Arizona republican., 1917-04-22

mineral resources of Arizona at early date. h tae CfinO valley. ten miles north of Jerome Junction. there is at i tendance of constantly more encour aglng conditions in conaectinn with development haVIng the opening of | commercial oil field as its obuect. Cleaning out of the Heslet well. which
 is down l.960 feet $ resulting iu more and more confidence on the part of those interested. Last week there was dndoubted oil and gas brought up from near the bottom of the hole, and as they lower the water evil dences grow steadily stronger that the more than 100 feet of oil sand cut just before the present bottom of the well was reached, is very much alive. They will before long have the water cemeEted off it is hoped, it it's point of entry to the well around l,400 feet. A new hole has been put down outside the old casing to enable reaching and closing off the water strata. Meantime there has been highly favorable report rendered OF the field by Etienne A Ritter, . eeologist of very high rep utatiOn in the Wyoming, Colorado and Oklahoma fields In consequc nee of his repor-. further capital has been enlisted in the field and a new rig is now being brought there by the Del Rio Coil company, headed by w. W. Hayes, F. L. MulCn and seV- eral other prominent mining and business men of the northern part of the state, upon the land holdings of whom Mir. Ritter has passed reeom- mendation. In his report he states that the Chino valley formation is dissir1ilar to that of California. but that it finds full counterpart in the fields to the east. A parraffine base prevails and the product of the field. if t develops commercial content of oil will be of exceptionally high value.
 Millions in Pay Rolls
 Just at this time t is more realized than ever before that an Arizona oil tleid would be a tremendous gain to industry in the state. Probably tWen- tY thOusand mine and smclter em- pl0vees. and railroad and other work CTS in large numbers dependent sole lY upon the successful conduct of the mines for theh employment. drawing upwards ot six million dol lars the month, would be much easier in mind as regards uninterrupted employment if they were accruine the necessary fnel supplies for the mines, mills and smelters from an Arizona field instead O. being de pendent upon the fields of other states
 Silver King Revival
 Besides the uses of oil iii Arizona for fuel purposes, another important requirement has come about in tho last few years through it's employ ment in ore Notation processes. To the number of these plants now op- erating in the state there is just be ing added, Seton plant at the old Silver King in the Superior district. The Silver King, incidentally, is giv- ing excellent promise of coming back. It may be that it will yet stand up alongside it's old time rival. Magma. with the history of which it is last ingly interwoven. Silver King and Magma came into silver production more than forty years ago at prac- tcally the same time. Their rich period ran the same length. with development conditions practically identical Then they went into the lean ore. with copper coming into predominance. Because of the cop- per and the decline in silver content. both properties shut down years ago MaSma's s resurrection as copper property and the phenomenal things winch It has since done. are of com mon knowledge Lately the Silver King has Henefited frc m q re-orean- lzatlcn. The property is now con- sidered to .ee in strong hands, rep resented by New York interests in the main. ard a campaign of de Nelopment anG equipment has been mapped out which is extending en- co1raSement to the belief that an other hiS Cne will be made for the Superior district--as well as another noe added to the list Of the mine. that came back"
 Much activity is being shown in the Walnut Grove district. Yavanai county, Arizona, where the Victoria Belle Mining company owns several hundred acres of valuable placed ground and is making prepartiOn for a large gold dredge to be installed. lIils VIII have capacity of treating 3,e0o to 1000 cubic yards Of gravel per day. The history of mining , this district dates from the discoyel.. of the rich placers in 1863. whe, ? party, headed by the old pioneer Paul Wearer. discovered these dig %Ings. Here in fhe little ravines lead , Ing to the Hassayampa river com se gold ana pieces of pure metal worth several thousand dollars were picked ! up, and despite the hostility of the 1 Apache, millions have been taken 1 rom these streams. l. is stated that upwards of S5,000,00G in gold has heen taken out by the crudest methods and not being able to work below
 water level. The river bed still holds fact the vast wealth of gold awaiting the more modern gold shir 1 dredge.