Phoenix weekly herald., 1896-07-16
CHERRY CREEK MINES.
A District That Gives Great Pro
mise.
Good Mines, Pleasant Homes and Gardens
Show Prosperity

Thirty five miles east of Prescots and
south of the Black Hills, Cherry Creek is
located. tributary to the Verde river.
This district has climate, water, wood
and tim bar, and an industrious number
of miners at work on good looking and
some paying properties
A. L. Butter and A. j Murphy have
six men ct !. work on the Jessie R.
group. The property ls located about
one-hslf mile north of Frank Bffr'a
house
The main shafts OF the Jessie R. is
sunk $50 feet on al incline vein. At
the depth of 50 feet q level runs east "a
feet and west 60 feet. Another shaft
located near the west end Of claim lie
drwn so feet, with drifts running east
% feet and west 20 feet-course of
vein.
This property is paying working ex-
penses. The last shipment OF 1917 tons
worked at the Sines & Smith mill is
said to have yielded 43 ounces in gold
The concentrates run s65 per ton. The
cost of milling wes 81 per ton.
This mine is developing itself under
careful management. A water power
within half mile can be had to oper-
ate an electric motor for a mill, when
needed.
The other mines OF this group ere the
Valloo, GAoza cu5 Or15. M vi
low Stone is on GROSS ledge running
almost north and south. The SHUTDOWN
is on large parallel vein of quartz
three feet thick and about five feet
above the bad of the creek. The pay
rock is q red, decomposed quartz.
Frank A. Biffer. owner OF the above
properties, has 20 foot water wheel
located below the mines. Mr.. Biffev
was prospe=ed by running this arraetra
Around this camp the prospeotors
gather to pan their prospects gpd 81
ways rsc9ive = kind and. encour rag *
word from Mr.. Blfer
Two miles south OF the claims above
Pete ksstner's, Logan has tunnel in
20 feet, from a small canyon, and a shaft
sunk On the south end 80 feet. There
IS water in the tunnel and shaft The
ore streak at the mouth of the tunnel is
about fourteen inches.
MAMMOTH MINE.
This is one of the largest quartz
edges in the districts TIE ledge is
rom TO feet in width The main
shaft is down lac feet On an incline of
Is feet. About the center OF the claim |
another shaft has beer sunk 30 feet |
moving better ore.and further east and |
Town the hill COS on the ledge iudi-
'ates the best ore on that end.
J. E. Allen, the owner, has had the |
re from this mine rniled.
GOLD RING MINE.
-Four miles north OF Cherry Creek she
Told Ring mine is found. This proper
y belongs to Louisville people. The
1sin shaft in csntsr of claim is down
10 feet. Ga the east OF the main shaft
] one of 112 feet. The first one west of
be main shaft is down $50 feet with
svel east 178 feet. On the west end
shaft 100 feet is sunk The timbere
! this mine bre about so fall to pieces.
his is said to be good property but
rom neglect it would be expensive to
scertain it's value
CROSS CUT MINE.
The Cross Out has tunnel q 20 feet.
he owners, Donaldson & Watson,
'ected mill on the Verde and were to
art running on the 9th OF this month.
ETA MINE
This property was worked several y
bars ago. a mill was built on the E
erde, but little used Giroux, Of Jer-
ne. lately bonded the Eta aud work
the mine and mill to good sdvan- :
ge. The mine and mill ars tied up by
igation. J
T. FL. McDsFvitb hes bonded q claim a
om F. A. Biffer and will commence 3
'rk this week. Ii is in the location Of
g Harper mine.
The Lone Star owners had about 10
rs Of ore worked at the Sines mill last :,
Eek =
ROCKY PASS MINE.
This mine is now under bond and p
rked by B. c. Williams aud Editor !
Iams OF Jerome. The Rocky Pass mas .
lded well from the time she was .,
uck. The vein is not large but il
ICES rich. A tunnel is 10 300 feet (,
the center of this tunnel Wine A
3 run down so feet and from here a
# is run in an fne veiu of ore. A 4.
mel lie under way on the east side OF n.
} hill to connect With tbe 800 foot
mel. This 6unual is expected to de-
op good vein Of ore
his property beloDgs 30 Geo. ". ~
es and J. Fl. B. Smith and is located -.
tn of their mill short distance. -
E Brock .nau, she uwoar Of the
d Anchor, has. 100 feet of work done =
lis claim. This claim lies south CT
Harper mine. Sh
ne Homestake and Jim Grow, in She Ger
9 district, have large Lodges. In Ke'