Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1896-04-22

Thomas Mcdonald and A. B.
 Boyle, are still at work on their
 Bald Butte mine in Mint Valley district. This is quite a wonderful
 property. The ledge stands up m
 places as high as thirty feet from
 the ground and assays from it have
 gone as high as $70 per ton. The
 ore Is free milling gold ore. It
 seems as if this claim offers a fine opportunity for a company to invest
 Tn to make a success. The prope-ty
 IS located only @ few miles from town too.
 c. E. Donaldson has resigned as superintendent of the Etta mine in
 Cherry creek district and with George Watson has taken bond on the Cross Cut, Nazareth, Supply, Black Chief and White Chief mines. which are extensions of the Etta.
 The claims are owned by Munds. Campbell and Olden, and Messrs. Donaldson and Watson propose to proceed at once to the development of them, and have in fact a force of men at work already on them. They expect to have a mill in operation soon treating the ore. Mir. Donald son IS confident in his belief that they will turn out as rich if not richer than the Etta.
 The new find at the Haroua Hala IS reported to hold out we'll. Some time since the theory was advanced by experts that the original diseov- cry there, of what was known as the Bonanza claim, was simply in the top of mountain which had fallen over and that the main ledge was not there at all. This theory seemed verified by the explorations made with diamond drill, as sandstone was struck at quite a depth be- low where the ore was lost. Ths new find of the Quinn brothers is now supposed to be on the vein from where the break occurred and so far the deeper they have sunk OF It the better Is the ore produced.
 The old Howard mine on the Hassayampa is coming to the front agaln. This mine will be rsmem- bereed as having created quite sensation when 1t was discovered by the fabulOusly rich ore taken from 1t. It was discovered by the late J W. Burlington and w. H. Harlan. the latter afterwards purchasing his partners interest in it. They took out about S00,O00 in sinking only a short distance when the rich ore gave out. It has been worked how ever oil aLD on ever since by Mir. Harlan, who has taken out consid- erable very rich ore. \ short time since James shirley, the lrrepressi- ble mining man, who knows a good thing in a mine, when he sees it, and who always keeps cases on all of the good promising properties in the country, took a twelve months bond on the property and has had men at work opening lt up ever since. At the bottom of the winze he has struck a five foot body of rich sul- Phuret ore and he will continue sinking on it. The deepest working Is only about l00 feet from the sur lace and the ore body varies in width from one to five feet, the narrower It Is the richer the ore. In one place m the mine he took samples, not simply small specimens, but fair samples of ore that went away up m the hundreds per ton. By Mon day next Mir. Shirley expects to have a steam pump and steam hoist at work when he can prosecute devel- oPment work more vigorously. There is every reason to believe that the Howard will develop into a good paying property, and one thing is certain that if there is anything in 1t Mir. Shirley will find it within the next twelve months.