Bisbee daily review., 1917-04-22
NEWETT WRITES OF THE TYRONE
 DISTRICT
Michigan Editor T els of Transformation Wrought In Burro Mountains Dur ing Few Short Years.

The BurrO mountain district. in the vicinity of Tyronne. the latter a town
 representing a wonderful transfOrma- ton from conditions of only a few brief years ago. is attractive tO the prOspector from a mineral point of view. there being numerous mineral
 blossoms" that lend hope of copper
 and the more precious metals. says George A. Newett in Iron Ore. Silver
 City. located twenty miles away from Tyrone. was once throbbing with in dustrial life at high pressure draw ! ing it's inspiration and business from numerous silver mines locates in this 1 district. As in many other western | towns. the silver ceased tO prove pro ], fitatle following a brief working Of
 the veins. the latter giving out with
 depth. and throughout, that region
 there was great activity on the part
 of prospeotors and miners.
 l Lake Superior Was Interested Long after the silver mines in the ! Burro mountain country had ceased i work attention was given to the cop per showings. There is a wonderful
 exhibit of gossan in portions of the mountains. this being particularly prominent in the Tyrone distrirt. We visited that section dozen years ago | when the Merrils were exploring the | Chemung claims for Caumet X ArizO- J na interests. the Merrills having been l prominent in the early development l of Calumet & Arizona. While the : iron sOssan was plentiful on surface
 the ground beneath did not yield min eral in such richness as was then de sired. that being before the days of ! oil fotation and other processes now
 applied successfully to lOw-grade rock and ores. The several shafts sunk found ore but the grade was too low
 to warrant expenditures at that time in mine equipment.
 The Old comanche
 At the time to which we refer there
 was COmanche company. headed by , Hon. s. :. Curry. of lronwOod Mich.
 and in which many Lake Superior people were concerned as sharehoId- CTS The company erected shelter.
 built railway and did much to make
 its enterprise win. but copper went away down in price. work could only
 be done at excessive cost. the smelt- CT was not just what was needed in
 the treatment of the ores being mere ly an experimental plant. and finally. after much effort and ihe eNpediture of considerable money. the company went out of business with the. result that those who had purchased it's shares were financially hurt. This was no new experience. however. and was simply the misfortune that so ire quently attends this mining game. Ar forwards the lands of the Comanche were purchased by interests that changed the name of the old concern to the Savanna" and still later they were obtained by the Phelps Dodge interests who organized the ~Burro Mountain Copper company
 Also Bought Gold Mine
 Al the time of our former visit there was in operation close to the workings of the old Comanche a H.- tie gold mine called the Leopold getting it's name from the principal owners. who were of the old boat firm or Leopold X Austrian. Chicago. Ills. This mine was opened on very daf- lying vein. the ore going Co li,tle stamp mill located close by. We were told that the mine was doing worry we'll at that time. but when one stops to consider the old Arcadian copper mine, at Hancock. Mich. in which ths same people were concerned. and how l' was boomed. he may take the state ment or good fortune as he pleases It Is an interesting fact. however fbaf s'nce the old Leopold property was purchased by the Burro Mountain topper company it has developed good values in copper. and from ifs lands the recent purchasers are secur- .hS aoout half the ore they are today .eedinS to mill that is treating abouf i'-V" tons every twenty-four hours
 Could They Have Held On
 Could the old COmanche sbarebora. -IS nave taken look into the future ana anticipated the developments i'm pre- treatment they might now be sbIe 10 sell their holdings at biz advance ''er the purchase price The promo. CTS or the old company took a lopr ooS ahead and really had promis. nS iot of lands despite all tbe criti. lSuS To which they have been srb. eCted N""
 Others in That District
 It IS only short distance. a. d.s ''' distances co. from Tyrone to Sen