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New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

Located but a few miles from one OF
the oldest and best known copper camps
in Arizona. there lay dormant for years,
with its copper stained hills visible from
tho town. unexploited TO any great ex
tent. one Of the largest deposits Of dis
semlnated. low grade copper ore known
TO the mining world.
It was not until the year 1906 that
this immense copper belt attracted the
s4tention Of mining engineers. who were
then searching for low grade porphyry
deposits, two OF which were under de-
velopment, namely: The Utah Copper,
and the Nevada Consolidated. The
method by which the Inspiration prop
erty was discovered, and subsequently
taken under option, is indeed interesting.
one of the engineers connected with the
examination Of the Utah Copper Com
pany for the Guggenheims becoming i'm
pressed with the possibilities Of these low
grade porphyry deposits, recalled having
seen similar deposit at Ray. Ariz.
Later he obtained an option on this prop
erty Ray Consolidated) and Messrs.
Jackling, MacNein and Aldrich, large
owners in Utah Copper took over the
option.
1t was just about that time that Mr.. J.
Parke Charming. consulting engineer
sor the General Development Company,
came into the district, but finding he was
too late TO become interested in the Ray
property and hearing Of copper stained
hills near Globe, started out 10 investi-
gate that field. He first went 10 the In
spiration. but considering the price asked
for that property too high in proportion
10 the development work, he turned 10
the sdioining property, the Miami. on
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29
INSPIRATION COPPER MINES

which would indicate prospective earn.
ings Of about 81 30 per share on I2.
cent copper. and an increase Of 30 cents
per share for each cent increase in the
price of copper.
Copper mining in Western Nevada has
long been handicapped by the absencs
Of copper smelter, and by the long
hauls To the nearest reduction works
located at Salt Lake City and San Fran
cisco. Naturally, the building Of the
Mason Valley smelter has given renewed
activity to copper mining within hun.
dred miles radius Of its plant.
With the large amount Of ore already
developed in its own property, and pros
poets for a greatly increased tonnsss
with further development, together with
its prospects for large custom busi'
ness, the Mason Valley property would
appear to have very bright future.
Messrs. Thompson, Towle & Co have
been largely instrumental in the recent
financing of both the Inspiration and
Mason Valley properties. the senior
member Of this firm being the directing
force behind both properties
Messrs. Thompson. TCwle & Co. are
members of the New York and Boston
stock exchanges, the New York and New
Orleans cotton exchanges. New YORK
Coffee Exchange and Chicago Board o.
Trade They have offices at No. =
Broad street, New York, and No.
Congress street Boston, with orancn
offices in Springfield and Worces'e''
Mass. and have private wire connecuo'
70 various cities
William b. Thompson is the sen0''
his partners being George \. Towie sn'
Joseph y. Lowell. formerly OF the w,
known firm OF Towle & Fitzgeraa' y
Boston, which dissolved on January
1910: J. Edward Thompson, OF N
York. formerly Of the firm OF lrppN
Thompson & Co, which likewise w
solved on January I. 1910; Joseph ~
mick. for twenty-five years win hi..
Peabody & Co.. Of Boston ana w
York; w. f. Bartholomew, who w
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29
HOW DENVER KEEPS INroucp
WITH PROGRESS.

The subject OF transportation ,sA
communication with distant points 4.
one which receives special consid.,,.
ton at the hands Of Denvers enteror,,.
ing business men. The telephone ,v..
tenn is one of the most modern and IN.
to-date in existence. Recently, throush
the enterprise OF the Denver telephou.
executives, improved apparatus was IA.
stalled, through the use ofwhich direc,
telephone communication with Me-,
York City was established over n.
longest telephone line in the world. I,
used 10 take three and one-half day, "a
90 from New York to the Missouri
River, and then seven days and as ranv
nights of rough riding via Ben Hollo.
days stage coach TO Denver; and thu
pony express" carried the mail. Now
one travels in luxury from New York
to Denver in IS hours.
Colorado has never been good plscs
for "mollycoddles.' II Is essentially
place for a man Of red blood and tn
doubted virility. They know how TO
use their energy 10 the best advantage.
Witness the fact that the electrical
force which lights the city OF Deny.,
and drives its beautifully equipped troll.
ley cars is carried through wires over
three ranges OF mountains, from water
power. And herein lie immense posi-.
bilities for the Queen City OF tie
Plains as an industrial and manufact.
uring centre of great proportions. The
incxhaustible water power of the state,
coupled with the almost incomprehen.
sibly large deposits OF bituminous and
anthracite coal, assure for Denver and
the state a future the extent OF which
is difficult 10 forecast.
The steel industry is already larw
and growing, the value OF the output Of
the Colorado Fuel and Iron Work, be.
ing about $l3,000000 annually.
Doubtless one Of the most important
interesting facts in connection with III.
older mining camps of the state is III.
utilization, with great profit, OF mate.
rial which in former years was source
OF loss. in historic Leadville, for ey.
ample, they are using the sulphate OF
zinc, which formerly was a source OF
absolute loss 70 the miners OF silver.
1t was worse than waste, for the smelt.
ers made charge of cost against IN.
owners of the ore smelted on account
Of all the sulphate OF zinc therein.
BY new process this sulphate Of
zinc is now saved and utilized, with the
result that new life has been injected
into this great old camp Of LeadviI,.
Low grade gold ores are also being
utilized with profit, and the deep drain.
age tunnel at Cripple Creek, the great.
est undertaking Of its kind in the world
has made possible the mining OF rich
ores, deep down in the mountains, here.
tofore unavailable.
Here's 10 a Greater Denver And 10
a Colorado with 100000 populationl
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

Messrs. Thompson and Gum have been
developing for several years, and IN
which there is a substantial public in
terest, is the Mason Valley mine, in the
Yerington district OF Nevada, fifty miles
southeast of Reno.
This is not a porphyry but a vein
mine, and was acquired by the present
interests as prospect in 1909. Since
that time over six miles of underground
work has demonstrated a sulphide mine
OF more than ordinary value and pro-
portions.
The property comprises 40 acres the
orc occurs In assures in tho line, and il
carries sufficient iron to make It an
ideal direct smelling ore so needed In
that country.
The Gre bodies average up to so feet
in width and 300 feet IN length, and the
mine has been opened to n depth of $40
feet Fourth tunnel leveD and 100 feet
on the strike. There is every assurance
of the ores going to depth, as three
wines sunk from the fourth tunnel
level are all in high grade ore.
The Mason Valley Mines have already
blocked out over 100000 tons of 4
per cent sulphide ore, which is a sufn-
clently large tonnage to justify the
management in proceeding with the
erection OF n plant to treat the ores
and start tho company upon pro-
ductive career.
The management began tho construc-
ton of It's SOO-ton smelter in the fall
of 1910. and this plant is now nearly
completed and should he operating by
November or December of this year.
The smelter is located nj Thompson
New, on the Northern Pacific. fourteen
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS,

go West" Horace Greeley's cele-
brated advice Of half century ago, had
particular bearing upon the develop
ment of what is now the Empire of
the Rockies" Colorado.
Residents Of that state, so wonder
fully favored of nature, stoutly main
tain that the great editor and leader of
men had Colorado particularly in mind
when he admonished Fasteners TO
take advantage Of the marvellous op-
portunites in the lands toward the set
ting sun.
Grateful indeed were those who early
followed the Greeley advice and found
new homes in Colorado. They held
public meetings TO express their graft
tude. Then they founded a town and
named it Greeley-now city prosper
ous and celebrated as a centre for a
product of the soil unequalled through
ont the world. These sturdy pioneers
blazed a trail Of gold. which many thou
sands have since followed to millions
OF wealth. They buided railroads and
homes and laid the foundation for a
material prosperity and industrial de-
velopment OF truly titanic proportions.
In few years upward OF million per
sons have found permanent residence
within the confines of the state. They
were drawn there by the unprecedent-
ed opportunities for winning wealth,
the really wonderful climate, with its
health-giving properties. and the many
other natural and artihcially created
advantages.
II has been the glitter Of gold that
has drawn many to that most pictu-
rescue Of states That their vision Of
vast wealth has been no mirage IS
proved by the fact that these vigorous
areonauts have wrested more than
BILLION IN GOLD and other pre-
cious metals from he mountains and
valleys OF Colorado.
Each year sees greater production OF
the coveted yellow metal and brings re-
cruits from other less favored sections
70 make their fortunes in the various
camps In the old days OF haphazard
mining so much was LETT 70 luck that
the business Of taking mineral from the
ground was regarded as one OF chance.
In recent years, however, so impor-
tant have been the Improvements in
methods for mining and treating ores
that there is little more Of risk of loss
than in agriculture or manufacture.
Almost daily there is advancement in
the science of mining, which means
greater yield Of mineral wealth in pro-
rortion to the money and energy ex-
pended. New fields are found and
older ones expanded and utilized TO the
full. Facts have recently been made
known which show that the mines Of
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

The "Moffat Road" taps wondrouS-
" rich country, large enough and laden
with native wealth sufhcient'to sustain
an Oriental empire for thousand years
if fully exploited.
Philosophers have observed that it IS
a rule that the people Of the world
travel west and listen east" To this
rule, doubtless, is due largely the
speedy settlement of Colorado and the
notably up-to-date character Of her cit
izens and her institutions. Many OF her
present citizens first went there to en-
Joy her superb scenery or her match
less climate. They went to stay few
DAYS or weeks-they are still there after
many years
But they still listen east" and they
hear what's new in the larger marts
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

/ been drilled. Four churn drills are now
| operating, adding tonnage rapidly to the
reserves.
The main ore body has already been
| developed for length OF $500 feet by
drifting and $500 feet by drilling, and
has a maximum width Of from l20O To
/ 1,40o feet and an average thickness OF
125 feet In certain portions the orc
| body has thickness OF over 400 feet,
while the tenor OF the entire tonnage
averages per cent copper per ton.
/ Three large shafts have been sunk, from
which $4,000 feet OF underground devel-
opment has been done to check the re-
suits shown by the drill holes.
The ore will be mined by one OF the
caving systems OF mining. hauled by
electric locomotives I'm trains OF eight
ton cars and hoisted to tho surface.
From here ii will be conveyed TO a con-
centrating mill. The concentrates pro-
duced will be sold to smelters, TO be
converted into marketable copper
The Inspiration management has de-
''N'N w 'icNt 4" 0'VVV-'oil Hllll 10 treat
these ores. and engineers are now at
work drawing up plans and specifica-
tions. A 75-ton experimental mill has
been in operation for the last year,
thoroughly testing the ores preliminary
to the actual designing OF tho large con-
centrator The ore Is particularly well
adapted to concentration and a high ex-
traction will be possible.
II is estimated in a general way that
with its 5.000-ton mill In operation
tho Inspiration Company will produce
5OOO0,OOo pounds of copper per annum
OF Scent cost which would indicate
an earning power OF about $500 per
share on 13-cent "copper" on the COM
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

miles from the mine, with which con-
nection has been made by the Nevada
Copper Belt Railway. There are large
number of mines within a radius of fifty
miles OF the smelter which have small
tonnage, which can be operated at a
was decided, therefore, to make the
smelter Of sufficient size to do a custom
smelling business, which is very profit
able when a property has an adequate
supply of good fluxing ores to use as a
base for the treatment Of outside ores.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

The streetcars are large and COM
Portable and always clean.
The system OF lighting the streets
for special occasions Is clearly the
mos, beautiful and artistic to be found
anywhere.
In libraries, schools, theatres, clubs
hospitals. public and private buildings
Denver is on a par with many cities OF
double her age and size.
What Denver wants she goes after
with determination and enthusiasm.
She wanted" the National Democratic
Convention, and she built great audi
torium, bigger than the famous Madi"
son Square Garden, New York, in a
few weeks, and she got" the conven-
toni
Denver is, Of course, mecca tor
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

gion, in which but few years ago the
only sign of life was the desultory work
ing of a few prospectors doing the neces-
sary development TO hold the land un-
der the United States mining laws.
At the Miami, where work was started
previous 10 that on the Inspiration. more
than S4.500,000 have been expended on
development and construction work
This property is now equipped with n
modern concentrator which is handling
at the present time upward Of 100
tons day.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

William 3. Thompson, who is a direc-
tor of both the Utah Copper Company
and the Nevada Consolidated, and has
been prominently identified with the de-
velopment and popularzing of the por-
phyry coppers. is the guiding power Of
the Inspiration. Together with George
+. Gum, Of Salt Lake City. he secured
the options on the property and financed
II In the early stages. Mr.. Gum is one
Of the most prominent mining men in
the United States and before his asso-
citation with William B. Thompson was
connected with the Guggenheim inter
ests. w. H. Aldridge formerly consult
ing mining and metallurgical engineer
for the Canadian Pacific Railway and
the Consolidated Smelling and Mining
Company OF British Columbia, is man
aging director OF the Inspiration, and
Henry Krumb Is the consulting en-
gineer.
The directors, besides Messrs. Thomp-
son, Gum and Aldridge, include John f.
Alvord, president of the Torrington
N"ihP"Hy t. - NoHNcloc' pIcSluchl VI
the Bankers Trust Company, Liberty
National Bank and director OF the
United States Steel Corporation; Charles
A. Corliss, president OF the La
mont Corliss Company; Albert f. Hol-
den, managing director OF the United
States Smelling, Refining and Mining
Company; John G.. Hopkins. formerly
president OF the Arizona Copper Com
pany; II. f. J. Knobloch. Eugene Meyer.
1r., Of Eugene Meyer. jr.. & Co. the well
known banker and broker. and Albert
II. Wiggin, president OF the Chase Ma
tional Bank Of New York.
When Messrs Thompson aud Gum
acquired, the Inspiration It wa9 practi-
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

offers more to the settler or investor
of either large or limited means than
any other place on earth.
If the newcomer would invest in
mines that make good Colorado has
them in abundance.
If he would till the soil, Colorado
points the way. Lands in the highest
state OF cultivation may be had, or viz
gin soil, at a nominal price per acre,
which with the addition of water from
the public irrigation waters produces
booming crops the first year, paying
fifty and one hundred times the original
cost Of the land.
Nearly every portion of the state is
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

caly virgin territory. For several
years development had been undertaken
in a desultory sort of way through sew
eral tunnels on the western end Of the
property, but the pioneer work was en-
tirely ignored and a systematic method
OF churn drilling instituted. Although
work on the Inspiration property was
not started until February, 1909, to-day
there are 25,5OOoOO tons of orc proven
up. both by drill and underground
workings, and but one-eighth Of the
ccmpanys territory OF AS acres has yet
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

The smelter will have a capacity OF
500 tons, and it is planned to treat 800
tons of its own ores and 800 tons OF
custom ores daily. The company has
contracts for the delivery of custom ores
which will take its 800 tons capacity
set aside for this purpose.
The Mason Valley Mines Company has
an authorized issue OF S1,OO0.O0O Of 6
per cent convertible bonds, all of which
have been underwrltten. and about
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

vcllous capacity for doing things de-
cided that that section should be open
10 the world The man was the late
David II. Mofat, who projected and
constructed, largely with capital OF
his own and that Of other Denver
men-and that, too, without asking
Wall Streets permission-the Denver,
Northwestern & Pacific Road. 1t was
indeed an undertaking such as suitably
serves as the crowning achievement OF
one who, in his youth, needing the
Greeley advice, left his native New
York and finally became pre-eminently
the first man of affairs in his adopted
state.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29
COLORADO LEADS THE WORLD,

During the past year Colorado led
all the states in the Union and all sim
liar districts OF the world in the produc-
ton OF gold-a yield OF MORE
THAN TWENTY MILLIONS in the
yellow metal. But that is by no means
a new achievement-she does that.sort
of thing regularly.
Also did Colorado lead all the states
and equal areas of all countries of the
world in many other products. Not
only In mineral wealth is she the most
favored of states, but as to products OF
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

United States that he had not seen. He
also visited the Inspiration, and imme-
diately recognized that 1t had all of the
characteristics of a successful porphyry
mine, and that the showing indicated it
had the possibilities of making one Of
the largest of these low grade PROPOSE
tions. After much opposition, he Sc
cured an option. which he turned over to
William r. Thompson and George e.
Gum.
The taking over Of the Inspiration
property gave great impetus to mining
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

pany's 100000 shares. The company
recently sold 100000 shares OF treasury
stock az SO per share which provided
the company with 100000 of cash for
development and construction purposes.
The company has about 5000 stock
holders, the stock now selling around
S6A per share
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29
DENVER, THE MATCHLESS CITY
OF THE WEST.

Colorado is blessed with capital
city Of superb physical charm and with
a resident population unexcelled by that
OF any like American city. Denver is
one OF the big cities of the country
which the traveller reaches with pleas
urable anticipation and leaves with gen
uine regret. A city OF some 2l5,OOO
population, she easily takes rank in
point of educational advantages, beauti-
ful homes, clean streets, health, aver
age intelligence OF citizenship and
wealth OF any city twice the size in
these United States.
The average citizen OF Denver is
proud of his Cor herr city-for the
women vote there-and all pull to-
gether to make the town worth while.
AS regards public utilities Denver is
prc-eminent Way back in the noun
tains they tap an incxhaustible supply
OF pure, cold water.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29
VIE" %

in this new district Already the Miami
company had developed a considerable
tonnage, and the showing at this prop
erty, together with that in some of the
old workings on the Inspiration, gave
every indication of demonstrating that
this belt was destined 10 become one
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

noted for some distinctive natural ad-
vantage or cultivated achievement.
Thus, the melons of Rocky Ford arc
famous the country over, and the po-
tatoes of Greeley are conceded the best
in America. The Grand Junction dis
trict. in the southwestern section, pro-
duces peaches which are the wonders
Of the horticultural world and apples
Of such size and favor as to be In a
class by themselves.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
of Golden Opportunity

boast of half million residents-ana
all of the public and semi-publlo build.
ings are provided with this increased
population in view.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Colorado are just entering period OF
prosperity and development the like OF
which has not been seen before in the
civilized world,
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29
A LAND OF BIG THINGS.

Truly, Colorado is land of super
lativesl She stands there a monument
to the time when Nature was busy with
big achievements.
Her mountain peaks hold records for
height and utility-they take you to the
top OF Pixies Peak via cog or burro
route. Her canyons and gorgcs are the
deepest; her valleys and plains are the
most fertile. Her mining camps are
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

the soil-which, by the way. is the
most prolific on earth-Colorado is the
leader.
Romance and business are inter
twined in a most fascinating manner in
the history of the Centennial State.
Poets and prose writer's have exhausted
their vocabularies time and again in ef-
forts adequately to describe the nat
ural charms OF this truly wondrous
country. Word-painters, as well as
famous wielders of the brush have
stood on the very backbone of the
continent" as the vertebre of the
Rockies in the western part of the state
have been aptly described, and have
tried to reproduce for others pleasure
the scene beheld.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29
OPENING MOST FERTILE LANDS
ON EARTH.

For many years one of the most ex-
tensive and fertile portions of the state
lay undevelopcd because OF lack OF
railroad facilities.
Then a man big in ideas and OF mar
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29
MASON VALLEY MINES
COMPANY

Another mining property which
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

$4,000 have been issued. There are
held In the treasury against the con-
version OF tho authorized bond issue
100000 shares. IN addition To this the
company has outstanding 154,0 shares
of stock of the par value of 81 each.
The cost Of producing copper at Mason
Valley Is placed at s cents per pound,
and It's production should average
100000 ponds OF copper per month.
New-York tribune., 1911-11-29

January was editor OF -" -, ,ogr'
News Bureau. the leading financ, rilOr
nal OF New England; Walter "a "
Frank w. Holmes and DaV'u
Smythe. IapgsY
This firm was only formed on oHa,,,,o.d -. a
/, 1910. but it has ALREADY n,rsips
prominent position among u. x,ork 81
and brokerage firms of New i' +
Boston.
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