Arizona republican., 1909-05-17

of us believe The time has now
 arrived in Arizona when the man who knocks has got to explain him. self The people of Arizona have the goods on their mineral counter.
 and challenge investigation and com
 petition. If Cripple Creek can mine
 g ore at a profit why cant you. Whats the matter with Salome,
 Vicksburg and Winchester as a rival
 to the Cripple Creek district. Just as sure as little apples grow larger,
 just as sure will the Ellsworth dis
 trict be the greatest mining district on earth, and that in less than two years. Pretty strong, I hear you say; admitted, but it's so. You haven't taken half the jaunts around these hills that I have, and so. of course, you don't know. After while, not in the dim and misty, but in the near future, am going to introduce you to the various big sulphide proper ties around this coming burg. If my health permits, and I can still afford to burn the midnight oil I am going to take you down to Winchester again and when I get through the treat will be on you. I passed through Vicksburg today and say. before I start on another tale let me remark Vcksburg is going to make good. N I thought so when I was up there last time, and I thing so now, stronger than ever.
 Let's see what she's doing A gen. tleman whom I suspect of having once been quill pusher, and the finest, most optimistic chap in the world, at my request gave me the latest news about Vicksburg. Of course l looked around, and there are the signs of hustle there all right. It reminded me of Manhat
 tan's early days. A new blacksmith shop is about completed, and there's but wait minute, and you can read what my friend handed me. Here it is in his own words:
 It is reported that MT. J. D. Mitchell has recently uncovered a nine-foot ledge of average ore of s30 per ton and a stringer of about one foot in width, assaying as high as s3,O00. MT. r. O. Richmond, who has recently opened general store with hotel in connection, and by the
 
 the boys from the desert to partake of the meals served there, reports that well-drilling will soon begin on his store site, and hell soon have water free to all. Roads are good and with water at Vicksburg it should make th9 one point on the new line
 I believe my friend was right. If Vicksburg will only develop water, which, she can easily do, it is sure as shooting to go ahead. We'll we will keep on down the trail from Vicksburg nine or ten miles, in a southwesterly direction. Don't you remember my telling you about the Shamrock Mining company a short time ago? Well I went to the com panys farthest claims today in the POmosa range. McEntee Bros, he principal stockholders of the Sham rock, most courteOusly invited me to go out behind as spanking a little team of horses as ever travelled the pike. They evidently courted inves- tigation. l went, and did you know it, we can learn every day we live. Some time l am going to tell what I learned today, and it's something big and brim full of possibilities for Arizona. It would be premature to tell of it yet, and I never set a wild cat going. What I learned that I'm going to be mum about for a while. has nothing to do with the Sham rock ground of five claims in the Plomosa range.
 The Bernard No. 1, which belongs | to the Shamrock Mining company. | and which is situated on the north | side of the Plomosa range, about l nine miles from Vlcksburg has a | basaltic stained underlying cappjng | stratum perhaps 100 feet deep | Through this embedding plane lode porphyry has crystalized As I read | natures signs it appears most posi- tive to me that this general fumol- | rolic action proves the mineralized | zone to be in place. delineation of | dike stratification is seen at the north base of the Plomosa range These claims of the Shamrock people run along this dike and have a first class premise for sinking. Their shaft is sixty five feet deep and was put down by the McEntee boys when they were financially under the weather It is called the corkscrew hole of the Plomosas. But as there's better day coming, the shaft that amused the cynic and that was sunk by hard toll and perhaps in spite of adverse may yet be the beacon light to untold riches. My advice would be. square the old hole up. Timber for double compartment shaft and
 sink until you strike water, and see