Bisbee daily review., 1908-02-02
.HUACHUCAs,
 !. ROMANTIC AND BEAUTIFUL
Something About the Mining
 Industry Past and Present in
 the Hauchuca Mountains. Much Effective Development

| Rising out of a vast desert valley. almost as abruptly as a hay stack on the bosom of a newly m0wn meadow. first 8 ripple then foot hill, then a. precipitous leap toward the skies, the whole OCT spread with dark mantle of perennial yerdue, the Huachucas, 30 miles west of Bisbee, reach an alu- tude of ten thousand and four feet, from the summit of which Bisbee and | Cananea appear at it's feet, while Old Baldy to the far west, the Grahams to the distant north. the ocean of New Mexicos peaks to the east and the Illimitable stretch of romantic scenery stretching away into the shimmerins distance across the bosom of sunny Sonora; the highest point on the bosom of the Huachucas, Millers Peak offers a scene which if eQualled, has no superior on the map of the great southwest.
 Looking down the precipitous sides, first a sheer descent, where miniature pines cling to narrow ledges, then flower, where the scene begins, until, among the foot hills, the scene rayels out like the hem of a ladys shawl un- der a monster magnffier, and consti- tutes one of entrancing beauty, with mighty drifts of snow at your feet through which the topmost branches of the hardy aspen peep, while in the smiling valley below the fields ap- pear like so many emeralds on the bosom of the desert.
 These majestic mountains have been the favorite haunts of the Apache from the ime when the white man began his hardy explora- tions in this vast unknown region of fortune and adventure, so much so, in fact that Ft. Huachuca, one of the few remaining frontier posts has been in commission on the north end of the range for years and is still maintained by the government, not in view of imminent menace to the frontier, but because of it's convenient location in relation to the field of army service and the international boundary.
 Resources.
 The Huachucas lave at one time furnished the finest supply of timber of any section within an available distance from Bisbee, Tombstone and the great mining camps of Cochise county Millions of feet of timbers, lumber. ties, poles, stulls and tagging, pine, juniper oak and other varieties of timber for all purposes existing originally in what seemed ineXhGust- ible quantities.
 Axe and flame, however, have com mitted fearful rayages until the gov ernment founf it necessary to estab- fish forest reserve, one of the most beneficient measures that could have been taken and the forests of the Huachucas will continue to be one of the industrial resources of the coun- ty and territory.
 Water for all purposes, is abundant, including a supply for the historic camp of Tombstone, which is con veyed from a reservoir in Miller canyon through an eight inch pipe a distance of 2S miles. Numerous ranches and orchards in every canyon in the mountain system produce fruit and grain of the finest quality, while facilities for stock raising are un- surpassed.
 In the matter of mineral resources, no fairer surface inducements can be found than in many parts of the Huachucas,a it's products in this connection include gold silver. lead, copper, zinc. while the finest build ing stone, including several beautiful varieties of marble are to be obtained in unlimited quantities.
 The general formation is favorable to the presence of great mines. and yet it cannot be considered a proven district. Few instances of systematic development can be cited in the Huachucas, and those which have oc- cured in it's history have been un- dertaken with little Judgment as re- gards the matter of judicious selection of locations.
 As a general proposition, mining has not been successful, for reasons which do not attach to the real ques- ton of merit, the district is practical ly undeveloped. and many superficial and misdirected attempts at bringing it to the front. have been of such a trivial or else misdirected character that they leave the field. as yet in an absolutely virgin condition calculated to invite exploration as strongly as it did years ago.
 Successful Propositions.
 Although idle four-fifths of the time, from the standpoint of inherent worth, the Exposed Reef has, been successful It consists of a large body of free gold bearing quartz, largely of the soft, semi-decomposed variety, and will average about 4.50. It can be mined with the greatest of ease and reduced at minimum of cost. It has been equipped with an 75 ton roller process mill which while it demonstrated the character of the ground and the val ue s to be obtained and established that both were satisfactory. proved Inadequate to properly salary a host of company and mine officials, sustain metropolitan airs about the camp and declare dividends st the same time. The property moreover was mal-de- veloped, mismanaged and never given an opportunity to demonstrate it's worth. Quite recently it has changed hanls anl 1t is to be hoped that the incoming management will make a careful stuly of the record of their predecessors and profit by their mis- takes.