Arizona weekly enterprise., 1890-06-14
CHA COUNTY.
SOME OF THE NEWS FROM THE NOUN
 TAIN CITY.
Notes of OfProgress---MiniDg Items---Some- of the Good Mines of Arizona
 Coming to the Front.
GLOBE. June 7th. 1890

J great resources, and hope they will be read by many an approving eye here in my neighborhood
 In commencing these notes 1 will i begin with the northern section of our county and go southward
 Some of our citizens were greatly | annoyed when the 18th legislature gave us our share of Yavapai, but | when they come to calculate these figures which I have obtained from MT. John W. Wentworth, of Payson, and the Hon. Q. c. Felton, of Rye, think they will not think we made such bad bargain after all.
 MT. Felton in making his estimate of the stock industry of the northern portion (north of Tonto Store) puts the numbers as follows:
 Cattle north of Tonto Store to coun- ty line, 32,000 head cattle in Pleasant Valley, 16,000 head Horses north of Tonto Store to county line, 12,O00 head; horses in Pleasant Valley, 4OOO head, making a grand total of 16, 900 head of horses and 48 900 head of cat tie. Of the farming industry he says:
 1.-The number of acres of land in cultivation north of Tonto Store in- cluding Pleasant Valley is about 25,- OOO. Corn is the staple product. Other grains raised are wheat and barley All raise potatoes and some alfalfa and most of them grow their own fruit. Corn yields 40 bushels, pota- toes two tons and hay II tons per acre."
 MT. Felton is one of our substantial citizens and his long residence in that section gives sufficient weight to his estimates of the resources of his coun- try as to render them acceptable to our people.
 mining industry of that prosperous section is from MT Wentworth and submitted verbatim:
 THE WEBER CREEK MINING DISTRICT.
 This district is situated in the north ern extremity of Gila county, lying under the rim of the Mogollon noun tains, and twelve miles from the will lage of Payson. The formation is granite and slate, but is generally heavily capped in consequence of which but few locations have been made.
 The district was found through the discovery of very rich gold float" found by Uncle Johnny Gray in 1883, and which led to the location of the following valuable properties "Grand
 Prize," "EuIeka" "Rainstorm," ""Shan- non" and others.
 The Grand Prize, Eureka and Rain
 storm comprises group now owned by
 Messrs. Gray, Watts, Richards, Bissig
 and Wentworth. Very little work
 was done upon these properties until
 1888, since which time the owners
 have sunk shaft (double compart-
 menD upon the Grand Prize lead to a
 depth of 150 feet, out of which all
 hoisting is done by machinery. At a
 depth of 100 feet a level has been run
 east l2O feet. West of the main shaft
 100 feet an air shaft was sunk on the
 lead and connected with the west drift. The ore body will average %
 inches of sulphurets that run from $2OO to $4OO in gold, with some silver
 The owners have found 1t impossible
 to work this ore in their mill and are
 now preparing to ship all their rich
 ore to Pueblo, working only such ore
 as will not pay to ship. It is the in
 tentlon of the owners to further de-
 velop their properties this summer by
 sinking their main shaft to depth o 2OO feet and run levels; also to cross cut to the lead of the Eureka claim, z distance of 120 feet north of the shaft
 The leads of the Grand Prize ana Flu reka are parallel, and it is thought bN mining men that the lead of the Flu
 reka is simply the hanging wall of , very large lead.
 The Shannon mining claim is tn, property of Messrs. Meadows < Curtis
 A tunnel has been run on the ledg, 90 feet and shows a body of good ore
 the character of which is carbonate ' of lead and running $40 and upward in gold
 ', GREEN VALLEY MINING DISTRICT. | List of gold mines of note: Bullion = Poker Stake, Waif, 85, Fraud, Daisy Q Golden Rule, Occidental and man, l + others.
 The Bullion is owned by Messrs
 Callaghan & Snow A tunnel ha
 been run to distance of 90 feet ol
 the lead, at the end of which a shai $ has been sunk to distance of 80 feet a The ore Is freemilling and about 20I 0 tons are now on the dump that vii t average $25 per ton. The ore bod u is fully B feet in width The four }, dation IS granite and slate n The Poker Stake owned by Burcl 5. Shuitz, Hill and others, was located i t 1889, shaft is being sunk and is no, Il down to distance of 40 feet all in or IS that will average $35 per ton t The Waif, the property of Messri el House X Rouse, was one of the frs g locations of the district. The ore d free milling and many tons have bee d worked by the arrastra process e The 80, the property of l.. P Cole y N. B. Chilson and J. Robbins, is thre e miles from Payson and is the best de e veloped property in the district, ha, B ing over TOO feet of openings. Tn o vein nearly four feet in width with a I ore body of 2 feet. The ore is ire n milling and will average $35 per tor Ie Over 300 tons of ore has been worke IT by arrastra. This property as als o tn 0f Bullion are now under a working bon le until the lst of January next, to
 Colorado company
 The Fraud is situated mile fror ie t Payson. It is a large lead, being feet in width and will assay about $3 o per ton A shaft has been sunk to a, depth of 40 feet, all in ore, while M tunnel has been run 60 feet in tn IS ledge. The ore is free. The owner II !, of this property are Messrs. Col u- Chilson and others.
 =, a The Daisy is located some 6 mil, s from the village of Payson near tf " Verde river. It is large vein of $2 II ore. The owners, Messrs. Burch, M 'i; Farland and others, have just finishe oi the sinking of 50-foot shaft. The III have commenced the erection of tw l' arrastras with which to work the or po The arrastras will be run with powt ~, iU obtained by taking out 2 ditch frol y the Verde.
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