Daily Arizona silver belt., 1909-10-10
Considers Prospects Fully as Encouraging as on
 Great Miami
EXPLAINS METHODS
 TO USE. IN MINING
Will Block Property in 20O- Foot Cubes for Purpose
 of Measuring

Three interesting reports have come from the Cactus during the last week. One consists of the statements or Houghton parties who visited the prop erty two weeks ago the second is the opinion of President Eaton of the Cac- tus Development company, who is now at the property He concludes with the sentence, "Cactus never looked bet ter;" and the third is telegram stat ing that the Southern Pacific engineers reached the Cactus property last Tues day for the purpose of surveying the preliminary line of railroad to Miami, there to connect with the extension of the Southern Pacific system which will be completed between Globe and Miami. during the present month.
 The Cactus extension of the railroad will be built as soon as the Cactus pe0- ple say they want it. The Southern Pacific people have had their mining engineers at the Cactus and are conf dent enough of its futdre to make the preliminary survey at once and give their promise to build the road upon request.
 J. H. Hodgson, general western man. ager of Gay Sturgis, of Boston, ac- cOmpanied by his brother, w. A. Hodg son, and Consulting Engineer c, w, Pritehett of the Cactus Development company, recently visited the Cactus property. The three went through the underground openings together. MT. Hodgson says;
 '.I spent two days at the property, after having visited similar properties in the same camp, namely, Miami, Live Oak, Warrior, Cordova and Inspiration, and I am more than firmly convinced that the Cactus property will ultimate ly turn out one of the largest low-grade concentrating deposits in that section of the country; in fact, | think it will be the largest if surface indications which seem to be infallable there go for anything
 .''They are now blocking out ore on the third level equal in value and simi lar in every respect to the Miami and Inspiration, and they will be able 10 develop very large tonnage from this level alone.
 'There is no way to estimate even approximately what this amount will be, but I think, placing it conserva- lively, that they will have at least 100 acres of mireraliZcd area, whereas the Miami, on the largest body they have, contains at most ll acres. The drifts and crosseuts at the 3D0-foot level are running in ore and are opening 1t up every minute, but it is going to take months and months to accomplish the work which is planned for blocking out ore on this 300-foOt level alone.
 "At the 400-foot level they will soon be in sulphides with the two crosscuts under way, and they will then com mence blocking out there. This will give cubic measurements to what they have done on the third level, which up to this time has been measured only by two dimensions, length and width.
 "The fifth level drift has two cross cuts started for the ore but on account of the dip of 30 degrees away from the shaft it will be little later in entering the ore body; but l am absolutely as certain regarding the final outcome of Cactus as I am of Miami.
 "Taking it in comparison with the latter at the same stage of develop. Inent, there is ten times the reason to feel certain of the outcome in this case especially so as these other properties have all demonstrated what lies be. meath the leached copper-stained iron capping. In conclusion, will say that Cactus with little time and proper development along the lines which they are following is bound to be a big winner.
 Work is rogressing in two shafts, namely, the Pinto, in which no laterals have been driven, and the Hamilton shaft, which discontinued sinking at a depth of $50 feet and in which later als consisting of drifts and crosscuts have been driven at the 300foot. 4OO foot and 500-fOOt levels Both drifting and crosscutting is still in progress at the 300, while crosscutting only is in progress at the 400 and 800.
 The Hamilton shaft is sunk vertical ly not far from the apparent southern limit of the ore body, which is of un. known thickness, and dips northward at an incline of about 30 degrees. The ore consists of copper carbonates, OK ides and sulphides, associated with schist.
 The shaft for the first 275 feet was in leached ground containing copper carbonates and oxides, the copper sul- pniues having been partly a.,ered to these forms and partly washed out and deposited at greater depth.
 Primary sulphides were encountered at 275 feet, disseminated through the schist in small particles, together with rich sweetening" veins This is the characteristic manner in which the low grade sehist deposit of copper occur, upon which depends the future of that section, including the Cactus, Miami, Inspiration, Live Oak, Cordova, and their neighbors. Its average copper content is universally estimated at about 2B per cent, which it is figured can be recovered at cost that will compete with other copper camps in the United States.
 At a depth of 300 feet the first level