Bisbee daily review., 1908-02-16
GOOD REPORTS COMING FROM
 P|MA'S MINES
Claim Is Made That Some of the Best Mineralized Ground In the Arizona Is Tributary To Tucson.

| There is no use trying to disguise the fact that prosperity in this DOT ton of the mining country is not go 1 ing to return at gallop, nor the fur 1 ther fact that mining activity TOT the present is going to keep but little ahead of general mining conditions There is fully as much harm in build, ing up unstable air castles, and then being blue and disappointed because they did not stand, as there IS in pe- 1 ing pessimistic over the matter, and probably more.
 Tucsons mining future is assured. Some Of the best mineralized ground in the territory of Arizona, and that ! means in the world, is tributary to Tucson, and it's ultimate exploitation on 8, sane and legitimate basis is be- yond question, says the Star Copper is a valuable metal whose use is in- creasing the world over, and every pound that is being taken out of the big mines means that they have just that much less to put on the market. Great mines are not made in day nor in year, and the development of copper properties around Tucson is going forward as rapidly as could be expected under the conditions now ex- isting in the money and metal mar kets.
 As has been repeatedly stated ia the columns of the Star recently, work at the big Imperial mine, as well as at their smefteP town of Sas- co, is being pushed at rate that has taken no heed of market conditions, because they are working under . definite plan with the money all pro vided for. The result there is mine splendidly developed, with . very great amount of ore blocked out, q 40o-ton smelter just put into commits sion; their own railroad connecting mine, mill and smelter with the South ern Pacific, and a 3o0-ton concentrat- ing mill that is well along toward completion.
 At the HelHetia there is feeling ot confidence in a degree that has not been in evidence there for some tune. Work is being rushed underground and the recent strike of a wide body of higher grade ore than they have ever worked on previously, promises well for the future The coalitions that exist at their smelter is noS very well understood here.
 At the Twin Butte there is at pres ent but small force of men st work, although diamond drill crew is prospecting along line that supt. William McDermott says is proving very satisfactory, and will furnisa the basis Tor development work along broader lines in the future.
 The principal work undergrouad at present is being done at the 3oO-foot level, where a drift parallel to two well known veins has oeon driven for a distance of 400 feet east At 30O feet from the shaft a crosscut was run which very quickly caught and cut a copper ore body said to be I9 feet in width, and carrying very good values. A cut on the oaher aide will soon be made to catch their second known vein. The Face of their 400 foot drift is now all in ore, which Capt McDermott reports Gs a heavy sillphide that carries very pleasing values.
 For some time there has been con siderable trouble over fuel, the com pany having been unable 10 secure a necessary supply of crude oil, and the wood they were forced t0 use uot having proved satisfactory. All the diamond drill work at present is being driven from the station a, .aa 300. foot level The bins at the camp now hold 300 'ons of ors that Capt. Me permott estimates will retuu Il apout per cent copper, but which he says the company has no idea of sending to a sfelter while copper continues at it's present low valGatioR.
 The Richardson and Crepia grouu Of mines in the Siitcr Bell alstricr consists 0: twenty full claims. Sey eral thousands of dellars have been expended in prospecting work in demonstrating the width and strike | of the veins.
 At one point about four nundred feet of a very strong vein has been ' uncovered by a trench, showing a
 width of from ten to fifteen feet oi rich copper carbonate ores. The en.
 tire width of the ore has not been demonstrated at any point, but ir places it has been opened to the width above stated. That there is 2 very strong vein that extends for
 over a mile on their property they
 have almost demonstrated by shafts and cuts to that distance.
 | All the ores so far shown are gooC
 carbonates and oxides, with soma very rich copper glance running
 through considerable of it. If further
 development shows up the ore as i
 would seem probable for the present
 showing, they will have one of thu
 big mines ot that big district It i.
 understood that they contemplate
 beginning systematic and thorough
 development of the property in thu
 near future. The deepest shaft or ! the property is sixty feet.
 l The Total Wreck mine. eight mile.
 south of Pantano station, in a spul
 of the Santa Rita's. never looked les
 like it's name than at the presen | (Continued on Page Ten.)