Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-04-19
NEWS OF PARADISE
BRIEFLY OUTLINED
Small Portion of Annual Work
Has Been Accomplished on
Mining Claims.
paradise Record,

Taken as a whole, the Paradise dis
triet Is looking up little, and tne
San Simon valley looks much bright
er.
The savage, a company that is well
financed, is shipping ore and Install
ing expensive machinery preparatory
to mining in dead earnest.
The Willie Rose recently made an
unusually big and rich strike on its
very promising property. A force OF
six men is at work, and there is I'M
derstood to be money in the treasury
sufficient to go ahead and make a
fine showing If, as generally believed.
there should prove to be enough ore
to do so. At any rate it is admitted
by everyone that there is rich ore
enough in sight to make at least one
very profitable shipment.
The Bisbee-Sonora company is still
at work.
The Virtue will resume work soon,
and, from the fine Indications upon
the surface. good things are hoped for,
at no distant date. IN the tunnel.
At the Nipsers, the property OF
Duffner Bros, an important strike Of
rich ore has just been made. 1t is
in the same lead as the Doran and
Gallagher group. on which there is a
1o0-foot vertical shaft all in low-grade
ore and mineralized porphyry, i'm
provement with depth being contin-
nous. The two are adjoining proper
ties
So far this year only small por-
ton of the annual work usually accom-
plished here has been done for 1908.
There will probably be nearly If not
l.,,T
L IS true that the Manhattan is in
possession of patents on most claims
II its group, and, in fact, does not
iced TO do any more annual work
yarring possible standardization
Sny claim for which application for
katent has been made But it should
Je remembered that the same princi-
pie applied last year, when for this
-eason very little work was done on
The property. Hence, so far as the
aanhattan is concerned, the differ
,uce would hardly be noticed should
10 more work be performed on that
property this year. On the other
sand, it is not impossible that the
company will begin development oper-
ltions before the end of the year.
However, we are not informed as 10
he intentions of the company. BY
the general public, the company's
taste to finish the patent business is
.egarded yariously. Some think it
- favorable sign for the immediate
lnture, while others do not.
Besides this, we know that deals
are pending in regard to three differ
ent properties, the conclusion of any
one of which deals would mean in
ceased operations, and one of them
would be of great Importance TO the
district.
In the expediture of $4,000 or 3d.
coo on the new irrigation system, the
larger part of the money will remain
at home, Portal and Rodeo getting the
most of it, and Paradise deriving
some benefit But this is not all-it
s only the beginning. AS the farming
industry in the San Simon valley de
selops, Portal and Rodeo will grow;
and what helps Portal helps Paradise
to certain extent With more mon
ey in circulation, there will be more
annual work done on mining claims,
.hus keeping some of the money in
circulation.
Then eyntualiy it will be necessary
10 enlarge the irrigation system,
which will cause the entire situation
70 be adjusted all the way around
The valley can't injure Paradise.
may help us very much The farm
Grs are the real producers, after all
They can always talk prosperity. 1t
is they who in a large measure make
the money that eventually finds its
way into mining properties. It might
pay us to cultivate their acquaint-
ance.
AS for the new irrigation system
ind the San Simon-it is a starter
that will result in the making OF the
valley. And the beauty of the propo-
sition is that it will rot be necessary
to wait long for results. The recla-
nation of the great and fertile San
Simon valley is almost at hand