Geology of Ft. Apache Region, Ariz. — Reagan. 305 
Mineral Resources. 
Coal. — A coal seam was observed north of Forest-dale in 
a formation which the writer took to be Laramie; but neither 
the extent nor the quality of the coal was ascertained. 
Building Stone. — That this region has an abundance of 
building stone goes without saying. The Red Wall sand- 
stone and limestone are all good building materials, besides 
there are hundreds of square miles of granites, and Tonto 
sandstones. The last is one of the best classes of building 
material. 
Salt. — The salt of the salt springs and its properties has 
been mentioned under the subject of "Salt Springs," and 
need not be further mentioned here. 
Gold, Silver and Copper. — The mountains, the Ellison 
dome, the Tonto basin, and the Salt river and Canyon creek 
regions are crossed in all directions by mineral bearing veins. 
Nearly all are copper bearing ; some, silver ; and some, gold ; 
while some have all three of the above elements in the same 
rock. The ore, however, is initially of a low grade. The 
majority of these veins are on Indian lands and of course 
are inaccessible to the miner and prospector. A bill was intro- 
duced in Congress recently to throw the Indian lands open to 
prospectors, but it failed to become a law. 
The best prospects and claims are to be found at the fol- 
lowing points: Ellison's copper prospects on the porphyritic 
ridge (ledge) near the post office of the same name, and his 
geld prospects in the Tonto basin together with the claims 
in the vicinity of McMillen, and Globe. 
The Ellison Copper Prospects are located on the porphy- 
ritic dike just west of the west line of the White Mountain 
Apache Indian reservation and just south of Juniper butte. 
The prospects are some twenty-five in number, and all pre- 
sent good indications, though none of the ore is of a high 
grade. Eastern capitalists have visited the region lately, and 
fa ; r figures have been offered for the property. 
The Ellison Cold Prospects arc situated just under the 
"rim" in the East Tonto basin. The site of the prospects 
was not visited but ores from them were examined. The least 
value of ore assayed was $25.00 per ton, though the most of it 
was much better, some of it assaying $150.00 per ton. The 
