Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1893-12-27
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GoLD GALORE.
A Interesting Mining Letter on the Great Gold Camps Ia Big Rug
 and Chaparral

PRESoorr, Dec. % Special Cor respondence. By request l beg to submit the following supplement to my recent letter on certain min ing properties in Big Bug district:
 While | was yet the guest of Mir. Shirley. Supt. of the Henrietta Min ing Co, l visited the BelcheT, Red Rock, New Era, Postmaster, Vigf- lante and "79n mines, that lie about 2s miles luther up the gulch on both sides of the creek. All of them are good properties, showing considerable development work and large reserves of high grade ore an sight. The Beleher mine is a patented property and has good record, it having produced in former years over S70,O00 in gold. Its surface ores have been extracted nearly all along the entire length of the claim, as far as the oxidized free milling ore went, and work ceased when the suiphurets were reached, which was nearly always about % feet from the surface. I never before saw so many shafts on one ledge within the boundary of one single claim. The New Era, Postmaster and Nigilaute form the Boggs and Allen groups, and are about three fourthS ofa mile further up the creek from the Beleher, and considerably higher. All three are located upon one continuous vein with a paralled ledge only 40 feet east of the main vein. The New Era has two 50 it. shafts 65 feet apart, with a drift connecting the two shafts at the bottom. and con- siderable of the ore above this drift has been stopped out. The Post master claim has one 90 1t. shaft and two % 1t. tunnels, while no work has been done on the Vigilante claim. The ore from the New Era and Postmaster claims are very rich in gold, some of 1t is worth so pound. and I have seen sample of but a few ounces weight crushed and 'horned," the result of which was at least four dollars worth of gold. The @ mIne formerly the fOld Lottie) lies on the south side of the creek. It has . shaft in the center of the claim 200 feet deep, which connects at that depth with a 300 feet long cross-cut tunnel, running from the west side line. Two 70 ft. long levels run from the shaft southward, with few feet to the north, one of them IS 70 It., the other I5O from the surface. The character of ore is copper iron sulphides, and carries from S20 to $50 in gold per ton. A steady stream of water flows out of the tunnel. sufficient for a ten stamp mill. The mountain sides and tops, where all these claims are located, are covered with forests of oak and pine. and never failing spring of crystal clear water flows through this part of Big Bug gulch.
 The Red Rock claim shows DO development. 1t Is the south ex- tension of the famous Belcher mine, and has a few small shafts and cuts along the vein, from which none but free milling ore has been ex- tracted.
 An admirably we'll located mill site adjoins the south end of the Red Rock claim. Wood and water is in abundance, rich ore plentiful, and so situated in these different lodges that it can be brought to the mlllsite by gravitation.
 From Big Bug gulch l went across the divide at the Henrietta com pany's shaft into Chaparral district (so called at least, but really part of Big Bug district.) The first camp reached is the McCabe camp, about i5 miles northwest from the Hen rietta mil. The main feature of this camp is the well built mill and hoist building on the Sink-to-Rise mine, the property of Messrs Pack ard & Wells. Everything about this mine looks business like. Many hundreds of tons of rich iron sul- phide are piled up on the different dumps. which l am told averages 1 or , ounces per ton. One can see at a glance that this is big paying property. everything Is in its proper place and moves like clock work under the supervision of the fore man, Mir. Riley.
 4 little over a mile southwest of McCabe's camp is the Little Jessie mine, well known on account of the marvellous rich gold ore 1t has pro- duced within the last two years. l am informed that SlS0000 is the amount taken out of it by the lessees whose lease has recently y expired, so that the mine at present lies idle. The Little Jessie has a substantial ironclad shaft house and near by are other we'll built buildings, giving this camp a healthy appearance.
 Just below and west of the Little Jessie is the Dividend mine, owned and worked by Messrs. Johndrew & Butler. Here also are very large dumps of very good sulphuret ore awaiting milling and shipping. The same gentlemen own group of four patented mines, with ore of like character as in the Dividend mine, which belongs to the group.
 Three fourths of a mile further westward found myself at Jones camp. consisting of a 15-stamp mill with concentrating tables, board ing house and bunk house, besides barn and corrals. A little over half mile further up the gulch IS a reservoir built by the owner Of the camp, and water is piped down to the mill. One seldom finds as hard working boss as Mir. Jones, who is up and at it from early morning till late in the night. He is also very well spoken of by not only his own employees, but by every one else in the whole Chaparral district. He has certainly done a great deal to bring out that section, and has the we'll wishes of every man, woman and child therein, as also of all others who know MT. J. s. Jones.
 JULES BAUMANN.