The oasis. [volume], September 10, 1904, Image 4

About The oasis. [volume] (Arizola, Ariz.) 1893-1920

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Saturday Sept. io, 1004.
Right nt the ite of the nit!j!t
workings the Cieneguita Copper
Company have sunk a triple com
partment; shaft to a depth of 100
feet. It will he immediately sunk
a further depth of 100 feet, or as
much as may he necessary to get
below the atibo workings and
explore virgin ground, which was
not reached.
San Yldefonso do Ostimuris was
in the days of its pristine import
ance a seat of royal representation,
and was the residence of the repre
sentative of the Spanish King, to
whose patrimony the property is
supposed to have belonged. There
are on record at Sahuaripa titles
to lands granted by this official
which are dated 1713, nearly.
TWO HUNDRED YEARS AGO.
About a mile west of Ostimuris
is the village of Yerba Buena and
the great Tayapa ledge; a broad
belt of mineralized rock, a conspic
uous object from the mountain
height above Yerba Buena. This
great ledge is traced a distance of
three miles, and the entire dis
tance is honevcombed with the
workings of the antiguos, showing
in place very rich lead sulphide
ores. This great ledge, which is in
places
ONE THOUSAND FEET WIDE,
includes the group of mines, viz:
El Tit jo, La Tayapa, La Detcomul
ij'xl'i and La Yyletda.
Velasco, Ward and others who
described the old mines of Mexico,
mentioned the "Lost Tayapa mines"
and state that from the shaft at
the main working "Dos Pilares"
two great pillars of limestone are
about three-quarters of a leasue
distant southward. Standing at
the brow of a hill where there is a
deep shaft and extensive workings,
and looking southward, the two
great pillars stand out above the
surrounding region, colossal land
marks which once seen can never
be forgotten, and once described
would be immediately recognized
wnen seen. Having read the his
tory or heard the tradition the be
holder is convinced at once that he
stands upon the
"LOST TAYAPA MINE."
The antigiios reduced the ores in
furnaces at Yerba Buena and at La
Yglesia, about a mile distant.
Iluins of the old furnaces are yet
visible in both places.
All these great properties are
now the property of the Cieneguita
Copper Company, whose holdings
extend three miles along the ledge,
and are sufficiently wide to ex
tend the side lines to whatever
depth the pitch of the vein may
carry them.
Yerba Buena Creek supplies an
ample head of running water to
give power to run a large mill all
the vear.
As yet the company has done
little except a small amount of
prospect work upon the Tayapa
group; but as sognr as the present
rainy season is ended operations
will begin and be prosecuted with
all vigor. In the development
mentioned ore has has been found
which assayed 5,000 ounces silver
per ton.
About a quarter of a century
ago the late Gabriel Robinson of
Guaymas?, arranged to work these
properties, and brought in a stamp
mill, some parts of which are yet
seen lying about at Yerba Buena,,
hut I - f s r- ! fiiiU r, !;i jMi-jf-d
an Ap.ieh- ih'ur-Mn, killing rv-
r . 1 (if hi in'"U, t a, u,i"ij-
tm-nt i'f tli- c!itTpri-'.
Forty to fifty yea r. ago a gont Io
nian naim'd Ortiz, worked on tlf
Tayapa, optimum and San Fran
cisco h'li". Mr. Farih -tatrs
that he learned that in lSt'.S Ortiz
loadeil a train of sixty mules with
gold and silver bullion and started :
for the City of Mexico, accompan
ied by a large retine. The entire
caravan disappeared and nothing
was ever afterward heard of it. At
that time bandits infested the;
country, and Ortiz and his train ;
were no doubt ambushed by a j
large band, the owner and his ser
vants murdered and the mules and!
bullion appropriated. Highway :
robbery has been stamped out by i
the energetic and efficient adminis-;
tration of President Diaz. I
In 1859 Mr. Robert L. d'Aumale. j
who was the official assayer for the j
State of Sonora, made an j
OFFICIAL REPORT
upon these properties, which is
very interesting and valuable for;
reference even to this late day. He i
mentions Mr. Ortiz as then work-
ing the properties. To his report!
Mi. d'Aumale appended a table of!
assays of which the following is a I
copy. i
No. 690, La Colorada, 160 oz.i
silver per ton of 2,000 lbs., gold, a
trace.
No. 691, La Chipiona (upper
shaft), 224 oz. silver per ton.
No. 092, La Chipiona (lower
shaft), 316 oz. silver per ton.
No. 09-1, La Plomosa (from new
adit), 108 oz. silver per ton.
No. 095, La Prieta, 30 oz. silver
per ton.
No. 721, La Prieta (bell metal
ore), 21.54 per cent copper.
No. 090, La Chipiona (bronces),
100 oz. per ton.
The Cieneguita Copper Company
have a fourth group of mines about
ten miles N. W., known as the
Colorada de la Casifa, including
two mines, Xa Canaaea and Colo
rada de Casita, Their ores are free
gold, and the known ore bodies are
extensive. Those properties I did
not visit; but what I have des
cribed in the other properties
should in all reason satisfy any
one of the immensity and extent
of the holdings of the Cieneguita
Copper Company and their tre
mendous future possibilities.
All these properties have been
consolidated into a single great
enterprise, which has been devel
oped, financed and put upon a firm
and enduring basis by the inde
fatigable energy of one man, Mr.
George Beebe, who is president and
general manager of the Cieneguita
Copper Company. The manage
ment is safe, sound and conserva- j
tive, proceeding upon broad and !
effective lines. The corporation is J
capitalized at $10,000,000 (1,000,-;
000 shares at $10 per share). The ;
stock has alreadv reached nar, and
no more will be sold at that price.
Of the treasury stock there remain :
370,000 shares unsold. That which ;
has been sold has realized funds !
amply sufficient to put the enter-1
prise upon a firm and enduring i
basis, supplying a fine reduction ;
plant and all necessary machinery, :
and paving the way for an early j
payment of dividends, which will I
long continue and steadily in- I
create. j
The question of I
TRAN PORTA TION j
i
has been of great difficulty. Sit- !
uated 150 miles from the railway I
at Minas Prietas, over rough moun-!
tain roads and trails, the cost and !
labor of transporting supplies and I
In I ' TV fi t '' t "fj ( (.,.-' 1
wjirr"VT itf rf -,t ry the i j 1 1 v
1, ,i.v- built ;'ih1 r;id, and uw
briitif all hf-avy machinery and
other tn L'hf, right to the mine on
wheel.K. T.';ey have a lartr' inuie
train of more than fifty tine ani
mals, about half of them splendid
American mules, wagons, carts,
harness, a pa n jn, etc., etc. Steps
have been taken already toward
construction of a railway, which
will be built when needed when
the ore consumption readies 1.000
tons daily. One point is that the
high grade matte, rich in gold, sil
ver and copper which will be pro
duced, will bear heavy and costly
transportation charges.
The officials of the company are:
George Beebe, president and gen
eral manager; Geo. A. Sanderson,
of Chicago, vice-president: L. M.
Beebe, secretary; C. W. Wilhelm,
h it (,? Mas, rh Chun!,, Pa., a'-i-tan
-erpetary and t r 1 --i rr ; T.
L'tvi-, of louver, Colorado, tn-i.-
Urer; George M, Reyiiald-i, VM r-
president of Continental National
Bank, Chicago, director; J. II. Wil
helm, director the seven named
constituting the board of directors.
The principal offices of the com
pany are in New York, at 25 Broad
Street, and in Chicago at No. 511
Railway Exchange Building.
In the foregoing the undersigned
has endeavored to give a clear des
cription of a great mineral region
which will in the near future rival
in its output of metal Butte, Ana
conda, Cripple Creek, The Corn
stock or the far famed mines of
Potosi in South America, and those
equally famous at Guanajuato in
the Republic of Mexico.
Allen T. Bird.
Ciiii'Ioxa, Sonora, July 2S, 1904.
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