Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-16
CONSOLIDATION MINES
PICK RICH PROPERTIES
Los Angeles Men Perfect Final
Plans for Developing 2800
Acres Near B0uSe

Following the success of the Clara
Consolidated Mines company of Swan
sea, Yuma county, Ariz., which has re-
Gently blown in it's smelter, comes an
other winner in the form of the Con-
solidation Copper Mines, backed by
Thomas ]. Carrigan and associates OF
Los Angeles, which have taken over
about dozen individual properties
and assembled them under one owner
ship and management Held in weak
hands before acquired by the Console
dation, these properties could not be
profitably developed, although known
for years to be of great value.
In an announcement folder issued
yesterday by e. f. Hutton & Co., Los
Angeles, New York and elsewhere, the
qualities and possibilities of the proper
ties acquired by the Consolidation are
described. A fact that was not over
looked is that Arizona has always pro-
duced copper at lower cost than any
other locality, because of the peculiar
character or the ores and the ease with
which they are mined and treated.
The total holdings of the company
amount to 140 claims, or 2S00 acres
The best known mine in the Cienega,
says the announcement is the Clara
Consolidated, which has just completed
a 750-ton smelter, with all attendant
equipment. Associated with sMr. Carri-
gan in effecting the assembfage of the
Consolidation Mines was E. S. Osborne,
a we'll known Arizonan, one of the own
ers of several groups which made up
this consolidation. When these two
men threw their means and energy into
this region it was as inaccessible as
the heart of Central Africa. Long and
weary hauls over waterless deserts,
hazardous voyages down torrential and
treacherous streams, were the only
means of communication.
RAILROAD SHORTENs ROUTE
Until May Is, 1910, these properties
could be reached only by the most cir
cuitous routes. From Los Angeles 1t
was necessary to go either by way OF
the Southern Pacific to Phoenix, thence
to Wickenburg, or to go by the Santa
Fe to Ash Fork thence south to Wick
enburg, thence over the Arizona & Cali
fornia to Bouse. But with the compile
tion of the Santa Fe's Parker cut Off
it is possible to leave Los Angeles at
o'clock in the evening and be at head
quarters camp of the Consolidation
Mines for breakfast the next morning.
This has materially reduced the cost of
handling machinery and supplies on the
company's ground.
The interests affiliated with the Clara
Consolidated have built a thoroughly
equipped railroad from Bouse to that
property, bringing rail transportation
within thre miles of the property of the
Consolidation Copper Mines. AS the
Parker cut off will soon become the
main trunk of the Santa Fe for its
southwestern business, 1t will bring the
great mineral section, the best farming
land and the largest towns within easy
distance of their natural markets.
Approximately $15O,000 has been spent
by the present owners of the Consolida-
ton Mines and the former owners In
development of the several properties
merged. This development consists
chiefly of prospect shafts, the deepest
of which is 165 feet. The most SPEC
tacular development is on the Hotten-
tot group, where shipping ore of high
grade has been taken out.
The present company is devoting It's
greatest energy to work on the Revenue
group, located about the center of the
entire property, where excellent results
are being obtained. The Revenue group
is equipped with power hoist, good
camp, boarding house, tool house, bunk
house and corrals.