Los Angeles herald., 1910-06-26
BUFFALO BILL BEGINS
MINING IN ARIZONA
Veteran Scout and Snowman
Takes Up New Life with
Old Comrades

In partnership with his old cronies'
John Burgess, scout and pros
pector, and Colonel l.. w. Getchell'
mining engineer, Colonel w. F. Cody
has started to develop 100 claims IN
southeastern Arizona (2000 acres) about
40 miles north of Tucson. These claims
were taken up and acquired years ago
by Captain Burgess, who put in enough
work on them to satisfy him that they
contained several fabulously rich veins
besides immensely valuable placer de-
posits. He plugged along and hung
on, and one day it occurred TO NM
he had lust the sort of thing that
would interest his old friend ana conl-
rade of pioneer days, Buffalo Bill.
Colonel Cody had some casual ex-
perience in mining ventures, tew OF
which had turned out protitably. so
at first he turned "a frowhing front
upon Captain Burgess and his over
lures. Ultimately, however, he thought
better of II, and after series Oh IN
Ierviews with the veteran scout ana
prospector he made up his mind to go
into the deal and furnish the neces-
sary capital, provided 1t met the APP
proval of Colonel Getchell, who has
mined and prospected from Mexico TO
the uttermost ends of Alaska, across
the continent to Nova Scotia and VINO
had his entire confidence.
Getchel was the most trusted expert
OF the old Comstock bonanza crowd.
and 1t was upon his Judgment that
Senator John p. Jones, John w.
Mackay and associates invested many
millions in the acquisition and de-
Velopment of mines in the mountain
country. Colonel Getchell has MADE
and lost many fortunes-made them IN
", OF
miscellaneous enterprises and specula-
tions. He is now a moderately rich
man and has for years lived quietly in
New York, with headquarters at the
Hoffman House, where he occupies the
same room he took sixteen years ago.
He had decided never again to engage
in active mining, being content with
a. reasonably large income from ms
investments in that industry.
A seOOOO CORPORATION
The Cody Getchell- Burgess syndicate
has turned six claims at Campo Bo-
nito into a 5000, 900 corporation under
the style and title of the Campo Bo-
nito Mining and Milling company, and
the first development work Will De
made there.
The mines at Campo Bonito contain
gold, silver and tungsten, and sur
face workings yield about $50. a ton
Inc ore EuIlS Iltdli ~ % PSA SN''N
stem, a. mineral which has come INTO
large use in the hardening of steel and
in the manufacture of lamps. Inc sup
ply has thus far been short of the de-
mand, which is constantly increasing.
The plant which is now being IN
stalled has a capacity of about loo
tons a day, on which there viii be ap-
narentlv a profit of not less than $4,000
a day net, according to expert testi-
mates. The workings thus far nave
been on surface lodges and at only
moderate depths. Whenever shars
have been sunk on the claims the ore
has increased in value with depth In
one part of the estate the ores run to
gold copper and silver, in another to
lead. silver and gold, and in another
section to gold, lead and tungsten
Picked samples on the Bonita CLAIMS
have carried AS high as $500 In values
on a dozen or more tests an average
of $70.S0 was reached.
Making all discounts that seemed
right, it was decided that $50 ton
would be a safe base line. Colonel
Cody carries in his pocket nugget OF
pure gold taken from one of the campo
Ronito claims that is worth about 500,
and he shows it with great pride, says
a New York exchange.
CONTAINS RICH PLACERs
Several of the 100 claims in the group
contain dry placer deposits. running
from So to IS a yard. This part OF
Arizona is famed for its dry placers,
which have been worked in primitive
style by native Mexicans and Indians
for hundreds of years. 1t is no trick
at all for Mexicans and Indians to pan
out from 50 to S. day by shaking
the gravel and sand in blankets. En-
thusiasts who have gone somewhat
into this subject of dry placers say
that there is enough gold in the desert
sands of Arizona and Sonora to give
every man, woman and child in the
habitable globe $1,000 apiece.
Colonel Cody is now making his
grand farewell tour of the provinces
with his wild west aggregation. but
after this year he will be out of it. 1t
is his intention to turn over the ma
iority ownership in the big show to
his partner, Major G. w. Little, Paw
nee Bill' and Jack Baker, who is one
Of its leading features. although he
will retain a financial interest in the
enterprise and will overlook it in a
fatherly way. He intends to devote
the larger part of his time in the
future to his Arizona mines and to his
-.L ~.ro-artu IN in XVVOn1ing