Arizona republican., 1909-02-28

many really me pOlntS ana So ildhy
 large propositions for it's future that
 to tell the whole truth would appear
 like a rank eXaggeration. To exag-
 gerate on the possibilities of the town
 and the district, on the most delight full climate, and on the wonderful
 prospects for the country would make
 tale reading like Aliddin's dream.
 Even at that, exaggerated statements.
 providing they were not stretched too large, are more than likely to come
 true, especially in this country.
 The country has merit, and real
 merit too. The great mineral depos- it's in the hills surrounding Bouse,
 Parker, Salome, Vicksburg and Wen
 den can be but little realized until one has gone over the whole ground
 and looked into the country thorough ly. Until this has been done one
 cannot conceive of the greatness of
 the district. To see all that is to
 be seen takes weeks of examination.
 Some have attempted to get an idea
 of the country by nasty observation
 of Bouse and the district with the result that they have not been able to fully realize what they have seen. GOLD AS WELL AS COPPER This country has always been con
 sidered a copper country with little gold, and many have allowed their ideas of it to drift to the supposition that copper is the chief product and the gold is a matter of mere bi-pro duct Why this is so is not well understood because recent discoveries
 have proven that the counry is prob
 ably richer in gold than in copper.
 There is no doubt that by far more dollars worth of gold will be taken from the ground than dollars worth
 of copper. Many of the leading prop
 critics of this district are copper prop
 critics, but the gold has not been thor
 oughly prospected. There are yet to
 be discovered gold mines in the Col
 orado country by far richer than
 were ever discovered in any other part of the world. Already western Arizona and Yuma county has two of the richest gold mines in the Un-
 ited States, viz, The King of Ari zona and the North Star, located sev- enty miles south of Bouse. This fact may not be known to many, but it is true nevertheless, and yet the Saw
 Tooth mountains in which these mines are located has many prospects as rich as these two, and the Plomosa range, just north of the Saw Tooth, and in the same line of formation. and the mountains along the Bill Williams Fork. undoubtedly have as rich gold properties hidden beneath their stolid peaks as has ever yet been found. Recent strikes have been made that would make many of the old gold countries bubble over in enthusiasm. Within the past week there have been several strikes open ed up in the Bill Williams country north of Bouse which give every prospect of being developed into great gold producers. Aside from this take the Clara and Moro mines of the Clara Consolidated, the Osborne prop critics, the Little Butte. the old Maid. l the Hearts Desire, the Mudersbach properties and the Gold Hill south of Mudersbach and. eliminating all the copper, these mines will prove won derfully rich for the gold alone. Nor is this all for there are hundreds | of good prospects which have only | been worked to a small extent which | have as good showings as the other | larger properties. But in addition to | this every one of these properties | carry very rich copper values. It is argued by some that mines which | have both gold and copper values on l the surface or within the leached | zone finally develop into solid copper l and the gold values diminish, but this | is a mistaken idea and the theory | will not hold water in any scientific | treatise known. No other mining | district in the country has ever de- ! velOped the richness in both gold | and copper that the Colorado country 1 has developed, and it is yet in its wee ! infancy
 By the kid -gloved and patent ! leather would-be expert this state | ment may be partially denied, but by l the real scientific and experienced | field geOlogist and mineralogist who | has thoroughly examined the country ! and its formations the above state | ment is approved, and not only that, | but it is upon the advice of some of | these men whose opinions and recom- | mendations have been proven gilt edged, that the entire Colorado coun- | try is today being thoroughly and scientifically investigated, and mining | men of the wealthier and more sue | cessful kind are either in the field | themselves or have authorized and | experienced employees in the field. It | is for this very reason that the future | of the district has the stamp of ap- proval and the well known markings | of success. Other districts have been | boosted and paraded before the pub lie by boomday invested capital, but | this country is coming to the front | inch by inch and foot by foot, and | every day now a new notch is being | cut on the ladder leading to a great | and prosperous country