Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1888-01-04
INTERESTING LETTER
q Practical, intelligent Miners vsews--Turkey Creek Mining
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TURKEY GREEK, A. T.,(
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 EDITOR JoUgNAL-MISER :-Work on the mines in this district is progressing finely. There is more work being done at the present time than has been done for several years past. If reports are true, company will soon have large force of men at work on one of our prominent gold mines. Several miners are taking rich ore, and as soon as the roads are open will send tons of high grade ore to the sampler. Among the many rich mines is the Holmes, which can ship ere steadily. Roche is also working his mine and has ship ping ore on the dump ready for sacking.
 The old Goodwin mine has been leas- ed to Chas A. Girdler, and he has quite force of men at work developing the property He has timbered the old shaft, cleaned it out and sunk 1t deeper. He has also commenced the sinking of working shaft about 2Oo feet south of the old shalt, and is now down fifteen feet. Shaft No 3, just started, IS about 100 feet north of the old shalt. The new shafts are on the ledge, but do not show any ore, brt the owner seems to have faith enough 10 sink one hundred feet or more in hopes to strike the pay streak which is supposed to be in this ,lxo rp..a ,f1 .t.fs 1,I ,... how any signs of ore when cleared of the debris, but the vein showing up strong sinking was commenced, and to-day they have got marrow streak of pay ore which looks wsll, and may widen out as depth is obtained Lumber is being hauled to the mine for the purpose of building ore houses, as we'll as shaft house. The work so far done has given us confi- dence in the old camp, and it is to be hoped that others will take hold and follow Mir Girdler's example.
 Captain Brann is opening mine on Pine Flat, and expects to have enough pay ore out ;as.lio of the next 6O days to start up ths mill It is also report ed that the Morning Glory is to be opened and large force of men put to work next month.
 A new strike of rich ore, running up in the thousands, has just heen made ID mine about two miles north of here. Am not able to give particulars, as the find has just leaked out.
 The weather for the past week has been so severe that work on most of the mines has been checked, iinot suspend ed. We are in hopes that We will have weather in the fature that will enable us to continue work steadily.
 Christmas day was kept in a quiet manner. Most of the miners spent the day at home, enjoying themselves by fixing up their houses to keep out the cold. Monday, work will commence again, and if tine roads are passable ore will soon be on the way to the sampler at Prescott.
 Hard work and plenty of it will soon demonstrate whether prospect hole is a mine or not. If 8 mine, the owner is well paid fer his trouble; if not, it is worthless to himself and others, and the sooner it is found out the better for our country. A mine soon advertises itself wheni 1t pays. Capitalists search ing for investments in mines soon hear of the producers. The owners can. by intelligent work, prove many pros pect to be worthy of investigation and purchase.
 This county ought to be the banner county of the territory before another year passes by, as far as being bullion producer is concerned. The miner who sits down, expecting capital to invest thousands on 20foot hole in the ground, can expect to wait, for the day is pest for the confiding public to take hold.
 Will try next week to give you num- Der of tons on dumps, of different mines, awaiting shipment. The roads once open, this district in the future will be heard from
 Your mining column is watched and read with interest by all the miners, and you cannot give us too much news ID this respect. We want 10 know what | men employed, and how much ore is being shipped. We wish to know the feeling in the outside world regarding mining investments, and how Yayapai county compares with other districts.
 OBSERVER.
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