Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1895-06-26


 borated. The discovery was so.lo- rs by two Mexicans while rast;a. -.aae the summit of it, a nugget bs;a "a scraped up by a stick in the hs. of one while leisurely pokine in sS ground. From this resulted a ssass stream of humans, and the mo.. tain was soon the scene of thae tiyity known only to a trust no'-s days that is being assailed hv mss ern political brigands. Soma ;Jes may be formed of the riches wS:ss Iss this small area has given mn stating that since 1883 up to sbs present, seventy souls have gsas and prospered at its base in W ,s- town known as Weaver. and nsn,as ,..s after him who was the leader of sS- first party of white men who vs- .-s tured to it. From that distant a.s to the present, a rain storm k. never passed over the hill witho,,, men going up to its rugged sides = again dig for it's fruits, and dnr;.- = as late as last summer, nuggets the value Of S300 were shown fh,. came from it. To this day scientise men shudder when they view th;s mountain, towering, as it does, ahors It fellow companions. and sasr, bafiied in explaining how the ool5 ever reached that height witbont the least indication, as vet. of ths mother ledge. Along Weaver crsaL thousand feet below Rich H;Ii considerable placer work is vet ea ing on, Mexicans being the ny;no;5ss operators. What the district ba produced is out of the question to state, but must run into the miIl;ons as the How from it continues stasd; ly. o'-
 Another old district that h.. turned itself inside and ont Ioo,sa5 eight miles from Prescott. ia tbs Hassayampa. 1t has been workoj from the eos to the present and last winter over 150 minsrs wa,s rocking and sluicing along az course.
 ons of the very oldest. and also one ssA
 
 ton in early days. yielding its miili0ns of hs,se. golden dollars, and still the scene of na1Sss active rocker" is old Lynx Greek, buf eissf l,liss dlsssnt From Prescott. lt is haEs tiAi lAa historical walker party wondered t0 and usshel out thousands of dollars. Al prssenf lhis .lS timer still has its ardent foiiowers and we'd. -- its nuEEets and dust in bounflfal vag Frss the fabulous sums this stream has protncpd s11 the belief also that it is yet to bs section s unfiminished supply in mineral. there has spFn,s tom sneh one of the grs9test problems mosiern mining to etieet that section ng the ia- trodnction ot machinery known as the Bnryfm Steam Shovel. the Lynx Greek Hydranlie Cor. pAny being the principals la the moTe, Tks question ot solving the problem whether og hat the ground can ce prontably handled is sae d.f@ euifY. not the idea aa tO the valne of the depoaf for teefs given repeatedly prove haYond sns dOuht. that tue metal is tO be had and tha nrs1- snt seyice he only Ssy in which t can hs .se- ground the present company is handling is oa Lower LyEx Greek, and hg crude methods h early dsys when wafer vas more abundant than knOWissiaa Of the earrounding wealth. gave aa it is estimatad over S2.000.o0o. Since that iin,s the crock bed has been abandoned. and now Ia psOposed to haadla. by new methn a the aeih. cent gFonnd snseep.ibie of vegking easiis sE4 running inte the millions of eubic yAris. tfss than year ago the ground was given tAaroeah test and was 50 satiefactory that a naR nlaat c4pabie of handling the b0aklers withinit. was superintendent. says he does not iaar to fsns tha question of the wealth the usuassin coatsirs the adap.ability of the 'sh0Fel" beins the eat problem to overcome.
 On the saccessfui Uorking ot this nov la, chine, the fold open or others will he resiila magntAe one, for 70 anywhere. travel as,s and even mountains are known to b. ava habsh the intentions as 0utiinet in tho pronsotiOaH this feature 0f placer mining.
 Another steam shovel. patternaa sonlsstx after the above, Is located in Weayar distfiI just below the famous dizgings- 4t has nc yst been operated, but. it is ssid, soon EiA a. The groand on which it Is situated ha' houcur been sampled. and ia every test handsome rsssa were given. The compazly Is under the sansl.. tendency Of s E. knller- who is the orislnl promoter Of the eDterprise and beinl one ssI ta nrst to grasp the msIits of the propositissa fsb company has several hundred acres ot sua ground located.
 Prof. Church has just given the sboss ssussi as Stan on rigid test with hts an,alganfatf e. sulhng iR the successful handling of O. &d Rxceeding all expectations in the sxpes1ef Inis ganEAnsees the property a very haezg tutars
 Attaehed e pIaosr mining in Yavarai nt somsWh Et msenlheent scaia. no event ln ez line which was Vafct.od and studied with 1n . care and interest was that ef the ehsefprat z the Walnut Grove Wxtlr 2toruge ConpAny. D and carrie out successfully in the s,sraSsa water, but unfortunately for thos4 kehipd q project, well as for this section. tAe servinsf then dam was insufficient for the unprecedezi rain fall which fell in the country around. ~ while 0a the eve, it may be said. of raaliEzta of their efforts. the sfTu-ture WIS swept sm and with it one of the grandest proieets eFsf augurAted in the history Of Arizona, for the "a also passed away. Some idea may be forInel the WOrthiness ot the project by stating that Y dimensions of the dam were % feet hsng Eni q feet deep. storing water mile wide b. raa d, one-half miles backward. of an average dspt 60 feet. By this system 0f storage it wls A tended to convey wafer to a section twenty ui1 distant and there work gravel beds hy the h7aIrs lie process, lt ie now stated that the baila4 ef the aboye structure is guaranteed and .1 before snow flies 1t will bs undertaken. Ehk operation no doubt prevails over fts anccesa yNst area it is tO handle being Of unqaasduN richness,
 As an argument in favor of placer mi4sl around Prescott and tho general prosperiig IA it gives 10 the community, the writer hes ncf4 ally interviewed various people who hanl8e st dust in their business pursuits, and is perss.f through their courtesy, to make the foa1f& statement. The amounts gtFen are iorths IA ending June 90, 1895, and Voueked toF q tlP
 nte. In attempting to get at tue botil1a el - gold supply in this line, to reach ns thaEaa1a of dollars must necessarily be 0Eaflooked ia 2 sphere of personal shipmenfa made dl41 outside points of which no record hfs ereaa made. The figures given below, thea. n2 said to represent the wages ot the toihng n1asN and while not as gllttering in amount aa e ee | expected, are representative ot tho counui least Various estimates haEe been ma1a ai - wealth produced by the placsrs of tsEaras AE the discovery of Weaver and Rich AiA ~ nothing beow S2ooo0. 900 will be acoepted hs ,st the most tncredulOus. The fOllGE-1s @
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