Arizona republican., 1899-07-06
HORSEBACK PROSPECTING.


 TbroughOut all the mining regions
 there has been done a great deal Of
 horseback prospecting. says the Clancy
 Miner. Most of this has been done by
 the old timers. Ask one of these to-
 day about the mineral characteristics of q DarticIIlar section. and he will inn media tely pronounce it mo good. If his reason be demanded he will prob ably tell you that he and several ..pards'' uavsIed all over the country years ago and saw nothing worth stalking" Take three or four prospect DTS. mount and start ihem through the country. and it is not easy to get them to stop for anything. When an unusually large and fine looking quartz vein is found they may dis mount and look at it. but that number of men ca nlSeld0m be made to agree to stop and work anything. One or two many think the party should halt and sink upon q vein that presents q promising appearance. but the others will at once begin to make ail manner of cajecta01ls- There is no timber near it, it is too far to water. or the country rock is not of the right kind. Such party has generally some par tfcular mouptain range or section of country for it's objective point and in going toward it there is TO turning aside from the most direct and easiest road. Not a n.an will diSmOUnt and go up into rocky hills where q horse cannot be taken. Such a range of hills may be skirted, and some member of the party may point to spots that iIl- dicate the presence of mineral veins. but the others begin at once to point out features of damaging character, and when q 1 arguments pro and con have been heard. the verdict of the mounted jury is mo good'
 In all the Pacific coast states ard ter ritories there are mountain ranges em- bracing hundreds of square miles that have been ';prospected'' in just this way. How many expeditions have heen started out well mounted and equipped with q sufficient rlugnber of pack animals to carry an ample supply of provisions through the long stretches of wilderness. One in partic lllar from the Pacific coast passed through the southeastern part of Ore Son, thence into Idaho and AIOntarn and down through Nevada into Cole rado and Arizona, where they turned and jOurneyad back to the '.place of hegfnI1fng." as the surveyors say In nl1 this trip they never dug hole five feet deep in either quartz or placer ground. They were afser an incneEse.y ''big thing" and the big thing was al ways ahead. In this state. Idaho. Ne vada. and Arizona they discovered q number of mineral belts ard lodes that 'Were afterwards found to be rich which in fact have yielded millions I1pon millions in gold and silver and built up large towns and camps yet when they returned from their trip they reported that they had found mo- Ehang. The country over which they lgad passed was mo good" ."-Western i Mining World.
 The Grace Greenwood is the scene of one or the biggest strikes in the history l of Gold Hill. Yesterday. in the 1S5- | foot level. large body of ore over six | feet in width was encountered. Three feet of the ore wifl ship at about $25 to the ton, two feet averages about i three ounces and from a foot to IS inches will go better than four ounces toN the ton. The mtne is operated by t dhe Jerseyville Mining and Leasirry coneisany. an eastern concern. Quite recently considerable amount of cap ftal has been expended in the equip 1lFerlt of the mine. with machinery and which is managed here by Mir. Birch. i has been extremely fortunate in it's i 7rining ventures in this camD Hand ~Onle ;lJrOHtS were realized by its stock holders 7on the old Birch lease on the Mary Mckinney. and when the lease on that expired the lease on the Grace Greenwood was secured Of late only q small force has been employed on tha mire. The JerSeyvilIe capitalists. who l:ave been anything but elated for the pest few months. have been noti fled by wire. of their good fortune ns1d should the shoot Trove q contfnu- OIrs one. as it has every appearance of doing. the stockholders of the reas. ing company will be once more re. ceiving handsome profits on their in vestment-3Iining Investor
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