Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-07-01

There lS cOuslOCE9uic oSt4'-N- mining in Thumb Butte district, and the properties which are being worked are showing up well. Forrest X Dougherty have two tunnels on their Eastern Star claim, one oi which is in ll0 feet and the other l2O feet, both in good ore.
 Anderson and Walker have just completed a shaft thirty feet deep on their horseshoe mine, in Thumb Butte district. On the surface the ledge was four inches wide, and at the bottom of the shaft 1t has widsned out to one foot. The ore runs all the way from SlO to SlZo in gold.
 W. J. Martin, superintendent oi the Little Jessie mine, was m town today. He says that the mill con tinues to run but water IS getting somewhat scarce. The operation of the property under the manage meut of the receiver, and the super intendency of Mir. Martin has been successful thus far and the balance has been in favor of the profit ac- count. About twenty men are em- ployed in the mine, which IS looking well.
 INV. Brown has had the Morn ing Glory mill in operation Tor several days, with good success. He has a sufficient amount of ore out to keep it in operation for some time, and has from fifteen tO twenty men at work in the mine. Water IS get ting scarce, and Mir. Brown Is max ing arrangements to use 1t over again, after once having used 1t through the mill, and m this way hopes to keep the mill in operation for ten or twelve hours per day. He Is we'll pleased with the outlook at present
 The new management of the Pine Mountain Mining company IS meet ing with good success ID the opera ton of their property on Lynx creek, and have again demonstrated that the ore bodies of this section improve with depth. They have re- gently opened up three additional ore bodies in their mine, two of which are milling more than so per ton in gold and the other shows a value of S74 with concentrates as saving SSS. The ore bodies are each about two feet wide. The discovery of these ore bodies are not only very encouraging to the owners or the property but has created consider able excitement in the district as 1t presages well for the district in gen. eral.
 C. H. Akers is greatly encouraged at the results obtained from his Fl Rami mine on Lynx creek. On the surface the ore asssyed only a trace in gold while at depth of 90 feet it had increased, not only in value, but had widened out to very satisfactory proportions. A most remarkable thing happened though which com pelled him to stop work on the property at this depth. A little crevice in the ledge was struck from which quite a good sized stream of water poured forth, so strong that the men could not handle it. In the water numerous small fish, varying from the length of ones finger down to tiny little ones in size, were found. The little fellows, while quite active were entirely devoid of eyes.
 The following from Cherry creek is taken from the Jerome News: In the Cherry creek district there is 8 steady improvement. New discov- cries are being made, snd some of them are wonderfully rich. R. De Kuhn has opened up another very rich body of ore in his Mocking Bird mine. This mine has produced some very rich ore, but none so rich as that now being taken out. We have 8 sample of this ore which we will be pleased to show to any who may wish to seei The people who have leased the Rocky Pass group of mines and mill have put two shifts at work in the Rocky Pass mine. An option has been taken on the Red Horse group of mine by Jerome parties. This group is the property of Willis Cross. On the Red Horse mine there is a fifty foot shaft in a body of ore which meas vres 4 feet across. This ore IS not very high grade, but it all pans, and If it will average S10 it is a bonanza. The price asked IS a low one and there IS the greatest possibility that MT. Cross has disposed of his prop erty. There is not property that is developed to any extent in Cherry creek district which could not be disposed of if a reasonable price was placed upon it. Butler < Murphy have SIX men at work on their leased properties. They are building chutes from the mine to the road and will thus save on the transportation of the ore to the mill. It looks now as II this property was going to turn out lot of money to the gentlemen who are working it. Mid Jones has just had nine tons of ore worked at the Rocky Pass mill which yielCed a handsome return. Work is pro greSsing all over Cherry creek dis tnct and the work being done will result in much good for the district. Watson X Donaldson have several hundred tons of ore piled up on the dump of the Cross Cut mine. This ore will be moved to their mill on the Verde.