Arizona weekly citizen., 1889-05-18
The Vekol Camp--A Wonderful Mine lover Two Miles of Tunnel Work --Other Mines.

dence of mining activity is to be seen.
 The Monarch mine was recently pur-
 chased by the Lela Mining company,
 composed of Kansas City capitalists,
 with MT. J. A. Conlee as general man
 ager and superintendent.
 Here also are located the properties
 of the Golden West Mining company,
 composed entirely of business men of St Louis, with MT. Chris Loss, general
 manager and superintendent.
 THE GOLDEN WEST PROPERTIES Consist of the Golden West. Gold Dust, Climax, Oliver B. and Hanna claims.
 These mines are located all adjoining
 and while most of the development work
 has been done on the Golden West
 mine, still enough has been done on all of them to prove the existence of well defined lodges connecting all of them. The formation is principally lime, some porphyry and slate The ledge runs from north to south, varying few points to the east. The mineral appears in
 many places along the vein, and can be traced over the claims, showing a we'll defined lead.
 On the Golden West mine a working tunnel of 150 feet has been run into the claim. Besides this another tunnel of 160 feet has been opened which shows ore all the way. The shaft is down 175 feet and over 400 feet of drifting and cross-cutting has been done. There are also other shafts ranging from 20 to 50 feet in depth making in all 775 feet of development work on this property The shaft is sunk under and along the
 ledge and shows a smooth wall, indicat- ing a Assure vein. The rock taken out of the shaft is talcky porphyry sub- stance. At the depth of forty feet the ledge is cut and shows ore throughout to the breast of the tunnel, which is all of fifteen feet in length. A large amount of ore is now on the dump ready for the mill. It is free milling and will average at least S22 per ton and experts who have reported on this property have given it as their opinion that as greater depth is obtained richer ore will be encountered. The present work has demonstrated the evidence of a suffic- tent quantity of ore to run a 20-stamp mill for years.
 The mill is now on the ground and the site for its location has been graded. It IS situated about two hundred feet down the mountain from the main shaft of the Golden West and on the Gold Dust claim. The ore will be emptied into ore bins as it is taken from the mines and the distance will be short over which it will be carried on trucks. This company have every facility at hand for carrying on their work. An en- zine of sufficient capacity to run the twenty-stamp mill Is now used for boring the we'll and work on that is pro- gressing. Experienced well men are em- ployed and the work is carried on night and day. The mill is on the ground having been moved from the Humboldt mine. It is new mill with every ap- pliance for treating ores. An assay fur mace Is being erected. But few men are at work in the mine now owing to the scarcity of water which is now hauled distance of two miles from mill in the valley. MT. c. Loss, the superintendent is man of long experience in mining and under his direction the work here moves like clock work
 THE LEILA MINING COMPANY,
 This company, who are working the Monarch or Mastodan mine have their camp at the foot of the hill just across an arroyo and not over 100 yards from the mill of the Golden West. MT. Con- lee, the superintendent was very cour- teous to the reporter and showed him | through the mine and over the works | A ten stamp mill is now in position, and | the work of boring a well is now pro- gressing rapidly, being down over 200 | feet, though they have had some trouble | with boulders to dispose of which blast | ing had to be resorted to. The Monarch | mine seems to be spur of a mother | ledge which can be traced northeast and southwest for moro than a mile, which Il shows an immense quantity of ore. A 400 foot tunnel has been run under the | hill; at a point POS feet from the mouth 8 drift has been run north 65 feet and | every lick of work struck in this prop erty has encountered ore of even grade. running from S4 to S6 per ton. Another shaft is being sunk in the hill 150 feet south of the main tunnel from the bot 5om of which a drift will be run east to connect with the 15O foot drift leading rom the main tunnel at the POS foot point. This is believed to be the largest body of ore ever encountered in Arizona md enough ore is now in sight to run OO-stamp mill for the natural life of nan.
 MT. J. 4. Conlee has been in charge 'f this property since January last and 'xpects to have the well completed and he mill in operation inside of sixty lays.
 This camp will be busy one when 10th mills are set in operation and will mploy in the mills and mines not less han 150 men, not including men who Till engage in getting wood. From ere the CITIZEN reporter went with MT. !. c. Loss to the famous Vekol mine. The Vekol mine is one of the best ,nown in Arizona and the most wonder ul in its character and formation. The re taken out has not been from any yell defined leads or veins but has been in every direction and in very conceivable shaft. Here the re- .orter was met by Judge Day, who has harge of the mine for J. D. Walker & 'ro., the owners. The mine is not be- ng worked extensively now, only about ( ix men being engaged in prospecting. ( shaft has recently been sunk about I % feet west of the mouth of the main ( nnnel. It is down S3 feet and some ex- I rich ore has been recently en- ountered which is now being taken out. e his ore is free milling and has much f ne same appearance as the original t ekol ore. A trip was taken into the | line. There has been over two miles l ! tunneling in the mine, besides shafts j nd stopes in every direction. The pol V y in this mine has been to take the ore D herever found and follow it as long as lasted, which has resulted in literally oney- ey-combing the mountain. The ore t ken from the mine has been generally
 a high grade and of "a free milling l. laracter, but recently some exceedingly II factory rock was encountered. This VI e was very high grade and consider . ,le of it has been shipped. e . The mill is not now running and Supt. I, ay was unable to say when it would be n n