Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1888-03-28


 HagadOrns and Callen, who own the gulch below. The Golden N onder ledge mine. near there, and owned by the flag adOrns, is very rich ill gold, and they ex- pect to this season erect mill on French gulch to work the ore from it. There
 are very many gOod-lOOking mines in
 this district Of country, now abandoned and lying vacant.
 Miscellaneous Districts and Min ing Notes.
 TONTO BASIN DISTRICT-Is quite re-
 mote from Prescott, being about 40 or l5O miles southeast, and while there Is considerable mining going on in the dis
 trict, the principal mine of which we
 have been able to obtain information Is the Zulu, owned by Samuel Hill, a Pres. Octt merchant, and James Samuels, who
 have shown more real pluck in working their property than any one We know of in the county. While sinking shaft they encountered good ore, but 1t was
 suddenly cut of by pOrphyry horse, but satisfied with the merit of the claim they kept on sinking through it for a distance of 1O5 feet and were rewarded for their perseverance Icy striking the vein seven feet in width, with good ore at that depth. The latest advices re- ceived by MT. Hill from his partner, who is working the property, was very satis- factory.
 SANTA MARIA-Is district lying southwest of Prescott. in which is To-
 cated the group of copper mines of the Lawler Copper mining company, com posed entirely of residents of this coun- l ty. These mines, as far as developed, show an immense body of high-grade copper ore. The Hillside mine, welding gold and silver, owned by Riggs X Law Ter, is also in this district, and has lately furnished great deal of ore for ship ment in sinking a shaft a little over one hundred feet. The shipments from this mine have been of so great importance that the Prescott x Arizona Central rail- road has built side-track at Garlands for the special accommodation of the owners of the mine.
 KIRKLAND VALLEY-Situated at dis tance of thirty miles from Prescott, although not a new district, the mines in it have been worked but little. On
 Peoples Valley divide there are three large veins, one of which is fully 90 feet in width; they all carry small .quanti- ties of metal, chiefly gold; they are from six to twelve feet in width, and are traceable for miles to where they dip
 under upper Kirkland valley, and re- appear east of CrapO's ranch, some four miles, and continue along the skirt of the mountains their entire length. The surface contains gold to small extent, in some places sufficient to pay for hauling to water. These veins have a trend little west; another series makes northward, crossing Kirkland creek, close to the ranch of James More This series carries lead, silver, gold and antimOny. These claims were worked over twenty years ago, and at that time paid, but Indians, and that restlessness that ever impels the prospectOr to go in search of fresh fields, led to their abandonment until this winter, when one, known as the "Van Arman," was
 located by some men from Colorado, and tunnel driven into the hill to tap the ledge at greater depth than it had been opened before. A little east of
 that is mine that, in years gone by, was reputed to be very rich, and worked by a gentleman known as Dr. Jones. The men that helped to work
 the ground reported to him that the
 ledge had pinched out, but as matter of fact they sunk the shaft away from the lead. The mine was again located
 this winter, after years of abandonment,
 by F. R. and F. w. Raymond, who
 cleared the old shaft out, drifted to the
 ledge. The walls are perfect, the vein
 four feet wide, and the ore runs in
 value from 36 ounces to 90 ounces in
 silver, from $lO to $25 in gold, and
 from 9 to 60 per cent. in lead. The
 ledge can be traced for miles. On the
 southern and western edge of the dis
 trict are number of veins, from two to
 four feet wide, of argentierous galena,
 that some day will be very valuable, as
 there Is both lime and iron in the vi-
 cinity. The district Is we'll supplied
 with water, Klrklcnd creek being fed
 from springs that have their source in
 the range of mountains bordering the
 Hassayampa, and those that have lived
 there 12 years, say the volume of water
 never varies. Water for steam quartz
 mills can he got anywhere on the edge of this valley by sinking from 10 to ? feet; wood in plenty, for from g. to y
 per cord. Snow does not lie on the ground, and work can. be carried on the entire year in fact, any condition nec- essary to the economical working Oi ores exist there; the mines are easy of access, and are bound to attract atten- ton in time.
 MINT VALLEY-A district lying but few miles west of Prescott, has also come to the front during the past year, and 8 number of men are engaged there at present working its mines. A small mill was erected last summer for the purpose of making experimental tests of the ore, and the experiment proved SO satisfactory, demonstrating the richness of the ore, as we'll as its free milling qualities, that arrange ments have been made for the erection of a larger plant this season.
 SPRUCE CANYoN-About ten miles west of Prescott, contains 8 number of claims, two of which have been worked to some extent One of them worked by Ed. Roberts and partners ast srmmer, afforded good wages ny l the ore. Robert J. Atkin- On, who owns another claim, made an run of a ton of ore re- ,ently in sn arastra, and instead of up $6v, as he expected, he aved $85 in gold.
 CnaRRY CRDK-Has been a cOnatant