International., 1925-12-20
AMMO DOMINI 1926 GIVES GREAT PROMISE IN ALL
& PARTS OF THE COUNTY. ACTIVITY REVIVING
ess <4q EVERYWHERE

Truthfully and without exag-
geratlon it may be said that the
outlook for mining in Santa Cruz
County, Arizona, during the conf
ing year, now at hand, is more pro-
missing than ever before in the
history of the Great Southwest;
and it may be anticipated most
confidently that. the New Year
will witness Inauguration in the
county of season of activity that
will continue in growth and ex-
pansion without abatement many.
years to come. And era of
DEEP MINING
Seems about to- follow. Emmi-
nent geologists with world wide
experience and observation have
been studying carefully and ex-
haustively United States Geologi-
cal Survey Bulletins; monographs
from the BureauSof Mines, Univer-
sity of Arizona; and reports by
widely known engineers; all in re-
lation to geological conditions,
mineral deposits, and mining op-
erations in the Santa Rita and
Patagonia Mountains, both en-
braeed within the limits of the
county, Such eminent scientists,
separately and respectively, have
expressed belief Of probable ex-
istence Of
IMMENSE ORE BODIES
In the depths, and that deep
development will lay foundations
for number of extensive, perma-
nent, productive and profitable
mining industries, which will with
in a few years make Santa Cruz
county one of the wealthiest and
most populus in all the State of
Arizona. Among those who can be
quoted as having expressed such
convictions there may be cited
DR.. G. H. Butler Phi. D., Dean of
the Bureau of Mines, University
Of Arizona: DR.. Francis C. Nicho-
las Ph. D., Dean of the Maryland
Academy of Sciences. the oldest
scientific institution in the United
States, established in 1897, but
ten years after adoption of the Fed
eral Constitution, Geologist Ho-
ward Davis, from British Column
bia, who has located recently in
the county; and Geologist Arthur
Perry Thompson of California, a
prolific writer for scientific publ
cations, one whose expert testi-
mony on ore deposits and their
modes of occurrence, have influen-
ced court decisions in great intri-
cate trials at law where millions
were involved.
In a public address before the
Nogales Chamber of Commerce,
last March Dean Butler declared
that within radius Of 80 miles Of
Nogales lies the
"GREATEST MINERAL REGION
On Earth" and he asserted that
were there such region in
Europe anywhere it would sup
port half dozen great metal pro-
ducing industries; while within
100 miles of Los Angeles such a
wealth of natural resources would
be made bases for a dozen such
industries.
A prominent citizen of Nogales
has received recently from Doctor
Nicholas a letter in which that
scientist pronounces certain min
ing ground within dozen miles
of Nogales, a few miles beyond
the Santa Cruz river, and in the
Patagonia Mining District, Pata-
gonia Mountains, as presenting all
indivations that with depth great
bodies of commercial copper ores
will be developed.
Some ten years ago Doctor
Nicholas devoted two months to
exhaustive examination and study
of a part of the ground meant.
He ran open surface cross-cuts
fifty feet apart along a course Of
10000 feet, (about two miles)
covering a wide ledge; and he
found copper everywhere. In the
laboratory of the University OF
Arizona at Tucson, 1875 assays
from ores taken in that examina-
ton were made for Doctor Nicho.
las-and all yielded copper. In.
vestigation of surface conditions
demonstrated
DISSEMINATED COPPER
Over hundreds of acres Of
ground suggesting another great
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