Arizona silver belt., 1895-08-03
CHUNKS OF SILVER.
The Large Nuggets Found in
 Richmond Basin.
Wonderful Discoveries of the
 Past in Globe District.

Globe was set agog on Monday last by the arrival of Leroy Ikenberry from Richmond Basin with two silver nuggets weighing 30l and 6 pounds respectively. Their size is not phe- nomenal, but their apparent purity is what excites comment. The largest nugget Is about IL inches long and 16J inches in circumference, and it's appearance and weight would indicate that it is almost pure metal.
 The large nugget was found by MT. Ikenberry two weeks ago, in a gulch above the Nugget mill, close to where Ben Paseoe had corral years ago. The place is fully mile from where the rich nuggets were found a few years ago, and in different gulch. Lee was out hunting his mule, and stopped for moment to rest, and was looking at some stock browsing on the mountain above him. One foot rested on what he supposed was blackened powder. It had a curious look. and after some exertion he dislodged it. What was his surprise and delight to find it was a huge nugget of silver
 Lee forgot all about the mule. He hurried back to camp with his treasure and then, accompanied by Geo. Bird and J. W. Killen, repaired to the place of discovery and commenced a search for more nuggets. George soon found the small nugget, but after that the search was fruitless, although they hunted diligently for ten days,
 The value of the find is a matter of conjecture, although several old min CTS think it will assay 900 fine. On that basis, at the present price of silver, 66t, the large nugget is worth S2s4.35. and the small one S57.24. The nuggets have been on exhibition at A. R. Young's, and have attracted great attention.
 In the early days of the camp this ahd would not have been considered extraordinary. From 1876 to 1880 rich silver strikes were common. Richmond Basin is noted for it's silver discoveries during the past nineteen years. From 1876 to 1880 the Chilson brothers took out Sso,0O worth of nuggets from the Nugget and Rifle man claims. Nuggets have been found at various times in the Basin worth from four or five to ten dollars per pound. The Mack Morris was the ia. nous mine in the Basin, however. 1 Our recollection is that during the period it was worked the shipments by the Mack Morris company, through Wells Fargo & Co, aggregated over $500, OOO
 McMillen's record as a silver pro. ducer is almost equal to Richmond Basin. The famous Stonewall Jackson mine was discovered by Chas. McMil. len, and during 1876 and 1877 was owned and worked by McMillen and Dore Harris. They made the first shipment from the Stonewal Jackson mine in March, 1876, of 300 pounds oi float, which netted one dollar per pound at Florence, Mir. Jennings being the purchaser. Sinking on the lead they struck native silver, and in Au. gust, 1877, Messrs. McMillen and liar ris made the first shipment of native silver to the Selby Smelting Works, San Francisco. The shipment con- sisted of one ton, lacking 40 pounds, from which the net returns were | gf9,55O.
 Soon afterwards they sold the Stone wall Jackson mine to Saa Francisco parties for sl2O,OOO, and wishin two months after the sale the company took ont ore to more than pay for the mine. The company made one ship, ment of S1O5, GOO. At the time the sale was made McMillen and Harris had sunk shaft 70 feet on the ledge and exposed slab of native silver that was. continuous from the surface to She bottom of the shaft, and from two to eight inches thick and about six fee. in width. It was so nearly pure silver that it was difficult to blast, and much of it had to be cut with chisels and broken down. In one instance a slab weighing 1900 pounds was detached and TOO pounds of it shipped in one piece to San Francisco.
 A stringer on the Little Mack, an adjoining claim to the Stonewsll Jack son, yielded McMillen and Harris i S2O, ,OOO. A part of this ore went S70OO ! per ton, and three Cons worked in Morrill, & Ketchum's mill yielded S27OO per ton.
 The greatest silver nugget ever found in the Globe district was dis covered about 34 miles from town, to the left of the road going to Quartzite, Mack Morriz was on his way to Rich mond Basin one day, and seeinga man named Munson sitting on big bowld- CT, hailed him and inquired what he was doing there. Munson replied that he was guarding the powder, which he declared was silver, and had been there almost two days without food. Mack told him to put up mo- tice and go on into town, and Mack wrote out the notice for him: "This is Munson's chunkW The powder was broken up and shipped to San Francisco, netting some S6OOO.