Arizona republican., 1898-04-09
R1ICKBOARD OBSERVATIONS.
What the Republicans Mining Edltol
 Sees and Hears in the Hills.


 Briggs, AriH., April 5>-(Special cor respondence of The Republican. )-The Swallow mine at the head of Buzzard $ Boost in Castle Creek district IS Delns worked under bond by J. A. seymour and L. R. Britton of Colorado. A small stamp mill located at the camp ana near the mine is being used to test the qualities of the ores. The swallow property has eleven claims, three oz which have been developed. The Swal- low claim has a 200 foot stope which cuts the grass roots; the Golden Won der has an open cut on the lead, shaft 14O feet on the dip of the lead, and a drift seventy feet which has been driven from g. level at 109 feet. At the end of this drift some good ore has been encountered which gives all the signs of permanency. The ore IS free milling, carrying slight copper values also. The veins found at the end Of this drift are from three inches to one. foot in thickness, and the gold values from the milling average S25. The average of ore from the workings of the Golden Wonder as a whole av- erages $15. Drifting and sinking will
 
 used to hoist the ore, and burros pack it to the mill in the gulch below. The Moonlight, which is a very promising prospect, has shaft fifty-fve feet, and a drift on the lead of twenty-five feet. The foot wall holds the ore exposed, and in places it widens to five feet The hanging wall is still hidden, and the surface indications are that several bodies of ore will be found before the other wall appears. The ore exposed in the shaft and drift is very rich. The ore taken out in the progress of sink ing was milled at a loss of 22 per cent Of copper, and it was not until the copper values increased that milling was suspended. The gold product was between s30 and $50 ton The Moon light is one of the best prospects in Castle Creek district.
 These mines are the property of Judge Allen of Denver, whose son. Or rin Allen, is at the camp looking af- ter his fathers interests. MeSsrs. Brit ton and Seymour are making a thor ough examination of the property, but up to this time they have given no attention to the Swallow or Moonlight claims They are prospecting the Golden Wonder and when they have decided the permanency of this mine the others will be looked after. Both gentlemen are well pleased with the property, and the sale of the claims to them Is likely at the expiration of their bond.
 l.. R. Britton had departed for Phoe- n1X when 1 arrived at the head of Bug Zard,S RoOst. His associate J. A. Sey- mOur, was at the camp, and he i'm mediately picked out a burro to pack me over the hills to the mines. MT. seymour is an old newspaper worker He never got into the grind of the edi- tOr1al rooms, but has guided the fnan- cial part of many large newspapers. For the past few years he has devoted his time to mining. He believes there will some day be many large mining camps in Castle Creek district.
 Before work is begun at the Swal- low or the Moonlight a wagon road will be built to Wickenburg. It is not oecloed whether new road will be opened rom the Swallow camp to WckenDurg, or that connection will be made with the Wickenburg road at the King Solomon mine, which is thir- teen miles southeast of that place The distance from the Swallow in Wickenburg is about twenty miles. Orrin Allen says it is but fifteen miles and he believes that a good road with an eight foot bed and a grade not to exceed six per cent can be built for $4,OOO. That connection by wagon with Wickenburg will be made is as- sured, and this is matter of no small importance to Phoenix. Col. Brodie says he will build road from his Crown Point mine to the Swallow. g distance of about two miles, and this will bring Phoenix a great many miles nearer the Castle creek and Bradshaw mining trade. Some of the big min ing districts in the southern part o Yavapai county are shut off from Phoe nix entirely by wagon traffic. Int Black Rock and many portions of Gas tie Creek district are inaccessible b.