Bisbee daily review., 1910-10-13
lArizona star.)


 In the early eighties the Quiiotoa country was the bononxa camp of Southern Arizona On the top of a great bluff which forms the crest of the mountain. rich mineral was dis covered. The rock was silver bear ing, but silver at that time was worth s1.29 per ounce and there was more money in the white metal than the then discovered yellow metal could dream of. The ore was found on the tip of the great Quijotoa bluff ran as high as $S50 to the ton. The discoverers were Albert Weldon. Alex Mckay, Jack Long and several oth- CTS whose names the writer does not now recall. They had been grub staked' by the late William c. Da- wis. and being a shrewd business man the disposal of the property naturally fell to him. In those days the great mining kings of the Pacific coast were Mackey and Fair, Flood and O'Brien. Mackey and Fair were min ing men, and Flood and O'Brien were saloon keepers in San Francisco All were fortunate in stock speculation and having pooled issues were known as the Bonanza firm" ITO him that hath let it be given" was fur ther exemplified by the sale of the Quijotoa properties. They came, they saw, they bought, and Tucson went wild over their prospective entry into the Pima county mining filed. In money they paid out over $100,0o0 and made the difference up with cer- tain specified amounts of stockton be 1t remembered that the stock was early listed on the boards in San Francisco
 In the meantime the company went to work in earnest. They sank a well in the Santa Rosa valley at a cost of over s10,0o0, bought the old Hermosillo mill at Harshaw, and re built it where it would do the most good: and an earnest effort was made to develop the property and make it return on the investment. But as shafts were sunk in the great bluff the ore became leaner with depth. The company still in earnest to de relop a mine. George Roskrudge, then. as now, resident of Tuscon. a tunnel through the Quijo- toa bluff The excavation was begun on both sides and work was prose cuted both night and day. In the course of time the two holes met and were made one, but sad to relate in that thousand feet of tunnel they found no ore. The blow out on top, for such it proved to be, did not go down and the Quijotoa bubble was busted"
 In the meantime, once more, Qui- iotoa stock had struck sky line and still the cry for more was echoed from the big California board. William c. Davis heard it and answered the call. Before going. however, he called on his old friend, Alex Mckay and urged like action upon him. But Alex would not sell. He had. he said, done so much for the Bonanza firm that he was sure they would not throw him down" But Mir Davis more shrewdly thought otherwise. He went to San Francisco and re- ceived sky-blue prices for all the stock he had. and came home feeling Financially better for the deal. When the Bonanza firm learned of the ac- ton of Mir. Davis they were wrathy and demanded the cause, saying i've told you not to sell that stock" In reply Mir. Davis said ''Getlemen. whenever I have something that someone else wants worse than do, I always let them have it." Right here it may be said that NIT. Davis was the only one who made a dollar out of the stock taken as part payment When it gas discovered that the ore bodies were non-con- tinuous the bottom dropped out of the market. The stock had no quota