Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-06-21
THE TIA JUANA
IN WRIGHTSON'S
OLD PROSPECT
Vein Near Patagonia That Sem
ator Hearst Once Paid Visit
With Idea of Developing
N. Y. Man Now Has Interest.

N. Y. Man Now Has Interest.
PATAGONIA, june 2O.-The ore of
the big Tia. Juana vein, that runs
across Wrightson mountain, about
twenty miles from Pats gonia, which
has been the scene of more or less
prospecting by Americans for thirty
years past. and years unrecorGeo "a
the days when the Spaniard and the
Mexican in turn ruled the territory.
before the Gringo came and claimed
this part of the country as his own;
the same big vein that late Senator
Hearst started out to see, with a
view to purchasing, twenty. five years
or more, that time when he was
scared out of this section by warning
braves of Geronimo, is now in a fair
way to be tested on a large scale.
The most prominent part of this ri
gantic vein is covered by five claims.
the Tia Juana group, owned by Pro
fessor W. P. Blake of Tucson and w.
q. Balcom and James Kane of Pata-
gonia. Three of the claims are now
patented and two nave beon added to
| the group recently. G. II. Ferry, the
| New York millionaire, VINO is doing
extensive prospecting in this section.
has taken a bond on the onethird
! interest of Mr.. Kane in the group,
| for $65, 600, and plans are now being
/ considered for the testing of the ore.
/ Prospecting for ore on the Tia Juana
/ is unnecessary. In places the "a cat
| vein of mineral bearing quartz crops
out of the mountain like a marble
| quarry. At different places for about
mile along the test shafts and short
/ tunnels have been sunk End
/ driven and crosscut shows the vein
| with a width of twenty three feet
near the surface. Though high grade
silver ore was taken out by pros
pectors in years past, the vein mat
| ter entire is concentrating PROPOSE
! ton. Assays of the quartz have
/ shown copper, silver, lead and gold
/ values. Molybdenite, but not in any
great quantity, has also been found.
| Just what tests are to be made in
! the efforts to ascertain the most prof.
table method of treating the big ore
{ has not been determined upon The
pian discussed and now being ccnSi;:-
cred is that of installing one hun
/ dred ton conceEt rator. On the east
/ size of the mill some tunnel work has.
| been done at a place where Cae work
| fngs will lave a depth of SOD feet
under the place where the veiL crops
on the hill above. That sh1u'd lie
depth sufficient for a fair testing OF
the ore body With a concentrating
plant there the ore could be taken out
and to tae plant at comparauvely
/ low cost In fact, thousands OF tons
could be literally quarried out OF the
: big vein.
/ But to work the mines of the Tia
Juana vein to the greatest adyan-
tage, the operating company shou
be equipped with more than con
centrating plant AS in the operation
of the big mines at Bisbee, Butte,
Cananea and other great camps,
smelters also should be near at hand.
! From the east side of the Wrightson
mountain, there is an all down grade,
passing through the foothills through
what is known as Eel Canyon de Ia
Vaya" 1.-THE Canyon of the Pass, to
! the Santa Cruz river, at point near
Tubac. To a smelter at that point
| the ore could be run by means
double track, by gravitation, the
loaded cars down drawing the empty
cars back
| One of the early locators Of the
vein was the late Doug" Snyder
| of Tucson. It was while Snyder
held the claims, some twenty-IITe
| years ago or more, that the late Sen
ator Hearst Of California became in
! terested and with a party started out
| from Tucson to see the property with
a view of taking hold and develoning
il. On the way to the Santa Rita
the party was informed by scouss
that Apaehes were in the hills pre-
pared to ambush them They were
4 then quite close to the Indian coun-
try, and as more of the gentlemen OF
the party was seeking adventures as
an Indian fighter. orders were issued
! for a forced march. with Tucson as
the objective point It IS said that al
, tae time Senator Hearst vowed that
If he should escape from the Indian
country at that time, he would never
I return. At any rate, he never re
; turned. Since that time no man with
J sufficient capital to develop the Big.
i. vein has ever taken hold of 1t TIL
the option on a one-third interes, Wa
sc .urcd recently bY Mr.. Ferry.