Arizona republican., 1902-05-20
Mines and Minerals of ArizOna'

acquitted q half interest from J. J. Brooks. says the Prescott Prospect.
 When the roll was called for dinner there were found to be nine hungry men and the driver made ten. H".e is the list O. names: j. F.. Mccoy. N. ;. Taft. Y. C. Archer, n. r. SWitzer II. '. Woods. ]. J. Brooks. Tom Shultz, j. ;. Carmichael and ?. C. Bicknen. Mir. Woods is . most expert assayer and chemist and has for years been tne secretary and right hand man for Jack Lawler. the fortunate owner of thc Hillside mine.
 After dinner each member of the party in turn descended the forty-foot winZe at the end of the forty-fo foot drift or the Northern Belle mine and after wards examined other developments Cn the properties. In the Northern Belle winze the vein shows plainly. with i've and a half feet of very rich quartz and q JalcY gangue on the foot wall that is especially rich in gold. The entire :iIe and q half feet uf ledge matter has been carefully tested many times m its general average is $24 to the ton. though the soft talcy Sangue on the foot wall has given $50 per ton to fl e. qucnt assays. while the entire dump without sorting will assay ST to the ton. This main vein is a most strong ard persistent one. II can be traced by crOppngs and by prospect holes for more than 5000 feet The elevation was found 10 be G.702. though the Jupi- ter at the north end is probably some what higher.
 On the Northern Belle a rich parallel vein is found on the south side Of the vein which dips east toward the main ledge at an angie that will reach it oe- fore many ieet are sunk. Every Inoun- tain side is literally covered with rich feat and then. without doubt. blind lodges will be encountered in crosscut- ting. which have not reached the sur face.
 The formation of the country is re- assuring to any miner. for it is the strongest and most permanent that eyer occurs. The foot wall is hard gray s.ari;e and tfe hanging wall is equal iy hard, greeniSh diorite. Between the ledge proper and the diorite hanging wall there runs q belt of soft porphy1.y some fifty feet in width which has the appearance of gangae matter and may. with depth, prove to carry values. as has been shown in similar cases.
 i-I7 I'dHlllt group iS DDu!u to Ge heard from as soon as the company gets to work in earnest. One nay search between Prescott and the liue ci Mexico without finding q ledge of this size that carries such high values The iedge is not q new find. It was known of years ago but it was never properly developed owing to the f;,cr that the original owners did not pos sess the requisite capital. Years lgo. way back in the sixties. placer miners took thousands of dollars of gold dust cut of the gulch that runs through the property but as is the way with piacel. miners. they left the ground after they had worked over the gravel. .;ut Fortunately they left the splen lid quartz ledge untouched and they also left the spring Of crystal water which furnishes water for camp use and will furnish an abundance of that nee es- , s2ry fluid for the stamp mill that is soon to be erected. Water is also 3D. pearinS in the shaft and it will soon be necessary to put in d pump which will furnish all the water needed for mill purposes.