Arizona weekly miner., 1875-07-16
GEN KAUTZ' OPINION OF THE PECK
 UINE
HD.-QRs. DEPARTMENT OF ARIZONA. ,
 PRESCOTT, July II, 1875.

HD.-QRs. DEPARTMENT OF ARIZONA,
 PRESCOTT, July 14, 1875.
 EDITOR MINER :-Having recently visited : the new discovery in the vicinity of Brad
 shaw Mountain, known as the "Peck Lode,
 several citizens have requested me to com
 municate my impressions of what I saw
 which am very willing to do, for the reason
 that was most favorably impressed with
 that region as a mineral country.
 Accompanied by Surgeon Magruder, un-
 der the guidance of Mir. Hitchcock and
 Billy Gavin, of Big Bug, we left that locality and proceeding down Big Bug Creek to Seven Pines, we crossed over to Cedar Creek and down the canyon of that stream which enters Turkey Creek at Blackberry Camp !; | from there we struck across to trail lead ing from Bradshaw Mountains to Black Canyon, and reached the Peck Lode in about eight hours ride from Big Bug
 The lode is on the summit of spur of the Bradshaw Mountains running north of East. There are three massive lodges of purpleish quartz, parallel and projecting above the surface, often twenty feet high. The distance between these lodges is about fifty or sixty feet. On the south side of the South ledge, on the hanging wall, is the point of discovery where the discoverers are now working and taking out the wonder fully rich ere from a pay streak about two feet wide. We found several tons of this ore already on the dump pile, and no signs of running out Of course, it is impossible without work for anyone to tell how long it will pay, or how much of this very rich ore exists. The parties at work were ap- prehensive of its being too rich to last They | stated, however, that the same character of | ore had been traced at opposite sides of the mountain on the same side of the ledge. Whilst the very rich ore may be limited, I have every evidence that this discovery will lead to the development of extensive and valuable silver lodes. In all my experience have never been in region where the edges are so well defined and so extensive. From the point where we struck it to the Peck lode, the trail from Black Canyon passes over one ledge after another, the 'ourse and width of which can be traced rom one mountain to another as far as the ye can reach. These lodges start within fifteen degrees of a vertical position and dip O the north We examined another discovery of the artles interested in the Peck lode. called he civilian Wallace" and found it to be o bout one hundred feet wide, for which it is . aimed that it pays not less than forty dol , ITS to the ton wherever it has been tested. he appearance of the lode is on the surface, lat of iron, and there are veins of native . lver found in it. These discoveries are c fficult of access, and it will be necessary
 pack out the ore on mules until roads are ade, which will te expensive. There is T, 't much wood or water in the neighbor- 'od, although there is fine supply for the e of animals and workmen at the Peck inc. ~ was little surprised to learn that the iges which are so prevalent in the neigh rhood have usually been summed by pros- tn ctors. The geologist would regard it as lpcS rae mineral region as shown by the struc- Sc re of the lodges and their nearly vertical of l parallel positions. predict many and wo uable discoveries in this section in the th' IT future. e' We returned by nearly the same route. on co, following day, having enjoyed the hospi- ke, ty of Messrs. Alexander, Cole and Peck tie ing our stay. think their mines are as Qu l as they seem extensive. .le
 AUGUST V. KAUTZ. tak