Arizona republican., 1901-08-11
ACTIVITY OF GROOM CREEK
Republicans Correspondent Describes
 One of tho Worlds Treasures.


 Groom Creek. Aug 9.-(special Cor respondelpce of The Republican)- The mining activity on Groom creek continues to grow and is assuming lively form. Machinery and new build ings are making appearances all along the creek A pcstoffice has been estab- ltshed with Mrs. Riley installed as postmistress. The postofiice has been provided for and ths postmistress named for the past few months, but the building had to be built and numerous other things attended to before the of flee could be opened. The postoffice is named Oakdaye. This name, however has been greatly objected to by many of the od-timers an1 residents of Groom creek for several reasons. The country was first opened up and devel- oped by Robert Groom, an energetic old miner, who sold many mines and brought into the district great deal of money. Then, too, the place for many than twenty-five years has been known as Groom creek and many res idents wished 1t to be called Groom Crelk City. However the people are glad to have a postofiice
 It Is the center of what is now | thought by many to be one of the rich est gold districts in the world. Among | the mines that are being developed with surprising rich results in this dis trict are the Monte Christo, the Home Run. the Midnight Test and the Elm pire, besides many claims that have recently been sold or bonded and that | will mean the introduction Uf capi- | tai. For 1t takes money to make mines, not few thousand dollars but hundreds of thousands or millions. | Depth invariably is the only thing that makes big mines. A visit to a number | of these mines and an examination of
 the ere which comts out win be enough 10 convince any one that the l district is exceedingly rich in gold, es- pecially, and with many other minerals
 to back it.
 Oakdale Is lively. Dave Fitzsimmons
 who Is in business hers, gives a dance every Friday night which affords pleas
 ure to the people.
 l The Monte Christo' is proving a l bonanza to the company which has it | bonded. foundation is being placed
 for the stamp mill that will! be put up | immediately For the past few weeks the company, now working about eigh- teen men, has been engaged in run | ming in new tunnels for working shafts
 and they are now beginning to bring | out ore. Tcday your correspondent
 visited the mine and examined the ore now being extracted and the ledge town in the mine. The ore is filled
 with gold and silver, the latter being free in large quanttias and in the form | of punches of fine curled wire. How ever, the former is the principal min | era. of value. The ore now being ] brought out carries ths yellow stuff to 1 the value of about $500 per ton.
 John Hutchins, the owner of the l Mcnte Christo, who has been here l about twenty-five years, has another claim which he is confident will be | valuable. It is parallel and adjoining the Monte Christo. Another claim ad- | Joining the latter is the Hddin Treas ure, bonded by J. N. Duncan, who is l developing 1t. The ore brought out so i far has carried frse gold but he is now down to a considerable depth and the | ledge has turned into the familiar sul> | phretes.
 Some distance up the same gulch is | the Home Run, owned by MT Mony- l han. About twenty men are employed. | The ore is exceptionally rich in gold,
 much of which Is free and can be seen with the naked eye.
 l The Night Test and Empire mines are also making fine progress. The lat ter is now working a force of about forty-five men.
 | John Wickett and Charles Benniee
 have a claim about half a mile from the Monte Christo that pi om.ses to be another bonanza In this district. They are down only thirty-five feet and have
 struck fine pay ore. They intend going
 down fifty feet and then run in tun-
 nel preparatory to taking out the ore
 in large quantities.
 Dave Fitzsimmons who has spent years in the Alaskan gold districts and
 has been through many mining tis- | tiicts in various parts of the coast,