Arizona republican., 1899-12-28
LYNX CREEK PLACER MINES.
Millions Have Been Taken Out Of Its
 Gravel Beds.

The following correspondence of the Prescott Prospect is a good descrip lion of mining activity On Lyrx creek:
 Lynx creek was. in times past, the richest placer field in Arizona; in fact, it was the only typical gold stream we had in the territory. Millions have been taken out of it's channel and gravel bars, and there can hardly be a doubt that millions yet remain, were there only water enough with which to work the bars systematically. But the good old times, when the creek was lined with men working rockers, long toms and sluice boxes have departed, and now only an occasional solitary worker, or sometimes two pards, can be seen turning over the oft-disturbed gravel and scraping the bedrock for perhaps the twentieth time. They make money, too, these solitary placer miners, but they are as rule very re- ticent as to the amount. should the passerby ask them how it pays they usually claim to be cleaning up dollar a day. but they would hardly remain and work if not better paid than that; and many an ounce of dust finds its way to Prescott whose origin is un- known.
 But though the glory of the p!acer mines has departed, the district is none the less lively; in fact, there are those who believe that Walker. the present settlement and postoffice, will in year or two be a flourishing town and one of the important gold producers of this gold producing county. In every min
 zT1 c~i-r fTTf the prospectors commence looking over the quartz lodges that are sure to be found in the vicinity; and so it was at Lynx creek. As the returns from gu.cA mining decreased the miners spread out over the adjacent country, and the steep mountain slopes on either si6e ot Lynx creek were soon found to be scored by several strong and persistent quartz Iedges that could be traced many miles These lodges, which car ried an oxydized quartz on the surface, with more or less free gold, at depth of 100 feet or less change to iron, lead and zinc sulphides. carrying from S2O to S1C0 of gold. making a fine concen- trating ore. Their strike is somewhat west of south, and they run in parallel streaks through porphyry and granite; crossing the range at the head of Lynx creek, toward Mount Union. The main ledge has been traced and is said to be located, all the way to the famous Senator mine, some six miles south.
 The ores of this entire district bear a strong resemblance to each other. both in appearance and values, and 1t has only lately been discovered that those carrying a predominance of lead and zinc are also the richest in gold. It was only few years ago that the zinc of the district was considered a detri- ment to the ores, it being so rebelious in nature that reduction works charged q percentage of discount for treating 1t. Now that the zinc market is so strong, that metal is sought after. not only for itself, but also because it carries the gold.
 Many are the claims along Lynx creek from which nice little fortunes have been taken and are still being taken, and many of the older worked mines are very well known a long ways beyond Prescott. A few of them are the Amulet. the Champion, Mud Hole. Golden Fleece, Accidental, Hidden Treasure, Gray Eagle, Shelton, Eureka. Pine Mountain and Monte Cristo.
 The reporter has been for a day or two enjoying the hospitality of William r. Hull, the general manager of the Consolidated Gold and Copper Mines company of New York and Chicago. He has at present a force of men at work on the Hidden Treasure and Gray Eagle, the latter now known as the Backbone. On the Hidden Treasure the six foot mother ledge with pay streaks of sulphide las been cut by a