Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-06-16
AZTEC COMPANY
TO DEvELOPE MINE
Properties Are Located in the
GunSight County South
of the Old Ajo.

TUCSON, June 13.-The Aztec Colo
and Silver Mining company is a new
organization in the matter of corpora
tons. It is made up of plactical men,
all with one exception, the secretary,
skilled in the use of hammer and drill.
The properties are located in the Gun
sight country, about thirty miles south
of the Ago There are six locations in
the group and they were formerly
known as the Dorsey claims. Old man
Dorsey, as viii be remembered by
old-timers, was killed by the Indians
some twenty-eight years ago, and his
properties lay unmolested for years
! Finally they were taken up and
worked but later were again aban
doned. The ores were rich enough to
work, but the extreme isolation of the
property rendered the best efforts u
! the owners nugatory. A mill was
/ necessary, but without capital nothing
profitable could be done with the
property. The present owners have
made a combination of interests and
will, in all probability, make it pay
AS the ore is free milling no trouble
in working it by the stamp and plate
! process is anticipated, and profitable
returns may be looked for almost from
| the first drop of the stamps. Nearly
| 100 tons of ore are on the dump OF
/ the Aztec near where the mill is to
be erected and net profit of $4,000 is
| expected from it, as several of the
| properties are fairly well opened ant
an output of thirty tons per day is
assured double the amount the mill
will be able 10 handle.
The mill is more of an experimental
feature than a money making concern.
1t was purchased at Orc Bianco and
| will be moved TO the mines within the
| next two weeks. Although but of two
| stamp capacity, each stamp has q
Thousand pound drop and will crush
six tons of rock per day per stamp
( twelve tons to the two stamps every
| twenty-four hours. If found to be
a paying proposition the mill will be
| increased in size as circumstances
4 warrant.
An abundance of water can be haC
| from the old Wall well, which hai
been included in the mill site location
| The mill is in first class condition ana
is complete in all it's desf Is.
About $4,000 worth of work has been
done on the property, and consists OF
shafts, crosscuts and drifts. One shaft
IS lou I6eJ ueSp- II udS an ore DouJ
in the bottom AZ feet wide, with an
average assay vs-lue Of $40 to s12. a
crosscut at the bottom of the shalt
cut through blind ledge of ore, much
the same in size and character as the
one in the shaft Assays have been
had running as high as $50 gold and
two ounces silver, but the average
grade of rock is much lower.
AS the men are ali practical miners
and millmen the returns Will not be
eaten up by fancy salaries. w. E
Jones is superintendent. The proper
ties, however, will be managed by 3
board of directors consisting of w. E
Jones, Martin Waer. Jacob Egeland
Percy CTymble and Lawyer JOSEPH
Ide G. F. Gray of the Southern Ari
IONA Bank and Trust company il
treasurer.
The company has no debts. Every
thing bought has been paid for and
sufficient money is still in the treas
ury to establish the properly in first
class working order They own theil
own teams and first class runabou
and expect to do business with Tue
son.