Arizona republican., 1902-03-15
Mines and Minerals
 ef Arizona
EUREKA MINING DISTRICT
Valuable Properties on Copper Creek
 In Yavapai County.

Prescott. Ariz.. March I3-(SpeciaI correspondence of The Republican, )- The Eureka mining district. in tn. northeastern part of Yavapai county. is a remarkable section of country. Going down Maroney gulch to Copper creek, and following that stream to where il empties into Boulder creek, traVersing a distance of about two miles, and crossing the trend of the formations of the country. three dis tinct mineral belts are crossed, the principal values in the ores of one belt being lead and silver, the next belt, or zone, being copper bearing, with stringers and small pockets of rich oTe found all over the surface, that assays from 9 to 70 per cent copper, and next to this q belt in which are found well defined lodges which are unquestion- ably the making of gold mines. Still further on, lead and silver bearing veins are again seen and on further copper again appears.
 Not enough development work has been accomplished, nor depth attained to demonstrate the possibilities of these mining claims, the only mine of importance. that has so far been known as Q producer, being the ia nous Hillside property of Lawler & Wells, located two and a half miles north of Copper creek, the values in which are gold and silver. principally the former. However. the Copper Prince company. under the manage ment of Colin Timmons, is actively en- gagged in the development of some very promising copper properties, about the same distance south of Copper creek, as Hillside is north. They have cross cut a body of ore twenty feet thick that carries 10 per cent values in cop per to the ton.
 T. J. NeiInan is running q tunnel in on his Copper Glance claim, Copper creek. the width of the ore only vary ing from one to three inches in thick ness and the values being practically all in copper. He is shipping this ore 10 the Colorado smclters, after extract ing and hauling over mountain roads a distance of twenty-eight miles to the railroad The character of the ore is red oxide and glance. and the percent age of copper is from p per cent to 50 per cent, the small veins necessarily being very rich in order 70 make Il pay as a shipping proposition
 J Ernest Leishman own three claims ar the head of Copper creek which have q very promising showing with the amount of development work so far accomplished
 AIessrs. Rudkins & Savage have opened up an extensive copper deposit near the junction of Boulder and Cop per creeks and also are actively en- gagged in developing a group of gold prospects on Birdie creek in Eureka district.
 John Roberts. locator of the group of copper. gold and silver claims on Cop per creek. which are now the proper ties of the Copper Creek Consolidated Copper company, has recently formed another group of twenty claims with strong surface shOwings. in the same district. and contempIates the incorpo- ration of another company for the pur- pose of developing and operating them John Lawler owns four patented claims on Copper creek from which considerable very rich copper ore has been shipped. Mir. Watrous and MT. Lawler also own two fine copper and lead properties in this district.
 Operations are being resumed at the mill on the Hillside property, and q long run on the ores of this great mine is contemplated.
 Near the Hawk Nest spring. John Glass and partners are sinking a shalt on silver and copper ledge which exposed a wide vein carrying good val ues. Peter Sorenson has an improved arrastra in operation on the Arrastra King mine and has d number of men employed developing and extracting the rich gold ores in this property lie also has in operation q dry washer built on large scale and run by horse power. by which means he concen- trates the values. saving the free gold and black iron in the ores. which prod uct is being shipped regularly. and from which MT. SOrenson is Eealizlns T considerable sum of money steadily
 C. \. Feast has struck good ore II the Hcosier Girl mine on the Santa Maria river which is being doTeiope' hv means of a tunnel. John Phillips l. a half owner ir this property.
 Alex Lucy is operating on the Lltu' Girl claim and has reached depth C. seventy feet on the main shaft. whIcI contains q good vein of gold bearing are The Little Girl is the second eX' tension of the well known Turnbul mine. owned by John DouGherty ant Colonel Dugene of Chicago.
 Thomas Toomey owns a good claim ad joining the Pocahontas, belonging t( Mayor R. H. Burmister. It is a golc proposition and sinking on the vein i'