Arizona republican., 1907-08-03

nel which was driven into the hill with l a lower zone of the capping for an objective and which at this point would secure a vertical depth of about 200 feet. When in the distance of 250. feet, 1 the ground became moist and unstable tand frequent. cave-ins warned the miners to stop under penalty of death,
 until such time as timbers could be
 secured, there being none in that re-
 zion.
 But in going that distance three diff ferent lenses or immense copper ore
 shoots. of which there was no surface indication. were encountered and
 crosscut. These in turn were develop
 ed by drifts, one of them for the dis tance of 130 feet, though no stoping has vet been done. and 30 or 90 tons
 of high grade ore. taken out in the
 drifting, is now on the dnmp. This ore assays from 20 to B per cent copper, D
 to z oz silver and .O5 of an ounce gold. Prospecting on the surface was then taken up more carefully. The presence
 of these blind ore shoots and the sur face conditions all round gave encour- agement to the belief that the numer-
 ous dikes of gossan and lime forTna- tions are but the evidence of vast deposit of high grade copper ore,
 marking a district that shall some day become world famous. The property came under the eye of F. F.. Wann. rep Iresenting the promoters. who acquired it throtAyh his advice and cooperation. Thereby hangs a feature of the tale that adds local interest to fact that
 should have been mentioned before. namely, that NJ. H. Horn. the discover CT. is an old miner in the Bisbee. Cliff
 ton and other districts.
 The promoters and ipcorporators of the company are F. II. Sanford and G.
 H. McClintock of Searchlight Nev. and
 E. E. wann of Los Angeles. Of the
 first two mentioned it can be said in
 personal knowledge, only that they are both reputable gentlemen. one a
 lumber dealer and the other banker.
 But of Mir. Wann. not only The Re
 publican. but hundreds of Arizona bus
 mess men, can speak complimentarily
 and of personal knowledge. For sev-
 eral years he was engaged extensively
 in Arizona as an engineer and mine
 operator. For a long time he was in
 charge of one of the large Yavapai
 county producers. That he stands well
 among those who operate mines in this
 territory. goes without saying. and that
 he is a prime mover in the operations
 of the Turtle Mountain Consolidated
 Copper Mining O.. assures his Arizona
 friends that the project is to say the
 least a meritorious and a promising one. Of the property itself. The Re
 publican knows no more than the pros
 pectus says and that the things stated
 in respect of the region described in a typographical way. are true and can
 be verified by any posted Arizonian. But the accuracy, of these statements goes far toward stimulating confidence in everything else appearing as the judgment of the promoters.
 The contention of the promoters is that they have the finest looking pros pect for mine that they have been able to find anywhere. reasons for which faith have been hinted at in the above reference to preliminary devel- opment work which now totals $50 feet of underground exploration. The location sf the property in respect of operation. is admitted to be most ad- verse, or was until recently when the assured building of the railroad by it has made possible an entire changing of conditions by the use of a suffic tent amount of money. It will doubt less take a million dollars to make a big copper mine there. but a small part of that amount will demonstrate whether or not the mine can be made Lumber for timbering and all other naalad hn in at a reasonable expense and under the present promising conditions, men canI be secured for the work Realizing the large scale on which operations must be conducted before success is achieved the promoters have started with a large capitalization. but the proper steps have been taken to protect it from any semblance of a wildcat prop osition- The capitalization Is small enough for such a mine as the pro- motors think they have, and if they are they will find their error be- fore any unusual amount of stock has been disposed of. They point out every speculative feature and only ask the | general public to take a chance with | them on fair and equitable terms. They | feel assured that enough high grade | ore has been encountered to return the | cost eventually, if no more should be | found. with every reason for believing | that subsequent development will fur nish more ore than they will ever need ! for their operations in this day and | 
 Five hundred thousand shares of the | sompany's stock have been placed in | ret offered for sale. It is proposed to |