Arizona republican., 1909-04-06

the west and has started a tunnel in
 which 1t is designed to open and drift along the vein, incidentally securing depth as the work progresses. some thing that the trench at the Glory
 Hole cannot do. That was run rather to demonstrate the grain" of the hill or the nature and direction of the for nations.
 The owners have decided that this is the proper course to pursue and. in cidentally make public announcement that the Glory Hole henceforth is to be protected from the gaze and tres passing of visitors. The reasons are obvious. The gold has been found and has been seen by hundreds of people as it was found and taken out. The public has been convinced of the au- thenticity of the strike to the full sat- isfaction of all. The visitors cannot resist the temptation to carry away specimens nor can the owners blame them: nevertheless. they know that much gold that would look good in their bank accounts has thus been car ried away. The owners feel that the time has now come to begin real min ing as there Is no money in conduct ing a free show. and they can't do their mining in that Glory Hole. can't afford to hire guards to watch it. and don't want to leave the hole there for people to gopher around and dig in. For that reason they will probably fence the place up tight and take the rich ore that has already been recov- cred and sacked to a place of safe keeping. It has maintained a con- tinuous show for three weeks for the benefit of the public and makes this announcement to forestall the stories that are likely to follow to the effect that the rich ore has played out and that the company is afraid to let the truth be known. Any doubter will still have a chance to see if he hur- ries out there. but he will have to hur- " for that particular opening will be protected and abandoned as soon as possible for the time being.
 This is not said with any desire to be discourteous to the public. for wis itors have been welcomed all the time and still are so far as a view of the property is concerned. The owners have recognized the public interest in the event and the right of the public to know the facts and have done all they could to publish them Nor have they spoken in disparaging terms of any person who has secured a speci- men of the "jewelry'' ore. recognizing that every human being would do the same who had the opportunity. and in a sense would be justified. but they ffndarfaEa fn fin al ha cabinets in the country. nor can they keep the free show running much long CT. They are not looking for gate re- ceipts. but the people are dragging away the actors and going through the safe in the box office. so they will have to ring down the curtain. They have nothing to sell and have had no desire to parade the Glory Hole at any time. except to gratify the public in- terest while they were satisfying themselves of the bigness of the strike They believe that has been well worth the gold taken away. for the good it will do the district generally. for they also believe there are a score of big mines possible in that section. and are pleased to see the people out hunting for them. and will be more than ever pleased if somebody finds a bigger and better deposit of the precious metal
 And many promising eldges are now under careful prospecting. Josiah Winchester. who owns a group adjoin- | ing the Arizona Northern. has a corps of surveyors laying out his ground and has ore samples that are said to be of flattering value.
 Besides Mir. King and the leasers l who returned yesterday. Fitz- Mac and 1 several others came in on the after ! noon train. But the tide of travel is | still the other way, more people going ! put than there are coming back.