Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1894-02-23
ARIZONA MINES AND PROS
PECTS.

free milling gold mines in tha
territory, and those that are devel
oped are paying very well indeed
A nong the great producers are tn
Mammoth, Congress, Phoenix, Bo
nanzs, Harqua Hals, etc.
The Mammoth mine is probabl,
one of the very best producers 70
/ its age and amount of develop
ment work done. 1t is located OF
the plain, near the Superstition
mosntsins,35 miles east of Phoenix
having a 20 stamp mill and al
other needed machinery, and run
Mig stes1 ly on free milling ore
The best of wood is delivered by
Mexican wood haulers, IN abun
dance, at about SO per cord. This
mine has fairly good supply o.
water, which is very important
point in this country. The mine
is owned by Colorado parties.
There are many good free milling
prospects, some of which are 10
Gated we'll as to wood and water,
others having wood and no water.
The way claims are taken up in
Arizona is this: The prospector
finds a lead and at once claims
everythingi in sight, taking one to
dozen slaims; on each claim be
erects q small stone monxnent; in
the base of the monument he
places an old fruit can or sardine
box with . piece of paper inside
giving name OF claimant. date oi
making CLAIM, etc. The law allsws
hix two years time in which to do
80 mush work On bis claims. The
custom Of the balk Of the prospec-
tsrs is to do nothing farther Oh the
claims during the two years, just
managing to be on hand at the end
of the tive years aud relocate the
claims for two years more. In
this way claims are held for years
without any development work
being done, and anything that
looks like leads OF ore is claimed
and monuments erected thereon.
There ara exceptions, however
to this general rule. Sometimes
we find claims being taken good
care of, and honest assessmsn
work done In an intelligent
manner. leaving the prospects or
claims in first-class shape for ex-
animation bv intending investors
The claims are nearly all for sale
or an interest can be acquired by
putting in = mill.
As an illustration of the value
of some Of these claims, | will
refer to one. The owner is a Mex
ican and owns several claims in
what 10 called Buckhorn gulch, rs
miles from Prescott. There is one
claim that he and his wife work
At intervals 1t is called the San
Francisco. His plan OF working
his claim is by slnklag a shaft and
carrying the ore out of the SHAFT
ap ladder, then the ere is sorted
on the dump. The best ore he
works in an arastra, the balance OF
the ore he piles up On the dump.
He has, perhaps, 800 tons gu the
damp rannisg SIS to $40 per ton.
1t is elaiHpd he cleans up from
$500 to 500 per msnth frsn the
sell ,cted ore, when he runs bis ma
chine steadily for a month. After
allowing the old lady to do little
cleaning up on her own account
she buys such things as lady
ought to have, such es earrings
watsh and all sorts of pretty
things.
This property is located we'll up
en- the slope of the mountain, plen-
ty of wood near by, and at the
claim is a small stream OF water.
The ore is dark red color and
carries iron, is not hard and is said
to run very we'll in free milling
gold showing assays as high as sl79
per ton. Like nearly all OF his
class he works his claim only at