Bisbee daily review., 1908-08-05
PATAGONIA
 DISTRICT Is
 COMING FAST
Mountains Are Attracting At tention of lnvestors-Many
 Coming From the Eastern
 Cities-0perations Watched

PATAGONIA, Aug. That .khe mining districts of the Santa Rita and Patagonia mountains are attract ing the attention of investors is evil denced by the number of strangers who have visited Patagonia during the past few weeks. And those who came did not sit around on the hotel porches and leave on the next train, but in every instance hired saddle horses and spent several days riding about the country, looking at mining claims They have come from eastern cities and western cities, and if any of them regretted their visit to PatzAv- nia or the rides through tae mining districts in the mountains, their sat istied expressions and commendatory remarks did not leave that impres- sion on Patagonia people who met them. And during the next ten days two other parties of eastern capital ists are expected to come to Patago- mia to look over the mining field.
 Several causes have combined dur ing the past few months to attract outside attention to the mining dis tricts adjacent to Patagonia The development of the Gringo gold mine, the extensive preparation Of the Salero Mines company for the de yeiopment of a number of properties. the big copper strike at the Four Metals mine, and the encouraging out look at a score of other properties in this vicinity, news of which has been spread broadcast throughout the country through the efforts of the Patagonia Chamber of Commerce, have finally convinced many minins -1-. |, county are ore bodies as large ana rich as any that have been found any where in the Rocky mountains. Now that this truth is becoming known to the outside world. many changes may be looked for in tais vicinity in the near future.
 The "chlorider,'' like the poor Indian" his had his day and the miner, who digs down deep into the earth, is coming to the mining dis tricts of Santa Cruz county, and he is coming to stay.
 The result of going below the ehlorider's" depth, and delving four or i've hundred feet into the earth, insted of seooping the ricn ore from the surface and then abandoning the property, has been profitably proved at the Four Metals mine, in the Now ry district, where one of the largest bodies of copper ore ever discoy- cred in Arizona has been cut into at a depth of between four hundred and five hundred feet. It is also safe to assert that it aas been proved by the Saleros Mines company, operating in the Wrightson district. There they have used a diamond drill for several years, without making public the re .F fIa hut ha company is now making extensive preparations for the development of a number of the properties so prospect ed, it is quite certain that the dia- nEond drill cut ore. It is being proved at the National Consolidated, where a shaft is now down over two hun dred feet and where every week s work makes the property look bigger and better. It is being proved at the Gringo where the company ordered the shaft sunk six hundred feet. It will be proved at the Santa Rita No 2 group of claims, on the Veta GTande in the Wrightson district, where ths deepest shaft is not more than one hundred feet There the Arizona Pfttsburg Mining and Smelling com many have just commenced operations and will prospect the vein to depth of several hundred feet.
 These operations are now being watched by mining investors through out the United States and only little encouragement is needed to cause ar influx of capital and a rapid changint Of ownership of scores of minint claims. The copper strike at the Fou Metals. because of its enormous size wili be soon, DO doubt, known ron coast to coast and will add to th' Interest being manifested in the min ing districts surrounding Patagonia The Morning Glory copper mine showing up better every week, will al tract it's quota of interested admirers At the Happy Jack there will be some thing doinglfn tthe near future. as W II Barnett, manager of tt5s- company will return soon from Philadelphia where he is noy im conference wit the other members of the compan in regard to the development Of tn mine. He fs expected back from tn east in about ten days, with none to nut in machinery and rush the d' velopment work