Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-07-16
PATAGONIA DISTRICT
MINES SHOWING
PittSburg Company Active In
the Santa Rita Mountains.
-Four Metals in Ore.

PATAGONIA. July 15.-Last week
work was commenced on the Santa
Rita No. ? group of mining claims
in the Wrightson district. Santa Rita
mountains. by the Arizona Pittsburg
Mining and smelling company, "A
Pittshurg corporation. The claims
are located on the Veta Grande, one
of the three big veins of the Patago-
MIA slope of the Santa Ritas The
Alto road. which reaches a point
about one and one half miles from
the camp, is being extended To the
camp. to facilitate the hauling of ma
chinery and other freight. A CONTRACT
was let a few days ago for the sinking
of the first fifty feet of tie shaft,
which can be done without machinery
and while the road to the camp IS
being graded. The claims were ac-
quired some weeks ago by T. A. Cox
and F. T. Cleveland. under option
and through them the Pittsburg peo-
pie were taken into the deal. the lat
ter to furnish the capital for the de
velopment of the property. Nothing
but surface work has ever been done
on the claims, though they have been
located and relocated for years past
different prOspectors having taken
cut rich ore from the surface work
ings. but never having gone 10 a
depth greater than one hundred feet
The Veta Grande crops out for sew
eral miles, and on ii are a number
of rich prospects. A group Of claims
on the west end of the cropping is
owned by Tucson people and has been
patented. Farther east the Lock
Mcdonald copper mine is located on
the same vein. The Santa Rita No. 2
is between the patented claims and
the Lock-McDonald mine.
The Red Hill tunnel at the Four
Metals mine, in the Mowry district,
has now cut into the vein a dis
lance of fifty feet, with no hanging
wall vet encountered. The ore now in
the breast of the tunnel is of a mucn
higher grade than that in which the
miners were working when the writer
visited the property two weeks ago.
At that time the breast of the tunnel
was streaked with sulphide ore, but
now all the rock taken cut is i'm
pregnated with sulphides. In answer
to Manager Johnson's message an
nouncing the big strike, three of the
directors of the company, ". H.
Black of Macomb. H.. and Charles II.
Gardner and A J. Wilson of Blau-
dinsvills. H., came out to see the
property and have spent the week at
the camp. They are three of the best
pleased mining investors that have
visited Arizona for some years. in
the telegram announcing the strike
to the directors of the company Mr..
Johnson asked for $4,000 with which
TO install a conceutraor. and Mr..
Garner informed the writer that the
money will be advanced, as he will
take the matter up as soon as he re-
turns to the east. The strike at tie
Four Metals is by far the biggest
copper strike ever made in this sec
ton of Arizona and the result viii
probably be a live copper camp in
Santa Cruz county. For several
weeks past Mexican miners have been
moving their tent houses from Now
ry and other places to GUajolote,
while others have built rude shacks
buildings of the company. give the
camp something the appearance OF
a little town, as there are now thirty
five Of these buildings. The popula-
ton of the camp now is about 125.
Arrangements win soon be com
menced for the creation of a school
at Guajolote.
The Silver Glance shaft at the
National Consolidated mine has
reached the two hundred feet level
and this week prosecuting was start
ed from that level to cut the vein.
A crosscut of ten or twelve feet will
cut the vein and drifting on the ore