Arizona republican., 1899-06-02
IA Further Description of the
 Mayer District.
WHERE FORTUNES LIE HID
In inc Hunt for Them inc Surface Of inc Big Bug District Has Been PierCed by Tunnel and Shaft tn. Huge Pepper Box Some of -fhe New Mines.

Mayer. Arizona. May 9O-(Special correspondence of The Republican.)- From Providence in the Big Bug dis
 trict a walk of two miles brings one to
 the foot of mountain $500 feet above
 the disgusted wayfa-er who is too we'll
 aware that the only way of reaching
 Lynx creek is to climb that formidable obstacle. The ascent is precipitcus
 and the descent more so, but the pure
 and bracing air of this mountainous
 region makes the toll of climbing al-
 most a pleasure, and the magnificent
 view which presents itself on either
 hand when the summit is reached is
 ample repayment for the exertion.
 Descending on the Lynx creek side
 by an alleged road the rockiness and
 roughness of which is utterly beyond
 description, some half dozen mines and
 mills come into view, dotted along the
 bottom and sides of the valley
 Scrambling down to the creek and fol- lowing it up the first of these that
 stops the way is the mill of the Empire
 Mining company. The members of
 this company are O. H. and c. H. In-
 gram, we'll known in Wisconsin, and
 N. Gales and A. G. Kennedy, the joint
 managers of the concern. Employ
 ment is given to upwards of thirty men. The shaft, which is about one and
 half miles south of the mill, is 200 feet
 in depth, and about 800 feet of devel-
 oDment work, has been done on the first and second levels. On the shaft
 Is a twenty-five horse power steam
 hoist and in the mill house is ten-- stamp mill, three six-foot Frue van ners, three Hendy's and a Gilpin
 bumper. The ledge is from six to ten feet in width, the pay chute av- eraging four feet. The ores are sul- phides concentrating at rate of about four to one and contain gold, silver and copper. The iron sulphide carries the gold and the copper the silver. The concentrates are shipped to Denver, Pueblo and Fl sPaso.
 The sinking was started about year ago and the Wisconsin partners be- came interested in the property, which consists of eight claims, about four months ago. A pipe line from the mine to the mill is in course of construction and the whole plant is substantial, efficient and in first rate shape generally. MT. Gales and MT. Kennedy are also interested in the Santa Maria and the Hillside copper property, southwest of Lynx creek.
 Across the creek from the Empire company's mill is the Favorite, owned by the Penn Mining company, an asso- citation of Pennsylvania capitalists. This mine was started eighteen months ago and the shaft on which is twenty horse power steam hoist is down 45O feet. Four levels have been opened velopment work done. It is gold proposition, the ore containing galens, iron and zinc, the lead and zinc carry ing the values. It concentrates about 3A to l, and the concentrates are shipped to the Prescott sampling works. The vein is about thirty feet in width between the walls, all carry ing values, and the output of the Fa- vorite keeps the Empire company'S mill going night and day, to say norh- ing of big dump awaiting the cree tion of a twenty or forty stamp mill, which it is intended to erect forthwith. This is a very valuable mine and will doubtless become a great producer. q
 The owners of the Favorite are also opening up a mine on Gold mountain and the Johnson mine at Antelope peak, near Stanton, better known, per- haps, as Rich Hill, both of which are likely to become valuable properties.
 Beyond the Favorite far up on the side is the Jennie mine, bet ter known as the Accidental, which Is owned by MT. A. J. Doran in associa- ton with some Philadelphia people. The ore to water level has been stopped 1ut for about 400 feet along the vein in 1ygone years and arrastraed, and it is )n record that in the first twenty feet from the point of discovery no less han SS,000 worth of ore was taken out. This discovery was made in 1865 by .wo soldiers who, on a journey from Camp Verde to Turkey creek got off he old Apache trail (which runs close O the Accidentally and camped on the ite of the mine.
 The Arizona of former times is viv- dly brought to memory by one of the i'd cabins of the country now used by fir. Doran as a cock house which is oopholed for defense against the erst- 7hile troublesome Apaches.
 The Jennie shaft, which is 2S0 feet