Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1888-02-22
MINT VALLEY MiNINE DIS
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 EDITOR JOURNAI-MINER: - Possibly one of the most prolific sources of aston ishment to the stranger, as he journeys through this san-kiSsed land Oi ours, are the enormous tracts of land, whole em pircs, as it were, absorbed by single in- dividuals. The one that particularly struck the writers eye, while standing at the head of lovely canyon, whose waters at its outlet flow away beyond, down the valley, where graze over g. 900 head oi cattle, 1000 head oi horses, herds of sheep and hogs, upon most colossal scale, and, strange to say, these honanza r.anchcrs have sort of ex- clusivcneSs which Is decidedly unique. They control enormous tracts of this most productive land. and yet II Is con sidered beneath their dignity to devote part of 1t to vegetable garden, from which to supply a table that feeds a small number of men daily.
 In addition to :his vast legacy Is our incomparible climate, and our bound less wealth in raw materials-ihe rich treasures ei our mountains which are being discovered daily
 Tine Old Gray Horse lonks well. with about three fe-t oi high grade gold ore in the bottom of the shaft. The ledge has been opened ul a: different loca- tIons, showing good ore.
 Messrs Bowen, Foxhall and Payce are working the Tina placer claim, out of which they have taken SIG in sin gle day. The entire gulch for about tbrce-quarters of a mile Is rich. there being four other gulches running par allel with this and emptying into Mint creek, that must eventually form large body of pay dirt at the mouth of Mint creek, where II empties into Williamson valley.
 Mcssrs. smith and Lee have several fine locations in this district which bid fair to make good mines. The Tur- quoise, owned by these parties, is ledge we'll defined and crops ahuve the surface from three to five feet in places, and has width averaging three feet in width, with pay streak of one loot, showing blue bromide of silver, green oxides and stratas of ruby silver, some copper stain, and runs we'll in gold. This property Is in q slate forma- tion running nortii-westeriy and south easterly at this point. and strikes black manganese leige on the south end. That changes the .urmafiun to northeast and southwest for dis tance of about 300 feet, when the natural formation takes its course again.
 Next is the wonder, known as the Uranium location, which Is a full claim, lying west one-half mile from the Fur quoise, and Is running north west and southeast, with strata of sandstone 31 feet wide about 900 feet west, and probably about $ feet wide. East, about 400 feet, this ledge is in slate, and shows itself on the surface, carry ing silver and gold. The gold is the predominating mineral.
 The next one Is the Golden Wonder, showing ledge of about eight feet of brown ironish quartz, with streaks of decomposed rotton quartz matter through the ledge. This one dips to the east, and also dips under one of the many iron dykes, so-called in this sec- tion. These dykes are not iron, but are, so far as am aware, conglomerate of quartzite and sandstone. This Gold en Wonder Is a sulphuret ore carrying gold.
 There are several other locations around here, owned by other parties, that would like to speak of, but time and space will not permit. l will give you an account in my next.
 Moss AGATE. Mint Valley, Feb. 2lst, 1888.