Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-07-09
OPPORTUNITY
Of LIFE TIME
To BENSON men
Railroad Employees Have Most
Promising Prospect and Fig
ure That They Are Now
Fixed for Life.

anu rlOgO, are ilneu up lOr wealth dttu
prosperity, unless they develop blow
hole in their balloon that now seems
air tight and warranted not to rip,
ravel or burst, in the winds o. fortune.
They were erstwhile railroad men hold
ing responsible positions in the train
service of the Southern Pacific and liy-
ing at Benson. when Dame Fortune
appeared TO them in the guise of Miss
Mining Opportunity and offered them
her heart and worldly store. They ac-
Cepted and the young gentlemen are
now engaged in an effort to discover
If her intentions are honorable and her
resources all that they appear 10 be.
To be more practical in statement
with one or two others, they have be
come interested in a silver and lead
prospect near Benson, where they live,
that is sufficiently alluring to turn tne
heads of older men and to this date
they feel that they are following the
trail to wealth Floyd has deser;eI
the coupling pin and lantern and If
things 90 right Ernest viii cut OF the
air and leave his engine in the near
future.
Ernest was in Phoenix on Thursday
on private business and brought along
with him few samples of "the rOck."
Two pieces a little larger than a Salt
River Valley spud were about ell a
man would want to carry without
someone to help him and anybody
even a blind man. could see that they
were almost pure lead and silver. 1t
is only a prospect yet said Dir. Stroud
but we think we have a world of orc,
II they only nave a little moon full and
it is half as good as the samples seen
here, they are fixed for life. Their
deepest working is only q ten foot
hole that strated from a stringer and
has now widened TO several feet, but
the values are unmistakeable and FUR
Their exploration has developed other
and similar deposits on the surface
with indications that convince them
they are not merely the pOssessOrs of
a pocket, but are on well defined
vein, and a large one. Their slOSe
shipping easy and the values of the
ore are well worth heavy freight
charges besides a fine profit. Their
Phoenix friends will surely wish for
Mr. Stroud declined to announce his
plans for working the property at pres
ent, except to say the Floyd is now at
the property experimenting its deveh
-opment Concerning the original dis
covery, the Benson Press Of June Il
says in part:
Lead and silver ore, the highest
grade of galena; assays show an av
erage value of over 800 per ton, and
the richest ore going over $500 pei
ton, in gold, silver and lead.
Such are the facts about the --latest
and biggest strike made in the Co
chise mining district in years. The
property is located about three anc
onahalf miles from Dragon station
in what is known as the Gunnison hills
a low range Of mountains lying be
tween the Big and Little Dragon
mountains, about two miles on tn
north side of the main line Of tn
Southern Pacific railroad, and new
Johnson, Dragon & Northern railway
The strike was made about fifteel
DAYS ago and was kept as quiet a
DossibIe until it could be ascertaineI
whether the strike was in vein o
only a pocket. Two weeks work "a
demonstrated that it is good on
and that it grows greater with deptL
The discovery of the ledge was mad
by two young men, F. a. Stroud an
Pear Adams who were prospecting
They had gone TO look at the propert
at the instance Of a friend who ha
,,Jed on the claims some two month
prevfous and who was not able I
handle the assessment work, and IA
offered an interest in the property I
anyone who would do the necessaL
work.
The Benson men went out and lool
ed over the ground, and had aOo'
given I'D the idea of finding anythin
Of value and had decided TO eat the
Ir,rcb and then leave After finishin
toeir luncheon they were sitting on
large rock talking the matter owe
when Stroud, who was idly plckI
-,rnund him with a miners PICK Oil
covered a small black shiny streak
.aIepa He called his companions a
teprion In It. saying, Look here; VIII
do YOU think OF THAR His eoInpahl-
EXPRESSED hlmSelI lildl II io'hSu -
good. and thought that they had oett
dig around a little and see What
would lead to- They did SO, and 81
depth of two feet the stringer Of galei
widened to about three inches, and u
ore and yellow dirt. which obtain
its color from the lead and silver. chi
rides, made about ten inches more.
Their friend was notified imme'
ately and work Of sinking a SHAFT
The find was commenced. Two weeh
work has completed a nole about
feet square end seven deep, with pi
rock showing on all sides. On q
east side of the hole dipping iowa
the center of the mountain the who
face shows rich values and on z
bottom of the shaft the ledge has vi
ened to about five feet About a 70
from tnis side Is bunch Of pure
lcr= ere 25o=: eighteen inches IL