Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1900-12-19
Thirty-sixth Year. Price. Five Gents.

Phenix Republican has the following
 to say in regard to Mineral Point min
 ing district, which has come into
 prominence during the past year:
 Since the first day of last April, when
 the news of the strike of gold ore,
 made by WeedOn & Clune, reached
 town, there has been more or less talk
 of the rich claims in the Mineral
 Point district. The find that electri-
 fled the people of the city, while it
 did not amount to so very much it. self, had a most desirable effect for it put number of other persons to
 prospecting. some of whom had never
 thought of such a thing. Hundreds
 of claims were taken up in the section
 where the first gold was found, and
 prospecting is still going on. Shafts
 are down as deep as 100 feet, and
 some splendid properties have been
 uncovered. The Jerome public has
 been ready to hail with joy the report that at last some one had struck an other United ' erde mine in the coun- try, and at several times thought the time had come to do the shouting. Now comes c. c. Leslie and w. M. Marshall, who say they have the world by the hinder extremity and are on down hill pull. If what these men claim is true. and there is no reason to doubt their words, for they are responsible men, they surely have mine. This morning they
 : me in from their property with a piece of ore that weighs more than
 100 pounds. The ore is an iron quartz, full of copper sulphurets and hematlte of iron, carrying gold. Judging from the appearance of the rock 1t will assay as high as 10 per cent and possibly more, in copper, and will carry some good values in gold and silver. The men owning the property are down on the lead about F feet, and say that the whole shaft is in such ore, sides and bottom. They claim the lead is soSle six feet wide. They have ledge of the same stuff about three feet wide. Altogether there are eight claims in the group. They To- cated the property last October and have worked on them ever since that time. They have ore in one of the claims that assays S62 per ton in gold. Mir. Leslie is section foreman on the U. V. & P. R. R.; and Mir. Marshall works on the property. They have three men at work at present. The new find is four miles north of Davis siding, in the rolling mountains. If these men have such a property as they think they have they. are cer- tainl V to be envied; for it will be all theywill need for some time to come. There Is one property in the same To- cality that Is said to be fabulously rich in silver ore. The shaft is down 70 feet and there is a lot of rich silver ore, sacked and stored in tunnel near by. Then there is another mine that is reported to be very rich in gold. If thriving camp does not soon spring up in the Mineral Point district am no judge of signs. The district is only a few miles from Je- rome.
 L. A. Davies was in town today from the mining camp of the Reliance Mining company at the head of the Hassayampa, and shipped out there today three Rand drills for use in prospecting and developing the claims of his company. This is the old Sun dance property and MT. Davies says it is in fire condition, there being a splendid showing of good ore. The mill was started up last week. He says there Is a scarcity of water, but by handling it carefully he says he to keep the mill in opera tiOn