Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-11
[ EMP|RE STATE |S A GOOD
 PROSPECT
Work Suspended Now for Lack
 of Funds, but Owners Be-
 Iieve Recent Developments
 Promise Early Resumption.

The mine bearing the above name has not been matter of public inter- est for several months because of the cessation of operation at the property but an incident of recent occurrence in connection with the work on the county road in Tombstone canyon has revived interest in the ground that held much promise in the heavy naturalization of the country it's nine-hundred-foot tuIel penetrated be- fore its limited capital was exhausted
 Directly below the ledge that shows plainly along the precipitous height of the great scarp of plutonic porphy- ry known as Juniper Flat tthe fis- suTe's outcrop ascending the towering wall of rock to a vertical height of about 1000 feetl a large boulder was encountered that barred the way of the graders in their road improve ment. It was more than half ton in
 weight and had to be blasted with dynamite to remove it. After it was shattered it was found to be a boulder of rich ore, running high in silver bromide. and copper in the form of azurite and malachite. Like the body of the entire ledge from which it came 1t was heavily impregnated with ircn.
 The Empire State property is about four miles in an air line westerly from Bisbee, six by the Tombstone road The tunnel mentioned is az. proximately l50 yards this side of the old toll road adobe, and is in the Granite Mountain claim. The tunnel hdG been driven through the hard granite, quartz and rhyoi C ihal com pose the formation, ard trends in 8
 uniformly northern direction follow. ing the Assure for 900 feet That the funds applied to degelnpI. rnJ of the prospect were wisely applied may be gathered from the fact lhai such hard rock was cut at the raJe Of ST. per foot This estimate is based upon the Review mining mans own computa- ton from the amount of money used. Although the tunel has been visited by the writer in the past and de- scribed as a promising prospect it de yeloped within the last few dozen feet of drifting a new feature, and one that will be of interest to all those interested in the mining properties of this district: more especially of the country westerly from the City of Bis bee, section that has not yet been developed to an extent sufficient tc prove the extent and commercial value of it's ore bodies.
 The feature referred to is the con stant flow into the tunnel from above of an oxide -impregnated seepage that indicates the possibilities of that sub stance in the ground above the work | ... .lsx~K#x~ rhyoiite, quartz and iron that have been cut by the tunnel are stained Jet black by the flow, and 1t is only upon breaking open a piece Of the black quartz or other mineral that its ratu-al co.or may be ascehrtainEd. As it comes through very tight ground the owners reasonably hope that large body of ore above may be pre- saged by the one per cent assay of copper trey got from the seepage, for the tunnel penetrated mountain whose slope is fully forty-five de- grees. leaving a body of ground 900 feet thick above the face of the work.
 In many place the tunel cuts ground so heavily mineralized as to come within the class of low grade ore as a whole, while specimens of peacock and other rich ores have been found at intervals along the entire drift. Through lack oi funds no cross cutting or other exploration work has been pushed out from the Assure fol lowed into the heart of the mountain. It is within the realm of possibility that very limited work of this nature would reveal ore bodies. The fact of appreciable copper values seeping through the almost inipervious forma- ton from above, however, is the most aiiuring indication there. It is to be hoped that the future will see a re- sumption of work in what is a fine prospect. Alex Erickson and Tom Harsha. original owners of the ground. who still retain a large interest In the property, express confidence in