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Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-13
GOLDEN STAR
 PREDICTED ID
 BE GREAT MINE
Has Great Bodies Of Ore In Sight and Is Turning Out S1W,0O0 Or More Each Month.

PARKER, Ariz.. Dec. 12-Fred T.
 BIagonier, of Bragonier 6 Armstrong,
 has just returned from trip into the
 Kofa and Golden Star country, and
 reports much new mining york being
 carried on in that part Cf the Short
 Horn range, some of tAe results being very satisfactory.
 The Kofa, the king of Arizona is
 keeping up her old-time lick, and is
 sending to the mill about two hundred
 tons of ore daily. The new manage
 ment, headed by Superintendent Men
 denhall with l.. w. Ward as mine foreman and engineer, and Edward
 English as mill fireman. is a good one
 and is quite competent to maintain the splendid record made by this mine in the past. A mail stage tri-weekly,
 and an automobile to Mohawk on the
 Southern Pacific. makes Kofa at this time much nearer to the outside world
 than ever before.
 Two miles. or trifie more, north of the King of Arizona, and on a vein nearly parallel, lies the newest gold mine of Arizona-the North Star-or, as it is now called, the Golden Star. This is a property that a little over two years ago was discovered by an old time prospector, Felix Manew, who with his associates, bonded about 2
 year ago to company of New York CTS, which included in it's number the well known mining engineer, A. Ches- ter Beatty. The vein is about fifty feet wide. with a pay streak twelve l feet in short but wide shoots. It is well defined, and is traceable for a mile or more. The company since taking hold have sunk two shafts, one aTa depth of 200 feet, and the other l (the new working shaft,l is bottomed at present at about 2S0 feet. The shafts are about 210 feet apart, and are connected with the two working levels. Large ore reserves have all
 ready developed. and the splendid showing for still larger ones with
 greater depth, leads one to think that the Golden Star is destined to be one
 of the greatest, if not the greatest, gold mine in Arizona.
 A fifty ton plant, consisting of rolls, tube mills. cyanide tanks and filter presses, is rolling out the golden stuff --pEobabIy about S100.000 a month or more.
 The camp is located on the slopes of the foot hills quarter of a m le or so from the mine, and is supplied with good water from the company's s 1200-foot well five miles to the south. It is not too much to hope that other
 mines will be developed in the Golden i Star country.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-13
SYLvANITE'S
 GREAT NEED
 IS CAPITAL
New Camp Is Now Passing
 Through Period Of Waiting For Extensive Developments To Prove Permanent Values

As predicted in these columns weeks ago Sylvanite is destined to pass through several months of compara- tive duIlness. Until the advent of cap ifal sufficient to place the camp with in reasonable reach of tue smelters and mills there will be no decided ad- vance in the output of the new camp. With freight and smelting charges at a rate that is practically prohibitive there is nc chance for the camp to maintain the rapid progress that char acteriZed it's opening weeks. Its pres ent phase, however, is concomitant of all new mining communities. Gold field and Tonopah were even less for tun2te in the days of their adoles- cence, for there was no work other than assessment done there during the first year. Nevertheless, the dis corning among mining operators are not negfecting the possibilities of the Syivan;te country. Hardly day pass es without at least negotiations for the purchase or leasing of some of the splendid properties that mark the districts formation. Recently the Sylxanite Queen was offered sub stantial price for one Of it's claims As the company has extensive hold ings in the district there is a possi- bility of deal being consummated whereby the claim will pass into the hands of the parties who desire to bay it, for it's development not only would prove the value of adjoining claims belonging to the company, but the money acquired would make pos ssble immediate increase in the work now being done on the property.
 The first obstacle to be overcome is the poor roadway from the camp to the railroad at Hachita. Engineers nave expressed their opinion of the greater feasibility of a road skirtins tae western slope of the Hachita range, connecting with the E. P. X s. w at a point near Piayas station. However, little can be expected in tine way of road building or extensive mining until the dull season that usually characterizes the year-end shall have passed.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-13
|s CURRENT AGAIN IF HE
 COMBINATION IF SUPERIOR 8 P|TTSBURG
 AND CALUMET & ARIZONA PROPERTIES

property looked into
 About the Briggs shaft there is to be large ore bodies proved, as it is well located, as is the Hoatson, situat- ed on the same original tract of Calu- met & Pittsburg. The Hoatson will make as big a mine as is to be founo in the Bisbee valley.It is only fairly on top of it's ore deposits, has opened wonderful lot of it's ore deposits oli its thirteenth level. and will soon be to the fifteenth with its explatory op- enings. There will be great story to tell about the fifteenth and the four teenth, and it is very probable that when some of the big holders of Calu- met & Arizona take look at it they will want to have the two concerns amalganated without delay. At such time Superior & Pittsburg may no. want to come in. It will be apt to feel pretty independent when it SHOWS tnt, real extent and value of the ores it is now developing in its Junction anu Hoatson shafts, and by then there will be things to tell about the Briggs and other openings.
 Calumet & Arizona will surely find a new mine on its Hope and Wagner claims. where shaft mas just been started These claims, as Iron Ore stated last week, are close to those on which Shattuck Arizona has founu very large bodies of rich oxides, ores that are dipping towards Calumet X Arizona lands. And Calumet & Ari- zona is steadily extending it's openings in ore in it's old. shafts, and has a fine future. Still, it might be wise to gaF all ehese properties into one organiza tion, if it could be done. upon a fafI basis. Just what the proper founda ton is would have to be determined by those best posted regarding tine value of the two companies.
 i There are organization laws that might not be possible to bring the two tion in case even the smallest share holder raised an objection. and il might not bepossibleto bring the two concerns under one title, but it is fur nishing the subject for a lot of gossiI these days and later it may take or 3 more tangible form.
 It is certainly pleasing to know that both taese mining concerns arc doing such a splendid business, ana have such bright prospects for the days to come. Calumet & Arizona has already made good, returning { great interest for the investment That Superior & Pittsburg will do as well seems quite probable. It has tho ore and the ore is of fine grade. That: about all We need to know. IL is con ceded the management is competent and honest.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-13
B|SBEE-SONORA COMPANY OPENS
 4 LARGE BODY IF PAY ORE

The directors of the Bisbee-Sonora Mining company, returned from their properties in the ChiricahUas noun taIns this week, where they have been looking after the shipment of orc from thair properties. They have added to LEeiI force oa the properties and are Les working about twenty men alto get eF.
 The main ledge upon which they are working is about fifteen feet on the surface, but has widened to @ much larger width at the point at which the lower tunnel is run. This ledge car ries silver and lead and is very easily mined. The company is drifting both ways on the ledge and making good progress in taking out the ore.
 The tunnel is So driven that it runs the ore right to the wagon at the road, making it easy to get it to the wagons and on the road to the rail- road.
 The long, or upper tunnel, known as the Carmody tunnel is still being driven toward the copper ledge for which the company has been working for the past two years. The ore has been coming into the tunnel for so, eral days. but the main ledge has not been encountered thus far. This is the same ledge which the Sullivan adjoining this company on the west. has been working on. There are two shifts working in this tunnel.
 The ore which has been taken odt EOf the lower tunnel during the past week, is the richest which aas thus far been encountered, running higher in silver than that which has been taken out before. Mr. Ames, presi- dent of the company. stated that this was easily the highest grade ore which has been found in that district This ore will be sorted for a shipment by itself.
 This property never looked so we'll" said MT. Ames, and we are hurrying work along as rapidly as Il Is possible to do. As fast as we get the ground opened up we will add to our forces and expect to have twenty five working by the first Of the month. The property has been far beyond our expectation, and being situated be- tween the Manhattan, the Sullivan and the Rider properties we feel that we have the pick of that district There will be greater activity in the district this winter"
 The Bisbee-Sonora company has a number of buildings erected, consist ing Of bank houses, store house, board ing house and two blacksmith shops Many In the district take advantage of the store of this company and buy
Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-13
POST & FLAee.

tSpecial Wire to L. J. OyeTIock.)
 NEW YORK, Dec. 12-The market opened soft today and for long time Aeld under the influence of sharp reaction in Shelters Much bearish talk is prevalent regarding this secur- ity, based cn the low price of silver and the dulIness in the mining indus try. From reports given out it looks as if the insiders were anxious for an opportunity to get their stock back again at lower figure. Despite the tariff talk some of the industrials are doing well, Car and Foundry stocx making a new high record today. THe company is well managed. is in a sound financial position with excellent business prospects, A Saturday mar ket is never very important and ro- days had very professional aspect and especially with the decided rally towards the close.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-13
SCOTT WHITE
 MAKES \ TRIP
 ID HUACHUCAS
Popular Former Bisbeeite Pays Visit To His Old Home and
 Makes a Prospecting Trip.
 One Time Sheriff of County.

Scott White visited Bisbee during the past week and while here made a trip to the Huachucas, where he ex- amined the Dayton Graham property in Copper canyon. He brought back several bags of specimens, but said his trip had no significance, at least not at the present time. There is an abundance of rich surface showings in the vicinity mentioned. but the lack of development there leaves the dis trict wholly unproven.
 Scott White indubitabiy IS one of the best known and best liked men il Cochise county, where he served for many years as sheriff and in other official capacities. Scott was the first treasurer. of the famous Greene prop critics at Cananea, and more recently occupied the position of paymaster at the Greene Gold Silver properties in Chihuahua He says that 1t is his opinion that the closing of the latter property is but temporary, sas the obvious richness of the mines preclude their remaining long imperative. The main workings are at Navidad and Co eheno. They are on the same ledge, tAth C41Ok Ot4Ss etc S7OlQ lCdE5ES SO- and have kept busy a stamp mill Of forty stamps capacity. The latter is at Cocheno. Temosichic Is the ter minus of the railroad Greene built in to that country, and formerly contain ed the general offices and other build ings of the company, since removed to the scene of the mining operations. The railroad follows in a general way the wagon road first built from Ocampo to the mines. Ocampo is an ancient Mexican city where the na- lives had never seen a wagon until the advent of the rolling stock brought there by the Greene Gold-Silyer, but in the past millions until have been sent from there to Chihuahua, and even to the City of Mexico, by pack train; for the ancient pueblo has been for centuries the shipping point for a wide spread gold-bearing district. The road built by Greene into Ocampo or, rather, to it's vicinity-was 125 miles in length.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-13

The Michigan copper country pa pers are doing some talking concern- ing the probably amalgamation of Su- perior & Pittsburg with the Calumet & Arizona, says the current issue o1 Ircn Ore. This isn't a new sub ject, it having been up many times previous to few years ago, when iC was dropped for the reason that Calu- met X Arizona shareholders would lis ten to no proposition the other people could present as a basis for combin- ing. At that time Calumet & Arizona argued that they were taking all the chances, providing all the money, smell teTs. and most of the ore. Now it is bit different Superior & Pittsbure has come to the front very rapidly in the last six months. is paying of its debt. developing fine ore bodies, and nas overcome the former very eX- pensive and troublesome water prob lem ar
 And then Superior x Pittsburg has a very fine tract of land, all of it beiIIs located well within the mineralized area which has made Bisbae famous There are hundreds cf acres upon which nothing has yet been done, ana presenting very attractive oatcrop- pings and geological features consider ed very important in this field. It will have lands unexplOred twenty-five years from now, and up to this time it has merely made a very slight scratching of the rocks within its boundaries. a very infinitiesmal amount of opening compared with what will have to be done before all this valu able territory has been practically ea plored It should nave many mines in addition to the five it is now open ing, and all those now being devel oped should be also steadily increas ing in size and value.
 The properties of the two companies are under the same management, and each works for the advancement oi the other. 1t is even now an excellent cO-partnership in fact, and great say ing has been effected in the work that has thus far been performed nere fol the reason that the properties are so closely associated in a business way. It is true that Calumet & ATi zona has the smelters, a considerable investment, and it is true that it has splendid mine, good for many years and that it is opening -up many new and promising territories. and has stil very respectable bank account, but Superior & Pittsburg will socn be en toying sui plus, and if it keeps open ing rich ore deposits as it nas been do ing of late, it will soon have a very much larger property in metal capac ity than the older company. So ii
Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-13

might not be amiss at this time to take little closer look at things Su perior & Pittsburg possesses. The ore is the important feature in a min ing enterprise, and tais seems to be growing steadily in the mines of the newer company. It win soon be rich enough to build a smelter of it's own and to cut loose from the old helpmate In Calumet & Arizona it truly had a friend in need, it supplying the cash needed to tide over the times when water was pouring forth in great vol umes, and when money was scarce for any sort of venture.
 Over at Tombstone, twelve miles away, a company is lifting about 7.OUU gallons Of water per minute, and isn't worrying over the fact. The camp was closed down many years ago be- cause all the rest of the mines insist ed that one which was the lowest in
 the basin, should do all the pumping. The task became so heavy it stopped all operations,and then all the others were forced to close. remaining idle
 for twenty years or more until a com
 bination of capital went in, installed
 the right sort Of pumping engines and
 now Tombstone is to thrive again. Superior & Pittsburg has been
 pumping the water from all the mines in Bisbee. and it has paid pretty dear,
 ly for it. but the job no longer wor- ries, the flow gradually diminishing. At the same time it would have been no more than justice had the other
 mines paid a portion of the pumping
 charge.
 Superior & Pittsburg has q veiy
 attractive property in Bisbee. If onr will take the trouble to walk over tre surface. he will find it a pretty big days work, and he will be impressed by it's magnitude, but with it's location compared to the best mines in the camp. He will quickly make up his
 mind that it has fine future This
 has been the verdict of everyone whO has seen 1t It stands out so promi nently that one can not help recogniz ing its importance of position, anu the makeup of it's physical structure There's a great territory south ana west of the Cole shaft yet untouched and in which numerous mine crop pings can be seen. Years ago copper
 was taken from surface pits on some Of tSese claims. From Janctien' $ lone shaft there is a great field located
 between that point and Denn Arizona and it is mineral bearing as proved by ] the Denn, which has oxides of ores ofIvery high grade. They are only or ] top of their ore. and it is heading righ1 into Junction lands. It will neec some time to get this portion of the
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their provisions here.
 There is the usual amount Of work being done at the Savage property, where a force of men are busy sinking a shaft. They have not as yet en- countered any ore in this shaft, but will make a cross-cut at the three hun dred level for the ledge which was followed down. to a lower depth with shaft No. l.
 The Rider property has struck some rich copper ore on their main ledge.
 The Manhattan people are doing as sessment work on that property. but will add more men for development work.
 The San Simon Development com pany is simply doing development work This company has the largest equipment in the entire Chiricahua district
 The little town of Paradise haf' been some liveIier recently, as there have been number of mining men gc'ng in there and looking after prop critics
Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-13
PARKER DIST.
 DESTINED TO 4
 GREAT FUTURE
New Railroads Are Opening Up Rich Mineral District That Holds Faith of Leading Min ing Men.

PARKER, Ariz, Dec. 12.-The ex- tensive mineral zone that crops inter- mittently from the neighborhood of Bouse on the Arizona & California railroad to Parker and the Bill Will Hams fork on the Colorado river un- doubtedly is destined in the near fu- ture to become the most extensive and probably one Of the richest mineral bearing region in the great Southwest. The mere fact of the Santa Fe having built several hundreds Of miles CT roadbed to thread the heart of this ore-bealing district, as well as the construction of a million dollar bridge across the river, portends asc9".alucd mineral wealth In this newest mining country. John Hays Hammond has
 reported fayorably upon it's mineral aspect Mitchell (who was a code veloper with Greene of the great Can. anea mines) is operating there, and a score or more of substantial mining firms are interesteing themselves with development of it's resources. Until the advent of the 4. & c. road the country was to a great extent inaees sible, although the slopes of the ranges
 bordering on the Colorado river were
 worked for placer gold before the Fl 1 Dorado of San Franciseo's contingu'
 ous territory had been wholly exploit
 ed. Scarcity of water and isolation
 from all stations of supply retarded the developmeHt of what will soon be another factor in the great mineral ] field that will il thc near future place
 Arizona far beyond all other portions of the Union as producer of precious metals The Riverside district on the l California side Of the Colorado is at
 tracting California capital to an ex
 tent that is surprising, considering the short period of it's existence as a min
 eral potentiality.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-13
DICK sRoTHeRs.
(SneciaI Wire fn I. .I OvarI

Especial Wire to [. ]. Overlocl)
 NEW YORK, Dec. 12.-The bank statement was better than expected. Union Pacific received support every quarter down from sis3. and there was a noticeable let-up in public liqui- cation. We favor the long side Of vaacerbilts and Reading In low priced stocks we favor E. R. T.; F., K. & T. The patient holde- Of Nor folk and Panhandle vii. be as well rewarded as those who bought c. & 0. from s43 to SIS. now $l5 7ligher sad looks very weil-
Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-13
slssEE EXTENSION.


 The Bisbee Extension is beginning to occupy the attention of those in terested in the further development of the Warren District. Although the officers of the company refuse to talk of the future plans of those inter ested in the property, there is no doubt that New York capital is about to infuse new life into what may prove another copper mine Geologi- caIIy the property is within the pale of ore possibilities. It is situated about seven miles northwest from the heart of the City of Bisbee, is distant from Lewis Springs on the Fl Paso & Southwestern six miles over an easy grade, and fourteen miles from Fairbanks on the same railroad. 1t includes about twenty-seven claims and fractions, or about 501 acres, and shows the same geological conditions that characterize the ore-producins mines of the Warren District. Not only Is the limestone of the lower Carboniferous period. intruded at the western end of Juniper Flat by DOT phyry accompanied by good surface showings along the fault line, but because of the greater erosion that has occurred on that side of the range four hundred feet of depth ap- oroximates about 1900 feet for sink ing on the older mining portion of the Mules. The probable water level has been estimated at about 300 feet or less. The lower carboniferous rock is encountered at depth of 1000 feet.
 The company was incorporated with a capitalization of S0,000 shares, 60,00O shares being devoted to de veiopment. 10000 having been used for the property's acquisition Every director paid for his stock, and as less than one-third of the development stock has been used for the develop ment thus far accomplished, the com pany is in a position to-Fesume oper- atioHs upon a sound basis. The de veIopment of the Bisbee-Extension was begun in March, 1907, and full force was kept on the property for about seven months. The work to date consists of two-compartmeut shaft 400 feet deep and about 1000 feet of surface work. The resumption of work will probably begin with a drift from the bottom of the present shaft, and no doubt entail the installa' ton Of an air-compressor. The pro gress of the Bisbee-Extension will be watched with deep interest, for the proving of that portion of the district involves the possibility of doubling the mineral resources of the greatest copper zone on the continent.
 The officers of the company are: Fritz Harrington. president; Jack Rice, vice president; William M. Cute, secretary and general manager. It is certain that George W. Long, a fl1oiongh miner formerly in the en- pIoy of the Copper Queen company, will become foreman of the company. It is thought operations will begin about the first of the coming year.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-13
MxlCh Speculation Is Directed To Probable Activity On BiSbee Extension, '
 Miles Distant.
G. & A. IS SINKING
 A NEW SHAFT
Shattuck Resumes Activity, But Denn-Arizoaa Opera
 tions Still Doubtful.

Activity in mining operations sur rounding Bisbee, notably at Court land and Sylvanite, and the vast pro duction of some of the large mines in this camp causes a striking contrast to be drawn and reasons asked why other properties of large producing power do not resume operations. For some time speculation has been rife regarding the future course to be puf- sued by those who control the shat tuck, the Denn-Arizona and, to a lesser extent, the Saginaw-American. A general survey of the local held shows a constant increase in the tre- menrous ore possibilities and shows the future to be bright with promise and new projects bid fair to greatly enlarge the present proven distridt,