Arizona republican., 1907-01-11
THE ANITA MINE $ co.
 OPERATIONS PLANNED
Well Known Property to be Extens- lively Exploited Under the SuPerin- tendency Of Leslie Gillett.

Leslie Gillett, whose home is in
 Phoenix and who is a graduate of the
 University of Arizona School of
 Mines, was recently appointed super
 intendent of the Anita mines, north Of
 Williams The property is one that has been given a great deal of prominence at one time or another and is now owned by a group of gentlemen who are amply able to make big mine of
 it if there is anything to make a mine out of. That there is every indication of a big property is undoubtedly the
 opinion of MT. Gillett. This is arrived at by the reading of a letter ritten to
 his father a few days ago and from
 which The Republican is permitted to make a few extracts. The letter was not written for publication and the comments concerning the young mans new position and the property are the sincere expressions of confidential cor respondence. Every big mine devel- oped in Arizona helps the entire terri tory and with that in mind these ex- tracts are of general interest. The letter says:
 q arrived here Christmas day and found this one of the finest camps l ever saw. IL is situated twenty miles from the canyon in the thick cedar and pine timber. A two and a half mile spur runs from the railroad to the camp, so you see that with wood. water and transportation it is by no means as hard game as l have been up against before The winters are not exceedingly hard. although we are having the second snow of the season and the mud is a mile deep. CThis is. probably an approximate and not an actual measurement) The summer climate is the best on the market and if I am here next summer ! will sure have you up here out Of the heat.
 As for the mines. we have some thirty claims in a group, all with a goodly showing of copper in the lime capping and far enough developed at the present time to insure a big prop erty in just the surface ores at the present price c: copper As this body or surface ore s six miles long and one and a half miles wide in q con tinuous horizontal bed of lime and as the cropping is on an upheaval ridge the highest in the country hereabout, and as there is evidence of deep seated vents along the ridge. the assumption is that below in the eruptive rocks is the source of all this immense bed Of copper. The upshot of all this Is that my orders will probably be to go 20OO feet in two different places, to get the stuff, if need be. There is a shaft now down 500 feet and that one I will be | at work on inside of two months making the dirt fly. I have on the claim q | fine blacksmith shop with all the tools a head frame good for 2OOO feet, a steam geared hoist and acces- l sories for that depth. an eighti horse pOwer Rand air compressor, and seven ! machine drills, battery of boilers, ! cts, all as good as new, as they were only in commission about six months | when litigation began. We also have gasoline hoist for the other shaft and will be hitting the high places" with , in two months.
 This is the prettiest camp among the trees that was ever conceived. It consists of large store and office assay office. barns, dining room. and kitchen for 100 men, super intendent's residence, three bunk houses and four dwellings. That, as you see. is somewhat of a camp About a dozen men are now fixing things up and putting the camp in repair for the big things to come.
 Taken altogether it is a fine place and the best of it is the people are first class. They are mining men from the word go. full of business and have sufficient money behind them"
 Aside from MT. Gillett's letter it is that the gentlemen con- cerned in operating the Anita mine are associated with the Standard oil com pany, which is sufficient guarantee of their resources and ability to exploit the mine.