Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1910-01-28
Wizard Edison Interested in
Cobalt Mines in Arizona
inventor in on Rich Lode; Big
Mining Deal in Organs; the
EmeStine Mining Company
Celebrates Starting of New
Mil; Mining Notes Of the
Territories.

El Paso, Tex, Jan. Eft is claim
ed that Thomas A. Edison, the great
inventor, will next spring visit the Red
Bluff group of mines at the head of
Grapevine Creek in the Black Hills,
eight miles south of jerome, Ariz.,
owned by S Morrison and his son, r.
II. Morrison. The remarkable thing
about this property hat leads the
wizard" on so long a journey is that
1t Is claimed TO be the only cobalt
mine In the United States. and cobalt
Is the metal that is absolutely neces-
sary In the manufacture of Mr.. Edi-
sons new electric storage battery. He,
therefore, is vitality interested in his
discovery.
Rich Cobalt Lode.
The. group consists of our claims.
Up to a year ago the owners were de-
veloping them for copper, gold and
silver and some excellent copper ore
has been uncovered. But they have
lost interest now in the red metal.
Tor four years the Morrisons worked
on their claims before they learned
Of the presence Of cobalt In them. The
cobalt lode was found in q spit where
there was no indication Of mineral.
The earth was black at the p%artic- |
ular spot and the owners thought
there might be a spring there, on
digging down they encountered huge
Of a peculiar black formation, |
ana at q de.th OF -four feet below the
ul face they uncovered a ledge five
feet wide OF what ultimately proved to
be cobalt ore.
a year before, Mt another point a
little eastward, they had thrown sew
sral hundred pounds Of his mineral
out of d hole dug for copper ore, |
which at the time they supposed to be
iron. Afterwards they had
samples assayed at different
and the asshyers all pronounc-
ID 1t to be cobalt, and running high
n value. The vein runs east and north
4 corner or angle and has been
raced 500 feet each way, the average
width except at the bend is two and
half feet.
Value Is $3.50 Il Pound.
A shaft has been sunk 20 feet at
he widest place on the vein. The
OF cobalt in the market is about
I2.5O Il pound. An expert has esti-
that there Is between $40, 600 |
nd $4,000 worth of cobalt ore on
he dumps. Miners from Canada ia
nillar with this mineral have visited
he Red Bluff mines and say that it
aries the biggest deposit Of cobalt
TO exist.
The only mines of this metal of eco
.omic importance in the world are
aid to be in Canada, and their sup !
ly of ii Is limited. a small streak
wo inches wide discovered in Ten
essee created great excitement, but it ,
inched ont. II was once abundant {
I mine La Motto, Mo, and also near
liver Bluff. Cal.
Edison Interested.
The Morenci leader says that Maj
ordon. hearing of the discovery, took S
90 pounds of samples of the ore east /
18th him and had II tested by the I
ovcrnment assayer at Washington, ID. c
I, who confirmed the previous re- a
ults and pronounced 1t rich cobalt d
Jordon became very enthusiasts e
c and on advice of the assayer, Wis
ed Edison and informed him of the G
emarkable discovery. Edison listen q
d very closely to Jordon's story. He c
the latter that his new stor- il
&c battery, capable OF storing many a
more electricity than any other
In use, could not be used COM t
until an adequate supply OF s
obalt could be discovered. and that IL 5
discovery of the Morrisons prov a
4 half rs good as Jordon represent s
1, II would be a boon TO mankind r
nd mark a great step forward in a
.ectrical science. Il