The herald., 1894-10-14
ABOUT HOLES IN THE GROUND
Recent Developments in Ari-
z0na and California.
Richness in aud Around the Gold
fields District.
A Rich Body of Ore In the MOrongo
Dfstrict-The Giobs Bmslters
WIN Resume Work.
Mining Notes.

In l6tt6r TO TIE HEOellX, Arizona
Gazstte from Goldfeld, John McCasey
has the following interesting mining
news:
In my usual monthly Visits to the golt
mines OF this district on the Sd and Al
of this month l cleaned the following
reliable data:
The Floater mining claim, owned by
Hakes & Co., ia running parallel with
the Mammoth mine, the east line OF one
being the west line of the other. This
claim hes an incline 60 feet deep at On
angle of about IS degrees. The entire
incline shows auriferous ore. North oil
and adjoining the Floater on its south
end is the Wasp. On this property
there is 20-foot vertical shaft in ore.
The Gold King, 1900 feet east OF the
Wasp. has a 50.foos shaft; cross cut is
now being run from the southwest. This
shows about $40 free gold ore.
The Treasure Vault, one and half
miles east OF the Mammoth, has %.
foot vertical shaft in ierruginous. aurifer-
ous ore.
The High Flyer mine and mill are
about one mile east OF the Treasure
Vault. The mine has two shafts, one
about 100 feet deep, the other one about
so feet. both in high grade gold ore.
The mill is resting. because the owners
are putting in No. 3 Cameron steam
pump to supply the plant with water.
The Sunset, continuation OF the
High Flyer on the south, has q vertical
shalt about 20 ieet deep and ID in good
ore.
The Fair Stake, about one half mile
southeast OF the Sunset. haa an S0-foot
shaft. The owners are hoisting good
free gold rock.
next visited the Bull Dog mine. 1t
is indeed q gold mine OF the most prom
ising type. l was escorted over the
property by the courteous superinten-
dent, Mr.. Thorndyke. We first visited
the working shaft and thero found No.
Knowles steam pump raising about 80
gallons of water per minute to the sur
face. 1t is station pump. but does its
work we'll. The drift from the so foot
level is now in a distance of 80 feet, and
the whole breast is in bright sparkling
gold ore. while at the shaft several
buckets of freshly broken ore were
hoisted to the surface, from which |
picked several pieces literally filled with
shining gold. There is on the dumps
some 200 tons of ore that will yield at
least $4,000. or an average of $50 per
ton, Specimens can be picked out of
the ore dumps that will go from $1,000
to $1,000 per ton, but the gem
eral average of the whole dump
is about $50 per ton. This found TO
be sc, from actual tests made personally
by myself; l picked cut ssveral pieces.
haphazard, from the dump, crushed and
panned them, and the result was from
S2o0 to $1,000 per ton of fine gold. The
superintendent next escorted me to
point on the ledge about 400 feet north
Of the shaft. where he (Mr. L. had per-
sonally discovered some rich ore today.
l took several specimens, crushed them
in O mortar, panied them, and the
yield from apparently barren rock was
500 to sl50 per ton. The ore is what is
known in geology ss breccia. the term
applied to quartz aauds in O finely di-
vided state and held together by ferric
oxides or lime. This quartz is porous
and the silicate graina are angular. Mr..
Thorndyke has q complete assay outfit
on the ground and tests his ores several
times a day. The Bull Dog at pres
ent development is the most promising
gold mine ia camp. Some weeks ago if
q prospector approached visiting cap
italiet and asked him to look at his
prospect, the v. C. would invariably ASK
the question, "How far is it from the
Mammoth" Now the question usually
is, "How far is it from the Bull Dog ?"
There are a few placer finds in this
camp, not very rich, however. For the
benefit OF such OF our readers az may
not know what placer mines are. l will
state that placer gold is deposited where
mountain torrents OF the larger rivers
which erode or tear out the strata OF the
rock over which they flow, and meeting
with tissure veins in their course, carry
down the gold and gold bearing quartz
wdieh they contain. with the other
debris from the rocks, and deposit it in
the river beds, basins and valleys be-
low.