Weekly journal-miner., 1909-02-10
COMPARES NEVADA AND
 SOUTHERN ARIZONA
CFrom Fridays Daily)

From Fridays Daily)
 Harold R. Bacon, mining engineer, who was formerly connected with min ing in southern Pima county, mas re- turned from Goldfeld, Nevada, where he has been located for the last three years. He will locate permanently in i Tucson and will probably be engaged in mining at points tributary to this place. MT. Bacon is well posted on early mining in the eighties, and is well acquainted with the Arivaea dis triets and regions tributary.
 When interviewed by a Star report CT last evening, he spoke as follows:
 'We found down there that the con- ditiOns are almost identical, geological ly speaking, with the Goldfeld dis triet. The great trouble in that sec ton of the country has been that they do not understand the fault system. That the veins are permanent has been | absolutely proven in the past and con ditions exist there that are pregnant with returns many times over as re- gards the amount of money invested. Andeeites predominate in the Arivaea district, which in itself is indicative of permanent, true Assure veins.
 "We believe that this. section of Arizona has one of the best opportun- ities that there is open today. I visit ed Sylvanite, where I found almost nothing, although there were a great many newspaper comments upon the value of the camp. Take it entirely from here south, you have the best mineral deposits that are to be found in the territory. After you have been in Goldfeld, where they have the most wonderful ore deposits that I have ever seen, I believe that in our south ern country, here, we have deposits that will equal or surpass anything that they nave in the Goldfeld dis trict. When I was connected with the GoldfeId Consolidated, we shipped out 13 ear loads of ore that gave us ST. 500O0O. That was taken from a face of 50 feet, every pound of which aver aged $2O0 a ton. If we had some of Goldfeld's men in this country, and it is my effort to bring them here, we would see some deep development work done. Senator T. L. Oddie of Gold field spent $15O,OO0 in sinking one shaft with no returns. He promptly pulled his hoist, moved to the next block of ground and made over $700,- 900. We are in hopes of getting all the Goldfeld boys down here and en- livening the town a little bit.
 "'There is one great difficulty here in this town: that is the knockers Were I not well known, I would have been discouraged on taking up any property. The great boom in Goldield was oceasioned by the absolute ignor- ance of all knowledge of knocking. They had forgotten the meaning of the word. A man could go into anoth- CT mans office and ask nim about Billy Smith s property. He would say immediately, It is fine, it is good,' no matter whether he had a sale on or whether he didn t. That is the spirit We need in Tucson. All properties are good. Let them remember that one little thing. Every man has a good property. You cannot instill that into some too thoroughly. When it comes to the technical interpretation of ore bodies in Goldfeld of Tucson, I would be very glad to give it to any inquir- CT. but do not care to talk in a news paper along technical lines at all. .'- Tucson Star.