Bisbee daily review., 1907-07-14
NEW DISTRICT |S ATTRACTING
 ATTENTION
Famed GeoIogiSt Visits Region Between Cananea and Mo- gales, Where the Most Promising Indications Are.

Writing in the Engineering & Min ing Journal, widely known mining geolCgist who recently paid this city and the new district in the Santa Cruz mountains between here and Nogales on visit, goes to some length in description of the section, says the Cananea Herald. While Mir. Merrill makes no positive assertions the general tenor of his expressions indicate that he is not without some Of the enthusiasm which the Cananea people possess who have acquired ground in the new district, interest in which has been created by their movements in the last several months and the climax to which came with the Announcement some time ago of large area by Col. W. C. Green.
 Th4s area, which MT. Merrill puts at 1000 pertenencias, has since been reduced considerably by MT Greene, succeeding prospecting of the ground and determination of the general trend of the formation and also to the end of abating disputes as to survey lines as relating to other properties. Mir. Greene and those interested with him in the district, it is understood will begin active development on their holdings as soon as title are re- ceived from the ground. Others in teTested in the section who have not yet acquired titles are also prepar- ing for development work at the earliest possible date. On titled ground of which there is a compara- lively little there has been consider able work done in the last few months and there one or two proper ties which are now in shape to ship available. It is expected that this time will shortly arrive. Of the dis 1 trict Mir Merrill says:
 In the Magdalena district of So, nora, about 2 miles by wagon road ! southeast of Nogales, are the Santa | Cruz mountains; which occupy a
 broad bend of the river of that name
 On their western slope extensive dis
 coveries of copper sulphide ores have l brought in 3 swarm of prospectors
 and miners. Col. W C. Greene has 1 just completed the Announcement ot | 1000 pertenencias. P. SandOval & Go. l bankers of Nogales, have taken UT l 1CO pertenencias. Arnold and com psny of Cananea, have 50 pertenen | cias, and Geo. Derrick. of Cananea 1 2C0 pertenencias-in all claims more
 than 5000 pertenencias have been 1 filed by 15 persons.
 The claims are chiefly on the
 southwest slope of the mountain
 which is furrowed by three large gull 1 Ieys. The area in which the new i claims have been filed is approxi-
 mately five miles by two. I have not 1 had an opportunity to visit the re
 zion, but the following general de l tails are supplied by a graduated oi 1 the Friberg mining school:
 l The country rocks are described as granite overlain by porphyry, ore being, it is said. found in both. The
 surface indications were faint paral | Tel lines of malachite; on sinking few feet, chaIboypTite ore was found
 The first discovery was made by Ed
 win Arnold, mayor of Cananea, B Mexican citizen of Swiss descent
 shortly before Christmas of 1906. Ht has shaft down 100 feet. The veir began with a width of four feet al
 the surface. It is now said to be over 20 feet wide A tunnel has beer started to meet the bottom of thiE
 shaft at a distance of 1S0 feet iron this side of the mountain.
 Tn this tunnel sulphides of copper are encountered at distance Of feet. nearly all of it is in ore.
 samples taken from these work ings are said to carry 20 to 40 pc cent copper and average or oz. gold Twenty or thirty prospect holes
 have recently been opened, many 0
 which have struck ore. This new
 camp will be watched with much in
 terest by all interested in the pro
 duction of copper The test of de
 velopment must now be applied t
 determine the fact