The copper era and Morenci leader., 1917-03-09
SHORT HISTORY OF 85 MINE NEAR
 LORDSbURG
History of Mine is interesting and Reads Like Fiction. Located in 1885 and Now One of the Largest Producers in New Mexico.

The prominent outcropping of sill cicus dikes near Lordsburg, New
 Mexico, were in the early days, an
 attraction to prospectors, the indica-
 tions always being favorable for the
 occurrence of ore; thus the camp of
 Shakespeare was one of the first in
 the Southwest to be prospected.
 In the year 1885 Matthew Doyle
 and Vic van Hall located five mining
 claims on a prominent mountain two
 and one-half miles southwest of
 Lordsburg, one of which they named 1 the "S5' on account of the year of
 the location, and on which they pro
 ceeded to do development work on the main vein later opening up a good About one year later some San Fran cisco mining men heard of the strike at the "S5" and they made Doyle and van Hall a proposition which was ac- cepted These men did further de- velopment work at the mine and in- cidentally incurred a heavy indebted ness at the Roberts & LeahX Mercan- tile Co.,, at Lordsburg.
 The San Francisco interests were not successful with the mine and it was soon acquired by Jos. A. Leahy, who together with Carl F. Dunnegan and Albert Fitch, worked the proper i ty for about a year shipping on an average of one hundred tons of ore daily from the main vein. Messrs. i Leahy, Dunnegan and Fitch were very successful in their operations of the
 ''S5'' mine and took out ore that i brought the mine into prominence.
 In 1906 a mining engineer by the
 name of w. P. Black was en route to
 Clifton, Arizona, to look over some mining property there and in passing through Lordsburg he saw some of
 the ore from the "S5' mine and i'm
 mediately became interested. He in-
 spected the property and made the
 owners a proposition which was ac-
 cepted. Previous to this the Warner
 brothers were working on a speedo-
 meter, one perfecting the invention
 and the other on the road providing
 funds to carry on the work. While
 on an Fl Paso train the latter met
 Mr. Black who told him of the possi-
 biIities of the "S5' mine.
 
 met with its phenomenal success and
 was sold to the Stewart company MT.
 Warner was looking for good tn-
 vestment and remembered his con-
 versation with his acquaintance about
 the 1855" mine Coming to Lords
 burg in 1907 he sought MT. Black
 who showed him the property. Be
 ing a business man and not miner tbe difference was pointed out to him between the dump and the ore niie Becoming interested he asked !he price which was named at S75, G00. and in his business like manner Mr Warner replied, I'll take it. ' Those interested with him in the ven, ture were his brother and two busi' ness associates The mine was now owned by Arthur and Charles Warn CT, of Beloit, Wis, James Barclay and B. Y. Yates. James Barclay then came to Lordsburg and began the first extensive development work al She ''S5'' mine. It proved a success from the start and as development pI ogressed the tonnage has increased Mr. A J. Interreden is now manager ard MT. F. A. Kroll is chief engineer r. is reported that the mine is now producing 500 to 700 tons per day that averages $20 per ton in copper, gold and silver. The main shaft is now down $50 feet and is being sunk to the $50 foot level and as values have increased with depth a much higher grade of ore is expected.
 The ''S5", Nevada and Atwood, which are three of the mines main veins, TUT through the property of the S5 Exten sion Copper company, the Atwood shaft being sunk at the conjunction ot the Atwood and Nevada vein and car ries the same values as it's neighbor However, the S5 Extension Copper company does not depend on the sue cess of the other mines of the district but stands entirely upon it's own mer it's. neither it is necessary to dia mond drill for ore, from $10 to $6C ore being opened up by open cuts an6 the Atwood shaft which is down 31( feet As most of the treasury stock has already been placed this company is expected to make record for quick fly financing.