Arizona republican., 1909-02-20
LITTLE BUTTE
 THE WINNER It is Growing Like a Weed
 Every Day REAL MINING HAS BEGUN
Things Are Booming at the Clara--Equipment For the) Swansea Waterworks Ex- pected Daily--Strike at the Old Maid.

Bouse, Ariz., Feb. 1S.-(Special Cor
 respondence of The Republican.)-
 Mining activity in Bouse during the
 past few days has been greater than
 for some time past and everything
 seems to indicate that the Colorado country is sure to become the leading mineral country in the near future. The late activity is of tho kind which means business and sure progress. The mere advent of prospectors to a country does not mean substantial i'm provements. Of course the prospector
 is the necessary forerunner of the
 mining business, and any country
 cannot be opened up and developed without the prospector. It is he who discovers the indications, opens up the lodges. and induces the capital to en- ter and deevlop that which is already indicated and pointed out. For years and years the Colorado country has been prospected and prospected, but the development has not been com
 mensurate with the prospecting which has been done. But now this Is all changed and the developers are com | ing in, and that part of the country immediately surrounding Bouse is re- ceiving it's portion of the development stage
 Little Butte tho Winner. The Little Butte mine Is always the favorite in Bouse principally because | it is the closest property to the town l and is generally talked of more than the others, with the possible exception of the Clara Consolidated, but the Clara Is big property and is now run
 on a big scale, while the Little Butte
 Is yet what might be called in it's in fancy. Regardless of the infancy part
 of it, however, the only thing there is.
 is that the Little Butte is now
 healthy child and growing like a weed every day The past few days have
 seen a remarkable growth because the
 actual work of mining has begun.
 While fifteen cars of ore have actually
 been shipped from this property. yet
 the work was done more in the line
 of prospecting than in the line of min ing Now all of this has been changed
 and the real work of mining has be- gun.
 Machinery, men and timbers are be-
 ing rushed to the property, and every thing Is moving with alacrity and all work has assumed a business-like air
 which gives enthusiasm to all con
 cerned. and particularly to others in
 the district who have mining property
 to be developed. Nothing succeeds
 like success and the Little Butte Is
 having the success.
 Arizona 5ouse Copper Co.
 Since the Little Butte was bonded
 month ago by J. E. Meyer & Co. of Los Angeles, who also bought outright
 seven other claims adjoining. things
 have looked better for mining in the
 P1omOsa range These gentlemen
 however. did not stop when they bond
 ed the property. but they took it with the intention of getting busy. and they have done what they started out to do. Within the short space of one month Meyer & Company have organ ized the Arizona Bouse Copper Com pany, capitalized at s20O0.O0O, and
 have sold 16O,OO0 acres of the stock without solicitation. The capital is represented by 100000 shares at S1 per valuation. One million of these shares is treasury stock and is now being offered for sale. It was the in tention of the company to divide this million shares into blocks of one hun dred thousand shares each and to sell off the first ten blocks at ten cents per share and the next block at fif- teen cents, and then raise the price of the stock as each block was offered for sale, but when the first block was offered they were surprised to find that within three hours one hundred and forty thousand shares were sub scribed. However, the subscription | was protected, but the price was i'm mediately raised to fifteen cents | Since the raise was made many thou | sand shares have been sold. This re- markable sale has added much to the | enthusiasm of the people of Bouse and | much to the advertisement of the min- | ing district.
 Meyer Making Things Hum.
 When J. E. Meyer and George Bish. | op were in Bouse a month ago. at | the time when they took over the prop | erty, they promised to begin active | work very soon; however, they never | stopped work, but have kept a small | force of men at work all of the time. | The first part of this week MT. Meyer | came to Rouse and since that time | everything has been rushing On his | road to Bouse from Los Angeles he | ordered a ten-horse power hoist and | other necessary equipment, which he | Immediately had shipped to Bouse. | This has now arrived and has been | placed on the ground. In addition to | this he has taken out to the property | enough lumber to build a superinten- dents house, a bunk house large | enough for twenty-five men. a board ing house and an engine house. Fifty | foot head frames have been placed at | the mine and a large force of men put to work, both underground and on top of the ground. The shaft will be sunk to the 3O0-foot level right away | and drifts will be run in both direc-