Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1899-11-15

Ieet through. The latter sampled
 S20l.50 in platinum. SIS in gold ard
 Fl per cent 10 aluminium. | am
 waiting here for advices from New
 York before returning to the miues. "
 Other adVices from the scene state that l25 claims have bssen lo-
 cated, in addition to those of Sharp
 neck, Smith and Atkinson, and from
 those who are returning to Vii.
 Hams each one gives s glowing ae-
 count of the wealth of the section
 wherever porphyry stratas are in ex- istence. The Cataract section is said to be a badly broken-up couu- try and in the past has msFiied bat little regard in mining, being of 6 volcanic nature. with here and there stringer veIn of copper glance, ' lying in sandstone and porphyry. Where the original discovery was made the surface is capped with porphyry but six feet through, while m the canyon a few hundred feet below the porphyry extends fully hfty feet into the soil, and when sunk into gets richer and richer.
 MT. Atkinson has a sample of the ore from his claim. aud in appear ance 1t IS of a yellowish hue. quite hesSy and sohdiy formed. Miners gaze upon 1t with interest and seem bewildered in offering suitable ex- Planstion of not only the riches it carries but hkewlse the geological nature Of that section puzzles them n harboring this precious mineral, 1 the supposition of mauy being that platinum exists only in lower alti- 1 tndes and nearer the sea level couu- i tries.
 At any rate this discovery seems bona hde, and if it does not come up to the scientific utility expected in 1 formation 1t demonstrates again that I gold IS where you find it, and we are not surprised any more at what IS uncovered in the hills or dales of | Arizona, in the line of mineral.
 John $. Jooes is making prepara- tions to start up his Little Jesse mine. He is also taking milling ore From bis Union mine, one of the Lit. tie Jesse group. He has about 200 tons of such ore out now ready for shipment.
 Is Northern Arizona to Have a Mining
 Boom9
 h our last issue We gave aa ac- count of the discovery of platinum 10 the Cataract country and the ex- cit -ment of our neighbors in the vicinity of Williams. For several days we have heard rumors of a find" in the vicinity of the Placer Ita country, but ws could get noth- ing tangible, until today. The new discovery has been kept secret until II nas been demonstrated that the values exist, as claimed, and the new discovery located by those iu- teTested. Not far from the old Seharr property aud iu Placerits gu ch It has been ascertained there exists a bed of porphyry and DOT |, pbvritic schist earring gold and 'ilver. The width of the porphyry belt has not yet been accurately as certained, but il has been proven that 1t Carries values upon one claim Tor a total width of the claim, or 6l0 feet. But little work has been done upon this ciaim, but euouzh has besu done to prove that the values are sufficiently high to wal rant the assertion that it is even grester deposit than the great Al .sks-Treadweli mine m Alaska, where the ore only averages about S2.50 per ton. On this new discov- cry several samples of 46-foot cut across the cleavage of the schist shows an average of from Si to SS per ton. In other places averages of shafts and pitts show values of over SIP per ton. The whole surface of the mountain whereon this find IS located show many colors in a horn spoon. There are other places in the porphyry where high values are obtained by assay, which in themselves make this discovery of great importance, but the claim is made by those who have seen the discovery that there are millionsi and millions of tons of porphyry practically now ''in sight" which will give better value than 8 per ton.
 such 8 discovery means the hand ling of the rock on large scale. lfI the Alaska -TTeadwell can handle ore averaging but S2.50 per ton, what will be the outcome of an ore body of greater extent and of twice the value of the formeri.
 Such a discovery as that made in the Placeutas, if found in any other state or territory, would cause rush like that made to Leadyille and Cripple Creek in their early ; days Is northern Arizona finally { to have a boomi