Arizona republican., 1909-10-29
THE MOUNTAIN TRIP
 0F ". (. M'ADOO
IT WILL EXTEND TWO WEEKS
 OUT OF PRESCOTT.
Further Details of the Saddle Noun
 tain Deal.

Prescott. Oct. 27.-(Special Core liam Gibbs McAdoo, president of the Manhattan x Hudson Tunnel system of railroads operating between New York city and New Jersey, who passed through here Saturday even ing for Phoenix to look after some orange grove investments and visit with his brother-in-law J. II. Elem ing. of that city. returned to Prescott yesterday morning Mir. McAdo0, ac- Companied by r. r. Cruice, assistant to President Murphy of the :. F.. r. & P. left this morning for Jerome. where they will outfit for d two weeks7 outing in the mountains. MT. McAdoo has engaged a competent guide to conduct them through the mountains and they expect to get started from Jerome tomorrow. They plan visiting the MOnteZuma well and castle. and from there go to Fossil Creek to inspect the plant of the Arl- zona Power company. After leaving the Fossil Creek they will take in the Natural Bridge and visit the Ton to Basin country. from which point they will head themselves for Globe. If time permits. Mir McAdoo hopes to ride from Globe to Fort Apache and from there to Silver City. N. M- where he will take the train for New York city.
 Mir. McAdoo said he always enjoys his visits to Arizona, and his only regret is that he cannot come oftener He said that he had given up a trip to Europe to come to Arizona at this time: in fact. he had his automobile on board ship when he changed his mind and decided to come west He drove his machine from New York to Detroit, and had intended making the entire trip to Arizona by auto. but found the roads so bad that he had to abandon it at Detroit
 Mir. McAdoo expects to arrive in New York by the middle of NOvem- Der
 The negotiations looking to the talk ing over of th property of the Sad dle Mountain Mining company by the Gila Copper Sulphide company. con- trolled by the Development Company of America, and the acquisition of a substantial interest in the London Arizona property by the Development company were practically closed yes-1 terday in Phoenix.
 However the finishing touches were put on here when President Murphy Vice President Mason and Consulting Engineer Longacre of the Develop ment company: w. q. Bushnell. chairman of the board of directors of the Saddle Mountain company; Gen eral Manager Charles F. Finney. and GeoIogist Brooks of the London-Ari zona company. arrived rom an in- spection of the properties this morn ing. and during the day minor details of the transfer and plans were agreed upon.
 The two mining deals consummated are the most important that have taken place in the territory for some time past and means much to the county of Pinal Knowing what the Development Company of America has done for Yavapai county by their systematic development of the prop critics under their control, the county of Pinal should be congratulated upon having the Development company represented in their section.
 Large developments will be started at once on the Saddle Mountain and London Arizona groups. W. J. Mar tin. who was at one time superinten- dent of the Poland mine, another Of the Development company's proper ties. has been selected as general manager of the Saddle Mountain com pany. and the work at the London Arizona will continue under the man. agement of c. E. Kinney, the present general manager.
 The present terminal of the Phoenix & Eastern railroad at Winkelman IS within seven miles Of the Saddle Mountain group. and grading of this gap is now being pushed and it IS expected that the line will be com pleted to that pnirt within the next sixty or ninety days. As soon as the gap is closed by railroad facilities. the Development company expect to ship a large tonnage of ore daily from the Saddle Mountain property to their smelter at Sasco-
 w G. Bushnell, chairman of the board of directors of the Saddle Noun tain company, left for New Haven this afternoon. C. F.. Finney and F. W Brooks will leave for Los An gclcs tomorrow afternoon. and on the same train leaving will be V l.. Ma son. vice president of the Develop ment company, who is on his way to New York.