The Florence tribune., 1901-01-26
Strike in the Crown Point Mine.
LFrom the Prescott Prospeet.l

[From the Prescott Prospect.l
 A great strike was made five months ago in the Grown Point mine. sitaated in Castle creek district, the secret of which has been kept from the public in a most careful manner ever since. It is one of the most phenomenal ore bodies discovered in an Arizona mine in many years, and if further develop ment proves as good material as that already uncovered and equal or great CT in size, one of the greatest gold mines in the world will have been found.
 In October last the owners were sinking, following two-foot streak of ore on the hanging wall. At the 400 foot level the men were given orders to cross-cat and did so. After going six feet body of ore was en- countered which had not been known to exist before, but which proved to be the main lode of the mine. It was cross.cut clear to the foot wall, and proved to be forty-two feet wide. The character of the ore was mixture of quartz and tale and was might be called good picking ground. It was so soft that when the end of the cut was reached cave occurred and large body of water was let loose. The flow was so great that the men were driven out of the cut and shaft md it rose to within b few feet of the 309-foot level. An attempt was made to pump 1t out with the sinking pump then in use in the mine, and although about 1000 gallons were taken out every twenty-four hours, the capacity
 of the pump was found inadequate to
 handle the flow, and the lower leye s
 were allowed to remain flooded until a
 new pump could be procured. A
 second crcss-cut was then begun at
 the third level 225 feet from the sur
 face and the ore body was again found
 and of the same width us below, show ing that the cliute was uniform and evidently continued to the surface.
 Samples taken from both cuts proved d to be very rich, and although it was impossible to ascertain the exact values of special parts of the ore and { its general valae, it was intimated that large part of it was good ship
 ping ore and the balance all milling
 ore, the general average ranging from s $l2 to Sl5 per ton gold A big station
 ary pump is now on the ground and il
 will not be long before the water vii be pumped out aud sinking continued The vein is almost perpendicular ant it is expected to cut the great body 0 $ ore at 425 feet. No drifting has ye $ been done to find out the extent of thu : chute, but now that the water is abl h to be handled development work wil . go on in all directions.
 The Grown Point was original
 located by George Merwin of Walnut
 Grove, who interested Robert Brow c Prescott, and the latter induced Col :. A. o. Brodie to take an interes' Messrs. Brow and Merwin sold their 1T r terests 10 the well known Van Bnre $ family of New York, relatives of Co t Brodie, and the ownership is now i a their hands and Col. Brodie's, th I latter being superintendent. The vel .s is contact of granite and porphyr,
 with the general strike from east {
 west, dipping at slight angle to tn
 north. When the bonanza was struc " Col. Brodie also found something | ' has long been looking for, and that i II water, which heretofore has not bee r found in sufficient quantity to suppl
 the 20-stamp mill. From present col
 ditions the mine gives promise of bt IS ing the greatest gold mine in til ,s southwest and without question th le biggest one in Yavapai county.