Arizona republican., 1898-04-11

takes the course of the ledge, which las a pitch of twenty degrees from vertical The first level is run at sixty-fve feet. A drift connects the shaft and winze at ninety-five feet from each level, as far as the Winze goes down. Drifts are driven in the lead from both the shaft and winze, from the shaft 142 feet, and from the winze eighty feet. The second level is seventy feet below the first, and there are drifts here of 125 feet from the shaft, and sixty feet from the winze. The third level is also seventy feet, with a 20O-foot dr;e. from the shaft, and an eightyfoot drift from the winze. The winze ends at this level, and the shaft continues on 100 feet to the fourth level, the greatest depth of the workings. Besides these workings there has been done 800 feet of work from the surface of the lead in two places.
 The development of Grown Point has been accomplished with a one horse whim, and a working force which has never been more than thirty-five men. The ore bodies have been dis turbed as little as possible, and the mine presents a unique and interest ing picture to the visitor. Tom Dowd, foreman of the mine, and John Han lon, who has charge of the technical work, took The Republican cores pendent through the winze A great many reports have come to Phoenix about Crown Point, but nothing au- thentic has been published. The strike made two months ago was twenty first appearance in the mine Of a vein of decomposed quartz which has width of about three feet This ore showed values of s4O0 and the extent of it caused a great deal of excite ment in the camp. Sinking was con- tinued to the fourth level, and the rich vein held its width, and the val ues increased. A second strike was made on the first of April when drift ing on the vein at the 300-foot level was commenced. Drifts of ten feet from either side of the shaft revealed | richer ore than the mine had yet pro- i duced. There was the same decom- | posed quartz, with the same width of
 the vein, but very perceptible in crease in the gold values. Mornings
 from samples showed that the gold
 will mill from $500 to $1,00O. The
 vein of decomposed quartz is held in
 the main ledge of quartz, which has an almost uniform width of five to, eight feet throughout the mine. This 1 last strike places the Grown Point among the bonaza mines of the south west. It raises the value of the ore | perhaps 50 per cent. Without this wealth-giving acquisition Grown Point | is mine which Arizona can we'll be
 proud of. The ledge widens in one place to eleven feet, but the average
 width of the present development of !, the mine is perhaps five feet. The ore | is held in the foot wall throughout the mine, and the hanging wall has hardly appeared at all. The average value of | the entire ore bodies is estimated at 1 S20. The excellent development of
 very cheap. Work has progressed as far as possible with whim hoist, and
 the owners of the mine are now nego- 1 tiating for a steam hoist, ten-stamp mill and concentrators. The pumps
 have been pulled out of the mine and
 water is coming into the lower work
 ings. sufficient supply will have ac-
 cumulated by the time the machinery
 arrives to mill some time There is a cistern at the third level which is filled with water from the lower lev
 els, and it is thought that the mine
 will furnish all the water necessary for milling.
 Perhaps no mine in Arizona has
 such showing as the Grown Point has at 300 feet, and there is none
 which has produced such permanent
 and regular ore body throughout it's development Mining men who have
 visited the mine are enthusiastic in their praise of the property. It's de i velopment assures a successful career,
 and the increasing gold values with
 depth is promising for the future of
 the mine. Besides the free gold which
 predominates in the mine, the ore also carries rich concentrate ore and
 values in lead which will augment the
 concentrating values of the ore.
 I Grown Point is owned jointly by Col. A. o. Brodie of Prescott and H.
 $. Van Buren of New York Col Brodie spends the most of his time at the mine and superintends the opera tions here. Col. Brodie is one of tha
 best known citizens of Arizona, and
 his excellent management of Grown
 Point places him among the best
 mining men of the southwest. It will
 be but a short time before Crown
 Point will take it's place among the big
 gold producers of Arizona
 i Tom DOWd foreman of Crown Point