| Show MAKING A MINE another superstition has been sent glimmering says the yavapai magazine it has been stated time and again that it requires at least to develop a copper mine and the experience of most proprietors has borne out the contention out at twin butte thirty miles from tucson ariz bush and baxter have developed a copper property at a total outlay of and recently refused a cash offer of 0 for it they not only refused the offer but laughed at the men who made it and invited them to make an inspection spec tion of their eyes to see if they could find any green in them the secret of the success lay in the fact that a stringer of exceedingly rich ore was struck almost at the grass roots and the partners began shipping to the hayden smelter as soon as they had pushed the exploration shaft deep enough to take out a carload of the good stuff with the funds received from these shipments they continued sinking and were able to go down to a depth of feet with no investment beyond the original with which they started at the foot level they started a drift which is now feet in ore that assays essays 6 per cent in copper and three ounces of silver they are shipping more than 2000 tons per month and the ore ne nets ts them an average of 16 per ton while the entire shipping and smelting smelling sm elting charges amount to but per ton last week a syndicate of eastern capitalists offered them in cash and within a year for the mine only to be told that the property is not for sale at any price |
