The Arizona sentinel., 1896-12-12
The PIcachO Gold Mines.

The Golden Dream Co. is crowding the work on the Alfonso, Little Frank and Sambrano shafts, on the Monday mine in each of which very rich ore has lately been struck. All three are in splendid ore-and growing better as depth is attained. They are all, together with the shaft in the Alfonso cut above the falls and 60 feet south of the tunnel; and the Little Frank tunnel, OF the rich vein of ore which now is known to run the entire length of the Monday mine location.
 Emerson Gee the emlneut mining expert and mill man who was at the mine the day the rich strike was made and who visited the mine several times during his three weeks stay at Picacho, pronounces the Monday as one of the most promising mining properties that he has seen on the Pacific Coast. His views are confirmed by Senator Dorsey who also visited and carefully examined the Monday and the Golden Dream Co.'s mines. The Capella min- ing Go. is doing the assessment and other work upon its group of five mines, all on the White Gold Vein.
 The Gold Crown Mining Go. has completed the possession work on its group of five mines on the Yellow Gold vein. It was on the Gold Crown mine that some years ago, Jim Neahr picked up large piece of rock which was almost literally covered with free gold. A short time ago Col. Al len found its mate. This vein cuts through the highest mountains in the White Gold basin, and the great vein of copper, gold and silver can be seen for miles. In running the tunnel on the "Eddie Hodges" mine, which is on the accidental vein, laet week, very rich ore was found from the surface which now fills the face top, bottom and sides of the tunnel. This group is only II miles from the Colorado river, with a good wagon road from the river to the mines. MT. Gee considers this as one of the most important discoveries which Col. AL len has made in his mines.
 c. J. Josselyn of the San Diego Mining Co. has been doing the assess ment work upon the company'sprop- erty. Senator Dorsey, mining experts W. A. Parrish oi Denver Colo, and c. J. Bell of Scotland, completed their examination Of the Picacho mines and came down on Monday on their way to London, where the deal will be completed fer the 36 mines secured by the Senator.
 It is a well-known fact that the present examination more than con- firms the report made by expert Parrish a year ago, and the statements made by the Senator to the London capitalists who is backing him in their great enterprise. The same is also true of the thorough examination made by expert Gee during his stay at Picacho are found the ores in both. the White Gold and Picacho basins to warrant all that has been said of them, even better than represented.
 Col. D. K. Allen who was successful in placing his Golden Dream, the Monday, the Little Frank and the Alcyon groups with eastern capitalists, has also been able to arrange for capital to open up develop and place mills upon the Capeila, the Gold Crown and the Don Alfonso groups of five mines each. Work will be pushed on these promising claims, and as soon as the ore bodies are uncovered suf- fcient to warrant supply of ore, prospecting mills of 25 to 30 tons daily capacity will be put upon each of these groups to thoroughly test the ores. The money has been deposit ed in the Bank subject to draft by President Ireland for this purpose.
 The outlook for Picacho and its mines never was better than at the present time. Eastern men and are ready to push the work on the promising mining claims which they have already secured. The same is true of London. There is an abund ance of money for development and but not g. dollar with which to buy mines out and out.
 When such mining experts as Wm A. Parrish, c. J. Bell and Emerson Gee, after having spent days and weeks in most careful and thorough test of the ores and their veins in that mineral belt, pronounce in their favor, and confirm the good things which have been said of them; the time is not far distant when the Picacho mines will come. to the front and occupy the place which they 80 richly deserve