Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-06
THE KELVIN
DISTRICT IS
COMING ALONG
Valuable Copper Properties
Have Been Attracting In
quiries from Eastern Capital.
Notes From That Section.

BENSON. May 5.-The following
mining news notes from the Kelvin
district show considerable activity in
that region Kelvin is 1I5 miles
northwest OF Benson or down the San
Pedro river, as il is commonly ex-
pressed. II would be well If the pus-
iness men were to make more deter
mined effort to improve wagon road
conditions in that direction, as many a
trip would be made by wagon or auto
mobile and time saved by those
Aaving interests there as it would per-
init q gain of at least one day in get-
ting TO the main arteries of railroad
travel At present they have to go
by way of Phoenix, lying at Maricopa
Junction over night and on arrival
wait several hours for changing
trains. The way the Kelvin district
is coming to the front, talk now being
made of building smelter at that
point, as well as the Mammoth dis
tricts show volume of business com
ing up that will be worth striving for
by up-to-dSste merchants, and the Ben
son merchants should by all means
endeayor to bring this business. q
portion of it, at least, to this place.
Also an active movement on the part
of the Benson merchants will add ma
terially in Fastening the extension of
the railroad up the river from Dudley
vile.
The mining business in Kelvin is
picking up little each day There
are a number of very valuable prUI-
critics in this section which are at
tracing the attention of eastern capi-
talists. One very valuable copper
strike in particular is being very
much sought after by a number of
parties. This is Bob Renfoo's proper
ty, located one mile from Troy. Rem
foo has developed his claims in num-
erous places having made several tun-
nels, one 1S5 feet long, and has cross
cut in several places. All of his tun-
nels show very fine ore and grows
richer the deeper the shafts are sunk.
This property, from all nearby indica-
tions, is an immense body of ore de
posted between two mountains. Rem
foo has had a number of assays and
they all run above ten per cent. AT
present the property is bonded by J.
Jay Sullivan, who is in no hurry TO
close the deal as he knows the value
of It. The Troy Manhattan Develop
ment company have had their eyes on
this property for long time and are
very anxious to secure it. Colonel p.
T. McGrath, well known mining
man of Colorado, has been here the
past few days looking over Renfoo's
property and is very much impressed
with it. This property is rated as
one of the best in Pinal county.
Fitz-Mac, the noted mining writer,
has been in this section the last few
"
the country in general, and reports
very favorably upon it.
]. Shoemaker has some very extern
sive and valuable claims across the
ella river from Kelvin which are well
worth looking into by capitalists.
Dad Fry has returned to Kelvin
from a short business trip to the
coast He has several parties inter
ested in his property at Kelvin, but
they think the price is a little high.
The property in question is right at
the mouth of the ella river and Min
eral creek and is also directly on the
p. & e. railroad. Mr.. Fry has tun-
neIed and sunk IN a number of places
ard good ore is tn be found in every
one; also a number of assays show up
very rich. E
At the Sultana Arizona Copper con-
pany work is going along steadily.
At the present time Paul Stevens has
secured a contract which will keep
a rumber of MeVicans working for
some time. Tne Suitana's machinery
Eas not yet arrived but is eApceCeo
Ga,'y.
T. wiseman. the genial manager cf
the Ray Consolidated Copper conpa-
nv, has been away to the coast the