El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-06-03
SALOME COUNTS
UPON Die BOOM
Rich, But Neglected Ari-
IONA District, Now At
tracts Attention.

J man and Los Angeles people flockinS
/ into the district looking for gold prop
| osiuons, salome confidently expects to
be the center Of Arizona's next mining
boom.
The Hareuvar and HarQua ranges
thanking Mineral valley on the north
and south. are scanned with lodges,
} dikes and veins that carry gold and
copper ore. No district OF Arizona has
I better surface indications, yet no DIS
{ trict has been more neglected Untii
( 1906 II was neglected because Of lack
OF transportation facilities Since then
q combination OF circumstances has
conspired TO prevent DEVELOPMENT
Early Boom Subsidies
Something Of a boom was started IN
this country back in 1906. just after the
Arizona & California railroad was
completed. This ended with the slump
Of 1907 There was a renewal OF m
terest in March 1903 On Friday the
/ 18th day OF that month, two prospectors
nambed Alger and Barker discovered
the now famous Glory Hole. eight
miles northwest OF SalOme in the Har-
cuvars- In less than a week more than
$4,000 worth Of gold ore. some OF II
worth over 800 a pound, was taken
out Of IL foot hole. 4 sack1ul OF thls
ore was carried 10 Phoenix by D W
Hall and the staid old capital Of Ari-
iona came as near being stampeded a.
ever in her history
Chiefly because IL was owned by con-
flicting interests, the Glory Hole was
never developed Now those interests
have been bought out and the Glory
Hole Consolidated Mines company
formed for the purpose OF starting de-
velopment
Hnrqua HaIa Is Developed
The one big developed mine OF the
A. g. c. country is the Harqua Halai
eight miles south Of SaIome- Il has pro-
duced about s5.000.O00 worth OF gold
and is today a bigger mine than ever,
although 1t was thought several times
to be worked out
The Haroua HaIa was discovered in
1855 and after about s1.000.000 was
taken out il was purchased by an Eng
lish syndicate for $4,000 600 The Eng
lfsh conpanv took out about $4,000. 000
all above the 200 foot level The ground
was badly broken and az that depth the
ore seemed 10 pinch out Deciding that
the mine was worked out or so badly
faulted that TO attempt TO find the ore
was fruitless. the English concern quit
Subsequently the mine was sold al J
sheriffs sale. 1t was bought in By John !
B. Martin, Dr. Ancil Martin. Of Phoe- I
nix and Buffalo, y. Y. capitalist Tor /
$4,000.
John B. Martin. a practical mining /
man, has been in charge Of operations I
ever since The property is now held /
under bond BY the Yuma Warrior Min /
ing company. a New York closed cor
poration. Martin is employed by this
comnany as superintendent
When Martin took charge he proceed.
ed to sink the shaft 70 greater deptt
and crosscut TO the north through what
was supposed to be the fOotwall- On the
other side he found the ore, unbroken
and as rich as ever.
on a big flat just north Of the Harqua
Hala Is a deposit OF mlnear alized
Dornhyry, now held by the Martin
brothers. 4 shaft sunk IN the middle
shows disseminated ore that carries
form one TO five percent copper ana
from 81 TO S25 a ton gold california
parties recently inspected this deposit
and IL they take il over u will be churu
drilled thoroughly
northwest Of Salome in the Harcuvars
is an interesting and unusual minerai
condition. Here is great Limestone
schist belt crosscut by regular series
or diOrite dikes running from nortn-
Takes over II Claims
The Cobrita Mines company. a Los
Angeles concern represented by D ". \
Hall. has taken over Il claims just east i
Of Tank Pass and has a force Of men !
taking out high grade ore. a shipment !
recently made averaged above 10 per-
cent copper and values are steadily in 4
creasing with depth. some OF the ore /
running as high as S65 in gold (
brita company are building an excel I
lent road through Tank Pass which mas j
ever been terror TO freiEhters- An en- i
tirely new road is TO be built along a I
''hogback'' from the pass TO Salome 4
This viii be 4 tremendous benefit 10 the !
entire Tank Pass country
The Tank Pass group Of claims ues /
just through the pass in the limestone.
schist belt. Its principal showing is ~ |
feet OF d-copper-silver
Bonanza Being Worked
One OF the oldest properties in the (
district is that OF the Bonanza Improve
ment company. which adjoins the X y
& ". holdings on the west X X NC.
Donald is superintendent and pricipal
owner and New York capitalists are n
terested with him. An incline smart -
down 100 feet on gold-cOpper ore ana Is
being sunk TO depth as rapidly as pos
sible- One carload Of this ore was re-
Gently shipped and another is TO go Tor
ward soon.
sin farther west is the Belle Crown.
owned BY the Victor and Belle Crown
Mining company J. Z. Mateson. a WeE-
den merchant is president but a ma
jOrity OF the stockholders live In -
east II was ut their direction that
work was suspended last October but
there is a chance for an early resuulp-
ton.
Critic Is Heaviest Producer.
Just through the pass and TO the west
A
the district at this time George B. Law
ton. of New York. is the owner but II IS
held under lease by g. A. Easton, OF
san Francisco. ore is being taken ont
and shipped by three parties OF sub
leasers
Three carloads OF ore recently shipped
from the Critic averaged 20 percent
copper and $50 in gold. Part OF this
ore came from the surface. where q
shoot two and a half feet wide lay un-
discovered until a few weeks ago whes
q leaser shoveled off the Overburden-
Sidney p. Osborn, secretary OF the
state OF Arizona. and James Burson
own seven claims a little northwest OF
the Critic. With no development De-
yond 54-foot shaft and a few holes on
the surface. they have one Of the most
interesting and promising prospects 70
he found in the Harcuvar range Ihe
lead is Is feet wide and has been traced
5000 feet.
Carries Copper and Cold
Practically all the rock taken out
Of the shaft carries copper and gold but
the best showing is in a lo-foot drift
run west from the bottom This orc
averages 10 percent copper and $50 gold |
East Of the Osborn and Burson groug
lie the nine claims of the NindiCatOf