The Phoenix herald., 1879-09-03
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4 Rich Discovery in Del
 shaw.
Ju dge Porter Discovers 8
 Rich Aine.

i SOueNudl interested ID the lcCen
 rich gold discoveries here I'll givt
 you few facts for publication. Int
 Hon. DeForrest Porter and William
 Rurch, the latter the proprietor ot
 this the finest stock ranch in Arizo
 na, while enroute from this place tt
 the Mazatzal district mines, discover
 ed some very rich gold float, anC
 upon following it up found it ema
 mated from heavy well defined ledge of quartz. Having but little faith in their discovery, they took some of the quartz to Mir. House, as
 sayer for the House 6 Rouse mines,
 who upon assGying it, pronounced ii
 one hundred dollar rock. Returning
 Messrs. Porter and Burch located the
 ledge and brought more of the rock
 into camp and upon prospecting it in
 horn spoon were highly elated to
 find it to exceed even their most san
 guine expectations. They imme-
 diately put a force of men at work
 upon their mine and run a cut into
 the ledge, tapping it at a depth of
 four feet, and after several tests,
 samplIng the orc in the cut, and also
 along the croppings the full length
 of theIr original location, they find
 the whole to average in the vicinity
 of two hundred dollars per ton. They
 have in sight, taking the ledge as av- eraging as above, from tn: croppings to line along the ledge, and level with the cut, about coo tons, at a lib eral allowance, and not counting the immense quantities of rich float, of which the hillside is covered This lead carries the gold in the white quartz, being entirely the reverse of anything ever found in this vicinity before. The original location is named the Excursion, in honor of the fortunate event that brought tie Judge and party to this vicinity, the fortunate owners have also located the Orleans, Albion, E. K. Hart and Queh Sabe mines in the immediate vicinity of tte Excursion. They also have the Lockport, very rich mine about three miles north of the Ex- cursion, and following their good fortune they four d and located the f,- far1aa .-d ,,-,-ah tolIraI 1f T.,, Green mine. This latter is, if any thing, richer than the Excursion, car rying immense quantities of tree gold. Nessrs. J. M. Cotton and A Decker, both fortunate pumpkinites, have the first eastern extention of the Excursion mine. The width of the above mentioned mines are as fol lows: Excursion, 31 inches and at bottom of cut. Lock port, 6 to 8 inches, Orleans inches, Albion II inches, E. K. Hart, 13 in- ehes, Edwin, an extension of the Hart, same width, Quen Sabe in- ,hes. The Joe Green, the old and much hunted for mine is about Is nches wide and is alone a fortune. | Aessrs. Cotton and Deckers claim be- ng an extension of the Excursion l s inc same width. In addition to | he above locations Mir. L. P. Nash, l ,f Phoenix, has several very rich | claims, and we believe intends put
 ing up an arrasta tc work some of l hem. Your correspondent has several | ocations also. which promise very veil. Judge Porter leaves in a day IT two, with 6 sampled lot of ore
 rom the Excursion mine. which you
 an no doubt examine upon his ar i7al. There has been great excite. nent here for the l ast two weeks,
 very body is ont prospecting, and in lie opinion of several old timers,
 ow here-there will be as large a5
 istrict here, as Arizona has evel.1
 nown. Men who have worked in.i be Vulturc, in it's pslmiest daFs,t it insignificant, besides the1 he large we'll defined ledge of theEx- ursion- The principal owners here
 fessrs. Porter < Burch. have been cry busy since their discovery, in de- eloping, locating mines and mill ties, until now, we believe they 1 ave the most valuable. legitimate
 inning property in the Territory of riZona. It has lorg been known, rat a rich mineral belt crossed this ,ction of the country but. with the of few minor locations,
 remains for Judge Porter and MT. urch to make the grand discovery, Ie Excursion. The Judge is also lterested with Chas. NJ. Clark, of hoenix, in several good locations, the Sierra Ancha mountains, which romise well. {
 'Tis rumored that Messrs. Seiber & ?. of the rich mines in Delshay asin are about to make sale. Taken 1 in all, the prospects for this vicin | '. arc now absolutely brighter than ly other part of the Territory. he mines in Deishay Basin need \ It to he seen to be praiscd-their ! es average $50, while the principal ( ines in this district speak for them I Ives. would suggest that those s
 your readers who are interested s
 such matters should call upon : ldge Porter upon his return to T henix, and look at his samples ! hich need to be seen to be appre-
 ated. In one prospect of two horn . ,oouful from Excursion rt ok, about r le dollar in colors was taken which z z 0uid at liberal allowance be . out one dollar per pound or $2,- I, o per ton. T The grade from Porter's mines. to I cir mil site on the East Verde,