Bisbee daily review., 1912-01-21
Nen Discoveries Made.

Tie discovery of rich copper ores at the Junction and Briggs shafts of the Calumet & Arizona Mining com pany has caused not a little activity in the procuring of claims to the south and west of these locations. or in the direction of Naco Gap. sO-ealled by reason of it's being the outlet from Mule Canyon to the southward. It is through this natural valley that the railway tracks are laid. through which the water from the town of Bisbee goes galIoping down fin times of heavy rains, and where. steadily, a consid- erabie stream runs from the shafts of the Calumet & Arizona Mining com pany. Such a valley as that. with mines in the immediate vicinity would be well considered in Ishpeming, where the ores lie in troughs formed by a folding Of the formations
 Looked Good to Them.
 One day We stood near the old Mag shaft of the Calumet X Arizona com panv. lt was before anything had been done 10 the sOuthward. and when claims were being gathered to form several development companies now merged with Calumet & Arizona. One of the leading spirits in the develop ment of this field, said to us: My boy, down through that broad valley there millions and millions of tons Of copper ore. millions of dollars to be made Tn dividends, and l am trying to get every acre of it for our companies that | can" There were others of this organization who held similar opinion and there were those who thought the crowd" already had enough. thinking the lands they had obtained would produce copper indefinitely
 The Wise Ones Secured Much.
 The gentlemen with keen eyes for mineral ground succeeded in obtain ing a great tract of land in this won- derful mineral valley. but they would have had more if they had taken all that was recommended to them by the authority we refer to. In the days of many years ago il was the opinion Of not few that all the copper ore of commercial grade was held in the claims where the Copper Queen com. nany started its original operations, this being at the point almost direct ly across the gulch, or canyon. from where the Copper Queen hotel now stands
 How IL Was Figured.
 The ore outcrOpped where the Cop per Queen first began. and it was ore of wonderful purity, paying handsome ly for the mining and treatment even in those early days when costs nat urally were very high. There had been some small surface gash veins. or lit- tie pockets, filled with ore found at other locations. but these quickly pinched. and because none Of them N.arI a ss there wasn't much chance for profit outside the Queen deposit. No one was thinking of going ,0O0 feet into the earth for copper in those days, and besides no one thought it would be at such depth. There was an idea by prominent miners Of that section that the ore didn't go down very far into the limestone.
 Was Just as Well.
 The Lake Superior miners who opened the Calumet & Arizona are just as well pleased that no one took the trouble to sink a deep shaft down the gulch from the Copper Queen open. ings. because had such shaft been put down there would have been no Calumet X Arizona. The lands. in all probability, would have been obtained by Copper Queen. which company was on the ground and had the money to secure them at a very small price.
 The Heart of the Camp.
 The Mag shaft of Calumet & Ari- Zona, vas e wonderfully rich one. it's eight acres paying splendid returns tor the purchase price. cost of equip ment of mine and smelters. 1t used to be referred to as the real heart of the Bonanza Circle. but it wasn't. That is TOW being found many thousands of feel further down the valley. and the fact that a change has been made in the mineral map Of Bisbee has added great many years to the known life Of this bustling camp We unhesitat- lngly say it has a future it's people may well be proud of The quantity of its ores has been immensely increased byfccent developments, and these ores are of great purity. and are rich in gold
 Copper Queen Gets New Ore
 Several months ago the Copper Queen company. undoubtedly attracted by what the Junction and Briggs shafts Of the Calumet & Arizona com pary were showing. started a shaft on their Dallas claim. which is To- cated about 1000 feet west Of the Briggs shaft The Briggs is on the Hard Cash claim, and the ground seems to have been well named. as there's hard cash now being dug on. of it. West Of the Hard Cash Is the Ilansett. a fractional claim. and mex. west Of this the DanvilIe. a full claim then the Dallas, of he Copper Queen.
 The Dallas shalt is now down a trifie over 1900 feet. and al NDO it caught ore of fine grade. this nov being seen plentifaIly on the dump. This shaft is fo keen on for g considerable distance