Bisbee daily review., 1908-11-29

deposits are opened as they can be,
anC when the smelter pIaGt has been
brought up TO this requirement. So
Sreene- Cananea has really made a
wonderful record considering it's time
Of activity. No other property in the
world, producing similar metal, has
done so well in 50 bFies a time Hy
this we mean that none other has
made such product of mineral. THIS,
at least, shows the possibilities Of the
camp and the district.
The mines of Bisbee are in forna-
lions similar to those Of Greene. The,
country is the same II. is the Mexi-
can desert purely and simply. From
the hills above the town of Bisbee
one may, if he cares to make the clint
see the smoke from the smelter stacks
at Greene, only fifty miles away across
! the international border, Bisbee being
within nine miles of the line separ-
at'ng the two countries.
Z The Black Mountain mining compa-
ny is operating in Sonora, thirty miles
from Magdalena and still further
southwark from Greene Here there
is great reef of quartz, holding goIu
and silver. No search had to be made
to locate it, for it stands boldly out in
the side of tae mountain where it can
be followed by the eye for a long dis
lance. The ore is of low grade, ana
they have been bothered saying the sill
YER, but the tube mills lately intro
duced are said to be helping out nice
ly, and then there are methods applied
that are getting a better percentage
tlsan formerly. The ore holds about
s. in gold and silver to the ton. The
mining can be cheaDIy done, and there
is water near AZ hand There is "A
splendid equipment OF machinery ana
IL seems that the company should win
out. AS in many 5ucn Enterprises
there were mistakes made at tho cut
SCI which were costly. hut the ledgc
is there win lis -aa1v tons of m'u.
eraL and there will be way discov-
cred to save the values.
; Further south the San Antonio Cop,
per company are opening a properly
from which much is expected. At
this point there is the same outcrop-
ping of gossan as Is shown at Greene
and Bisbee The same surface indi-
cations led to the rich ores at depth
as at the former mining camps Al
San Antonio the ores thus far found
lie well above the level of the sur
rounding country, just as they did al
Bisbee and Greene. when operations
first began. Drifts are being run in
to the mountain side, as they were al
the old workings of the Copper Queen
and Greene. The ores are richer than
those of Bisbee, the difference being
that they do not carry so much gold
and silver, being practically devoid OF
these elements. The ore. however
is of very high grade, and upon the
same level they have developed two
bodies one being oxide the other sui
phide, which is peculiar, and at the
same time fortunate, as it viii make
an ideal smelling combination when
it is time to put them into the fur
mace
The Ures country is the heart Of the
lanui Indian district. In compali.
with Mr.. T. F.. Cole we made a triE
through a portion of this territory z
! few years ago. 1t was wonderfun.
interesting and highly fascinating
Evidences of mineral could be seen
everywhere. 1t was about the las
of March. At home we had left .
: twenty-below-atmosphere, and fouI
feet of snow on the level. In a few
, days travel we were riding 1lorsebacl
through the mountains IN our shir
; sleeves, sleeping in houses with door
Z and windows open, listening TO tn,
: songs of mocking birds and nightia
: gales, and breathing the perfume Of
century plants and other fiowers
growing wild in profusion.
In one Of the valleys In the Urci
! district We ran across a cotton mil
With a Swiss foreman, and vita loom