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

in searching for ore the miner follow
ed such clues as in his experience nc
accepted as indications The petro.
/ logist's skill in dist nguishing minute
mineral differences. ami the ingenu-
ity Of the geologist in accounting fol
natural phenomena and deductinE
natures ways of bringing them about
Is marvellous; but the instructive ans
mysterious assurance with which an
old and experienced miner interpfe
with almost occult sense the neai
presence of ore, and anticipates VII
he cannot see, stands him, thong
very indifferently, as a substitute 10
the more accurate diagnosis and often
correct prognosis of the scientise.
The earliest reconnaissance Of tn
geological structure Of the region Wa
made by Or. Ricketts,. but the frs
actual survey was made by Mr. Ran
some, Of the United States Geological
Survey. whose monograph and map
have become the guides which we an
our neighbors have since followed
with advantage in search Of ore. Our
present geological staff under the gen
eral direction or Mr.. J. NJ. Boutel
and with Mr.. Arthur Norman as lOsa
head has generally corroborated the
observations AID deductions Of Raj
some, and their advice has given
degree of uniformity and reasonable
ness to cur exploratory work whict
II did not possess before. But az
best our development work is costil
and still more or less emphatical
for while faults may be accepted as
the ch1nnels by which ore currents
ascend or descend, or into which lal
teral secTetions may filter TO form
ore bodies, all faults are not the par
ents OF ore bodies. and even product
i've faults are barren in places, and
therefore, when searching for ore l.
our limestoues. We must burrow er
fatically. often following deiusiFt
trails which science or false proceed
ence may have traced for US.
Our strictly exploratory work rel
resents one-fourth Of the cost Of on
total mining operations, and there
fore any aid which geology can give
rs towards exploring systematicali,
instead of emphatieally, is Of immenz
pecuniary advantage TO us.
After the failure of the early cor
petitive eompafSes the Copper Queer
co. had been the only operating com
pany and the dominating power in tht
Warren district, But In the yea
1899 a group Of courageous miner
secured an option on the Irish Ma
claim. whose history was nlustrativ
of a phase of western life which.
fast disappearing. On one Of my
early trips TO Bisbee. a man namet
DAILY was introduced 10 me, who tol
me that there was a plot against n
life. that he had been taken into Ii
conspiracy and offered a certain su1
10 kill me. recognized at once tina
The man was insane. Shortly aftel
ward the same man came TO me an
offered me all his claims. ineludin
the irish Mag. the Senator group al
claim on the Sacramento mountain
for $4,000 as he said be was anxiou
to Ie We the camp. I would have lee
glad 10 buy them simply Tor the pan
pose Of securing his eXtradition, on
cur superintendent whose life he ha'
threatened. said that If ] bought ther
be would resign. Shortly alter tEa
DAILY shot a deputy Sheriff as he wa
entering his gate TO serve a warran
for his arrest DAILY was seen runnin
IN Sacramento mountain behind hi
house. and that was the last author
tic knowledge as to his whereabouts
though he signed a deed Of his proT
erty in Pueblo. Colo, 70 a certai.
Andy Mehan.
Another claimant az his proper
vas a Mexican wife with whom =.
lived. and who claimed that she az
yanced DAILY the money with which
do his title work. ProTacted litig7
ton followed The title was ultimate
ly vested ~ the Supreme Court o.
the United States in the Mexican wit7
Long before the decision was MAD
ye knew the IRISH Mag 10 be Of value
but. DAILY being a fugitive from jus
tice. We hesitated to negotiate 10
his claims And 50 the Irish Ma
slipped ont Of our hands and into Oh
Of our friends. tbs Calumet and Ariz
oua Mining Co. the successor to 81
lake Superior and Western Develo7
ment Co. The Calumet and A-izonr
Co. has developed, by purchase an.
consolidation. into d powerful com
pany owning more than 100 claims
and making a production al presen
of over 5O000,000 pounds Of copge
per year. # built a smelter at Dong
las. not far from that OF the Cope
Queen. and is now rebuilding It will
a view to increased economy in opera
tion and a larger output
We might have claimed so much c
the territory owned by that compau
Is was covered by the apex Of fh
Naco and I-scabFos iimestones o