Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-04-15
MINING INTELLIGENCE.
Soma Interesting DOllss ia the Various
 Districts Surrounding This City.
Ehal0ld Producers afeDOIn5 all Noes
 From EsE Discoveries.

(. II. Bennett took out two ore ears to the Silver Flake mine to- day.
 The shaft in the Hopper mine on Cherry creek is being sunk deeper and rumor says that 1t is looking fine.
 Alex Duf recently discovered what is claimed to be an excellent quality of mineral paint, on the west side of Little Chino valley. He has eX- perimented with IL and it is said 10 be of superior quality. He re ports it in large quantity in the claim.
 The main shaft of the Congress mine has been sunk To a depth of l600 feet, or about 200 feet deeper than it has been for the past few years. In dolng this additional work a fine body of ore has been opened up, larger and richer, if a"y- thing, than any heretofore encoun- tered in the mine.
 DE. Theo. B. Comstock has been quietly working mining properties near Prescott for some months past, in the interest of the Prescott De- velopment Syndicate, Glasgow. Scotland, of which he Is superin- tendent aud consulting engineer. h the Gold Jem, near the Jersey Lily mine, this company now has some good gold ore in the 50 foot level. and is working a horse whim, with two shifts, down to the loo foot level. In the Addie mine on the Hassaysmpa, a large body of copper ore is being developed. pr. Com stock has purchased the Eikhart mine, in Mohavs county, at Chloride for this syndicate and will vigo- rously work this also.
 The mill on the Silver Flake mine was started up on Tuesday. April :, with every prospect of success. Quite a number of invited guests from Prescott were present at the startingof the machinery. The mill is ten stamp mill and was built. by John Jackson and IS said 10 be one of the best in the country. The property is already pretty we'll opened up but the present owLers are still continuing development work on 1t. The mine Is located only about six miles from Prescott. and the owners are J. J. Philbin and John Mackir. About thirty men are employed in tine mine and mil.
 Messrs. Timmons and Alkire have temporarily closed their Nenezia mill, in Crook Canyon. on account of a scarcity of water. They are interested, however, with Kansas City parties in the old Crook prop erty and have four men at work developing these claims. The claims have been "gophered' near the sur face, and the former owners thought they had obtained all the free gold they contained, as they had struck sulphuret ore. At depth of sixty feet below the old workings, the oge has changed again. turning from sulphurets to free gold, and the recent purchasers now have a fine body of shipping ore, which they are taking out. They propose to develop the property thoroughly and systematically during the com ing summer before putting up a mill.
 Messrs. A. B. Boyle and Thomas Mcdonald have a large sample uf ore on exhibition at Brisley's fruit store, from a claim owned by them in Mint valley mining district. The claim is called tho Bald Butte. The ore IS brownish in color and Is very rich. The ledge is thirty feet wide. and three feet and q half contains ore that will average S35 and $40 per ton. the lowest assay value re- ceived being A per ton, and it runs up into the hundreds. The claim is about twelve or fourteen miles from Prescott. It has been known ever since 1862 that gold existed in the district in paying quantities, as rich float had been found by freighters, packers and prospectors, but m those days there were no mills in the country, and the Indians being hostile, the district has been neg lected until recent years. Thomas Mcdonald, one of the owners of the Bald Butte mine, furnishes the fol- owin g description of if: This miue exposes to view a magnificent out crop 1900 feet in length, 40 feet in width and standing above the comb of the hill 10 to 8 feet high. expos ing on the west side of the vein a streak of colored quartz : to l5 feet wide and containing a free milling value of S4 to S7O per ton. The gold in this ore is of unusually high l grade and amalgamates very readily. A sample representing l,200 tons of | this cropping, was taken laet spring for a distance of 300 feet. and the | result was 8 free gold; the sample weighed 400 pounds, each piece not l weighing more than two ounces. Water and fuel are plentiful in this | district and easy of access. The l development on this claim consists ! sists of only about $2O0 worth of | work, being a tunnel started aud 2 l cut across the ledge at the richest ! place, the ore at this place being six feet in width of free gold ore of l good grade" He believes that with ! proper machinery and development. | this mine will make one of the best ! gold producers m Arizona.