Bisbee daily review., 1916-02-20
THE SCENE OF B|G DEAL LAST
 WEEK
Mining Activity West of the Warren District in Moun- tains Increasing with the Coming of Spring.
TEXAS GROUP SOLD FOR CONSIDERABLE SUM
Claims Bonded for $6O, 900 in the Dragoon District and Work will be Started at Once. Other News.

The Huachuca Mountain district twas in the lime light during the past
 week and several sales were made. others are in prospect and several new properties have been opened up that
 promise 10 become regular shippers to the local smelters.
 The largest deal that was made was the purchase by Douglas Gray, of Tombstone. from the August Baron es- tate of the Texas group of five claims which are located in Ash Canyon. The purchase price. was ST. 300 which was !, paid in cash. The claimsswere pur- chased by Mir. Gray for a Colorado company. They expect to soon install a concentrator and oil Notation process on the claims The claims are a lead zinc and silver property and have been I developed to considerable extent and at the present time there are several the workings besides what is on the dumps. The ore could not be handled | before on account of the penalty on the zinc in the lead ore but now that the ores can be separated by the oil i Notation process and at a small cost 1.-the ores can be worked at good pro- | fit. The company expects to begin work at once and number of men will be put to work. This group of claims is one of the oldest in the Hua- chacas and was worked by the Indians and old Spanish settlers in the early days. There has been found evidence in number of places on the ground where rude retorts or furnaces had been constructed and the ores smelted for the purpose of getting the lead for bullets. The claims have been patent l ed for a number of years and came in- to the possession of August Baron in | the eighties.
 There is strong possibility that an | option will soon be taken on the Old | Salvation Army group of claims on the | other side of the mountains. the pres | ent high price of copper will insure | the working of the claims at a profit |, which could not be done before on ac- count of the transportation charges of packing over the mountains and then | hauling.
 Excellent Showing
 G. J. Peterson, one of the oldest prospectors and settlers on the west | side of the Huachucas. is now on the | road to prosperity. judging iron the | rich ores that he has opened up in his | properties during the last few weeks and will be rewarded for the many years of hard labor and rustling for beans that he has spent trying to find | something that would pay. He has now opened up vein of ore from a foot to eighteen inches in width that carries values as follows: gold. SIS: silver. 1SO ounces: and from 10 to IS per cent copper. The ore is shot from the vein and caught on canvas and then sacked and will be carried by pack train across the mountains to Garden Canyon. from where il will be hauled by wagon to the railroad at Garden Canyon station and then ship ped to the smelters at Douglas. This is without doubt the biggest strike that has been made in the northwest end of the Huachucas and from pres ent indications promises to be the means of attracting others to that To- cality. Peterson now has out about seven hundred sacks ready for ship meRt
 Two Peaks Company.
 General Manager Harmsen states on the Buck clain during the past week | that an eight foot body of high grade carbonate ore was uncovered which was unexpected The development work in the Buck tunnel is being rush ed rapidly. native copper and glance are still encountered and the deposits | increasing in richness as the work progresses. It is the intention of the company to drive the tunnel about fif-
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