The Arizona sentinel., 1876-09-30
FOR DELEGATE TO CONGRESS,
LETTER FROM COL. HODGE.
PRESCOTT, a. T.,
Sept. 9th, 1876.
Editor Sentinel &:


Having just returned from an
Is days ramble in the Bradshaw
mountains examining its numer-
Gus mines, and the grand old
mountains, and the country gen
orally, [ thought it might be of
interest to your readers to give a
brief account Of what | saw and
learned. The Bradshaw range,
including different spurs and
ranges known locally by other
names, extends from the Black
Hills north west Of Camp Verde,
to Salt River, a distance Of over
one hundred miles, and is a min
eral range the whole length. In
this range are the rich gold, silver
aud copper mines of the Black
Hills, discovered by Miller and
others during tn past year,
the Silver Belt, and other mines
west of the upper Aqua triO, the
gold and silver mines on the Big
Bug and Lynx Creeks. those on
Turkey Greek, on the upper Has
sayampa and Granite Creeks, the
wonderful rich, Peck, Silver,
Prince, Black Warrior, War Eagle,
Del PascO and numerous others i'll
that locality, the old Tiger and
others miles south of Peck, and
the newly discovered mines of
Jack Swiliing, Jack Moore, Bob
Groom and others, in the south
ern spurs some Is miles south Of
the Tiger. The mines in this
wonderfully rich mineral Belt are
so numerous that a volume might
be written descriptive Of them
without eXhausting the subject,
and | shall describe the working
and present appearance Of but few
of them. The Senator or FIRE.
dericks mine, on HaSsayampa, 10
miles southeast from Prescott, is
a very promising one. 1t is
clean 5 foot lead of gold bearing
ore, heavy in sulphuretS, with Il
good percentage of silver. Depth
of main shaft 200 feet, walls almost
vertical, not particle OF waste
rock and no asserting of rOck made,
the full body being worked in the
mill just as it comes from the mine.
Ore assays an average Of $50 per
ton, about 1000 tons worked. Mr..
Fredericks has 10 stamp mill on
the Hassayampa, a half mile from
the mine to which there is a good
wagon road. The Accidental
mine, with which the editor of
the SENTINEL is well acquainted,
was discovered in 1864, and has
been worked continuously for the
past two years by its owners,
Messrs Rice and Elliot Bros, The
vein is 2 to 3 feet wide, gold bear
ing, but carrying in places heavy
silver and lead ore, 2 shafts 100
and 800 feet deep, and 2 tunnels
900 and ITO feet long ali in vein
matter. Amount of ore worked
1000 tons, which has paid from
$50 to $50 per ton. The company
have mill on the Creek, one
mile below the mine consisting of
a 35-hOrse power steam engine, a
thunderbOlt crusher and 4 arastras,
capacity per day Of24 hours tons.
is men employed at mill and
mine at a cost of So per day and
board This mine is on Lynx
Creek II miles south of east from
Prescott. The "SilVer Belt" is
II miles nearly due east from Pres
colt. is 4 foot vein of first class
smelling ore, which works at the |
Aqua Frio furnace $500 per ton |
silver bullion. Work on the Sill
yer Belt is now carried on by lMr. |
Thompson, the lessee Of the mine,
day and night.
No work has been done on the |
old "Tiger" mine, 50 miles south
of Prescott, for years, which is to |
he regretted, as it is a wonderful |
mineral lode from 4 to 40 feet wide |
of rich silver ore, assayjng from /
$500 to $1,000 per ton. The own
ers have never been able 10 erect |
reduction works and it has lain |
idle year after year. The l5t eX-
tension south is now being open
ed by Messrs. Riggs and Ham
mOnd, with whom [ passed a plea
SAINT day during my long ramble.
Jack SWilling's ranch is at the
mouth of Black Canon at its june
ton with the Aqua FriO and is 81
miles in a southeast direction from
Prescott. Jack has ia head of
cattle besides quite number of
horses and mules, all in fine con-
ditiOn. Ten miles west of the
ranch and about so rules south of
Prescott a.e the newly discovered /
i ich 81 yer lOdes ofSWillIng, Moore,
Groom and others. This camp
promises to become one of the best
in the whole Territory. Over 80
men are now there and all have
high hopes of making fortunes.
Five tons ofaverage ore from this
camp has just been worked in the
Aztlan mill. 6 miles south from
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