Arizona republican., 1907-06-13

property in preference to the Verde.
 Along the contact they found seven ore shoots. some very large. cropping out on the surface. from 120 to 900 feet in width within the distance of q mile and a half
 One shoot measured loo feet wide and 700 feet in length. and samples of ore assayed from l I-2.t 21 per cent copper. The formation is a sort of a gossan.
 But in the Iron mountain group the biggest thing is in evidence for the making of mine. These ten claims have been inspected checked and re- checked by the same gentlemen that went over the claims along the con- tact and all agreed that there was in sight an enormous deposit of copper. startling in size when actual mea- surements are taken. One ore shoot measures 200 feet in width and 1900 feet long. the copper showing all along the surface for 500 feet in width. The assays give from l2 per cent to 21 per cent copper and more or less of gold and silver values. These statements were given out yesterday by Mir Bennett. In these Iron moun- tain claims between two veins of quartz which are 900 feet apart. lies an argillaceous schist. and this schist is replaced with copper values. Out side. on the northside of these quartz veins. is another formation of schist, that Is also replaced with leached cop per bands that run from to 15 per cent in copper values. These bands are some of them 10 feet wide and this same condition prevails for loo feet in width. Engineer Shaw of the United Verde said on inspecting the claims that IL was the greatest ore shoot he ever saw. Evidence of the extent of the ore body is seen in going down the Iron mountain into Trilby wash. where there are outcroppings of ore richer than on the top. The presence of the quartz in the wash says Dr. Ford. also indicates that the property will be good to a great depth.
 The successful operation of a great mine. as seems possible in the property of the Rio Tonto company. will be a great thing for Phoenix as Phoenix will be the base of supplies. That this benefit is not a thing of tomorrow and at some future day. but is a thing of today. is demonstrated by the fact that the company intends within a short time to start work on three com partment shaft. by IA feet. which will be sunk to a depth of 500 feet
 There will be no cross cutting until the 800 foot level is reached. then a cross tunnel will be run through the mountain. cutting the entire ore body at a depth of 500 feet from the top of the mountain. The water level. 1t is expected will be found at about 200 feet. It is the intention of the com pany said Dr. Ford yesterday tO oper- ate the mine from the sulphide base. hastening sinking operations to the necessary depth.
 Ii is contemplated in the operations of the property to build a smelter on the line of the Santa Fe. Prescott and Phoenix at a point where the railway approaches the Hassavampa river. This of course is some time in the fu- ture but it is a point to be considered in mapping plan of action. When the proper time arrives a railroad of perhaps three foot gauge will be run from the mine to the river. as the country is too broken to make a broad gauge line desirable. The reduction plant is more desirable at the river where an abundance of water can be had as we'll as all the benefits of main line transportation. By means of the narrow gauge the ores will meet the fuel and the water at the railroad taa Co The narrow gauge will in like manner facilitate the handling of necessary supplies at the mine.
 Dr. Ford who acquired his interest in the company through Mir Bennett said yesterday: 'T have inspected many properties and thought my mining days were over. but the sight of Iron mountain the size and quan- tity of the ore body determined in my mind that my mining days were not over and I immediately arranged with Mir. Bennett for an interest in the property. Further I confidently ex- pect this property to be rich pro- ducer." In addition he remarked that the ground had been run over for years and that Iron peak had been up in plain sight from the railroad and he wondered that it had not been located before. MT. Bennett said that it had always been thought that there was a great ore deposit in that country and he believed that they had located it. MT. Birdsall said he had looked over many prospective con- per propositions and he had seen noth ing as good as Iron mountain.
 The stock in this corporation will be placed in New York by George B.