The herald., 1893-06-18
ABOUT HOLES IN THE GROUND,
A Rich Locality in the Har-
cuvar Mountains in Arizona.
New Diggins Over the Mexican Line
Near Tombstone.
a Find Near Banning Times
mt PI osoho-Lower Ca lifornis
PIacers-The Fortuna
Mine.

PRESCOTT Courier As the newspapers
have been recently filed with glowing
accounts Of new strikes Of almost fsbu-
lous wealth, in different parts OF the
territory, the writer submits this de-
scription of the above rich mines in the
Harcuvars, the values of which are no
fabricated Munchausen tales, but plainly
truthful facts.
Some eight eight years ago Col. J. @.
Bullard came from Tombstone, found
and located in the southwestern part of
Yayapai county, in upheaved spurs OF
the Harcuvar mountains, the Home
stake group OF mines, consisting of 10
claims, as he then supposed, very valua-
BILE copper mines. Recently, however,
he has found them to be the richest OF
gold mines. The main ledge crops for
5000 or 4000 feet, crosscuts, tunnels and
ehafts1 showing it to be from 4 to IL
feet in width, the deepest shaft being
over 80 feet deep with feet of ore at
the bottom. Samples from various parts
of the ledge 60 from $25 to 5000 in gold,
5 or ounces of silver and some copper.
Col. Bullard is confident with the de-
velopment he has done, that he has at
least 81 100000 in sight.
Half mile east OF the Homestake
group are the claims of R. W. Bullard.
Lodges from three to ten feet in width
crop out the whole length of the claims.
Two shafts have been sunk, 15 and 25
feet deep, rock from which goes from
$40 to $3.50 free gold. Mr.. Bullard in
tends to haul some OF his rich ore to his
Tres Alamos spring and work it by the
arastra process.
South OF this is the claim of Mr.. and
Mrs. Robert Whiteside. Spoonings
from the surface 60 from 500 to $50 free
gold. A large ledge crops out nearly the
whole length OF the claim. Mr.. White
side knows he has bonanza, which he
intends to develop the coming winter.
Directly south of r. B. Billiards.
claims is the Baby Ruth, owned by J r.
Beatson. On this claim the ledge crops
out 300 feet. three or four feet in width
and goes $40 to $3.50 in gold. East OF
this is the Monte Cristo, owned by the
same party, who, from the size OF the
ledge, about 30 feet in width, cropping
300 or 400 feet, and sample from the
bottom of l0-foot shaft assayed $23 56
in gold and two ounces in silver, dreams
that he will yet be a veritable Monte
Cristo, the second.
Between the claims OF Col. Bullard and
R. W. Bullard, lay ths Youree and Hat
| ton; no development has been done on
these yet, but spoonings from the sur
face go from $40 to 800 gold, and prom
Use to be as valuable as any of those in
this rich section.
The character of all this ore on the
surface is gray copper, copper glance,
/ Nth
manganese and lime. Gold is evenly
distributed through it, pieces broken
| from any place on these ledges spooning
we'll in free gold. Where development
has been done the deeper one sinks, the
free gold increares and the baEe metals
| decrease. There is an abundance of
mesquit, palo verde and iron wood in
the immediate vicinity. The two great
drawbacks heretoforeihave beensthe dis
| tance from railroad and scarcity of
water, there being no water there in the
summer season. The Santa Fe, Prescott
and Phoenix railroad will solve the first
problem, it being only 25 miles over a
natural road, without hill, to Congress
station, while the judicious expenditure
OF some capital will overcome the sec
ond.
The owners OF these mines are all ex-
perienced, practical miners, who have
been at most of the large camps in Ari-
zona, California and other mining states,
and while they have no thousand dollar
ore in sight, yet they know these mines
to be valuable, and each will do a large
amount of development work the CON-
| ing winter, and feel assured that within
the next year or two this will not only
be the largest, but the richest and most
prosperous camp In Arizona.