Bisbee daily review., 1909-05-08
PIONEER HAS MINE Development on Little BouSe Group Very Encouraging
 to Present Depth. Regular Ore Shipments of Cop per and Gold Ore Going
 to Fl Paso

One of the liveliest sections of Ari- zona at the present time is the coun- try reached by the line of the new Parker cutoff. and the livel,est town along this line is Bouse.
 Bouse is doubling its population four months and new houses of sub stantial character are going up rapid ly iii every direction.
 Ten years ago Thomas Bouse. who was in the cattle business, rode through this country long before a railroad had been contemplated. He was looking for water. and from the indications there decided that water could be reached by sinking well at this point At 30 feet he struck a good supply of water, grought his family and decided to settle down and grow up with the country. He Secured considerable amount of watered land, and at the same time located a large number of mining claims in the district, which gave evi- dence of being rich in copper and gold For nine years he waited for the railroad which was long promis- ed but seemed slow in coming. but finally the cutoff was brought through, and gave him connection with the outside world.
 Mining men had frequently passed through this country and expressed their opinion that whenever rail road was built that it would become one of the great mining districts of the territory The claims owned by pnr,Gz nd ncCnniafDS Shnwad strong evidence of copper values. A well defined lead run through the country for a distance of two miles, contact of lime and diorite, while on the surface the width is shown by capping of leached iron or gossan. varying in width from 150 to 300 | feet.
 The Little Butte group of claims | from the first gave the finest indica- tions Of ore values, and this group was opened up to a certain extenC ' and showed a vein of carbonate ore
 five feet in width. carrying 13 per
 cent copper and s9.50 in gold. as
 shown by smelter receipts of five cars of ore shipped by Bouse.
 The possibilities Of this country
 upon the opening of the railroad, ana
 
 Butte group finally interested outside
 capital, and in January of this year lthis group was taken over by a num- , Der of capitalists from Los Angeles, 1t tdded by J. E. Meyer and Geo.
 Bishop. and a company formed for | the purpose of developing the prob, erty.
 This company, the Arizon 09ousel i Copper company, now has 1S claims. land the developing work done since taking over the property is consider ed remarkable Though opegations have been carried on for only lif- tie over ninety days, in that time a camp has been established, boarding house and quarters have been built, gasoline hoist has been installed, and a double compartment shaft has i been sunk to a distance of 190 feet. i At the same time regular shipments of ore have been commenced, four cars having already been shipped to the smelter at Fl Paso. Shipments are now being made at the rate of
 car every five days.
 | Besides the sinking of the shaft. station has been cut at the 115 ! foot level and drifts on the vein both
 north and south have been run dis tance of 70 feet As far as cross-cut this vein at the l15 foot level is 20 ' feet in width and the hanging wall ! has not been reached. The entire width carries good values, averaging s23.S4 per ton, while in the center of tn vein there is rich streak three feet in width which runs over sSoOO ton in gold and silver. This r.ch streak occurs throughout the entire length of the drifts. and in the breast of both north and south drifts. At the 200 level a station will be GU, and drifts run along the vein at this evel. The bottom as-she shafA al | ss= -'vl~ indicatso-.s Of moisture and it is expected that within the ! next fifty feet water will be struck ! and the sulphide zone encountered.