The weekly Arizona miner., 1879-09-19
THE GOLDEN fRa MINING COMPANY
The Eew Towa of SmithuHe.
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out on Monday last and conveyed to the new town of SmithyiIle, on Cherry Creek, where we had an opportunity of examining the town, quartz and saw mills, the numer- ous quartz lodes, and other property belong ing to the Golden Frs Mining Company, composed of gentlemen who reside mostly in Chicago Here we met Mir A. NJ. Smith, Superintendent, for whom the town is uam- ed. Years ago we travelled, often, through the Cherry Creek country and helped to open the roads that wind through the hills aud canyons. At that time we met an oc- cssional prospector and were always on the alert for the willy Apache. Now we find things changed. The mountains and hills are full of prospectors, wood-choppers, saw lcg-cutters, teamsters, dairymen, traders, carpenters, laborers, mill men, saloon keep CTS and merchants. Where was then will low thicket. now is being built busy town The Golden Era Mining Company have erected a store house. boarding house, office and sleeping apartment. Their mammoth boiler is n;cely caged between solid stone and brick walls. The thirty five horse power engine is sleeping on its solid bed. the saw mIll 6xtEres are in place and in six or eight days the whistle will summon the work men from their repose to duty, and the gi- ant pine trees will melt away before the power of 6 glistening 56 inch saw. Imme- diately upon the starting up of the saw-rnill battery blocks and other huge timbers will be manufactured, and thequartz mill, which is one of Frazer and Chalmers best Chica- go gold mills, will be put up and the good work Of producing bullion commenced. The quartz mill is said to be complete Tn every particular, and will, with the final touch, under the direction of MT. Geo. Clark, of Chicago, have no superior in the Territbry. It is to be of ten stamps, 750lbs each, two of Tsllocks automatic feeders, two mortars, open backs, suitable for either vet or dry crushing, and is supplied with Blake crusher, all of which will be in operation in sixty days from date.
 Aside from quartz and saw mills, build ings, etc, the company own very valuable mining property in close proximity to their mill, which taking into consideration that the mill is surrounded by dense forest of timber for fuel and other purposes, makes it at once, to our mind, the best inning camp Tn Arizona. In company with Messrs. Smith and Gosper we visited three lodges which belong to the company, neither of which are more than a mile and half from the mill. Our first visit was to the Nam moth, which has three shafts sunk on it show ing a we'll defined lode, and by actual meas uremenr, five feet wide. The ore is tree gold milling ore, easy to be mined and can be carried to the mill at cost ofirom st % to $1.50 per ton. The lead crops out bold ly above ground for 1,5O0 feet, and is all owned by the company with perfect title. In former years we knew something of this bonanza, when it was being worked by ras- tra process, including a guard to watch of Indians. It then paid by the crude process and it will certainly pay now by the mod ern appliances of the nineteenth century. The lead is appropriately named, for we know of no other that would suit better, in- asmuch as the visitor upon the first inspec- tion. generally decides that 1t is Man moth." The ore may, after going to water level, turn into sulphurets, and from base ness require furnace to roast it before passing to the mill for treatment, but it strikes the casual observer that several hun dred thousand tons of ore can be extracted before such method will have to be resor- ted to. The ore from this lead can and will, with the judicious management of Mir. Smith, be mined, hauled, and milled, at an expense not exceeding eight dollars per ton. Where is there another district in Arizona that can say as muchi
 Another very promising lead we visited and examined was the Isabell Although but little work has been done on this prop crty, it shows we'll and yields high grade orc, averaging in the neighborhood of $l0O to the ton. A small outlay on this lead will open it and undoubtedly a large body of orc will be found-in fact it may prove superior to other mines ot which more is known. On the Isabell, Messfs. Smith X Gosper own 5000 feet with perfect tItle In the examination of the Mammoth and Isabell we have spent the forenoon, and re. turn to the mill ID time to partake of a hearty dinner, rest an hour, when we again take up our line of march, and in twenty minutes ride, we find ourselves on top of a hill or mountain of quartz, bearing the TO. mantle name of Hiawaths, after the myth ical Indian maiden, for whom the story oi HiSwatha has been made the subject of . poem by Longfellow. The ore carries most ly silver, contains some gold and iron; the lead is down 90 feet and the ledge fully eight feet wide. A thousand tons of orc are here visible and from the size of the mine VIC might just as well calculate a mil. lion tons of ore beneath the surface of the earth as to calculate on a hundred tons. It is just immense, and big enough to keep a 4O-stamp mill employed. It is q valuable property and the owners arc lucxy men For want of time we did not inspect the sW-1nn .--- T