Bisbee daily review., 1917-06-10
MINES MINING, LOCAL STOCKS AND COPPER
OLO CARMEL|TA PROPERTY WILL
 BE DEVELOPED

I AaAO AOoa NWCAFC AAAACo Cdol Ok rtlC great Harqua Hala mine is a prop l erty that for forty years has belonged
 to Carmelita Campbell, wife of John G. Campbell, one of the early dele. gates to congress from Arizona. long since gone to his reward
 The original group of six claims has been worked in 8 crude way, the ore being packed or hauled seven or eight miles to the ranch owned by Mrs. Campbell, where three crude arrastras operated for years.
 The gold was brought to Phoenix
 and sold. Even with this primitive
 method Mrs. Campbell made the mine
 pay and at times she had as many
 as 250 Indians on the ranch and in
 the mines.
 About three years ago J. T. Marr,
 an experienced mining man became
 interested in the property. having examination and found the big min eral showing to be on the line from
 Vulture to Harqua Hala mines, being 23 miles from the Vulture and 12 miles from Harqua Hala.
 Silver And Lead Value.
 Going from Phoenix one passed through Buckeye and follows the main auto road to the Parker cut-off, which leads to Los Angeles. A few miles this side of Harrisburg a road leads north across the Harqua Hala plains into the foothills of the Yuma mountains, where the big lodges, clearly defined Assures trend north west to southeast. Numerous cross ledges. rather spurs are encountered. making the entire region we'll min eralized. All these are of great uni formity in values. Besides gold there is smaller value in both silver and lead but the mines are distinctly gold mines. Mir. Marr located and did some work on other claims until the group consists of r claims.
 Most of the 1000 feet of develop ment is in tunnels on ledges; the remainder consists of shafts sunk in ore. There are now 5000 tons of milling ore on the dump ready for mill During the present season it is start with to which will be added other units. with profits from the mines. Water is found in a shaft near the mill-site at a depth of 70l feet. and there is ample for both do- mestic and milling purposes. The plan of milling is to drift on the ledge, stope out the overhead ores and carry the same by aerial tram way to the mill little more than a mile distant from where the first work will be done. Nature of the ground is such that tunneling will | gain foot for foot as it runs into the side. This makes a cheap. effective way of operating.
 Gold Content Good.
 Many tests have been made and some high assays have been secured. but taking the lodges as a whole it is claimed the ore averages $17.50 per ton free of milling gold besides there is probably s3.50 silver and lead values. It Is but 16 miles. auto road. to Vendor on the Parker branch of the Santa Fe. so the Carmelita mines are easily accessible. Capt. F. P. Par ker and others joined with the own CTS and in January. 1916. the Car melita Mining and Milling Company was organized A few mensare work ing at the property and plans are we'll under way to bring the group in as one of the big permanent gold pro iucers All experimental stages have ong since been passed and 1t Is the plan to proceed as rapidly as funds will allow.
 For many years that section was retarded in development because of of water, even for drinking purposes. Building the railway help d some. The use of motor cars and rucks has been the greatest factor. All that country has water at depth nut in early days the prospectors and miners depended almost wholly on anks that dried out during the great IT part of the season.