The Phoenix herald., 1879-10-04

they are equally good with those we
 closely looked over.
 We have examined the new town, i just coming into existence and its i mines, thirty miles east of Prescott
 thus making us familiar with each 1 district in the county. and taking i everything into consideration-large leads easy of access, lumber, water and other fscilities-we believe it
 has no supeGor. The Cherry Creek
 district is network of leads whose
 sparkling ores tie the hills together
 with silver and golden threads. fit
 last machinery and the ingenuity of
 man are about to disturb the repose
 of this great wealth and launch it on
 the tide of activity.
 NIT. k. DeKuhn is interested in
 some very valuable clai-is, among
 which we remember the Silver Streak, 1 Golden Era, and Golden Cow, an eX- tension of the Golden Calf, recently
 discovered by NIT. Lynch while chas-
 ing a runaway COW. The discovery
 was accidental, and the find valuable. ! This reminds us of another discovery
 made by MT. Wilbur, freighter,
 who, while trying to turn his mules
 in the direction of Cherry Creek,
 from the side of a mountain where
 they were grazing, l icked up two
 pieces of quartz one which he hurled
 at the mules to turn them, and, as he
 was about to throw the other, he dis
 covered the glistening gold which
 permeated the rock through and
 through. For want of time he did
 not wait to look for the lead, merely
 marking the spot. leaving the lode to
 be discovered hereafter. It will
 probably be named the Golden Mule,
 These mines are large, averaging
 from three to four feet, and assay
 we'll With proper management
 these leads will make their owner a
 kome-stake and put him in the posses
 sion of the needful, wherewith he
 will be able to pass the remainder of
 life in the shade of a brown front.
 4 Mir Mckenzie has discovered 2
 promising lode which he has named
 very appropriately the Hidden Treas.
 uTe. It is high up on . mountain. and only by accident was discovered,
 ii was so well hidden by a heavy growth of chaperal- The Casket, owned by Mrs. John G. Campbell and others, is being worked, and pre- sents very good showing These are a few of the leads we remember, of at least two or three dozen we heard mentioned, and their merits !. discussed by the prOspectors, who ] are as numerous around Cherry l Creek as fieas in Los Angeles : country farm house. Mine owpers 1 and prospectOrs see before them now | an opportunity of doing something , with their The Golden Era Mining ] Company will afford them an oppor- | tunity of turning the base material . into refined bars of precious metal, | which has given a sudde, impetus to mining matters in that section very pleasing to note. From the many advantages which Cherry Creek pre- sents for the cheap mining and mill ing of ores, it would not surprise us to see, at an carly day, another and another mill erected until 100 stamps will be pulverizing the crude ore which has been lying dormant for untold ages.
 We should judge ihat there are now employed about the works of the company, and those whose prosperity hing upon the success of the same, some seventy-fivc persons. The W lJdlN Dl 1ll Alllllll lOI lDC Golden Era firm, range from 8 to $6 per day, which are invariably settled on each Saturday evening Economy is the watchword of the supeFinten dent, and this of itself has much to any enterprise either small or great
 The thing has been inaugursted and established oB fFm, business like basis, and will proEe-ct great benefit to the whole country, but more particularly to the people of ihe great Verde Valley, who will find market for much of their pro- luce, and be enabled to procure lum- Der for building and fencing pnr- poses, close to their doors. It would be doing Mir Gosper. ogy worthy Secretary, an Injustice were we to close this sketch without giving him credit for having, in the first, started his iaudablc enterprise into existence. When everything was dark and gloomy, in and around Cherry Creek. ne went there, invested his spare funds in property then undeyelopc,l Eventually MT 4. '. Smith came in rom Chicago, examined the advan- lges Cherry Creek presented for mining on large scale, took hold of he matter, presented it to well-knOwn business men of Chicago, pool WIS formed and we now see the result. The company came prepared with money for the working of their mines, pBtting up fhcir mills and ,ther buildings. A new town will oon be built, and we hope to be able O chronicle the successful working ,f ores from the mines in and around Cherry Creek. The bullion is in the ,re as has been attested by rastras, md the little two-stamp mill put up y Messrs. Gosper, Kingsburry & CO. year ago, when fifty tons of ore , we're worked, yielding forty dollars : O the ton. The district which has 'een neglected so long is about to be- ' ome productive, and prosperity will OllOw the efforts of those who have their money for its develop nent. :