Bisbee daily review., 1911-02-10


 the Silver King in Pinai county, where great Jumps of solid horn silver were found on top of the ground, as well as below the sur face; the Stonewan Jackson. from which whole mule-train roads of native silver were shipped to the distant railroad through the Apache country in early days. Tombstone was noted silver camp. and so was Tiptop. For years silver poured in a steady stream from the Peek Bradshaw. as well as from the old
 Tiger and many ether mines in 'he camps in Mohave county. including Stockton Hin. Chloride. White Hills and Mineral Park. The McCracken mine. a few miles south of these camps. was great mine in it's day, and made several men wealthy. Then there was Florence. Mineral Creek. Santa Rita and Harshaw. and a lot of others, all helping to swell the grand total of Arizona's silver output
 But Arizona is also a gold coun- try. though it is only within the past twenty years or 50 that it has been realized. In the early days, when, every prospector knew he was risking his life whenever he left camp. some famous mines were dis covered, equipped at enormous ex- pense and developed producing mil lions of dollars worth of gold as well as silver. One of the great gold mines of the early days was the Vulture. located a few miles south of wickenburg. on which operations began in 1866. and which. for long time. made an output of about $500. 900 annually. After an idleness of many years it is once more in op- eration. Twenty years ago about the only gold mine in Arizona that were
 producing in amounts worthy of
 comment, where the Hillisde, in
 western Yavapai county. and the Grown King in the Bradshaw mount aims. Numerous small mines scat tered throughout the territory were adding their quota it is true, and
 in the aggregate the output reached very respectable figure. It was about then, in 1890 that the Con
 gress mine in southern Yavapai be-
 gan to develop signs of permanency
 and of great value. but on the whole. Arizona gave little promise of becoming a great gold-mining region.
 Prospectors sought silver and cop per ores. seldom looking for gold outside of the white quartz veins that rarely contained a prospect, to
 y nothing of being pay ore. Soon after this, however. one discovery after another of rich gold deposits was made, and always. so 1t seemed. in the most unlocked for places, and sometimes by accident, and these discoveries often developed into mines of surprising richness. Some were shortlived, it is true. but were surprisingly profitable while they lasted There was the Harqua- hala, with it's hundreds of thousands In coarse gold; La Fortuna, with it's giassy "ornery" looking quartz, but rich in gold, and the Commonwealth. down at Pearce, in Cochise county. The latter held out several years. and 1t was a phenomenal producer while it lasted. No one knows just it was enough. Some wandering prospector in Yuma county acci- dentally found the outcrop of what is now the King of Arizona, one Of the richest mines in the territory. and a half-breed Mexican went over the hill from the mine several years later in search of water. He did not find water. but he did find the North Star outcrop and sold the mine a short time after for s25o,ooo. A worthless, drunken prospector found the Gold Road mine. on grub stake, and while