Arizona republican., 1899-02-04
RICHEST IN ARIZONA
The Story of inc Strike at inc
 Crowned hing Confirmed

The strike in the Crowned King mine, rumors of which have been in circulation in Prescott for q few days, seems to be true says the Journal Miner In a letter written by Lester Jackson on Monday from the Brad shaws, where he is at present develop ing the War Eagle mine that lays north of the Crowned King, he states that 9 ten-incA chute of ore on the 5C0- foot level of the Crowned King had been run onto, which gave the marvel ous valuation in assay Of $180,000 per ten. The above valuation was from 3 grab" sample taken. M. Jackson does not state the extent Of the chute, but says that ore was being taken out and sacked for shipment to Prescott. He also states that for the first time in many years, or since the memorable Peck excitement in the '71s, there was a revival today of the old time interest and that in every section of the Brad shaws the mining element were to a man very much excited over the strike
 The Crowned King has been rated for some years as one of the permanent and profitable producing gold mines Of Yavapai county, and lays in a basin of the Bradshaw mountains but thirty five miles south of Prescott. Its active life dates back but q few years but in that time it has been steadily pToduc- irg, having what is termed strong Assure vein and remarkably rich chutes of ore varying in size In it's early life the King was a difficult min ing proposition tc handle in process Of reducing it's ore, owing to baseness, but as depth was reached the charac- ter changed so as to permit cOncen- tration by the vanner process, and with continued development in depth the grade of gold has likewise improved in value, running from S1435 in the upper workings to nearly $f5 per ounce in the deepest. At present q ten-stamp mill is operated near the mine and the concentrates and amdlgam from it are freighted by teams over an eXpen- sive route thirty miles long. The Crowned King was originally located by O. F. Place. and from a dyke which pIotruded and which carried sulphuret ore on being broken up, Mir. Place com
 Denced the practical development of the mine, serving for years as its only packer in money and time Under his early management of the Crowned AIuS It SuOWG4 Up uldSuiuCSully ana the foundation it rests on today can justly be attributed to the wisdom of his knowledge and the money he has backed it up with. He is yet identified with the company as one of it's princi- pal stockholders. The King has mary thousands Of feet in tunnels, shafts, drifts and stoPes and if the recent strike should live to the extent of only a pocket in dimensions, the fact of it will serve, nevertheless, to stimulate deep mining around Prescott and at tract as well mining money to legiti- mately operate in any Of the many dis tricts around Us. This is the greatest strike in either gold or silver mining to be absolutely bona fde that has ever taken place in the history Of west ern quartz mining, and coming to light as it does in this period echoes afar the desirability of Arizona's min eTal advantages and more pa ricularly so those which lay in and around the mountain ranges of Yavapai. The King has Messrs. Shekels and Harrington as it's superintends at present, while Char ley Brann, a young and practical min ing man, is ill charge as foreman.