Arizona republican., 1907-08-03
THE COPPER HEART
 OF A DESERT WASTE
Building of the A. G C. Railroad is Opening Up . Mineral eonanza in . Hitherto Entirely Worthless Region.

Region.
 | Here is a real novelty In mining, and | one that seems well worth looking into. A herculean undertaking in a virgin section, under circumstances iforbidding to the point of embarrass-
 ment to any but the most confident !, and enterprising, and placed before ! the world in an honest prospectus
 Three most unusual features that at tract and hold attention, features that
 at first suggest the chimerical. then
 awaken interest and finally convic-
 ton. Most undertakings in the devel-
 opment of a mine. particularly a big | copper mine. are entered upon in this
 order: First find a district well known
 and advertised. then find the earmarks of mine. and insist before taking hold that all the possible advantages
 of water. fuel. roads etc. are at hand.
 or easily secured, and follow this
 with prospectus that sets forth all
 the possible natural advantages. being ! careful to omit mention of anything
 that may be lacking. Finally. after telling of the millions made in a sim liar way. offer the stock at few cents
 a share in the hope of catching 10000
 suckers with the first batting of the hook. If it takes, there is money to
 buy more bait and get the rest of them.
 The project of the Turtle Mountain Consolidated Copper Mining Company
 Incorporated. is the one under discus sion. a new one. and in a class by
 itself Its scene of activity is the heart
 of the California desert. or. to be more accurate. the Mohave desert. by which
 the upper portion of that almost in conceivable waste is locally known
 The first thought is staggering. but
 every great success in this world is
 victory of mind over matter. and it
 pays to stop and think. To the wide
 world. all Arizona was once what the
 California desert now is. and Arizona
 these days is very decidedly worth
 while. What shall be set forth here
 is an industrial story and it is purely
 prospective, but not distantly so. It
 is just a peep over the horizon and the
 snn is coming up.
 The Arizona & California railroad Is
 now in operation to Parker on the Col- orado river. Within the year a desert. almost as large as that of California and but little less forbidding. has been opened up to the capitalist and the prospector. Within another year this same railroad will be extended to junction with its California connec- tions. across the California waste and it will pass within six miles of the Horn mines. and >others. owned by the Turtel Mountain Consolidated C.M. Co That settles the transportation prob lem for the company and introduces this virgin district to the world The other embarrassing features. such as the comforts of life and the necessities Of the mining business, vanish with the settlement of the transportation problem. And for such work as will | be done preliminary to the completion | Of the railroad it is shown that the ] property is only thirty five miles west of Parker, the present end of the rail- | road. not an impossible distance by | wagon in these days of industrial ac- tivity.
 Next is the property itself. Located In the Turtle mountains, an unorgan- | lzed district seventy-five miles south- west of Needles, in the southern part or san Bernardino county, Cal. the company has secured by location eighteen claims and by purchase for S6o,OOO the Horn copper mine" a II property embracing thirteen claims. the total making an area great enough Tor dozen big mines if the mineral is inere. The prospectus announces a T capitalization of s11.25O.OOO. or 1.5OO.- poo shares of the par value of s7.5O. So Tar the prospectus except that it fear essly tells how much was paid for the property. is like that of any other. That Tery exception interests the reader at once and excites curiosity over the Vide difference between cost price and capitalization. As he pursues his read ng. the reasons unfold and confidence II luickens, while the honesty of the Al prospectus grows more impressive.
 II sets forth in cold type the fact II mat It Is prospect. not a mine. but 'ives the best of reasons for the faith f the promoters that a mine. and per- 1aps the biggest copper property in the world. may be developed there with pa- ience and good working capital. For copy Of the prospectus giving all the ietails, those interested should address he company. TOE Onion Trust building LOS Angeles. Sufficient for this story III s brief mention of the Horn mine Hone, the only one showing important development. How the promoters anne to be interested in the property s also set forth in the prospectus as we'll as general description of the re- ,ion geologically. For seventeen years md fourteen of them all alone. M. H. Horn spent all the time and money he 'ould devote. to the development of this discovery in the forbidden land. Great 'ossan outcroppings. visible on every laim and many other evidences. indi- ate copper bodies below Selecting ! desirable location, Horn began a tun- |