The News-Herald, 1901-12-14

A RICH DISTRICT Mines that Are Making Wickenburg. A News-Herald Representative Observes Activity at a Score of Camps Which Might Have Been the Source of Montezuma's Wealth. A representative of the News- Herald spent tv r o days in the Black Rock district this week, ex examing - aming examing the mines and prospects undergoing development in that richly mineralized section con contributary - tributary contributary to Wickenburg. While several of the big companies have closed down temporarily for the purpose of installing machinery, etc., much work is going on and there are signs of increased activity on all sides. The Amalgamated Copper Company's group, south of Gilbert, has some fine showings. Nelson brothers have just complet completed - ed completed 200 feet of development work for the company, having cut through the ledge and started drift drifting - ing drifting to reach it at low r er depth. At Witherlay's camp, preparations were being made to start develop development - ment development work again under the super supervision - vision supervision of J. PI. Carlisle. Consid Considerable - erable Considerable work has already been done on this group, making showings enough to warrant Mr. Witherlay in opening the property up, on a large scale. Nothing is being done at present on the group of thirteen claims o-wned by the late J. R. Mclntosh, but it is probable that w T ork will be started at no distant date by someone. Mr. Mansfield, of Mansfield-Rhodes, Phoenix, has been appointed administrator of the estate and will be up to exam examine - ine examine the property within a few days. On the Adda claim there is a 140- foot shaft with some-drifting at the bottom, showing a 3-foot vertical vein, carrying high values in gold, copper and sulphurets. The show showings - ings showings at the bottom of the shaft are much better than at the surface. On the Claude claim there is a shaft something over 200 feet in depth w r ith considerable drifting and cross-cutting. This claim has some fine showings in black oxide, and copper glance, w 7 ith sulphurets coming in with depth. The ledge is a large one and horns w r ell in gold also. This group of claims has some of the best showings in the district, and it is to be regret regretted - ted regretted that Mr. Mclntosh did not live a few years more to reap the bene benefit - fit benefit of his labors and witness the opening of a big mine, as it is but a question of time until someone with means will develop this prop property - erty property into one of the best paying properties in central Arizona. The Profusion group, which v r as bonded from Jack Ellis by the United Copper-Gold Mining and Extraction Company of Cleveland, Ohijo, is not being worked at pres present,! - ent,! present,! the manager, Dr. Perry, being absent on business in the east. Another payment was made on the bond the first of the month and as soon; as Dr. Perry returns work will be started again. Sam Frank Franklin - lin Franklin and W. C. McAllister are also doing development work on their claims near the Profusion group and have showings which are en encouraging. - couraging. encouraging. Dave Brenneriman has completed the assessment tvork on his claims on the north side of Knob Hill. These claims, and the ones on which Dan McNeil is doilg assessment work, are the old oldest - est oldest in the district, In the w 7 est extension of the Keystone, Gilbert & fi|owe have some fine showings, carrying good values. The Key Keyston - ston Keyston 3 group is shut down for a time, awaiting the installation of mac finery of sufficient capacity to han lie the large volume of water whi< h was encountered several hun Ired feet down in their big de develc - velc develc pment shaft, At the Black

Rock Mining Company's projiertv, several men are being worked, bu; a full force will not be employed until the arrival and installation of new machinery, which has been delayed by the steel strike. There are a number of prospect shafts from 40 to 75 feet on the property, which consists of six claims; also a double compartment develop development - ment development shaft now down 70 feet. James Murphy, who bonded the claims to the company, ran a 240- foot tunnel, following the foot wall of a fine quartz vein, carrying ex exceptionally - ceptionally exceptionally good gold values. Sev Several - eral Several large iron dykes run across the property. Dan McNeil has two claims ad adjoining - joining adjoining the Black Rock group, which have some work done and very good showings. Along the big ledge running north of Constel Constellation, - lation, Constellation, F. X. O'Brien has a num number - ber number of claims, on which he has had quite an amount of work done. The ore carries gold values and some copper. Mr. O'Brien author authorized - ized authorized us to state that the O'Brien mine had not been sold, as report reported, - ed, reported, hut further than that cared to say nothing about the property at present. Two miles northeast of Constellation, at Burson's, a large pump is being put in to han handle - dle handle the \vater inflow which caused a temporary shut-down some time since. A netv boiler has also been installed and as soon as the ma machinery - chinery machinery is in place a large force of men will be worked bn this prom promising - ising promising property. The Groom Pool mine east of Burson's is not being worked at present, G. W. Middleton having business in the Prescott district which demands his attention. Geo. W. Morgan's property east of the Keystone has had considerable work done on it and is regarded by conservative men as one of the best in the district. The Black Rock mining district offers many inducements to men of energy and brains, backed with some capital, and is rapidly com coming - ing coming to the front. GILBERT GLEANINGS. A Summary of the Local Happenings in that Thriving Neighborhood. John Witherlay and Mr. White paid us a pleasant call on Monday. Mr. Witherlay has a group of mines near here and has placed John Carlisle in charge of the work. Mr. Carlisle is an exper experienced - ienced experienced miner and a good foreman, and will no doubt open up one of the best mines in our district. J. W. Burson was in town Mon Monday. - day. Monday. The devil from Wickenburg and Frank Obermuller of Phoenix were in town two days this w r eek on mining business. We are inform informed - ed informed that Mr. Obermuller will take hold of the Mclntosh mines. Dave Brennenman went to Wickenburg Tuesday. Jack Ellis and Mrs. Rosa Cooney were Wickenburg passengers on Tuesday'r stage. Messrs. Crane and Carlisle sold the Stringer group of mines this week to W. T. Somes of Los An Angeles. - geles. Angeles. Jack White and Peter Bronk wgre in town Thursday after sup supplies. - plies. supplies. C. T. Willcut and Jack Gunnell put in a bountiful supply of pro provisions - visions provisions Thursday. The new house in Bean Flat is getting a coat of paint. Senors Montoja and Orozco were in camp this week with their big freight teams loaded down to the guards with supplies for Gilbert & Rowe and others. It looks en encouraging - couraging encouraging to see big four and six sixhorse - horse sixhorse teams coming in loaded with lumber, machinery and provisions necessary to feed the people that are extracting precious metals from Mother Earth, Trerlig.

ANOTHER RICH STRIKE. Silver Ore Rivalling That Found in the Sahuaro Discovered on Other Claims. Late yesterday evening Dr. R. S. Brown brougnt to this office chunks of oi e taken from the lowa and Ellen Carter claims, 'which were as rich or even richer than the famous Sahuaro ore. The claims from which the ore was taken are about one-half mile east of the Sahuaro group and the general formation and character of the ore are the same. The rich strike was made yesterday and several hundred pounds of the rich ore taken out, with a pick, it lying exposed on the surface, barely covered over with the disintegrated and discolored ore and country rock. The claims are the property of Dr. Brown and R. A. Roberts, Dr. Brown, who is a late arrival from California, having purchased a two-thirds interest in the claims from Mr. Roberts and Perry Mayhew, the locators. This new discovery of the rich silver ore will offer considerable encourage encouragement - ment encouragement to those who are prospecting and developing properties in this richly mineralized belt adjoining town. Keep after it, boys. We will take Sahuaro or similar ore on subscription. MORRISTOWN MATTER. Happenings in and Around Hot Springs Junction. Mr. Houston of Phoenix arrived the 7th. He came prepared to go to work on some mining property owned by J. M. Hull of Jerome and Johnnie Duke of Prescott. M.r Duke and several other men are also doing work on the same prop property. - erty. property. PI. P. Anewalt of Prescott spent Sunday with his family, who are guests at Hot Springs. Jim Winters was here Saturday buying supplies preparatory to making a tour of the mountains. Bert Harper was down from his San Domingo claims Sunday. He reports everything going smooth smoothly - ly smoothly up his way. Tom Smith of Phoenix spent Sunday at the Boston mine, about four miles southwest of here. Edgar Enday of El Paso arrived Saturday enroute to Hot Springs, where he will be assistant cook. Mrs. Parsons of Phoenix arriv arrived - ed arrived Saturday and has accepted a position in H. N. Cox's hotel. Mrs. John PI. Avery and son, 11. A., of Detroit, Michigan, are guests at Hot Springs, having ar arrived - rived arrived Tuesday. A couple of car loads of supplies arrived Tuesday for the new King Kingston - ston Kingston mine. This property is know T n as the Evans mine, situated be between - tween between Hot Springs and Briggs. J. C. Dobbins is the superintend superintendent. - ent. superintendent. Mrs. Louis E. Palmer and hei mother, Mrs. W. 0. VanEven r of Chicago, arrived Wednesday, and will reside in Morristown and vi vicinity. - cinity. vicinity. Mrs. Palmer is the wife of Lee Palmer of Morristown. H. E. Armatage of the Hercules mine went to Prescott Wednesday on business. Mrs. Cook, who runs the cyanide plant at Columbia, returned Tues Tuesday - day Tuesday from a visit of a few days in Prescott. The mayor of Morristown wept to Phoenix a* few days ago to get an idea of what Morristown needs in the -way of a ''soup house." He was so well pleased with the Phoe Phoenix - nix Phoenix soup house that he concluded to sample it a few 7 clays longer and the town is going to hold a new election and impeach the present mayor on the grounds of "crooked "crookedness - ness "crookedness of a fence." Mrs. Ryland brought in some very fine specimens of lead ore Wednesday from her lead mines in the Vulture district. Shovels and Picks.

MINING TERMS Sam Powell Gives a Les Lesson - son Lesson in Slang. An Unsophisticated Mining Expert Whose Density of Comprehension Aroused the Irascibility of an Honest Has Hassayamper. - sayamper. Hassayamper. S. Fletcher Powell, who has been confined to the corporate limits of his camp for the past ten days with a painful protuberance on his pos posterior - terior posterior extremity, in the neighbor neighborhood - hood neighborhood where his mother used to ad administer - minister administer the maternal slipper, came to town yesterday, and, while in a reminiscent mood, related the following experience he once had with a tenderfoot who had been sent out from the east by one of the companies having a bond on one of S. Fletcher's numerous claims. The easterner was being initiated into the mysteries of mining by Mr. Powell, and, while doing some timbering one day, was told to saw a piece of lagging "slaunch-ways." "I beg your pardon," he said, "I hardly comprehend the term." "Saw her whopper-jawed then, you dad-gum idiot," S. Fletcher said in a voice mingled with pity and contempt. "Really, Mr. Powell, you will have to demonstrate your meaning a little more lucidly,'* replied the unsophisticated easterner. "You ! ! ! if you can't do anything else, cut it cat-a cat-a-cross, - cross, cat-a-cross, cat-a-wampus, diagonally or any old way and let her go at that," was all that Sam could get breath to say. "Why didn't }mu tell me it w r as the cat you -wished cut? I thought you wanted me to saw a board," was the last utterance of the boy from Boston. He walked into town that night and took the first train for home. Appreciative. Prescott, Ariz., Dec. 11, 1901. News-Herald, Wickenburg. Dear Sir: - Yours of the 10th at hand. See how prompt w r e are in replying! We really have not time to read your paper, but we appreciate the fact that you are doing what you can for Arizona, so send you the price of a year's subscription anyway. Herewith $2.00. Very truly, M. B. Hazeltine, Cashier, Bank of Arizona. Phoenix, Ariz. Dec, 11,1901. Dick Hall, Wickenburg. My Dear Hall: - I am surpris surprised - ed surprised to know that you want money. I supposed there was nothing but money around the city of Wicken Wickenburg, - burg, Wickenburg, knowing the vast mineral resources of that country. But, to help the good work along that you have undertaken, I herewith hand you P. O. order for two dollars* Please apply on my subscription. With best wishes ror your success I remain, yours truly, L. E. Hewins. Phoenix, Ariz., Dec. 12, 1901. Dick Hall, Wickenburg. Friend Dick: - This talk (a cir circular - cular circular letter) is certainly worth the money. Pound 'em on the back and keep a stiff upper lip and you are a sure winner. Wickenburg is all right, and so are you. Geo. E. Buxton. The Angel Group. When the News-Herald stated last week that George E. Sanders would start development work on the Angel group, it did not mean to intimate that no work had been done, as there already was a 40 foot shaft on the property, Chas. H. Akers, a member of the com company - pany company now owning the property, will return from the East very soon to look after their Aiizoiit> interests,

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