Phoenix weekly herald., 1897-08-19
CHAPARRAL MINING DISTRICT Little Jessie Preparing fer a Cya-
 hide Plant. McCabe Mine Developing Into One of tho Valuable Properties of Arizona. The GOpher-The New Year
 SWindler and Four
 Cranks.

With the change of Jessie T. Jones ] 10 the receiversh;p of the Little Jessie, Van H Brooks of Salt Lake, has been making tests of the ts;Iings near the
 mill, and estimates their vsiue St S75, 1 GOO, end is satisfied his company will
 erect plant.
 Want of waser has been serious draw back to the Little Jessie. At this
 time the mill is not able to run but half the time. Repairs are being made by Fred Adams on tue five stemps that have been idle for some time. Thls
 will give the mill 20 stamps. 1 The york on the mine consists of @ shaft sunk ou the vein 660 feet with levels run west at the 150 level 350 feet and east 253 feet.
 Al tbs 250 foot level the drift west ie 275 feet and east 253 feet. AS the $50 foot level the drift vest is ip 240 feet and east 253 feet. At the 450 level the west drits is run 260 feet and east 16O feat. At bhs $50 foot level the drift is 225 feet in on the west and 200 feet on the east.
 The dump Of the Little Jessie is said to carry enough value 50 assort for cysaiding. phe edge of te mine carries values that can onIy be reached by the cyanids process.
 Hon. J. s Joaes has returned Do the mine. The new receiver, Jessie T. Jones, Is brother of J. s. They are practical miners and from them we look to eee the Little Jessie equal to any mine in the camp.
 W Hubbard and family reside at the mill. Mr. Hubbard is kept busy hauling ere and supplies for the various camps. The teams and wagons are among the bsss in she country and heavy machinery is handled es care fully as small packages.
 At the Jessie uliil II. Armstrong is as- sayer, Clifton Lswie, snalgamator, Alex Don and J " Gates, en- glaeers, and Arthur Rssvss night en gioeer.
 So far this has been A dry summer around ths Big Bug country.
 THE McCABE.
 Ina ahnve proparty, while enc of the proaosr5as nia=s oe sas Territory. iabut littls kn1wn outside of it's camp.
 The following wili show what, has besn dona aud what she future output will be when she company gets ready tc sink B new working shaft. At present # is i'm mpossjbie to handle oniy the dig $ that IS necessary for development eu6 tina ore that follows development.
 Tbs ac Cabs shaft is sunk 535 fest and at this ds2sh 5hs values have in- creased The first level WAS run at depth of ftsy fast. From this the east drifs was run two hundred feet and west five hundred feet. On the one hundred aud fifty foot level the drift run esss $50 fsss aud vest 1000 feet. Fhs7e are four wirzss in these drifts. | On the 25O foot levei the sest drift Is in | 480 feet and the west in 1900 feet, but | there are six wiDzes in the work. | On the $50 foot level ahe east drift is in | 600 feet and she west run 75e fset. l There are thyas winzss on thssa levels |
 The 45O foot level has the last drift 52O feet in and the west 300 feet, with three winzas.
 At 523 feet she vast drift Is in twenty feet, while commencement is started in the east, below thus poins is e stump 12 feet, from which during the present dry sesson 650OO gallons Of watsr is rsis- sd every swenty-fs UT hons. During get weather dot bic the quantity Is [ handled.
 There hss been no stoping below [ he 15O foot level. Ali of this ground : ,arrIes large values and could not be ,ut in better condition. There Is po niue ia Arizona that has been so csre- u!ly developed ard thst can haudle its re so successfully, when the neu ahsft sunk. J J Coleuen has gbe credit foF :, he above work Mr. Coleman is he T wn surveyor and drafts ssmsu, asd is oae Ic [ the practical 'ain' nG msn of she T osat. D Ia is said the shipments of ore ard oncensrates from the- 4cEahe Is abous - yo hundred tons per nlou'h. The cen run close 10 S9G 2es ton be shipping ore will average s90 U or ton. AS bstoFe seatsd no stopius- Q se been done beio~ tbs 150 faot lsve. lIs gives over foue saaus4nd feet If uping ground.
 The shipments ooas from develop ent work alone.
 The McCsbe mill has tsn & 'slps. and ur concentrating tables Fha prop ty is owned by Hon E " Weiie, " c q, aesoas and Huqa AcOrnm. SC The folio wing Bre the msn employed c