Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-09-20
HACH|IA DIST.
VERY RICH IN
COPPER ORES
interest in the Brown Metal
CenterS Around the Apache
Group of Claims Operated
BY Douglas People.

HACHITA, N. NJ. Sept 1S.-(SpD
old timers in this part of the coun-
try are of the opinion that If Hachita
is ever to be the center of big min
ing district, it will become so through
copper or silver, or both, rather than
gold, for, though there are number
of gold prospects near Hachita that
are promising, 1t is the copper depos-
its, the extent of which have in a num-
Der of instances been proven, that are
most depended upon for the future of
the camp.
The interest In copper centers about
the Apache group of claims of which
the Anderson-Apache mine, now being
operated by Douglas people, is the
best known. This property lies south
east of Hachita station about five and
a half miles. It is a country or pro-
nounced faults, and rs pretty thor
oughly mineralized. While operations
are being carried on more extensively
at the Anderson-Apache property than
elsewhere in the district, it is not the
only one where work is being done.
Robert Anderson, the pioneer of the
district, who, of and on for twenty
years, worked the Anderson-Apache,
| taking out in that time without any
| working capital more than 100000
worth of ore, is still mining In the
district. His American property, a
silver, lead and zinc proposition, is a
| promising prospect from which some
fine silver ore has been mined. He
| has a shaft down 200 feet and is work
| ing about a dozen men.
Another Anderson prospect is the
| Chappo, in which Messrs. o'Connell,
Hood and the Harrington brothers are
interested. This is a copper PROPOSE
| ton and is on an extension of the east
| and west fault of the Anderson
| Apache. A shaft is down about 100
feet here. No work has been done re-
Gently, but resumption is expected
shortly. John Pemberthy has num-
Der of claims surrounding the Apache
group and throughout the district
there are several prospect camps.
Work on the Anderson-Apache Is
proceeding along the lines projected
some time since, sor Immediately after
a big strike of ore was encountered
on the $50 level. A crosscut run from
this level is now in 81 feet of ore by
actual measurement this morning
which runs around 10 per cent copper
from grab samples. AS announced
some time ago, this strike proves the
continuity of the ore body on the 800
from which the shipping ore had to
the time of the strike been extracted
Superintendent Houlton is now en-
gagged in making a connection be
tween the $50 and the 300, and he is
doing this by means of a raise from
the 300. Thus far he is in ore witt
nothing to indicate that the body does
not continue into the $50 as expected
He expects to have the connection
made by October l at the outside, and
when that has been Completed the
output of ore will probably be trebled
as it will be an easy proposition tt
mill it out in great quantities. To
date uine carloads have been shipped
from The station at Hachita to the c
Q. smelter and there are several othel
carloads ready for hauling.
In the meantime, while work is be
ing prosecuted more actively where i
is known there is plenty of shipping
ore, development work is not being
neglected; new workings are beint
run and old ones extended.
A trip through the Anderson-Apacn'
will amaze any one not familiar will
the workings. Their bigness astoundi
one. While slopes in some othel
mines may be as large, it is rare that
one finds them so big and at the same
time so open. One creeps around fol
hundreds and hundreds of feet in i'm
mense big openings and never sees &
piece of timber. Timbering is al
most unknown in the mine, and there
has never been cavern. In addition
= to the rich ore encountered there is ;
vast amount of low grade stuff run
ming through the lime. This and al
the ore is self-fuxing, which, as i
well known, enhances it's value con
siderably.
: The Anderson-Apacae IS pecuIiarI
well located. A good wagon road Of
practically eYel country runs from tn
station out to the mine, the mai
shaft of which is at the foot Of hill
which rises from the mesa. Alread
there is railroad spur in mind an
the company, when this come about
! will face no expensive constructor
due to rough country.