Bisbee daily review., 1906-11-06
CONGRESS MINE ENCOUNTERS
 SULPH|DE
Famous Gold Property Strikes Big Body of Sulphide at 2O00 Feet-Histoy of the Congress Group. W


 News reached Prescott yesterday from the Congress mine that body of sulphide ore was recently uncovered in sinking shaft No. 5. below the 1000 foot level. the size or extent of which has not been determined. cross cut having been run on 1t distance of 23 feet with no walls yet in sight. Says the Arizona Journal-Miner.
 The Congress group of thirty con tiguous claims, is the property of the Congress Consolidated Gold Mining company. successors to the Congress Gold company, which purchased 1t from the heirs of Diamond Jo Key holds. who developed it from mere prospect, in 1887. into its present standing among the great gold pro ducers of the Territory, before his death at the camp in September, 1891.
 The equipment of the mine includes twelve hoisting engines. varying in ca pacity from 20 to 200 horse power, with a reduction plant, consisting of an 3o-stamp mill. New Standard con centrating plant and cyanide plant, comprising roasting furnace and seven 90-ton teaching tanks, with three
 
 ton teaching tanks for treating the ores which do not require roasting. The main shaft on the property enjoy S the distinction of being the deepest in the Territory. having passed the 1000 foot level. where the ore body is larger and richer than in any of the upper workings.
 Discovered in the early sos, by BenHis Day, it soon attracted attention all over the Territory by the richness of the ore mined from it's surface workings. Being without means May interested John Dougherty of this city with him in the property, when a shaft WAS sunk along the vein of high grade ore which gave good returns after the enormous transportation expense of hauling it by wagon a distance of over 80 miles. to this city, which was then the nearest railroad station iron which point it was then shipped to the Pueblo smelters.
 Recognizing its great future. F. NJ. Murphy, now president of the s. F. P. & P. in 1887 secured bond on ;lle property, and later succeeded in asso- ciating Diamond Jo Reynolds with O ing plant erected. and plan of de- velopment inaugurated, with large force of men. which continued until September. 1891, when Diamond Jo Reynolds. the leading spirit in the en- terprise died.
 After the building of the s. F. P. & P. was commenced. work was re. stunned in March. 1894, by the Congress Gold company, which purchased the property from the Reynolds heirs, since when the mines have been cper- ated continuously, with a constantly increasing output.
 A branch railroad from Congress Junction. distance of three miles. af- lords transa5-ta.ion 10 tEe mI;n lire of the S. F P ' |? The mir. en- ploys a large force of mel at all sea sons of the year. sup.,pr;ipg popu- lation of over 1000 in the town.
 Water for the mil is pumped from Martinez Creek. across the mouura:Ds. a distance of three nlles, where the company has large ormpils plant
 Nestling in bend U. ihe southern slope of a spur of the Weaver Noun. tains, in the Martinez district, the Loisting plant, reduction works erd the town of Congress cla bo seen for many miles across .he desert mesa reaching to the Harcuyer and Ha:qua Hala mountains. monument to the energy and good business judgment of F. M Murphy, who was among ihe first to realize the great merit of inc Congress vein, the first to intercsi capital in it's development and the general manager of ;t when it en.er- ed the list of the great god produce rs cf the Territory.