Arizona republican., 1901-07-29

 better advantage. Near the Mudhole are numerous oth- CT mines that are being opened and rich developments arc anticipated.
 The center of the Groom creek dis trict Is at Walker where post office. With Stuckey Bros in charge. is estab- llshed. Many new houses, saloons, etc have been built lately. The camp is the liveliest for its size in this part of Yavapai county.
 The Pickerel mine, on the Senator d. divide, recently purchased from Messrs. French and Putnam, Is being actively developed. A wagon road is being built out to the property.
 Tn the heart of the Groom Creek dis- trict Is the famous Empire mine. which is within seven or eight miles of Pres .cott It has about 45 men on the pay roll. It is said that $300,000 has been refused for the property. Adjoining Is the Infanta, which has every prospect of being big thing for the company re- cently formed. which owns it. Adjoln- ing to the north Is the Whiteside claim, bonded for $25.o0O. Near here, too. is the Monte Christo. owned by John Hutchens There are IS or 20 men at work At the 220 foot leve; the gold and silver vein 10 over three feet wide The ore Is filled with strings of gold and silver easily dlscernable with the naked eye. The management is putting in new quartz mills. boilers and reducing works. A large force of men is to be put on and the mine Is being extensive ly developed. and the owners have a rich proposition. Within. a few miles of the Empire Is the midnight Test mine down over 200 feet. In the south drift on the lS5 foot level rich strike was made, the ore running over 800 ounces in silver and rich in gold It works about twenty-two men.
 The Home Run mine is managed by MT. Monyhan, who is part owner. They are now down over S45 feet in the main shaft.
 These are the largest but are only a few of the many mines which are ac. tive and digging in the Groom Creek district
 Another thing which helps these min
 
 though not too plentiful. is more easily obtained than in the southern part oi the territory. Wood is in abundance and in fact this is one of the greenest and prettlest parts of the territory with heavy timber in pine, oak. juni. per, etc.
 One of the most intere sting ant pretty drives a Prescott visitor could take would be to go out to Lynx creel over the upper Hassayamapa, ant through Groom creek back to Prescott
 The big Murphy-Gage proposition when completed, will be great advan tage to Lynx creek district. It is pro posed to run a tunnel underground through the ranges and hills from Pc land. another active mining center, tt Lynx creek Straight through 1t Is ex pected that the tunnel will be S,c00 fee in length, and come out at an upwar, slant near the bottom of Lynx creek be tween the Mudhole mine works and tn, Walker postoffice building. The cross-cut will. 1t is expected strike many of the rich lodges in thes ranges. They have .n some way ob
 
 erty through which the tunnel will run.
 By an electric system cars will be rul through this tunnal, which gives man. ] advantages to mining districts on Lyn, ] creek. It will give the latter clos railroad connection. for a railroad is t be built from Huron to Poland, whicl , is at the beginning of the proposed tun } nel Supplies can be readily sent in but a greater benefit to be derived the fact that ore can be sent out an, { machinery brought in. The mines ther will practically be on the railroad. An other reason for the tunnel is the de vefopment of all ledges in these ranges From this tunnel working shafts O. ledges will be introduced. . Old timers on Lynx creek and th Bigbug say that the tunnel will reac : some good ore. and that the chance l are fine for some fabulously ric strikes. Considerable interest Is bein shown over the project in the district , effected.
 l During the past few years machiner 7 has been made and introduced 1 3 marry of these mines that can handl 3 low grade ore prohtably. Also, chem 2 ists have studied along these propos l. tions, and with great success have giv . en the mining world processes whic !. lesen the expense of extracting the min 3 erals sought. In many cases there ar r immense ore bodies-enough for genel :. ations-that are not high grade, an : which formerly were considered almos
 valueless for these reasons. But no men are making fortunes out of tines
 same mines. Of course it requires larg
 sums to start a mine. but once dow
 and machinery in action the monthl
 profits are immense.
 The realization of capital that Yavs
 pal county has no end of precious me
 als embeded in its interior and the 1T
 troduction of capital with it's expend
 ture in dieep development work, is whs
 Is giving an impetus to the new minin activity at present exhibited in tn
 county.
 CHAS. A. STAUFFER