Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1901-03-27


 Republican of the new strike says th'
 ledge is a contact vein between gran
 ite and diorite. Every carload of or, that comes out shows flakes of gold tC
 the naked eye. Anywhere on tn,
 dump gold can be picked out by
 hand. The ore body is immensely rich. In the shaft or the cross cut gold glitters from the walls like the lights of miniature Aladdin lamps The richness and extent is very extra. ordinary. The walls in the cross cut have not been reached yet and there is no telling how far the ore bodies may extend. The mine gives promise of being one, if not the greatest in all the west. The ore is a soft porphyry strong in iron in crystals, and not a handful of this can be picked up with out showing the precious metal. The owners have been approached about the sale of the prospect, but they won't talk sale at all. Gold is every where around the shaft, whim or dump. All the gold is coarse and can be readily picked out by hand. Such a sight is astonishing and the facts must be seen to be realized and comprehended. It promises well to be the biggest and richest strike ever yet made. The owners are already rich beyond the widest dreams of avarice. This mine alone will prove to the world that Arizona is great country. Everything in the country seems to sink into msignifcance in comparison with it. The mine also has the advantage of being only about mile from water and within four miles of railroad. Fairly large pieces of rock have been taken out carrying at the rate of S40,OOO to the ton, and every bucket of ore removed from the workings thus far has been at least fair grade. On the dump is at least $50 of ore representing all the rock removed from the workings, whose value is approximately S21 900. The marvellous feature of the mine is that rich values apparently occur throughout the entire vein.
 The recent rich strike of ore at Gleason, in Cochise county, near the Pearce mine, still holds out, and the prospect is good for the development of property equal to that of Pearce. Mr.Mitcheson a recent arrival in Tomb stone from the Gleason strike, reports to the Prospector that the find con tinues to surprise all who are watch ing developments. Since the strike depth of nearly thirty feet has been made and the ledge is now wider than than the confines of the shaft, its ex- tent will not be known until a cross cut is run. The strike was made at a depth of about fifty feet, and the pres ent depth being nearly thirty feet, the same is to be continued to 100 feet, when crosscuts will be run to ascer- tain the width of the ledge. Assays from the strike have given from 100 to 600 ounces in gold and one assay by MT. Mitcheson returned over Sl5,O00 to the ton. Some phenomenal speci- ments of gold had been found in the strike and free gold visible in quan- tity. Mir. Mitcheson exhibited one specimen which is literally covered with the yellow metal and was much admired by all who saw it. The own CTS of the discovery are Arthur Abbott, M.O'Connell and J. Mitcheson.th trio owning a group of six claims. The fortunate owners are well known resi- dents of Cochise county, Mir. Abbott being a carpenter by trade, Mir. O'Con- nell cattleman and Mir. Mitcheson a miner well known in all the mining camps of this section. Mir. Nitcheson states the entire country about the discovery is located and many are pushing work on their holdings to find the same lead. Quite a number of mining men have also arrived from California and the east and are mak ing efforts to close a sale on the prop erty. It is not unlikely a sale will follow shortly and some extensive mining work be prosecuted there abouts.