Arizona republican., 1908-07-04

money Four years ago he incorpo-
 rated the Arizona Gold & Copper
 company for the purpose of exploit i ing the mine and is himself the pres ident and general manager. He nev- CT tried to sell stock in it until last year and then not vigorously dis
 posing of only a little of it. All this is merely to explain why it is mine, though 1t is owned by cor pOration.
 All this time MT. Plank has evad-
 ed newspaper publicity and has nev- ler exploited the property in the pa pers. Indeed so far as can be re- called the mine has never been men, tioned This was not because mo-
 body locally had heard of it, but be- cause MT. Plank had requested that no publicity be given until he found
 out whether it was what it seemed
 to be. Now that he has satisfied himself he is ready to invite the in-
 Vestigation of others for he has com -plete confidence in the value of the
 property. Yesterday he showed to a
 Republican representative a number of ore samples that are sufficiently
 rich to attract the attention of any
 body as the ore runs all the way
 from per cent to 60 per cent cop
 per, and lots of it is even richer in spots. There is no doubt concern
 ing the value of the samples. The only doubt that could arise in the
 mind of one who had not seen the ground. was whether there was enough more of it MT. Plank says there is. He also says that he has
 had many mining men look at the ground and all of them have given favorable reports upon it. The lat
 est man to look it over is Col Kit Carson, a grandson of the famous scout. Col. Carson says it is the big gest copper prospect he ever saw in .thirty-two years experience in prac- tical mining and the enthusiasm with which he expresses himself should make MT. Plank ashamed of him self for the modesty he has shown all these years. But more of Col. Carson later
 The property consists of a group of ten claims lying nineteen miles north of Phoenix, on which over 600 feet t4 NAplOi cllpiN NOih llcio bttil The deepest shaft is 70 feet. There are others of 50 and 52 feet and numerous shafts of lesser depth. Some crosscutting has been done but everything is in ore. that is every thing in, the locality where the ore body is alleged to be. for it is at that point. not a vein but huge deposit of copper. The veins run from the northeast to the southwest and are traced for thousands of feet, but at the particular point which is called the mine" instead of veins. there is a big deposit probably 400 yards across it from contact to con tact, carrying glance. bornite, and cuprite, the vwhole mass assaying from 31a to S5 per cent copper.
 Now as to Col. Carson. He was born in Fort Taos. N. M.. and has spent most of his life in mining
 He has lived in the west the greater part of it and has travelled all over the western UniteG States and Mexico, being familiar with most of the notable mining districts He is a practical assayer himself, and says he will take his own judgment in preference to that of anybody else on the theory that he knows his own business. He spent about four years in New York handling mines from the business end of the proposition so he knows something about that too. He came here recently and has just returned from d trip to Mir. Plank's mine. Asked if he was inter ested in it he said he was not, but he was going to be. He has no mo- tion of letting so good a thing as he knows that to be, get away from him. He said he couldn't find any thing on the property that didn't car ry copper, that is within the ore zone which is in a lime and schist con tact.
 Col. Carson has associated himsels here with D. F. Holt. a young man who has been here about two months and who has been interested with him in mining for several years. They have opened an office at 43 West Adams street, and will handle real estate and mining investments. and examine and report on mines. All that is only incidental to intro luce these new men to the business world of Phoenix. The real idea is to make it clear that MT. Plank has been holding out on the copper trust and keeping his big bonanza in the dark until the right time comes.
 Both Col. Carson and Mir. Holt are natural boosters. They are boosting Phoenix because they have looked the situation over and think it is a coming city and they propose to cast their fortunes here. And noth- Ing, has more favorably impressed Col. Carson than MT. Planks mine. While it is yet to be opened up on ! working basis the existence of the ore is already demonstrated. There Is twenty acres of it says the colo mel that is all good. The surface showing he declares is better than that of the United Verde. and he makes the statement after having given the latter a thorough eXami