Arizona republican., 1913-03-03

 IN MAzATzALES
Sun Flower Company Pre- pairing to Operate the
 Cinnabar Mine Opened Last October Seventy Miles Northeast of Here

A mining proposition that is at tracing a great deal of attention is that of the Sun Flower Cinnabar Mining Company of this city. This company recently incorporated for $1,- 00O,0O0 and owns an immense field of cinnabar or quicksilver in the Ma zatzal range of mountains located about seventy miles northeast Of Phoenix
 This great quicksilver find is in what is known as the Sun Flower Mining district, and consists of 20 claims proper. together with other claims which at this time are not being exploited hy the company.
 This company is now preparing to open up it's mines on a large scale. The engineers report was furnished by Col. Fred H. Bowler. man of about thirty five years experience as a mining engineer, covering almost every valuable mineral region of the world and a graduate of several mining colleges. This report is a cold bloodcd one but shows among other things that sulphide of quicksilver is found in paying quantities for q dis
 
 ana approximately 1000 feet in width over the claims owned by the com pany, and covered by the report; however the company owns other valuable property unreported.
 The company has had numerous of fers to sell their property but have refused to make sale at this time as they intend working it them selves
 some of the official assays show as high as $44010 to the ton. while the lowest one shows $25.20. In this connection it is said that cinnabar mines showing only ? per cent can be operated at great profit. in fact. many of the great cinnabar mines of the world produce less than , per cent.
 The corporation is what in one sense. might be called close one. that is to say, only d small amount of stock was sold. in fact only sufficient to take care of develop ment and operating purposes for a short time
 II is said that a quicksilver mine is "a poor mans mine" that is to l say the machinery necessary to op- crate the same is very inexpensive, and the operation of the mine is comparatively simple Such road work has been done between Phoenix and the property of the company that a trip to within four miles of the companys property may be made by ! automobile
 l If this property develops as indicat- 1 ed by the engineers report and as | shown by the various assays. and by 1 the general appearance of the ore and l description of the property this prop l erty bears evidence Of being one Of 1 the greatest finds in Arizona in many | years, and will open up an important i and new mining region In fact. it is in this region where the important | gold mining holdings of the Arizona Gold Mining & Transportation com pany is located, which company re- gently incorporated for $5.00O,0O. 1 The SunfloWer Cinnabar Mining i Company has engaged some of the 1 best quicksilver talent in the world
 to have charge of the work. and will begin active operations within a few l days.
 The company will install ovens and retorts on the ground SD that noth
 ing but the net quicksilver will have
 to be transported
 This is the proposition owned by C. N Sears, c. IF and W. $. Fur man and C. W. Hartman of this city
 Sears. the Furmans and Hartman arc heavily interested in the CinnabaI
 company and it is understood that the
 compan ywill take over all their min-
 ing property and holdings.