Bisbee daily review., 1908-07-31
SOON TO OPEN PROPERTIES
 NEAR DOUGLAS
One Is the vaIdeza in the Ajo Mountains, a Silver and Gold Proposition = George Dunn Has Made Strike.

DOUGLAS, July 3O.-(Special)- To the south of this city there are several mining properties that have been idle for some time and that are now about to be opened on more or less big scale. The Valdeza in the Ajo mountains is one Of these, this property is 8 silver and gold mine with a mill on it which is now in op- eration. The Escada silver mine in the Ajos is employing a force of men and exceptionally hign grade ore is being taken out for shipment. The Es- cada is owned by the postmaster of Bocoachi, Sonora, and it is reported that a party of Nevada mining men are on their way to examine the mine with the intention of buying it if 1t proves to be as represented. These parties are also to investigate prop erty directly south of Douglas not far from the OsO Negro.
 George Dunn of Bisbee is opening | up his property in the Aios and with i ir the past two month has made a strike of ore that is attracting con siderable attention. Hehas put down an incline shaft to depth of over thir- ty feet and has developed a three foot vein of ore running better than Sf0O to the ton. This ore is pro nOunced by asSayers to be bismuth or bismite glance. the ore carrying about II per cent bismuth, metal for which there is a strong demand. Be eide tI,a bivr,7,,Fb +ha oro rkay-riac fY-rYYa 15 to 10 per cent in copper, gold and silver values amounting to better than s2O a ton Besides the work done on the new ore strike, MT. Dunn has done considerable development work on the original ledge which he located and received titles to some years ago. He 1 has five tunnels cutting the ledge, which in every place where work was done gave good returns in copper, the ore also carrying some gold and sil' yer and antimony In one place shaft is sunk to connect with out Of the above mentioned tunnels and this shaft opened up a good showing of copper ore.
 Tbe property consists of 50 perth encias, and is located 27 miles direct ly west of Fronteras and g miles north of Bacoachi at the head of No gales canyon. The owner is now work ing the property, taking out shipping ore, which will be shipped to New York through Douglas. If it is found tc
 be more enconomical a small smeltel may be installed on the property i'm mediateiy as enough ore has already been taken out to pay for this i'm provement.
 A specially constructed smelter ii
 used for extracting bismith and aE
 cnere is no production of this valuable
 metal in the United States, to speak of
 there are no smelters for the reduc ltion of bismuth ores and all this orG that is produced in the United Statei
 and in Mexico is shipped to Europe fo
 reduction.
 Mir. Dunn expects to operate hi
 property on a large scale in the nea
 future and if this is done it will adC
 another producer that will be tribu
 tary to Douglas. As the property hai
 been pronounced to be a valuable one
 rich in copper. According to minin. linen there is doubt but that at a dat lnot far distant the Dunn camp in tn Ajos will be one of the big producer ltranEacting business through Doug
 las.