Bisbee daily review., 1908-06-11
GREAT GOLD
 DISCOVERY IN
 FINAL MS.
Ledge Is More Than Six Feet Wide at Depth of Twenty Seven Feet and Samples Assay S21.40 Per Ton.

One of the most important gold strikes in the history of mining In the southwest has been made in the Contact claim of the Thomas Henry-Wimberly group ot claims on the Pinal foothills about six miles southwest of Tucson. The ledge is more than feet wide and from samples taken from across the entire width of the vein an assay of sLI.S0 in gold has been returned by three different local assayers. The ore is in iron sulphur, containing 25 per cent sulphur and is pronounced one of the best fuxing ores ever uncoy- cred in this section of the country.
 The vein was first encountered in a shaft of g Feet At this point it was 2 feet wide. Five additional feet in width have put the prUspvo tors in a solid ore body, which GOV CTS the entire base of the shaft, and it's actual width will not be known until further development work is done.
 Old miners who have examined samples from the contact assert that this discovery will reyolutionize the mining industry of the Globe alstrlcT and in a few months if will be ailud- ed to as gold-copper section Many men who have examined the work ings at the Contact and the general formation of the vein and ledge mat ter are sanguine Of the permanency of the mineral and are inclined to the belief that it win widen out with depth and show greater richness. 4 two-foot vein of such rock as is now being worked would make nil lionaires of the owners of this group of claims. The prospectors, however, feel certain that they have struck 1t, and struck it very rich. They will continue to sink on the vein to de termine more fully on it's extent and will have their ore hauled to the Old Dominion shelter for treatment as soon as a sufficient quantity is on the dump to warrant this venture. A shipment has been made to the smer ter at Fl Paso and returns are anx- iously awaited.
 In the Wilkins group Of claims ad- joining the Contact, and now being worked under a lease by Belcher, a 6-inch vein of similar ore was en- countered about a month ago. The first assay on this ore gave values in gold of $40. This was a depth of Is feet The shaft Is now down 70 feet and the vein measures fl inches and still maintains its richness. The force at work on this claim Is doing systematic mining and taking out ore preparatory for a shipment.
 The Contact was opened on a ledge of deconposed quartz at grass roots. Numerous assays on this matter re- turned values in gold ranging from g to S16. The character of ore con tinued until a depth of 22 feet had been attained, when iron sulphides were encountered.
 This is the first strike of this na- ture in the Globe district. Consid- erable gold-bearing rock has been found on the Pinal foothills during the past 30 years, but no systematic mining has ever been done, neither has any. great depth been attained. The nature of the discovery is cal culated to inspire confidence in the mind of the most pessimistic croaker. It is believed that within a very few weeks there will be considerable gold excitement in Globe and that the Pinal mountains will be the scene of much activity.