El Paso daily herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1881-1901, 1901-03-30

Los Angeles Herald.
ORC Grande Mine, via Wickenburg.
Arizona-Here is a bonanza whose
fame threatens to outstrip that of the
Vulture in this region and other great
gold properties. The possibilities of
the Orc Grande are unlimited 1t may
be called a prospect, because newly To-
Gated, and because that, of the wonder
full surface showings, only small por-
ton of it's wealth has been revealed by
the pick The development is limited.
yet already there is enough rich rock In
sight, bristling with glittering string
ers or gold and a myriad of colors to
tempt fiattering offers from agents OF
big companies who have been attracted
by the first meager reports OF the
greatest gold strike of the west.
The mammoth ledge located by Geo.
3. Upton and G. E. Lamb, of Clinton.
Ia, and b. o. Hatfield of Montana, is
without doubt the mothe lode that has
fed for years the rich placers on both
sides of a mineral divide in the Black
Rock district The vertical shaft is
down 100 feet on the side of an i'm
mense dyke The walls fairly glisten
with the yellow metal. increasing In
quantity at depth, and although two
drifts have been started west, one at the
55-foot point and the other at the bot
T.,
ore for forty feet. a wall has been en-
conntered Drifting has not yet been
commenced to the east. but by the sur
face showing in the vein it is fair to
presume that the ledge at this. point is
one hundred feet in width Where 1t
broadens at the dyke the groupings are
prominent in a width of 300 feet The
immense outcropping can be traced for
4 900 feet and the whole vein will aver
age 100 feet in width. The whole lode
isccrtainly mineraliZed. and by all the
laws of mining it is rich throughout A
few tons of rock removed from the ORC
Grande will give returns equal to the
annual profits of some of the well
known gold mines of Arizona. The
thousands of tons of rich rock underly-
ing the great Gaping undoubtedly con-
tain treasures which will convert the
three owners into nabobs.
No Rush to the Fields.
No great rush of prospectors of min
ing men is anticipated. When the news
OF the find first leaked out, prospectors
swarmed in the adjacent hills and
hundred mining men representing cas-
tern and western capitalists, hOcked to
the scene of the discovery to get in on
the ground floor They had been in
formed by Geographic reports that p
inch vein of bonanza ore had been dis
covered and they were anxious to look
over the field. All were disappointed.
So successful were the new owners in
SURPRISING the news that after months
when it did leak out. only small part
of the true value of the claims were
known, and when the prospectors and
mining men arrived all OF the appar-
entity rich mineralized ground had been
located The three men in eight
claims have covered the entire crop
ping of gold and locate extensions of
one thousand feet on each end OF the
ledge Two claims. paralleling the
vein. are located by them. and miners
engaged by the operators took up land
on all sides with the hope of striking
new and similar ledge. 1t is likely that
none exists in that immediate vicinity
of the country.
Source of Placer Gold.
The hills about wickenburg, and in
fact all over northern Maricopa ana
Yavapai counties. are known to be rich-
" laden with gold, silver, and copper.
but there is no more uninviting Spot: a.
first glance for a prOspector than the
location of the Gro Grande IL Is
strange that Of the thousands OF dol
lars of placer gold removed from the
streams flowing in all directions from
this bonanza. a persistent attehP'
hitherto has not been made 10 locate
the mother lode A well-beaten tran
has for years crossed within few feet
of the very mouth of the shaft from
which now issues Jumps of gold
15-foot hole was noticed by the
prospectors over this trail for many
wears. but the presence of gold was I'M
syspected A small dump OF copper
stained rock was the showing OF ore re-
moved from the hole, but prospectors
knew of many other prospects or free
ooJd and were not looking particularly
for ordinary copper propositions 1t Is
liteiv that few experienced prospectors,
bovever ever passed over the immense
capping with their eyes open IL STANDS
out i'm bold relief, and chunks OF pay
root three and four feet in diameter,
dot the surface. all of them showing the
effect of civilization, and chunks from
most of the mshowing free gold.
thin stratum of cOpper-stained rock
rests over the whole Gaping. but al
half a dozen places along the Groupings
holes have been put down rev Ieet'
and everywhere appears the same char-
acter of rock now pouring out OF the
main shaft.
Great Ledge Rich Throughout.
The marvellous features of the mine
is that rich values seem to be present
throughout the great ledge. Assays
taken from various points on the lead
do not fiuctuate as much as In usua
gold prospects Average assays have
been made by collecting the variou:
kinds of rock from the dump and 'h'