Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-03
THE SAN PEDRO
VALLEY WILL
BE 4 WINNER
There Is Considerable Farming
and, Mining Operations Are
On the Inrease-Work Be-
ing Done.

BENSON. June 2.--An reports show
that tbs lower San Pedro valley, Irvu
nifty to seyenty-five miles no. tn of
BeasonS in which the town of Man
moth is the trading center, is one Of
the most prosperous regions in the
southwS Est
Last week the old Atchley ranch,
between fifty and sixty miles north
Of Benson was sold Tor $16.500 to
Wills q Kellogg
II consisted OF about 1900 acres of
land. mostly on tae San Pedro river
bottom. with houses. corrals, etc,
fitted for the handling of range cat
tie. ana includes about 1900 head Of
cattle.
Considerable farming is done in the
valley north OF this ranch and hay
week
Mining operations are increasing
and furnish a good market for all the
surplus products.
TIE town of Mammoth has popu-
iation which is now estimated at five
or six hundred people.
Gold mining in the vicinity Of Nam
moth is on the increase. Walapal
Clark stated to the Benson Press mat
next month the Mohawk. three miles
this side Of Mammoth, viii open up
with 4 good force. The Florence Blade
states that there is talk of a forty
stamp min for that property.
II also says good st-ike OF gold
ore has been made on property bond
ed by Mr.. Turner and stamp mill is
being put up
Another strike was made by Homer
and Hand. which averages 500 per
ton on the dump.
Mr.. Hogsworth has been shipping
ore from an adjoining claim from
which handsome profit was realized.
The c. s. A, whose camp is about
ten miles east of Mammoth, where
15Z claims are held. received consid-
cradle lumber the past few days, and
is preparing for much larger opera
tons Final payment to Clark e
Scanion falls due on the eth Of
August.
Two diamond drills have been run
ming for more than year, disclosing
the presence OF ore bodies so extern
sive and of such high grade that
those in position TO know say this
group is a bigger thing than the
mines being operated by the same
company at, Bisbee. Development
work was started some time ago, and
is now being pushed.
The Copper Greek company. whose
camp is about two miles from that of
the C.. & A. has just received ten
more head OF heavy draft horses from
California and is now using nine six
horse teams besides. in hauling hum
Der and machinery, which includes
hoists and an electric concentrating
plant. The latter is to be installed
next month on Sycamore Flat in Cop
per Creek canyon. A town site IS
being laid out in this vicinity.
Over two hundred men are now
employed by the Copper Creek Min
ing company The two companies
above mentioned bid fair to operate
as extensively in the Copper Creek
district as do the Copper Queen and
the c. & A. In the Warren district,
and it would not be surprising il Cop
per Creek makes city very similar
to Bisbee in few years.
The Phoenix Gazette says that the
Copper Creek company shipped five
cars Of ore to the Denver smelter last
week and had it tested to determine
what kind OF smelter to install, and
that work on the smeltec will begin
at an early date if present plans do
not fail.
Among a large shipment of machin'
cry unloaded at the P. & E. terminus
across the ella river from the mouth
of the San Pedro. is a wire cable and
equipment to make tra7nway across
tSe ella river, to be used in trans
fer:ing freight during freshets, until
4Ia raiir0ad is extended