Bisbee daily review., 1909-03-27
CONFIDENCE
 IN STRIKE IS UNSHAKEN
Holder of Claims at Salome Believes There Ere Large Ore Bodies Beneath Those Already Found


 Though the men who made the original Salome- gold strike have sold their property. J. E. Meyer, R. R. Bliss. v. c. Duncan and Jack Filler who own seven claims surrounding the Arizona Northern group, have turned down very 'flatering offer for their property, says the Arizona Ga zette.
 Mir. Meyer, who is president of the Arizona Bouse Co;)er company, owner of the Little Butte mine, re, turned to Phoenix Monday afternoon with the Barker-Alger Griffin party He is feeling pretty good over his foresight in getting in on the ground floor. The claims ln whic1 ne is in- terested were Lh first i9ca co after tho bis strike WAS made.
 He heard of lhc strike Saturday March 13. after .etting on the train at RicksbHrg to go to Bousa. At tnat place he and t E. Bliss q:iekly struck deal Wit1 Jack Fri,.r ihd N. c. Duncan. Duncan and FsI!ea weQt to the strike that night and next morning just as the sun rose. staEed out seven claims all around the Bar ker?Alger-Griffin property.
 Mir. Meyer brought in with him about fifty pounds of ore taken from the top of the ground on the seven claims. It shows gold to the naked eye and horns out big values in the yellow metal He has not had an assay made. but from the way it horns he knows that he is in on Q good thing.
 Do we want to sell? We'll, moi right now" he said last night We're going to hold on until we know what is there. We have already turned claims are worth many times moro than tine sum offered flatterine though it was. 0f course, We haven't anything as rich as the original pock- ct found on the Arizona Northern. but it is quantity and not quality that copufs.'
 What is your orfnion of the vol umo Q the ore suDply?'
 'I don't see how there can help being underground deposits of rich ore. The surface indications are as ,g0Cd as any I have ever seen. The Mohawk mine in Nevada. which pro. duced 7.00G.000 in five months. started in just the same way as the Arizona Northern. \ rich pocket was found on top, and below there was any amount of ere No sir, am not going to sell any property that gives such excellent premise of cqTaliug the Nevada bonanzas."
 But the claims are not the only good thing Mir. Meyer has on his string. He went out primarily to see how things are getting along at the Little Butte and was lucky enough to be in the country when the strike was made
 Speaking Of the Little Butte. MF. Meyer stated that the incline shaft ts now lI5 feet and the ore is just as good as it ever was. The miners seem to think they are due to strike the sUlphide zone within a few days. Fifteen men are at work aud they are putting down the shaft at the rate of four feet per day. No matter what is found, the shaft is to be sunk to a deDth of 400 feet, with stations every 100 feet. After the shaft has been sunk to that depth, crosscutting will be done from each of these stati ,as.
 Extensive improvements have late iy been made at the Litle Butte. An >eating house will sOcn be comp.cted. w'th all modern Improvements aud seating fifty men. It is probably the most complete miners eating house in Arizona Nothing has been .eg undone to provide quick and efficient service All the equipment was pur. chased in Phoenix.
 big blower and fan has just been installed in the shaft to provide venti. iat'on
 F. C. Bechely of Dubuque. Iowa, came in with Mr. Meyer ai,. Bech. ely is q SOB of F. J. Bache'y. a df vision supeTinten 1ert on the Illinois Central and a heavy stocElto} Ter in the Little Butte 3sehely Jr. dropped off at B0uss lae -in.nire uhsu rsa one was expecting him and Dres csded to inspect the Lf5s;e BW-e lie has noE decided Co remain with inc com pany permanently. having secured a position as corresponding secretary.
 -i have always lived in a city of 50,O00 inhabitants or so, but I was really sorry to leave Bouse," said Mir Becheiy. "The people treat you fine was surprised at the high class oi citizens I found there. Why. | found more college graduates than I had ever found before among so few peo. pie. It is the post intelligent, the most ambitious and the most ener. getic people who go out into new countries like that and make fortunes can't say too much in praise of the people of BoHse and am glad that am to have more or less to do with that district in the future.
 "As for the Litle Butte, it is my firm belief that 1t is the best proDo , ton around there. There are cfh CTS with as much ore. but they are not within 20e0 feet of the railroad as this property is"
 LOod stockholders of the Little Butte are all elated over the showing