Bisbee daily review., 1908-04-01
HACHITA GOLD
FIELD is In
BETTER REPUTE
Believed to Be a Big Low Grade
Proposition, But Several
Assays Are iiiJn in Cold
Several Reports Made.

Paradise Record:
As times passes. the worth of the
recent gold strike near Hachita, n.
n. So miles southeast from this
town, gains in the estimation of a
great majority of the people who
have spent some time in that section
and of those familiar with details of
the find. Following closely after the
news Of the strike, came the an
nouncemsnt. which appeared in most
newspapers of the Southwest. that
the favorable reports were grossly
exaggerated, and that conditions
there were not such as to warrant
investigation.
Popular opinion again fayors the
strike. Practically all reports now
coming from Haehita are favorable.
Ben Milan a former Paradise man
who is now in business at Hachita,
has just returned TO his home from a
trip to the gold fields Ia miles dis
tant. Writing to John Bendele of
Paradise, Milan says that he is much
pleased; that he brought back with
him a gold nugget; and the strike is,
in his opinion, about TO prove to be
a pig thing.
The eastbound FL Paso & South
western train was boarded at Doug
las Thursday the 18th inst, by c. B.
Bell. ]. O. Martin and ]. NJ WILCOX,
all OF whom were on their way from
that city to the scene of the srIke.
Tho last two mentioned were return
ing 10 Hachita: Mr.. Bell. who has
the reputation of being one OF the
shrewdest and most successful min
ing men in the Southwest, was on
his way to the new gold fields for the
first time. attracted thither by late
favorable reports of the find. That
wa only one town, one means OF
transportation, one train, one car.
Referring TO another town, Paradise,
for period of fortnight or so: w.
K Morrow and son Corson, return
home from the scene of the strike,
bringing favorable reports and a
gold nugget. They go back to Ha-
chita, in company with VIM. Brad
shaw. Frank Hawkins goes 10 the
gold fields to investigate its posi-
bilities as a business location; Jack
WicEs. Ed. Woodman and Andy Mel
son, old-time prospectors, also star
for the fields with a pack outfit: ana
NJ. R. LaRue, Chas Gallagher, and
possibly others signify their ihten-
ton OF going soon. These are only
a few instances-two towns,-but
recitation of these movements from
two towns is sufficient to show that
the new gold fields must be attract
ing a great many people, and that
many of those VINO leave, do SO only
to return prepared to stay longer.
G. B. Bell, In conversation with
Record man, (who by chance hap
pened to be travelling in the same
carl. stated that he had seen some of
the gold and liked its color and ap-
pearance. It resembles California
gold, being quite light in color. 1t is
said to be more nearly pure than the
average and to run about $3.50 to
the ounce. The remainder, Mr.. Bell
said, is probably silver or copper, or
both. He ridicules the theory, as set
forty recently in an FL Paso paper,
that placer gold is in reality dissa-
tegrated ledge matter He stated his
belief and Mr.. Wilcox, Glsn a prac-
teal miner, also agreed with HIM, that
placer gold is entirely different from
that found in lodges or lode claims,
ane that it is first held in solution
and then precipitated at or close to
the piace in which it is located and
practically exactly as found.
). o. Martin, the well-known real
estate man of Douglas, is interested
in several claims in the new gold
fields, there being associated with
hin, in the enterprise ]. NJ. Wilcox
G. E. Norton. NJ Fletcher, w. F. Nj
hart, H. Stuller, and E, Predmore,
all of the Smelter City. Their claims
are located southeast of Sunny
Slope. and are highly regarded by
Mr.. Martin. He has just had assay,
ed in Douglas samples taken from u
group: and, the certificates havi g
beer entirely satisfactory, was IN
his way back to the ground, to re,
pare for a. suitable development OF
the property. One Of the certhcatesr
attested by Houle & Houlton, assay
ers of Douglas, was seen by The hec'
ord man. It totalled S163.36, as fol-
lows. Fold. rs o., silver 1O.6 o.:
copper. % per cent Mr.. Martin said
the discouraging reports in regard
To the new district had come from
those who did not stay long enough
TO make thorough investigation, OF
from those unfamiliar with condt
tions in new gold camps These re
ports have. he said, been OF injury
but the district is now very rapidly
Improving. Il do not claim that
the new district is thoroughly under
stood yet" said Mr.. Martin. Very
little placer mining has so far been
done. and practically no labor has
been performed On the lodges of the
lode claims. So far as our claims are
concerned, we do not yet know whal
they will amount tc. But ledge
carrying a gold value OF S140,-as we
have-is certainly worth doing some
work on. I have great faith in the
future of the district from its lodges
alone Il is already a success as a
placer field. as the Clark brothers can
testify from their own personal ex-
perience."
five lode claims and two placer
claims were located by W. X. Nor
row and son Corson. of Paradise,
and the land they filed on is located
about four miles southeast OF the
nIace- ground where Clark brothers
have for some time been operating
~ profit. After spending several
davs there, Mr.. Morrow was much
,,Ieased-in fact, he said 1t was the
finest gold country he had ever seen.
HE son Corson was given enough
s,o,av TO buy some gold nuggets to
r.,r,,<. with him If WAS