Bisbee daily review., 1908-12-20
Four Large Companies Oi Ma. tionaI Reputation Are Now Operating In That Mir
 ing District.
JOHN H. TALBOT TELLS
 OF GREAT ORE BODIES
Courtiand As a Future Mineral Producer Is Prenen
 Quantity.

Phe Courtland portion of the Fur dnoise mining district today presents greater promise than any similar belt in the west This assertion Is based not 6uly upon the observation Of in terested visitors and the statements of miners employed in the properties in the district, hat Jelln H. 1a.pol general manager of the Great western Copper company. sna superintendent of the Courtland operations or the Calumet & Ariona. Of which L. W: Powell is general manager, s2ys or the s.O00 feet of development work accomplished in the Calumet Arr zona's property, s5 per cenr IS in ere As Talbot is conservative ana apie mining man with an 'estab'ished re9u tation in many parts of the Uniteo States Gin this region as manager or the Cananea Central of Cananea, Mex icol, his assertion may be accepted as exact.
 Four wealthy companies. of national reputation are now operating there- The Calumet & Arizona, the Copper Queen, the Great Western Copper eomuany. (the latter being the cor
 
 Clinton. Iowa); and the Leadyille Mining company, Of, which William Holmes is president and general man aser
 When Asked by the Review for an interview concerning that section, -F.sfh<,. refused to venture anS !; Il,r.ssiiction as to the future of the prop critics, but the information he convey
 
 work thus far accomplished. the char acter of the ore; and his satisfaction with the geological aspect of the dis trict to --1iI.ag men acquainted with this zone, will be abRRdant evidence of inc snlendid possibilities of Court land. Tn fact Courtfand as future mineral pro sucer is & proven quantity. The work or the future will be 10 dis close the extent of ore bodies already revealed.
 The Calumet & ArizOnas property consists of the Germanias, two claims; Maid of Sunshine and King Solomon, purchased from the Leadville Mining company; the April Fool, Poorman, and Go-By claims; the Shattuck-Mor- gan-Smith group, and the Kinney prop erty-making solid block of twenty D. | ground to date consists of the Ger main shaft No. l, BIT feet in depth, and 3.0O0 feet of drifting, cross-cut- ting. and raises. new, shaft is be- ing sunk on the April Fool claim and is hoist will be in operation within ten days.
 The Great Western Copper company of which W. J. YosRg is president ~r,1R.N% rranar-I has a large tract os land c1Itprising some twenty-seven patented claims. Of this rroup the afnry is attacting most at tention because of the amount of de veIopulent it has received during the past eight months. It is bounded on ihe end by the Maid of Sunshine and on the side lines by the Germainia fboth the latter claims being owned by the C. & Al, its ore bodies being a continuation of those developed 1T the C. & A. property
 The recent work on the property in cludes shaft 216 feet deep. frpm which more than 2,00e feet of drifting has been accomplished The same conpany also is operating on ths BunboIt portion Of the holdings, z group mined to considerable exten
 
 conditions entaiIed by necessity O hauIine the ore by wagon to Cochis' station on the Southern Pacific, a dis tance of twenty-aine miles; yet to taI of several thousand tons was ship ped at that time.
 The Copper Queen company has group of mining claims consisting O Inc Casey Group of three claims, th' z1a inc Cyclone claim-a total of eighteen cIairos. adjoining the Great Wester comnany's ground on the east. Tn company is preparing For acuVe ae veIcfrneuf work under the superiI tendency of Tom 0'Brien. The ur vaterfpg of the Casey group has bee eomniesed and 501aorse power gast inc hoist will have been erected O the Syivanite claim within a Tel days. This claim, one of the Brow Group. sideIines the Mary and endline the Maid of Sunshine
 The Leadvilie Mining company being developed under direction General Manager Holmes. and is di rjosiug large bodies of sulphide ore whose high percentage Of sulphur an eiron make a very desirable addftlo to the districts mineral bodies D canse of the necessary huxing the afford the oxide ores. They are als rich in copper values. The Leadvil Mining Company ground sinciudes claims.
 The formation Of the district co sists of lime and quartziie. the ol occurring along a great contact cause by podphyritic intension- The ore inc district Is of the same chaTact' as that of Bisbee. oxide predomina ing