Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-03-14
BIG BUG IN GENERAL!
A NET WORK OF PROPERTIES IN SUCCESSFUL OPERATION
 THES D AVS.
A District Admirably Situated---It is the Center of Active Mining Life--A Great Future
 Ahead.

Of the many successful mining enterprises in operation today along Big Bug, that of tbe Red Rock com pany impresses one ID decidedly favorable manner. From the begin ming of work on the same and up to the present the development has been steady, practical and in earn est, refecting creditably on W. T. Little, it's manager The claims be- long to the earlier period of mining in Arizona, but have only entered the channel of an active and pro ductive career since the above gen tleman assumed charge. The devel- opment of them in the past two years shows extensive openings and in addition a mill is in daily opera tion. Over 5000 feet has been opened up in drifts and cross-cuts and the like. The main shaft is over 300 feet in depth and is a double compartment one. From the vari- ous stations levels have been run, and 1t is said that the ore chute on the 200 is the longest and strongest of any property on the creek. Like all mines in that zone, the ore from the Red Rock is a sulphide and is treated by concentration, later being shipped. The plant is mechanical beauty, Is Of the steam stamp order, and is doing excellent service. The ore is of high grade, carrying from g to Il per cent copper and from $40 to S70 gold. The last returns netted the company S72 per ton.
 The operation of the Red Rock has renewed interest in mining cir cles and establishes the belief that it is on a wealthy belt that cuts through that country, and when greater depth is given it, as well as other locations, its prominence will be only the better known and ap- preciated. In addition to this mine being unquestionably one of the wonderful properties in Arizona, there is another fact in connection with its development not generally known or considered, and that Is that on the 300 level body of ore five feet across has been struck, car rying a copper sulphide that will run alone iD the latter metal 12 per cent, besides the gold values, which latter are richer than ever before en- countered. Take the Red Rock as a whole, we doubt very much if there is another mine in Arizona to equal it, for the amount of work done and the depth given it.
 The work on the Sterling is pro- gressing systematically, and it is one of the enterprises in Yavapai that commends itself to the legitimate and practical. It is simply being run ou the idea of development, and the question of a mill or any other plant is not to be considered until there is enough work done below to justify the erection of reduction works. The sterling, too, is an old one of the Hassayamper period, but is being handled today under new principles, and successfully so at that. The old original workings to the west of the present base have been cleaned out and abandoned, and a more desirable point selected. On the new shaf. depth of 2lS feet has been reached. and 300 feet more will be sunk before additional open ings will be made. An ore dump is already in evidence to substantiate the merits of the property, while in the mine good strong lead of from 1 to feet across gives one an itlea of the magnitude of the property Samples from this mine give iron Is to 20 per cent in copper, S20 il silver and S4 In gold. But one car
 oad has been shipped from the Sterling, the returns being in lint with the above values. A new sta
 tion pump is en route to facilitat,
 work. The hoist Tn operation todal
 is one of the finest to be seen any
 where, while altogether around th'
 works there is an air of stability an(
 interest that gives one an earnest re
 gard for the project. The Sterlin,
 is under the superintendency of
 c. Leavitt, while James Breslin i
 the foreman.
 A property that is creating a grea
 deal of interest, and from its goot
 showing in copper has somewha
 knocked out old established ideas il
 formation belts and other orthodo.
 mining principles of the past, is tn
 Daisy group, owned by Foran 6
 Mormon, lying three miles belo'
 Mayer on the creek. Three shaft
 have been sunk, 100, 50 and 50 fee
 respectively, and in each, and als
 in the drifts, the showing IS decid
 edly fattering. 4 slate and lin
 formation has been run into, and a
 depth is reached in the same a goo
 sulphide ore is to be seen. Sample
 from the bottom of the deepest shai
 go 15 per cent copper, and sever;
 who have lately visited the place aC
 vanced the belief that an excellen
 piece of ground is being uncovered
 and with development no doubt i
 expressed as to the outcome. Tn } Daisy lays along new copper bel and in that region interest IS show to secure locations.
 The Butternut group of copp, claims is owned by T. W. Boggs, bI
 their sale is pending to Van ZanC & Owens. and is about to be close for a sum running up into the thol i sands. This property has been bel
 by MT. Boggs for a generation, b; a owing to lack of transportation I; cilities, together with the low priC ] of copper, the development of tt i the group has been limited and T s stricted by these conditions. Sine 2 Messrs. Van Zandt & Owens ha, f taken possession, however, the min, ! have been thoroughly opened | ! and prospected, and i'd general ci . culatioR Is the report that the sho' , ing is big and surprising one. f new hoist is en route, and on its a a rival force of miners will be put f work. Three carloads of ore ha' f been shipped to Silver City and T r turns just received gave return f 17 per cent in copper per ton. A p culiar and striking feature of th l mineis this, that in its developme ! so far not a pound of powder h Q been used. The existence of di | tinct copper belt in this locality
 also causing some talk. the Butte
 nut being within half mile of u
 P. x B. railroad and not over mi , from the Big Bug postofice.