Arizona republican., 1898-02-01
EVANS POINT.
The New Gold Camp in Eastern Grah-
 am County.

The New Gold Camp in Eastern Grah-
 am County.
 Will B. Kelly of the Graham Bulle- tin, has been making the rounds of the far cas-, county in the interest of the Kelly organ, live sheet, and this is one of the results: Evans Point located about six miles up the river from Clifton, it is believed, is destined to be one of the best gold camps in the territory. Everything about the new camp poin;s in that di- rection. The principal stockholders in the Evans Van Hecke miniLg com pany made a visit to the camp last week and expressed themselves we'll pleased with the showing made so far, and now the mines gre 70 be worked for all they are worth.
 Al Clifton there are ten more stamps ready to be hauled up to the Point and placed in position. The mill will then b'e running with twenty stamps, and it is promised that before the next four months pas by no less ',han six ty stamps will be pounding away on gold ore that will average from S9 to S14 per ton.
 The company have some very rich ore in some of their claims, but for the present they are leaving it right there. They are giving attention to the mountains of low grade ore that can be worked for years to come in stead of a small vein of faDulousIy rich mineral. The comp3ny is pro- ceeding slowly and are making sure of their ground and as the minus are de veloped and they can see before them the exact amount of ore the mill will have 70 work, more stamps will be ad- ded and just how large a mill will eventually be operated at Evans Point is still a matter of conjecture
 The mill is now running on ore taken off the surface on the Senator mine. This surface ore runs about $1O per ',on. 4 shift of seven man are at work on the top of the lead and are blasting the ore out, loading it on wagons, and started for the mill a mile and a half below. The roads are exceptionally good, for mountain roads and no difficulty is experienced in hauling the ore to the mill. Down the side of the hill tunnel is being run which will cut the lead of the Senator mine about 150 feet under ground. And at the base of the mountain a large double-track tunnel which is 70 be 600 feet long is being run. This large tunnel will nun clear through the mountain Interesting the large leads at depth of 800 feet. The group of mines owned by the company cover an area of about three square miles and are loca,ed along three large leads that traverse the mountains in a north -easterly and south-westerly di- Ieiction. The Senator lead is in the center and is 12 feet wide. On the Mother vein which lies above rhe Sen- ator Lead the company owns claims amounting to over 5000 linear feet On the Senator they have over 5000 feet of claims and on the lower lead on which is located the Colorado & Lexington mines.
 They have another group of claims which run for over 5000 feet. Be- tween these large prominent leads are numerous small veins of rich ore.
 Williams, Greenlee, Tevis, ct al., the original owners are well pleased. The miners are receiving good wages and there is a general feeling of satis- faction through the entire camp. Geo. W. Williams is in charge of the mines. He has been in the camp for the past ten ye3rs and is a thorough and practical mining man. At the mill W. F. Martin an old and experi- enced mill man from New Mexico is in charge. MT. G. H. Fully is the engin- eer and everything is moving like clock work. Around the mill and at the mines there are abont fifty men at work and more are being put on al most every day. At the sore MT Park is in charge. IA full stock of general merchandise is carried.
 MT. L. Van Hecke, treasurer and secretary of the company and MT. J. c. Evans, formerly of the California Exploration Company were in charge
 Mrs. Baker still runs the boarding house at the mill and MT. Tevis has charge of the boarding house at the mines. w. c. Harzoy has a contract for furnishing mining timbers at the mines. Wm. Rollins has a contract to deliver ore '2t the mill from the mines He has several teams on the road.
 Or the south of the company s claims are those owned by MT. J. F Smart. They comprise a group ot three mines and are an extension ot the properties owned by the Evans people. TheSe claims lie between the Copper King district and the Evans Van Hecke Co.,, and the ore is similar to that being taken from the Senator mine at the present time. MT. Smart has been in the district since 1883 about the time the Arizona Copper company took charge of their property at Clifton.
 To the north of the Evans Var Hecke company is group of eighteer claims which is owned by w. T. Pol land and c. J. Nelson These claim: were located about three years agt and show good gold ore-as rich a any in the district.
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