Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1893-12-20
The nenrls,.a Mining Properly.


 Having just returned from a trip to the properties of the Henrietta mining company, in Big Bug dis trlcts beg leave to submit for pub hcation the following for the infor- nation of the public in general:
 left Prescott in company with Mir. James Shirley, the superintend- ent of the Hcurietta mining com pany, on the l2th inst at seven min utes past two m the afternoon. We arrived at the company's camp at 5:30, having made the twenty five miles in less than three and one half hours. The sight of the camp and its rising back ground remind cd one very much of the famous Congress camp. lt is situated on the south slope of the treeless ridge which divides Big Bug from Chap arral gulch, tributary to the Agua Fria creek. The camp at present consists of first class twenty stamp mill with eight Frue vanners, the building of which is covered entirely with corrugated iron; roomy office building with assay office aud four bedrooms; boarding house, stable and corral, and a dozen or so of wall tents. About half mile south of this and just across Big Bug creek Is the pumping plant and large well which supplies the camp with ex- cellent water. Lumber for q new boarding house and also for a bunk house IS arriving on the ground. the present boarding house being too small to accommodate the small army Of men employed by the com pany Just back of the mill is a gigantic tramway 1925 feet in length. the incline of which shows some as. tonlshing steep grades. The lower go feet of the tramway arc on tres tie, over which the ore is brought by gravity directly into the bin in the mill, from whence it 6nds its way automatically through the grizzly, rock breakers and feeders under the stamps. The track on the tramway consists of three Tails ] with switch at half way, where the l cars pass each other; the descending l loaded car pulls the empty one up 1 directly under the large ore bin al l the mouth of the main tunnel.
 The entire arrangement is well | planned and speaks well indeed for l the superintendent, Mir. Shirley. The system is perfect and works ike a charm. The camp is full of ife and vigor, the consequence of proper 
 Way up on the mountain are the different openings on the mines of the company, consisting mainly of l tunnel on the vein S46 feet lung. which connects with shaft 272 feet deep, sunk on the vein directly on he divide, and provided with a steam hoist, the automatic dumping of which is marvel of There are three O, her shafts of less depth in close prox- mity. Five hundred and fifty feet Hong the curviture of the noun ain vest from the mouth of and on the iame level with the main tunnel. is mother tunnel. at present 625 feet n length. This second tunnel is l )eing driven toward the main w. rk- ng shaft on a cross lead. All the openings are in ore, many hundred 1 ons of which are piled up on the | litferent dumps. The ore is of ,ary rood grade. As near as can be earned 1t will average forty dollars n gold per ton, besides a good per entage in copper sulphides. Cars re also run from the second tunael o the ore bIn at the head of the ramway. All work about the mine 5 done in the same substantial aud , -ell planned manner and surprised le very much on account of tn, ex- eedingly short space of time, about | )ur months. in which so much has cen accomplished. Very respectfully,
 JULES BAUNANN.