down past the 400 foot level, from which some very high grade gold ore is being mined. There is a great cop ger mine in the Uncle Sam group, which is now idle, from some un- known cause, although it is a well frow fact that there is shipping ore iii it from the grassroots down.
 Experience has proven here. as in other mining countries that deep min ing pays. It is a recognized fact that wherever good ore has been found near the surface that it also exists at depth, although the vein may be broken by many faults. As a general rule. the lodges in all the great mines have been more continuous and the ore bodies richer and more permanent below the 500-foot levels, for the req son that in the majority of cases the surface crest of the earth has rarely been disturbed below the 300-foOt lev el by earthquake disturbances Old miners all remember that when the Nevada mines were visited by an earthquake the greatest shocks were felt underground in and near the 300. 1 foot level, while below the 500foot level, where the ledge was better de fined than nearer the surface, nc shock was experienced by any of the underground workmen-
 l q have not seen the eastern part oi the county yet, but from what I have heard, I believe that it is equally as rich as the other is promising.
 "On account of its central location and climatic conditions, Prescott i! the natural supply point of the dis tricts visited, which I believe art equal to any in the west in the way O
 mineral resources. In my opinion, th'
 merchants and business men hers should do more to advertise the re sources of the country than appear:
 to have been done in the past. TheI
 do not appear to realize the immenst resources of the country bordering al
 around them or the advantages to bt
 gained from liberal and legitimate ad ,vertising.
 q have decided to cast my 10 lhere." he corc,udri,. "-cd I am yer.
 anxious to see this ccrrtry core. t
 the front"