Weekly journal-miner., 1909-02-24
KELVIN DISTRICT HAS
 WONDERFUL POSSIBILITY

KELVIN, Ariz., Feb. 19.-Herewith are few particulars about the won derful Kelvin mining district. a dis triet which stands seconds to none and IS always open to inspection and well comes visitors. Your correspondent lives on the ground; he is not paid a large salary by corporations to write up the country; he knows what he writes, because he has seen it and worked at it; he is interested in this country and would not stay here un- less it was a good country; he receives no more for his writings than the rural district writer of your paper. He writes of this country because it is all right and everything stated can be vOuehed for. This is the coming min ing district of Arizona, and perhaps of the world. This country is full of mineral wealth and health is free of all microbes, etc.; it is as pure noun tain air as can be had in the world.
 The papers lately have been full of mining talk of certain localities, of the opportunities there fer investors, of the immense desposits of ore they have, etc., and of the many monied men going there looking for good prop erty. This section spoken of is, no doubt, a great mineral center, but it will have to step some to surpass the Kelvin mining district. We say very little, practically, about this section, as we all know that it is now coming to the front on its own natural re- sources.
 The town of Kelvin itself lies in a big mineral bed and is the center of one of the largest mineral districts in the world. On the north is the i'm mense property of the Ray Consolidat- ed Copper Company, with 1000 acres of Ore-produeing land; the valuable Gibson property, whose ore is much sought after by Globe smelters, and many other large deposits of copper in a development stage.
 A visit to Kelvin and surrounding country is all that is necessary. We can snow you work going on to back mp our statement and we can show you many valuable properties waiting for This is all straight talk. No if or maybe about it, but good, plain, straight business facts. Kelvin is a small town now, but it is ready to grow in night as other places have done. We have the good and we want to sell them.
 The Ray Consolidated Copper Com pany, the present leading company here, has now in contemplation a 20O0 to 3OOO-ton mill to be erected in the course of a few months. At the pres cnt time the small mill they now have running is turning out daily about 560 tons. It is working night and day and is in good working condition, but the output is not adequate to the size of the mines. The Ray company is an immense undertaking and will soon be on an immense scale.
 The Ray company, under the skill ful management of Philip Wiseman, has proven ore bodies to last for the next 100 years. The Ray Extension, which was cast aside, under the skilled of J. Ray Sullivan, has been brought to the front by opening up a 27-foot vein of gold ore. No oth- CT property in the district has had such misusage as this one, and it is better known as the Bobtail mine Since it fell into the hands of Sulli- van he has managed to influence eapi- tai to go in with him and expects soon to put diamond drills to work to fur tner open up its rich deposits of gold, silver and copper. This property was worked for gold and carried values as high as $70 to the toh.