Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-01-15
LETTER FROM GROOM CREEK.
4 Review of the Mining Business of That Section for the Year 1901 by the JOurnaIMinar Core
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the JournaI-Minar Core
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 | Groom Creek, Ariz., Jan. 10, 1902 - To the Journal Miner Last year I wrote you for the year 1900 and I prophesied 1901 would be a banner year for the district and the way the mine owners tied the strings of their whistles down and burnt giant pow der on New Years eve I must say their mines must be fattering.
 In the spring of 1899 punched a burro into this district and after look ing around liked the place so we'll that I thought I would camp for two or three years in here. I left that fall and came back the 14th day of January, 1900. At that time there were three men working on the Creek at the Empire mine. They were Jas. OConnell, a German and Smiley Jones, the latter foreman and super. intendent. They had cut the Empire ledge at the 300 foot level some two months before and now were talking of building a mill which they did and started it in June, a 10-stamp mill and cyanide vats, putting through 30 tons of ore per day. The mill has been running steadily for over eigh teen month now. They also put in a new hoist and a new electric pump that forces the water over the noun tain to their work. They have also sunk to the 400 foot level with most excellent results as their ledge Is IT feet wide and eight feet of ore that they put through the mill. As they get down the ledge not only gets stronger, but carries better value. They also have a force of men at work in the Belleview mine. This mine think will make as good a mine as the Empire, if not better. At the present writing they have nine feet of sore that will plate about SlO. Mir. Mansfield, the superintendent, says that in the near future they will commence to sink in the Empire to the 800 foot level and add ten more stamps to the mill.
 Monte Christo Mine.
 The next mine to start was the Monte Christo. They have opened this mine up to the 200 foot level and have also in the last year built bunk and boarding houses and five stamp mill, with four tables for concentrat- ing purposes, as their ore is a high grade sulphide. They have some two or three hundred tons on the dump and in lots of it you will find flakes and wire silver through it.
 Home Run Mine.
 This mine was prospect two years ago. In the meantime it is down 335 feet and hundreds of feet of levels run from the different sta tions They have ore blocked out for years, but they have ordered two fifty H. F. boilers and as soon as they get them placed they are going down to the 800 foot level. They have one of the finest hoists in the country. To Mr. Moynahan, who is part owner and superintendent, must we give credit of bringing the Home Run to the front. At one time they were pump ing fifty thousand gallons of water day. In fact Groom Creek is quite stream from the water that is coming from the different mines.
 The Midnight Test.
 In the last eighteen months this mine has been opened up to the depth of $50 feet. It is a National Bank in itself, when sixteen sacks of ore will go S2.S00, and understand a car load paid for the mine S30,0OO.
 The Dutchman
 Also belongs to the same company. They are down 230 feet and they have plenty of water to contend with. It is almost impossible to get contractors to stay with it and the company is doing the sinking themselves. This is very large ledge and rich in gold. They are sinking on the two proper ties for the 800 foot mark. MT. Wood, the manager, knows good district, as he has bonded several properties in the district. He is on the ground floor and knows when. q don't think he is from Missouri and has to be shown like some.
 The Gold Basis
 Is a stock company of 100000 shares par value of Sl.0O, now selling at soc. They have a five stamp mill and new hoist; depth 40 feet, and 1 will say it has bright future ahead of it. l know this property from prospect. At 97 feet assay value of ore was be- tween $7.00 and $500 per ton. At 120 feet, sample value. S30.OO. At 135 feet, sample value S57.00 per ton Then is it no wonder that they all want to make depth in this district? Van H. Brooks is superintendent and as for buying stock now I think 1t would be hard thing to get.S
 As my pencil is getting tired and the man behind it also, I will only give a brief outline of other work that is going to start up in the next few days. One of the first is the Infanta mine. They have the gallows frame up and machinery set and will soon have it coupled up to start up. The Infanta is the north extension of the Empire mine and with depth it is bound to be producer.
 The next is the Alma mine. This is the mine that Slack & Gardner sold last spring to Mir. Rice of Boston. The gallows frame is up and the ma chinery will soon be in place. Mir. Paulson, who was foreman so long at the Empire, is in charge. Tkere has been rich ore taken out along the top. At 40 feet feet the old Hassayamper struck water and then that settled it. They have a strong ledge on top, and they say Mir. Rice don't start at any thing in a half hearted way but goes right after it, so expect to hear in few months of another gold mine.
 The properties of Chas. Behm and Major Watts is bonded to Mir. MOyna- han. They will take the boiler from the Home Run to these properties as soon as their 50-horse power boiler comes for the Home Run. Mir. MOY- nahan is in the east but will be back in February. I expect to see them