Bisbee daily review., 1909-03-21
SALOME GOLD STRIKE |S
 \ COMPREHENSIVE STORY
Ioha w. MneS and John S. Reilly Visit the New Find and Investigate Conditons-Bei Discovery, Is the Richest Ever Made In Arizona-Fuh 1, Description of C ountry and Facts
 About the Excitement.

J. v. Mnnes. editor Of the Journal Mines. and John s. Riley, of Pres colt, have just returned from the new gold discovery near SalOme. Preioaing the following report re garding the gold excitement, and con ditiOns attending. the Phoenix Gazette says:
 "Mr. Reilly is not paper miner, nor is he a boomer. On the other hand be is a conservative. practical miner with an experience of over thirty years in the business that eX- tended from Mexico to Alaska. Iio Nas. ssiperintendent of the McCaO0 mine io avapai county when 1t was owned by Judge Wells. He tok charge of the property when it was s60 ,0Os in debt. and in six months had wiped out the obligations and placed S30,o0e in the treasury. Nr. Reilly has managed othe large prop ertie5 successfully, and such Is his repstation that he has frequently CompasY. of the Copper Queen. to been employed by Phelps, Dodge G make expert combinations Of proper ties soy s1hieh they were negotiating Messrs. Reilly and Mines left Pres colt for Sztonse Sunday and after making Hn exhaustive investigatiI n returxsea from the strike Yesterday and reachea Phoenix last night Stripped Of technifal geological terms. which are meaningless % the average reader. their report in nara tive form is Gs follOws:
 of Goloonda Richness
 That the strike is the richest ever made in Arizona Is the opinion of all who have eeen the ore, some of it actually being one-hah of the precious metal, out to give an average yaluo as to It's richness is impossible, being in somn cases 9 mass of small mug gets Tl1nninS tSu to the size Of Q pea. but more generally appearing I as wire gold. so closely enmeshed that 2 specimen eaeh bhoken e.4n be wori2, ed backward and forward like hinge. Four assays made by Edwin -Reaa.z z-lha- alcIae assayers rsn rs- spectiSeiy S33S,5I0, S1l7,734, S25s. .00s and SITS. .sfe. Traces of copper and silver were also shown.
 Geological Formation
 
 point is interesting. District begins at ths western end of the HarcuyaT mountains where the primitive bar ren grants characteristic of this we'll known range suddenly disssspesrs, dipping below the sedimentary Ge- postts. Beyond this is the new gold district which is a slaty schist lorna, tion cut by diorite dikes. It is on the contact Of one of these dikes that the discovery vas made, where there is an outecop Of brown hematite spar and o1artz. This blowout is about fifty feet wide and two hundred feet long, and they occur at intervals along the dike for three claims to the west and about mile to the east It is in the eastern part of the dis trict that another discovery was made Tuesday on the claim owned jointly by Joe Fuier, Harry Anne and Dan EEer. It is over the ridge and Q mile from the bonanza strike. and it differs from the bonanza ore in the fact that the free gold is found in . 0uaTtZ gauge instead of in the spar. Negotiations are now pending for sale Of this property. When l left there the ledge had not been lo- cated On this claim, the find being . float, out Very valuable.
 The original strike was made by Al aIgeT, Henry Barker and Her man Griffin oa one of the claims Of the Arizona Northern group. It is In Q schist bch that is estimated to be about seveBty-iivc miles square.
 Tl1n- this big find is ln the nature .zf in slams, is self-svident, bot not 9 prae tical mining man who has inspected the groRe1y has dared to assug- cli,i- 1t is -not permanent There mas Dot been tea foot hole sunk in th.s D3l- ticai5r district, and hcRcc gniy rho fOrrnaioR aPoI which to 6sss an opinion as to tho cOnunuIty Of the ore depOS;t. It ss the general oP;a- lon that Q SeII-leGneG ore body FIil be found -7ith depth, for iJ should be stated that the dazzling nIncrel wealth which has been uncovered was taken fnon a hole about ioug feet wide and tue same in depth.
 Not even the most optimisJic he Hevus that these phenomenal values will continue. assuming that the vein exists, but at agree that i the sruff is developed, that the mine wIii oc e eracserjaci,. IL is more than likely that the character of the ore will change into Q aulphida, and it is' probable shat with good depth, it| will turn into copper. These prCdic- tions are Of course based upon only observation Of surface indications. and Bot even the most skilled of ez- perts c1n venture even an apprDxi- mateiy Fe.iaoie opinion as to tho future Of the kgopeEty until ther5 isI some development work in the dis trict. For this reason Mir. Reilly, who is considered one Of the best judges Of mining properties in the- county Wiil not venture an mguali-| fed opinion under the present con-l ditions. ft is the richest strike, con sidering It's present limitations. that he has ever witnessed and he has operated from Mexico Co Alaska for nearly forty years. Not only is the ore itself sensaGoually rich. but the loose dirt that envelopes it is Of phenomenal value 4 pan Of it taken from the dump FrOduced @ teaspoon. ful Of fine gold when put through a washing process Pieces or brown spar and covered with lime that ve-o picked up below ID the gllch 9 --c-,