Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1913-04-13

co. was running to the east--entered
another ore body with apparently a
reverse dip to the rich shoot which
had made the previous life Of the Cop
per Queen so prosperous
The inevitable legal question as TO
the rights of the Copper Queen Co.
Ito claim ownership of all bodies
on the dip of the limestones With
the endline of their claims along the
outcrop - became acute. and a de-
cision had TO be reached whether lit
igation or mining would be the pTin-
cipal industry of the Warren district.
Instead Of fighting it was decided T.
combine and the Original Copper
Queen Co, which owned only the
Copper Queen, he Gar. Copper Jack,
Iron Mountain and he Rucker claims,
threw in their exhausted claims in
August, 1885. with the Atlanta Min
ing Co, owning the Atlanta, Belle Isle
and Ellie. The new company simply
added the word consolidated to its
Old title. The capitalization of the
company, considering the rather du-
biou5 outlook. was lowered from g.,
00O.O to 81 100000. Then for three
years there was a Cessation Of div =
dends. But something letter thar
earning dividends occupied the con
pany during this g-p in its money
making career. Other ore bodies one
OF them the most productive Of any
as yet extracted, were discovered OF
the Atlanta, and the prospects becamt
so encouraging that money was Dor
rowed to erect larger and more eco
nomically designed work.
When the Bottom Of the original
Queen ore body terminated in lime
stone. a small streak OF ore was de
tected crossing from the Queen into
the Atlanta on the old 400-foOt level.
Till the new ore body was struck
this yeinlet was the only clue TO sol-
low, ana 70 reach il the shaft was
being sunk on the Atlanta with The
fateful S15006-the last contribution
TO the exploration fuud-whlch was
to decide the fate OF the old Atlanta
Mining Co, and probably OF the dis
uict. This so-called locker when
the ground was explored by the Con
solIdated Co, led into a large ore
body which constituted the chief ore
reserves for a number of years.
The discovery of these new ore
bodies and explorations in depth
along the dip OF the limestone to the
south, began to throw light upon the
character Of the deposits. their pos
sible relation TO one another, and
some faint suspicion as 10 the bearing
Of the felspathic rock and the fault
dpon the genesis of the ores. The
eject was TO excite scs4e faith n tae
permanence Of the region as 2 miner
al producer and encourage the pur-
chase OF adjacent property. The Hol-
brook and Cave Co. owned BY q
a neightoring comaay, vas in the mar
ket and was secured by interests iag-
orable to the Copper Queen. The
large area owned BY the Neptune Co.
was sold BY the sheriff AM bought n
By the same interests; and other
groups Of contiguous mining claims
we're secured. extending the property
OF the Copper Queen far beyond he
limits OF any actual discovery, 80
over an area beyond ali anticipation
of be extension OF oxidized ores y
in depth. Mining property was sfiii
cheap. and. had the faith and hore q
the Copper Queen administration nesI
as strong as they should have Teen,
the whole OF the limestone area with
ia sight could have been seeurea Tor
tribe. But the welfare and. develop
ment Of the district at large would
not have progressed as rapidly unoef
single. as they have under multiple,
ownership.
n the early days the geological
features were hardly recognized, and