Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1911-04-26
BIG PLACER BOOM DUE IN
ARIZONA SOON

about acres OF II; 1t lies 80 feet
above the river. with ground for
dumps anywhere. The river is per-
PetnaI. and IL one desired to n.y.
draulic II could easily be done.
while the situation. all along the
river as well as at this point. is ideal
for dredging.
Nine Months Profit $4,000.
All this caused me 10 think a lit
tle-and then began looking for
quartz mines carrying gold. / found
them. There is one little mine half
mile from Ciifton-it is called the
stargo. bat | don't have an iusa
why-which is owned by 6 leo. lie.
They started it up nine months ago,
their entire capital being $1,000.
they employed from to ~ men,
and they lave actually paid, in that
nine months. $4,000 in profits. This
IS no fairy tale. / went into this
mine. saw the ore, brought away
some samples, and have thoroughly
sampled them. One piece / pounded
up and PANIED gave probably ;
cents gold. and the balance of the
stun was q deep green-silver chic
ride. Why that ore would run three
or four hundred dollars to the ton
The manager, VIM. Keppler, showed
me six tons sacked of ore that VIII
run 5000 to the ton. This kind OF
ore isn't uncommon in this mine
which of course is self evident in
property that pays such dividends as
this has. They are not down ver
deep-maybe 100 feet-but they
have a true vein, which is az erratic
as a woman just before Easter. II
gets sorter snappy at times and
pinhes down to a couple of inches.
and again Il smiles out broadly at
times 10 80 feet--and all the time IL
is pay. Not far from here are Two
other gold properties--the Messabe-
Morenci and the New YorIS-Arizona.
but as / did not visit them I cannot
youch for the statements made me
that they arc showing fine, and that
one at least is paying for all devel-
opment work. the ore being shipped
to the Corper Queen smelter at
Douglas. II surely is reason that
these gold veins-and there arc worry
many of them in the Clifton Morenci
hills-havc been eroded and broken
down in the countless ages they
have been exposed to tine weather
and the chemicals which Mother
Nature knows how to make and use
as none Of the human metaIlurgists
even conceives; and that in this
process Of course the gold In the
vein was gradually extracted as the
vein matter crumbled and rotteI 10
dust. These veins are yet higd on
the hills; and they were so before
so in the natural sequence of events.
as the rains came the loose matter
on the hills vas carried downward,
in the arroyos, creeks, rivers, and
deposited In spots where the current
was more sluggish and WHERE there
were crevices and declivi.ies in the
bedrock to receive it. So the placer
Ground was made. Now, another
consideration is the undoubted fact
that the channels Of the rivers have
oil changed many times since the
last distui bahce, and in this change
the gold was oftentImes left high
and dry and some distance fTcm
the stream which origl"dl..' depos-
tied it. Therefore, IN prospcCi.n :
for pIacers the wise man looks not
only along the river itself. but he
searches for old channels and these
| he prospects even clostr than ne
does where the stream lives today.
In the Arizona-New Mexico country
the erosion was in such manner as
to pile the detritus in benches" as
it were-and sometimes placer gold
is found In quantity $50 feet higher
than the present bed OF the river.
PuzzIing Conditions.
The country" in the clacer delds
consists Of gravel and ella conglGm.
crate. This conglomerate Is gener.
ally considered bedrock" for The
ouriferous sands. It is made up OF
4 the whole region, all closely ce
/ mented together and being now as
hard as rock The formation OF
Z this material, so far as observa.
lions have been made as to placer.
( ing, extended ever a considerable
time, because this conglomerato
( presents n smooth surface, or prac-
I tically so. This makes placer min
! ing much easier than it would be
were the bedrock more rugged. After
I the conglomerate was formed the
! great erosions came which freed the
gold from its rocks and gangue, and
I this. came down. as stated, and de-
posted on the bedrock. Now. it has
been stated that this is exactly the
case; and yet for the life of me I
cannot see why the gravel which
sometimes underlies the ella con
giomerate viii not carry gold, nor
why the conglomerate itself may
not carry it. II resembles almost ex-
sctly the material which IN the Al
tar district Of Sonora carries such
very large values. and which is the
exclusive material used N placer
mining in that and adjoining dis
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