Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-05-22

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 There is no question whatever bu
 what Groom creek, that lays less thar
 five miles from Prescott, is one of tho
 most active and substantial mining
 sections today in the west. The
 steady development work going or
 there on all claims, linked with tho
 rich strikes of daily occurrence, tho
 sale and bonding of old and new
 properties, gives this district such ar
 air of prosperity as to lead one to the
 belief that a boom seems apparent
 More machinery is also going in and
 more capital is being invested today
 than in all the past years of the
 creeks history, and back of it all
 there is the indisputable fact that the
 mines warrant it. Some of the rich
 est gold and silver ore ever found in
 Arizona is to its credit, and the old
 time belief of leads petering out few
 feet below the surface is dispelled
 when one is confronted with the work
 shown there in several instances.
 where shafts running 400 feet and
 deeper give richer ore bodies than
 they did in the upper workings.
 Groom creek in short is undergoing a
 transition in its mineral strides, and
 from comparative activity two years
 ago it is developing rapidly into a
 maelstrom of mining. Late trans
 actions are many. and among them is
 the following of interest. Lew Riley
 has taken a contract on the Chicago
 to retimber the old shaft for 150 feet,
 and will inaugurate the work at once
 This is the property of E. NJ. Clark,
 mention of the resumption of work on
 which was made in our Saturday is
 sue. It is the beginning of an active
 career on this property and results are
 watched with interest-The new
 pipe line of the Empire company, a
 distance of 2300 feet, is being com
 pleted. It runs to the north branch
 of Groom creek. When connected a
 larger force will be put on the mine.
 making in all nearly 75 men in the employ of this camp only. Dr. Hen
 dryx, the operator of this property, feels enthusiastic over the showing of his property and states that he will do considerable work at once, among which is the sinking of a new shaft $50 feet in depth. The Empire is an iron oxide, but when water is reached sulphide is run into. The mine never looked better.--Kuhne & Gibbon. who are running tunnel on the Trilby, are in 100 feet and the ore taken out horns we'll. They are jubi- lant over the showing and will continue active work-On the Monte ChristO, a mine that has occasioned in the past considera- ble stir from the fabulously rich char acter of its ore. a contract in sinking is being completed by Wicks & Sen try. The dump of this mine is mar vel of richness and is open for the in spection of any one. Nuggets as big as eggs, held together by wire silver, and containing high gold values as well, attests to it's immense wealth. Work on the Home Run has been temporarily suspended by Mir. Mona han, there being too much water in the bottom of the shaft, 10000 gal Ions day being the estimate of the flow. A new steam pump is en route from the east capable of handling this flow, and when it is in position the shaft will be sunk $50 feet. At the 230 foot level of this mine north and south drift has been run and in both of these Workings fine bodies of ore have been run onto. The Home Run is a good property.-A new shaft house is going up on the Midnight Test, owned by George Wood, and the mine never looked better. Other mem l bers of the company are en route to Prescott and are evidently attracted here by the wonderful showing this mine makes, some of the richest free gold ores ever produced in Arizona being taken from it.-A good indi cation of the days doings is the in tention of the Benjamin mine people to start work on their claim, and for this purpose they have placed the property under bond to eastern peo- pie. A whim is en route and when water is reached a modern hoist will be placed on it. The Benjamin is an old time property, and in early days was successfully worked under the ! free" methods. It is owned by J. I. . Gardner, J. J. Hawkins and others of Prescott, and its entry into the long line of Groom Creek properties is watched with interest-A recent rich gold strike on a new claim-the !. Victor-is heralded along the creek, ! and is attracting much attention. It is owned by Sewers and Berthlier, and |. but thirty feet in depth. taken run to $50 ton, with the lead a good and strong one - Many other properties are also show ! ing up well, but for lack of space to- !. day must be omitted ill mention. l Mining men are coming and going to . and from this district daily, some sue cessful and others disappointed, in tying up properties.
 G. Kilian, representing Cleveland !. and who also is lately from Cripple Creek, is an arrival in Prescott . today, and came to look into the min ing possibilities of this section some time ago. He is accompanied by H. c. Werley, an associate. He some time ago took an option on the In ferno group in the Walker district; and has been quietl y but earnestly V de- veloping the same, having a force of twelve men at work. So far over 1000 feet of development work has been done on the group, and he feels very over the result of his labor. The lead. he says, has widened in depth from three inches to eighteen inches, and late assays gave from S70 to SlS0 per ton in gold and ten ounces in silver per ton. The ore body lies in a diarite and granite contact. The Inferno group Is surrounded by many good mines and some excellent show ngs are daily coming to the surface n this old and well established dis 5rict. With the disposition now pre- gailing in Walker, as well as in other districts bordering near it.. viz, to sink md develop, and especially So on mines that have fair surface show 'howings, and such as the Inferno, failures will be few and successes many.
 The Tucson Citizen says Frank Fitch is interested in the discovery of 1il in the San Pedro valley. A quan- 5ity of oil was received in Tucson and will be sent to California, where an lnalysis of it will be made. With all )f the oil excitement there Is bound o be strike made within a short