Pima County AZ Archives History - Businesses .....Silver Bell Mining District 1881
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SILVER BELL,  PIMA COUNTY.

  Some years ago, an English company erected a smelter in this section and
worked the copper ores of a mine called the Young America, but the enterprise
did not succeed, and the ground was abandoned. New discoveries have been made,
and a district recently formed. It is situated in the northern part of the
county, about fifty miles from Tucson. The ores are gold, silver and copper. The
veins are numerous, well defined and large.

  The Abbie Waterman is a silver mine of great promise, which is being
vigorously prospected by the owners, Messrs. Gates, Knox and Murphy. They also
own several of the adjoining mines. The Amelia, owned by P. Woods, is being
prospected by a tunnel. It has a fine vein of carbonate ore. The Monarch shows a
vein of copper silver glance, from five to twenty feet in width. There are many
other silver locations, on which prospectors are now engaged, and from which ore
is being extracted, but perhaps the greatest activity is in the copper group of
mines around Pelton. The Old Boot, Blue Coat, and Southern Beauty, are described
as forming a mountain of copper, similar in character to the Great Copper Queen
mine at Bisbee. These mines belong to the Huachuca Mining and Smelting Company,
of which Messrs. Scott, Zeckendorf and E. N. Fish are the principal owners. This
company has a smelting furnace, and keep a large force of men at work. W. B.
Scott is Superintendent. The Arizona, Pima and Mountain Chief are also copper
mines, reported to show large bodies of good ore. A good many men are now
employed at this camp, which gives it a busy, thriving appearance.


Additional Comments:

Extracted from:

ARIZONA BUSINESS DIRECTORY AND GAZETTEER;
CONTAINING THE
Names and Post-Office Addresses of all Merchants, Manufacturers and Professional
Men in the Territory of Arizona;

TERRITORIAL, COUNTY, CITY AND TOWN OFFICERS.

A DESCRIPTION OF THE DIFFERENT MINING DISTRICTS AND THE NAMES OF MINING
SUPERINTENDENTS.

ALSO, A GAZETTEER OF THE COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS,
Giving a full exhibit of their Mineral, Agricultural and Manufacturing Resources.

WITH AN APPENDIX,

CONTAINING THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF WHOLESALE MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURERS IN
THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.

W. C. DISTURNELL,
COMPILER AND PUBLISHER,
534 California Street, San Francisco, Cal.
BACON & COMPANY, PRINTERS.
l88l.


Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1881,
By W. C. DISTURNELL,
In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.


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