Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-22
c. 8 A.. TAKES
OVER SCANLON
CLARK MINES
Acting Under Bond to Pur-
Chase-S125, 900 Will Be
Paid for Group of Mines
Near Mammoth.

TUCSON, Aug. 20.-The closing OF
a big mining deal today in tais city
and the resulting operations at the
mines involved In the transaction will
be an August event in Tucson second
only to the recent storms, but GER
tainly one more welcome to this sec
ton.
Eighteen months ago John Scanloa
and Ed (best known as the Wallapai)
Clark gave a band to their five copper
claims northeast nine miles from the
little town OF Mammoth, on the San
Pedro, to the Calumet & Arizona, VINO
were represented by Colonel l.. w.
Powell of Bisbee. The price is I'M
derstood to be S125,000 and the final
payment is due and payable to Scan
Ion and Clark today at one of the
city banks. Forty-fye thousand dol
lars is said to be the amount of the
final payment,
The c. & A. company will be repre-
scented by Colonel L. w. Powell and
J. X. Hooper, the latter the company S
superintendent at the S. & c. mines.
Messrs. Scanlon and Clark are here to
receive the snug saT. of money due
them in the closing up of this trans
action, one of the most important to
/ take MACE in this section during the
present year in the way of thinning
deals
For % years past Scanlon and Clark
have been working on these proper
| ties to which the c. & A. people have
added a number of other claims BY
| location, all adjoining those taken up
| under the bond. The c. & A. com.
pany have opened tunnels and shafts,
latter 300 feet deep the total extent
of which in feet runs above 1000.
Recently, since the c. & A. dis
continued work on the Snyder Shibell
properties in the Sierritas. they have
transferred the mining equipment
| from the SierTitas to the ScanIon and
Clark claims, thus increasing the ex-
tent Of macl>S~STy at the latter point
| considerably.
Expert Anderson, who has been
identified with the c. & A. interests,
at a recent date investigated the
| conditions at the ScanIon-C Clark camp
and the result of his visit is apparent
in the transaction noted above-the
final transfer Of the properties to the
Calumet & Arizona company-:.nd
4 ktn-s ltltlN III lHll IuETelOF.
1t is current report that the C. *
A. viii shortly install q plant on
the properties to eet close upon
seven figures, added to which will
b. a short line of railway to Nam
moth in anticipation of making con
lRection with contemplated line from
BeEson to Mammoth. distance Of
i75 miles oTer comparatively Level
I ground skirting the San pedro river
AMI witt but one bridge Necessary
n that sts4lsn.
Five years ago a survey was made
over the IS mile stretch by tae Santa
Fe railway. which also secured righf
of way from land owners along the
route, after the agents appointed Z
carry out instructions to that end hat
devoted many months in securing fnt
necessary signatures. The Santa f.
Railway company has no connection
at Benson, or even at Dssdleyville. q
miles northwest Of Mammoth. On tbs
San Pedro. They did have a connec
ton at Dudleyyiile, the Phoenix 4
Eastern, until the Southern Pacific
lcompany absorbed the latter durinf
last year. The survey from Benson
extended past Mammoth TO Dudley
1 viIle
It is assumed tast the Southern
/ Pacific viii secure the right of va,
from Benson TO Dudleyeilie. via Nam
moth. thus connecting the uacs
Continental line with the Phoenix &
Eastern at the junction OF the Gils
land San Pedro rivers.