Weekly Phoenix herald. [volume] (Phoenix, Maricopa County, Ariz. Territory [Ariz.]) 1882-1896, 1882-12-01
AiniRg Interests Tributary to
Phoenix.

The Humbug group OF lodes lie
in the southern part of Yavapaf, and
are too numerous to be named indi-
viduslly. They are owned by Mr..
Feely and others. These lodes have
more real developments than any
other group of mines in this end of
Yavapai County, and are again COM
ing mp and will shortly, without
doubf, soor figure as one OF the most
important mining camps of central
Arizona. Mr.. Feely, we are cred
IDLY informe !, went into Humbug
with a small stock of provisions and
two bits in cash, and his Farmers
were in no better circumstances, yet
they have managed to make living
from their claims by the use of
Mexican arastra for four or five
years, and 10 do several thousand
dollars worth of work On other
claims by way of development in
sinking shafts and driving tunnels.
Tho mines are therefore we'll devel-
oped. Some of them are silver boar
ing and some gold bearing, but most
of them produce both metals.
At the "Stockade," as it is called,
just above the junction of Huff
Creek with the Humbug, there are
six or seven arastras running, and
all paying well. at this poiat quite
a camp is springIDg up. Here also
Mr.. Frank Ryland is working on
his Southern Belle, large lode of
white quartz containing free gold in
sufficient quantities te pay well to
srastra it.
Three other parties, 50 we are in
formed, are running an arastra on
gold bearing quartz, on the head
waters of the northeast branch of
Castle Creek. and are said to be do
ing very we'll indeed.
Probably there is no richer mining
section o. country in the Territory |
than this region of central Arizona,
of portion of which we have been
speaking. We hope to continue
these articles from tins to time till |
we have given our readers sn idea
of the immense resources that look |
out upon US from their grim noun
tain secluslon awaiting the attention
Of the capitalist.
The Castle Creek mining region
seems to abound in copper and gold.
Jus; at present there is quite an ex-
element in that section over the dis
,overy Of gold bearing lodes. Pros
occting and locating are going on at
lively ra'e. Mr.. Roberts, one of the
Upper Kings of that district, is now
Ilso going after the noble metal with
! vim, and is certain that / 8 has
track something very valu4 BILE.
sam Bramlet and "Slim Jim," as
,ur informant called him, have To-
.atcd a new district and commenced
working quartz with an arastra from
| lode that is reported to be eight
eet wide, the ore from which, the
say, will average s15 to
go per ton, but by selecting the ore
hey are able to run the arastra on
go to $40 rock. This lode also con-
aims some silver. These gentlemen
ave about thirteen claims located in
his district, bearing gold, silver and
upper.
The Old Groom mining camp on
he Has,ayanpa, some twelve miles
bove Wickcnburg, has also taken 4
ew lease Of life. Mr. r. W. Groom,
r., and some two or three other
liners, have gone out with stock
{ provisions prepared for a long
IN. '
OF all tho mines in the Castle {
reek region, however, the copper {
respects are the most largely de-
,loped and probably the most valu- '
de. 1t has been through the de- c
'lopnent of the copper mines that c
e Castle Creek boom" has set in 1
Among the many copper mines of L
is section the Mayflower, owned /
2 Mr. Chas. Thompson, is attract i