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Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03
ARZ0NAS WESTERN MINERAL ZONE WILL
 OPEN UP SOME RICH MINING CLAIMS
 \ PREDICTION MADE FOR NEW CAMP
Northwestern Where Exploitation Has Not Yet Gone Fa R Which Is Stated Will Be Prominent the Annals of Southwestern Mining Claims Are Holding Onto Them and Making No Effort to
 Sell, Knowing They Will Attract Big Before Long,

have yielded many millions in placer gold, supporting at one time a city of five thousand people. La Paz, the fact that the immense ore belts or this side of the range are not rich enought to be worked by the small prospector, has prevented any kint of rush into this region. Another factor in the prevention of the usual influx of humanity into this district is the fact that the original locators, realizing the great extent of the m
 eral belt upon which they have set tied, have refused to lend their prop critics to schemes of the ruthless wnu cat promoters, that omniscient pest who has done more to retard the de velopment of the great Southwest than even the hard natural condi- lions on the menacing rednan. A few of these unprincipled gentry, hoping to trade upon the gullibility of the stock buying innocents by virtue of the reports of the really valuable properties here, have located Won tm- less properties in this vicinage ssnu have made spasmodic bluffs at de yeloping" mines; but their wiles have thus far been lost upon the wise claimholder, who, viewing the tre- mendous results accomplished in Bis bee and other extensive districts by big and legitimate investing opera tors, have turned deaf ears to the "wild-catter" who would tempt oy promise of quick returns.
 Scattering reports gleaned by Ari zona newspapermen from itineranr miners have given the centers of civ ilization a hay idea that in the neighborhood of Quartzite is some thing not wholly negligible in O rIIE | ing way, but no one who has moi
 actually penetrated the district can | form any idea of the extent ana pUs
 abilities of this region. Some of the | ore bearing bodies of this locality art
 undoubtedly the most extensive iI l the west. The fact that the holder: ] evince no desire to put their pTUp7r ties before the public through Lnt l medium of the small promoter ar' | have made no attemp to float thei
 properties as stock sellers, but ar
 placidly doing their assessment worl and exploring to the extent of thei limited means the rich surface show
 ings of their properties, serene Ill Un belief that incoming capital will b
 willing to accede to their terms,
 eloquent testimony of the real wort
 of this zone. The future cannot fai
 to confirm the writer's predictio
 that Quartzite's environment is DC
 tential bonanza.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03

is a property which belongs to Fran cisco AmaivZca, which carries ore similar to the above. The ore of these veins is identical, is heavy in silica and is strictly high grade sil- yer ore. It can be traced a long dis tance on the surface. The quantity has increased with the work done, and the presence of wood and water and their nearness to the railway when it reaches here will permit them to be worked to great advantage.
 Ten miles east is the Deluvio, of fifteen pertenencias, which belongs to R R. Montana. There is a copper vein eight feet wide, which carries six feet of carbonate and it carries chalcopyrite in a heavy iron-stained lime for 100 feet on the surface. Parallel to, and west of this vein about fifty feet, there are four veins of lead-silver ore which carry from fifteen to forty ounces of silver per ton. With unlimited water power and wood, the ore can be economical- ly treated.
 The BelIotal, the Osa, the Aguila de Guerra, the Los Angeles, the Pa lacio de Fierro, the Rosita and a score of other promising properties lie further east.
 The tunnel on the Promontorio which cuts the vein 31v feet below the surface, shows fifty feet of cop per ore, from to 50 per cent cop per and when conditions are again normal it will be a great producer
 Las Moras, a copper prospect be longing to Don Manuel Moreno, lies about twenty miles from the Prom ontorio and is a very promising prop osition.
 It is to be hoped that the Lampa EOS mines will fall into the hands ot company strong enough to develop the water power of the Bavispe river and install the machinery necessary to work and treat the large bodies ot pay ore. This property, perhaps the most valuable which has thus fal been developed in the district on ac count of the quality and quantity o the ores, needs the intelligent invest ment of a large amount of money 1T order that they may be economicaIl! worked. s-. The Monte Cristc of Doh Carlos c
 Soto has produced and still has st much good ores that there are buy CTS now examining it. The ore ship ped carries from one to two ounce
 gold and from TOO to 800 ounces sil yer per, ton and there are much larg CT bodies of ore winch will be treatet when the railroad reaches here.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03
AN OLD SILVER
 MINE IN SONORA
 AT LA BLANCA
Notes of Interest Covering Other Properties From a Correspondent at MoCtezu- .ma-0re Shipments.

MOCTEZUMA, Son. Mex, May D. Special Correspondence).-On the west and southwest of this pueblo, within a radius of seven miles, is La Blanca and it's southern exten- sion, the Plata Fura, each of twenty pertenencias. The vein is highly si- liciOus and carries ore which assays from 100 to 1000 ounces silver, and the recent workings on the latter. has doubled the quantity of ore. La Blanca belongs to a company of of Washington, D. C., of which G. F. Woodward is the representative. The Plata Pura belongs to Manuel Vas queZ.
 Los Difuntos is an old property, ex. tensiveIy worked at one time by the gambusinos. It carries very high grade silver ore. The work by Don Demetrio Moreno, it's owner, shows an increase in the quantity of pay ore.
 The Bebelama has a four-foot vein It is about six miles northwest oi the town and carries ore similar to those above named, and is an anti qua. The property of eight perte nencias is titled and belongs to A N. Harper, who also owns the Esper anza, which joins the Bella UnioT near NacoZari.
 Five miles west of this place and
 .5out a half mile south of the Hermo siiIo trail is the Mundo de Plata, 2 very wide silicious vein of silver ore 1 carrying a little gold and copper The ore assays from thirty to 3O' ounces silver. There are six perte nencias, and the extension at eaci end of 1t, Of fifteen pertenencias,- be longs to Don Francisco Gallego anc ! partners. The first named belong : 10 Don Fernando Arvizu and partners Three miles southwest of these las named is the San Jose, which has l slaft sixty-five feet deep and has tw' feet of ore which averages more thai 100 ounces silver to the ton. Tn
 property has been titled for severa
 years. It belongs to Don Fernand ] aTyizI, also.
 In the vicinity of the last name
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03
AT THE SHELTERS.

The copper production at the smelters in Douglas for the month of April was about what it was for the
 .uth of March. The Copper Queen produced 7,50O,L0 pounds and the Calumet and Arizona produced lit- tie more than 100000 pounds, mak- ing a total of l1,500,000 pounds for the month. About one year ago the
 Copper Queen made its record monthly run of 9,500,000 pounds of copper and at that time the Calumet and Arizona was producing from four furnaces about as much copper as at the present time with five furnaces. The Copper Queen is doing practical ly no construction work at the pres ent time and a good portion of the plant is idle because of the low price of copper One year ago large amounts of custom ore was being re ceived every day from many proper ties, large and small, located in var ious sections of Arizona, New Mex ico and Sonora; year ago the Shat tuck mine at Bisbee was sending 300 to 400 tons of ore daily to the Cop Der Queen shelter, the Imperial mine was sending 150 tons daily and prop ablv as much more custom ore was coming from other mines in the Ger ritorv indicated above. The number of men employed at the Calumet and Arizona at the present time IS prop . ably in excess of the number one wear ago, while the Copper Queen ls working about 20 per cent less force than it was a year ago, owing to the lack of custom ores, the receipt oi which now amounts to practical! nothing. The force in the smeltel proper is about normal, as compared with a year ago, but in the shops anc at the sampling works the forces have suffered vital curtailment- Al +be Oueen the large surplus of cokt is now being drawn on for runnins tbe works and the receipt of coke i' now very light. It is not expected tbat the production at the Douglas smeIters will be increased until ther' is a. better price quoted for copper
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03
MUCH LAND AVAILABLE
 IN ARIZONA FOR FARMERS
Secured Now Will Increase in Value,

In 1865, at the close of the civil war, there were but a little over S1,- 0O0, 900 acres of land under cultiya- ton in the United States. Today the cultivated area is 236, 100000 acres and such areable land as st1n Iv mains is going at a rapid rate. Much of the second-rate land is seized up on Tor homesteads. Soon all land it for production will be in private hands.
 What future generations of Ameri- cans will do for an outlet to free homes is one of the great social problems that looms large on Int horizon. The young man who Sc cures while there is yet piece of land and holds it until after but a few years, ranks with the fortunates. There is yet plenty of available land in Arizona.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03
MINES OF ASBESTOS
 IN THE GRAND CANYON
They Pay Handsomely When
 They Are Developed

W. W. Bass, the Grand Canyon mining man, was in Williams last week on business connected with his mining enterprises, and stated that he was experiencing an unpTecedeDt- ed demand for samples of ore from his asbestos mines. Mir Bass has an enormous body of asbestos ore in the Canyon, and as soon as he succeeds in arranging all the difficulties in connection with the enterprise he will begin shipping the ore.
 Asbestos mines pay handsomely. and Mir. Bass should have no difficuE ty in financing his proposition, and taking out the thousands of tons oE asbestos ore.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03
THE OLD DOMINION
 IS IN GOOD SHAPE
Says President c, s, Smith Who Has Recently Returned
 From Visit to Property

President c. s. Smith or the Oid Dominion company has returned from visit to the property at Globe. He is quoted as saying:
 Property conditions are excellent. We have had to import some sul- phur ores but we are now running five furnaces again. There is plenty of sulphur ore in the Old Dominion but we cannot expect to get a full supply from our own mines for four or five furnaces until we get to stop ing more freely. What sulphur we are now securing from our own prop erty comes from development work.
 "In running four or five furnaces our costs are under 12 cents per pound. We are running through the furnaces smelting ore averaging 8 to 9 per cent copper. We have not touched our rich ore on the 14th lev el where the ore body was 80 feet wide and averaged better than 10 per cent copper.
 "We are opening the property al many points. The 18th and 16th lev els are opening up slowly because of the lack of ventilation. People don't appreciate, however, that it takes time to open up a level.
 We are not letting up on develop ment work at any point except possi- bly in-the west country, where we have had to handle temporarily an increased flow of water, but this gives us no trouble. The cost of handling our water last year was 43 cents per ton, and as soon as we can handle the water. through ous new C shaft, water costs should be reduced one-half. We are now sinking c shaft below the 10th level where we are not troubled by water.
 The Old Dominion company of New Jersey is now earning between i s50,0O0 and s75,OOO per month on 13- cent copper. We are using up our stocks of coke and getting supplies into cash. We have been carrying s1,300,0OO q supplies, whereas S600,- 1 900 should be ample. We will work off about S700,000 of these supplies in the next few months and by so doing easily pay off our indebted, ness. In the meantime our earnings are steadily accommodating and with our earnings and reduction of debt | through the liquidation of supplies 1 don't see why we cannot work out a dividend for stockholders this year."
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03
BIG FORECLOSURE
 IN SAFE OF SONORA
Tract No. 4 in the Cerro
 TordiHo.

.vord comes from oCnora of one ot tbe largest, if not the largest, sale og land under foreclosure proceed ings which has ever been knoW1 % III that state of the sister republic a s-ac+ oF land containing opproxl- uateIv Inats a million acres. This immense tract consists of what is known as Iof % No 4. the Cerro Tordillo. Las animas and Mababi parcels and m the past has been sometl,heI Gns.nban ethUm Iand o,,ant Campbell was interested in II 5u+ with him were also associated +he Roothroyds, father and son. ana the Hacienda Mababi company tho
 TSe mortgage was made to the Rank of Sonora and default ID pay, noen4 heinz made action was brought n-, foTaclosure by the bank and the premises Drl sold under foreclosure and lid in by the bank in whom the tiue in inc lands has just vested.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03

Quartzitc is situated in the Posas valley, approximately half way sose- ward from the Plomosa range to- wards the River range or Dome range of mountains that slope uvuh toward the muddy Colorado In the days when Cochise, Victoria, and Ger. animo reISned supreme over the desert wastes Of Arizona what is now QuaTtZite Was known as Tyson's Wells, a watering place fer Uncle Sans troopers on their tortuI vus traif from Ehrenberg on the ColUraaC to Fort Whipple, near the present site of Prescott. Even in those re. mote days there was an occasrvna. report of this district by some un- usually venturesome prOspector trudg- ing in the wake of the ,cayalrynuIl. A notable instance is that of a Frenchman who half a century asU appeared in La Paz with a rich Spec imen of cinnabar, the ore of quick silver. Later with some companions he fared eastward in quest of the mine he had discovered, but as nuue of them returned or were again heard of they no doubt fell prey to the death-dealing aboriginee. rnc story Of the Frenchman is recalled by the recent discovery in this dis trict of what is now a producing cu. nabar mine.
 Until the advent of the railroad all travel into this section was by wasv;i from Wickenburg in MaricOpa coun' ty, or from Congress Junction in YaY- apai county, over a winding and waterless road forty-five miles to
 Collins Wells, thence by Granite
 Wash and Desert Wells to Tyson's
 Wells. a wearisome trip that was al
 most prohibitively expensive insofar
 as freighting supplies or ore was
 concerned. These adverse conditions
 have been overcome to a great ex tent. Vicksburg on the new railroad | is only tnirty-fiye miles away, the
 railroad station of Bouse on the same | line is closer still, abundance of wa | ter has been encountered at a deptf
 of thirty feet wherever sunk for heal l Ouartzite. and the big investors O the outside world are beginning to in quire in a tentative way concerniEI | this last portion of the territory's
 wealth to be deIved into. To the | visitor there is abundant COnfirma <, tion of the richness of the surround ing country in the generous plies O gold, silver, copper and lead-bearin! samples distributed among the bus ness houses O. the community.
 Although the western slopes of tn
 mountains toward the Rio Colorad
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03
THE HACH|TA GOLD FIELD BY
 DOUGLAS MAN
Traditions of Old Placer Miners Who Spent Some Time In
 District More Than Sixty
 Years Ago.

The following report covering the Hachita gold field is the first authen- tic report from a mining man of known experience. It is from w. NJ Reese of Douglas and is published by his permission:
 Location.
 The Hachita gold fields are located about half way between Fl Paso, Texas, and Douglas. Arizona, or ap- proximately fifteen miles southwest of the town of Hachita, New Mexico. The placer gold, which is attracting especial notice and the cause of the present excitement, occurs principal ly on tine west side of the Little Hachita" mountain. The lode claims, which are also attracting attention since the discovery of placer gold, lie well to the top of the Little Ha- chita mountain, being mineralized dikes or lodes and having a general strike from northeast to southwest.
 History.
 Since the discovery of placer gold within the last ninety days, many traditions and local reports are in circulation concerning the previous knowledge of gold in the vicinity of Granite Gap, which lies at the south. ern extremity of the present excite ment a.
 Among the most interesting are the follwing: During the early Spanish history in this country, party of Spaniards enroute from the interior of Mexico to the famous San ta Rita Copper mines, a short dis tance east of where Silver City, New Mexico, is now located, while los and in search of water. discovered gold in the sands, what was recorde! to be four days journey to the south The place was described as being a the foot of- mountain, about league to the east of a large body O water, and numerous cienaga (marshy springs) were iu the vicin ity, all of which are in evidence to day.
 Other traditions, relating to tn history of an old cabin, do not CT
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03
(J. F. Chisholm.)

The mining worlds quickening in terest in the ore-bearing mountains that rest between the Colorado river and the partially built Arizona & Cali fornia railroad-which when complet- ed will connect Los Angeles and the east with the least explored portion of Arizona-brings to the old-timer's mind regretful realizations of the passing of the man of iron patience and almost superhuman endurance the prospector.
 Among modern meu the prospector is Homeric. With unflinching face ever set against the great Unknown, unfalteringly facing the lurking death of Apache-infested pass and ravine, enduring with primal stoicism the abomination of desoIation that was the Southwest, the intrepid man with the burro and the pick has been the mightiest explorer of modern times. In Arizona, the last Of the United States to be explored, his Titanic task of blazing the way for the steel rails of on-coming civilization has been al- most completed. When the extensive mineral zone in western Arizona con tiguous to the Colorado shall have USSn ptOplSu "llL IAO SOAE munities and their concomitant food supplying ranches that even now are about to spring into being his work in one-time Apache land shall be done. The mining supply town of Quarlz- ite in Northwestern Yuma county, al though still days ride from the rail
 road, because of it's central location
 in the new mineral country is des-
 tined to become in the near future
 one of the most prolific metal pro
 ducers in the west. That the great mineralbearing district surrounding
 it has lain so long practically un-
 scratched has been due to it's com plete isolation from the rest gI
 Southwestern civilization. Until the Arizona & California railroad, now stretching from Wickenburg on the Santa Fe to Parker on the Colorauo,
 was recently pushed out into Ime l wilds of western Arizona, in e com
 mercial sense this treasure trove or mother Natures was inaccessible. Not that 1t was unknown. Like all mineral regions it was reached by | the fTCntiersman, but the uesuIIUFy
 work that precedes by many years | the arrival of real mining develop | ment is all that has thus far been | done towards the exploitation of a
 district that soon will be writing :
 vivid chapter in the annals of the l Southwest.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03
RICH NEW ORE
 IN THE CUPR|TE
 LATELyLOCATED
Work Under War To Connect Uncle Sam and Cuprite- Mining Operations In War ren District Quiet.

During the past week some very rich ore has been encountered in the Cuprite shaft of the Copper Queen, which is located in the same gulch as the Shattuck. This ore was encountered in a drift which is being run from this mine to the Shattuck at a depth of 800 feet, or rather on the 500Foot lev el of the Cuprite, as the Shattuck is several hundred feet higher up the hiE.
 The place where the ore was cut is virtually on Uncle Sam ground, but that shaft has not yet attained very great depth, being at the pres time down about 435 feet The ore carries considerable native copper, and is an oxide. How large his ore body is is not known at the present time, but it is supposed to be of Somo size. e
 Work is at present under way to connect the Uncle Sam with the Cuprite. This will be done when the shaft of the former has reached a depth of 450 feet, which will prob able be during the coming week A drift on the 100 level of the Cuprlre will connect with the Uncle Sans 450-foot station.
 At the other shafts in the Warren district there have been no deve 0p- -neIts of importance during the past week. Shipments are about the same as they have been Tor the past two months. The Calumet & Arizona is shipping between r and 20 cars of ore a day to Douglas, while the Irish Mag gets out from five to seven cars a day. The Copper Queen shipments are unchanged from what they have been for weeks past
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03
BIG CATTLE SHIPMENT.

Cattlebuyer Degen of Denver n=s been in the Salt River valley Tor the past few days and has picked up about all the fat cattle left at the present time He got seven cars on the north side of the river and uD to Thursday had bought eleven cars. He bought for four cents.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03
TO MAKE TRIAL SHIPMENT.

The Wilson & Gardner properties To- cated about 55 miles from Tucson, a r;cb sjlFer-lead proposition, will make a trial shipment in the next few Jars. The veins are looking better as they go deeper.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03
Bic Lead Strike

KINGMAN, May 2s-Lead ore, ZS feet thick and running very nsn, ss has been encountered on the -"O-10oe 1r,,le level of she McCracken mloe. .iaSs is strike was made while eAca'a'ils So- ,-ro station. About 55 men are ne" heinz worked.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03
PLACER eolo AT PAYsoN.

w. C., Kellner. wao aas just re turned from 9 trip above Roosevelt. reports placer gold strikes in the Payson region and says the district is destined to be heard from soon.
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03
oeolouy and Topography.

The geology of this country pre- sents a somewhat complicated condf- tion from a mining standpoint. The Hachita mountain consists of an up lift composed of porphyry intrusions through the Cambrian limes. slates, sandstones and schists, the whole be-
Bisbee daily review., 1908-05-03

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BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1908-09-30

cia Y paralice su ardor Ell recelo de
que Sc lie juzgue fingido { interesado7
E1 dinero toma de ese nodo su ven
ganza de los fieros reproches y las ce-
fludas diatribas con que sc La ha abru-
mado injustamente.
Porque ese Evil metal cuenta en-
su haber con todas las grandes obras
y todas las empresas mobiles, que hon
ran los fastos humanos. Ell "vil me-
tal' ha redimido los cautivos, y enzal-
zado los dolores, y enjugado las lagri-
mas; ha sostenido sobre sus hombros
a todos los articles del progreso, ha
creado la civilization y conquistado
Ell mundo Suprimid el Evil metal"
y los europeos serian una gavilla de
tribus semejantes a los iroqueses, a
los aetas, q los que desdefiamos desde
la altura de nuestro orgullo, solo por
que entire ellos no ha operado sus mi
lagros ese magico prodigioso, al que
ofendemos no solo liam andolo sino
onsiderandolo realmente "vil metal"
Y francamente, cuando sc tiene en-
la historic semeiante haber en- meri-
tos y servicios, hay razones suhcien
tes para sentirse agraviados exigir
en- justicia una urgente imprescin-
bic reha bilitacion.