Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-04-29
KELVIN PROSPECTS
ARE PICKING UP
Valuable Properties In That
Section Are Said to Be
Attracting Attention.

KELVIN, Ariz., April 2S.-Ts-e min
ing business in Kelvin is picking up
little bit each day. There are a num-
Der of very valuable properties in
this section which are attracting the
attention ,of eastern capitalists. One
very valuable copper strike in partic-
ular is being very much sought after
by a number of parties. This is Bob
Renfoo's property, located one mile
from Troy. Renfoo has developed his
claims in numerous places, having
made several tunnels, one 1S5 feet
long, and has crosscut in several
places All of his tunnels show very
fine ore and grows richer the deeper
the shafts are sunk. This property,
from all nearby indications, is an i'm,
mense body of ore deposited between
two mountains. Renfoo has had a
number of assays and they all run
above 10 per cent. at present the
property is bonded by ]. Jay Sulll-
van, who is in no hurry to close the
deal as he knows the value of It, The
Troy Manhattan Development com
pany has had their eyes on this prop
erty for a long time and is very anx-
ious to secure it. Colonel P. T. Nc
Colorado has been here the last few
days looking over Renfoo's property
and is very much impressed with it.
This property is rated as one of the
best in Pinal county.
Fitz-Mac, the noted mining writer,
has been in this section the last rev
days looking over some property and
the country in general and reports
very favorably on it.
]. Shoemaker has some very ex-
tensive and valuable claims across
the ella river from Kelvin which are
well worth looking into by capital
lists.
Dad" Fry has returned to Kelvin
from a short business trip TO the
coast. He has several parties inter
ested in his property at Kelvin. but
they think the price little high. The
property in question is located right
at the mouth of the ella river and
Mineral creek and is also direct on
the P. and E. railroad. Mr.. Fry has
tunneled and sunk in a number of
places and good ore is found in every
one, also number of assays show up
very rich.
At the Sultana Arizona Copper
company work is going along steaGi-
ly. At the present time Paul Stevens
has secured a contract which viii
keep a number of Mexicans working
for some time. The Sultana's ma
chinery has not yet arrived but is
expected daily
p Wiseman, the genial manager of
the Ray Consolidated Copper com
pany,' has been away to the coast the
last few days and on his return was
questioned as to what the Ray COM
pany was going to do. He replied
that they intend to keep the drills
working at Ray but would put no
more men on at present He is very
hopeful of the future and trusts that
on one Of his near future trips to the
coast to bring back word to com
mence work proper. Mr.. Wiseman
can't bring the word to commence
operations too quick as all Kelvin
Will be on the jump Immediately.
The drl4.s at Ray have been moved
to the old workings and will prospect
this ground for several weeks. There
have been about forty holes sunk SO
far and they have all showed traces
of good ore. The Ray Copper com
pany has a very extensive property
and 1t will take some time to thor.
oughly prospect it.
The Kelvin Calumet company, un-
der the careful management of W. B.
Twitchell, has been in fun blast the
past few weeks. Prof Clarke, Mr..
Turner and Mr.. Rutledge, three Of the
principal stockholders, have been in
specting the property and are highly
| pleased with the run and the way II
Is conducted. There are number OF
men working. It is not Known at the
] present time as 10 whether this will
I be a permanent run as they are wait
Er- on word from the east. Mr..
Tvttchen Is very hopeful OF the fu-
ture and says that if we will all only
have a little patience everything VIII
come out fine in the near future.