Arizona republican., 1907-07-07
An 0rqanization of Business Men Who Are
 Doing Things
Rapid Progress of Project for the Opening Up of a Great Copper and Silver Mine In the Santa Rita Mountains Of Southern Arizona


 results have been achieved. that does not attend a similar effort in connec- tion with a project that is mainly prospective. however flattering may be its appearance in every feature. It is with this pleasurable appreciation that the writer. representing The Ari- zona Republican, has undertaken a somewhat detailed recital of the oper- ations of the Mansfield Mining & Smelling company. after a couple of days spent on the property conscien- tiously devoted to the requirement of information. He of the pen or pencil is like the conservative man of wealth in one respect at least. Both would rather deal in present values than to depend entirely on speculative futures. The Mansfield company is now show ing the evidences of money well spent in the creation of conditions that have very largely eliminated the necessar- fly speculative nature of the enter prise in it's inception and that give assurance of ultimate accomplishments entirely in harmony with reasonable expectations. The existence of large ore bodies, sulphide in character. car
 
 silver. are demonstrated facts. Just how large the ore bodies are and to what pleasing values they may change at depth. can only be learned by con tinued development along present lines which development is proceeding as fast as it can be economically done. There is now on the dumps a consid- erable tonnage of good concentrating ore. marvelously rich in streaks and in fact the bulk of it carrying high values in copper and several ounces in silver. The existence of a vastly larger tonnage of the same kind of ore. still in place, is revealed by pres ent development; yet the exploration of these veins has only fairly begun. That they will increase both in mag nitude and values as depth is attain ed is a conservative prediction. based on the changes noted between surface croppings and present workings, on the traceable continuity and relation ship of the veins and on the general experience in copper mining after the proving of ore bodies to the extent the Mansfield ground has now been ex- plotted. The problem of reduction will be referred to later.
 THE CAMP.
 The Mansfield property Is situated in the Santa Rita mountains, south of the summit of the range. in the north ern part of Santa Cruz county, Ari- zona, eight miles from Patagonia, the nearest railroad station, town of about 300 inhabitants, on the Sonora railroad. In the near future it is a certainty that the old town of Critten7 den, now almost deserted, will be re- habilitated and made the seat of oper- ations for the Mansfield Co. and most likely the site of the company's reduc- tion plant. Crittenden is three miles north of Patagonia and two miles nearer to the Msnsfield mine which will then be but six miles from the railroad. But from either point to the property. there is a charming wagon road with an easy grade following a picturesque gulch partly covered with trees. to a point within a mile of camp, where is encountered the only hill of any consequence on the road. From its summit the camp bursts in to view suddenly over the tops of two or three little hills and Temporal wash, which intervene The camp is located on the eastern slope of a gently rising hill at the eastern end of the Mansfield group and the morning sun smiling on the whole earth in it's daily revolution. greets no more beau tifully located or healthful mining camp, none supplied with better water or better natural drainage. This sim gle hill referred to will soon capitu- late to the engineer and road builder. when at an expense of a few hundred dollars it will be reduced to a four per cent grade. The first building reached on approaching the camp is the residence of the superintendent, A. B. Richmond, who is in personal charge of everything and who with Mrs. Richmond and four most inter- esting children, makes that his home. It is a well arranged, neat and com fortable as well as roomy building, but modest and unpretentious. Not far away is well built barn and cor ral that furnish entertainment for the company stock and such chance trav- elers as may arrive. Beyond stands a building 15O feet long. of wood and iron construction, which accommodates the butcher shop. kitchen, dining room and other apartments comprising the boarding house plant, and a good stock of general merchandise, from which are supplied the wants of the camp employees at the same prices charged at the railroad station and yet return ing fair revenue to the company. This is under the direction of a capa- ble young man by the name of F.. H. Evans. who has charge of camp ac- counts generally, under MT. Richmond. Respecting the boarding house it is proper to say at this time that it is conducted economically but is a mo- del of cleanliness and the fare afford ed the laboring man is equal to that Of any mining camp and superior to many. There is nothing wasteful in the policy, for men to work well, must be contented and to be contented they must be we'll fed. It is a recognized principle of physics that one can get no more power out of an engine than the steam value of the fuel fed to the furnace-The next building to the north and reaching to a bend in Temporal wash. is the assay office and drafting room for engineering purposes. This structure is built for the purposes named and is model in every particu- lar. The successful mining man wants