Arizona republican., 1902-07-14
Mines and Minerals :
Of Arizona
THE BLACK PRINCE
And Other Mines Adjacent to johnson
Camp.

Johnson is a camp in the Dragon
range which for several years has been
in active operation and has several
producing properties, says the editor of
the Range News, writing of a recent
visit to the Black Prince property The
Peabody has produced into the mill
lions and is still in better condition
than ever. The Mammoth and Repub-
lie is another magnificent property
which the owners refused an offer of
$3.50, 900 for some time ago. Numerous
other smaller properties are worked at
intervals which promise to rival the
two before mentioned.
| Ten miles from Johnson is the Old
Terrible mine. now steady producer.
Ten miles further we find the Black
Diamond. which in a few weeks will
put in operation a 200 ton smelter.
Further on are the Middle March. Cop
per Bullion and Gleason with it's clus-
ter OF producing properties and others
too numerous to mention. The origi-
nal locators of the property owned by
the Black Prince Copper company
were Messrs. Wien and Mitchell who
have resided at Russellville. two miles
away, for nearly twenty years.
J For years these gentlemen chlorided
on the claims and shipped car after car
of rich copper ore, making handsome
wages.
! In May, 1901. they bonded this prop
erty to Hugh Mackay, now president
of the Black Prince Copper company
Mackay carried on q systematic ex-
ploration with a large force of men for
six months and at the end of that
period satisfied himself OF its value
and purchased it outright, paying spot
cash for the whole group. He then Or
ganiZed the company and transferred
the claims to the corporation. The
company has pushed development
work steadily and the results are fiat
tering. The group consists of seven
claims containing about 140 acres. The
claims all adjoin each other, forming
compact body
The formation consists OF subcarbon-
ferrous limestone (dolomite) cut by
porphyry Celsite) and quartzite dykes
The trend of the porphyry dykes is
from northwest to southeast. Mineral
stains and ore groupings are visible al
most everywhere. Numerous surface
holes have been dug here and there, all
showing rich ore. In past ages the
certainly boiled over fiercely here and
scattered its contents lavishly in and
about these claims. One treads upon
ore and ore bearing rock at every step.
On the north side of the porphyry dyke
the copper ore is rich carbonate
while on the south side it changes to
sulphides. We descended into an in
cline of the depth of about $50 feet,
ha on he
fifty foot level we entered a drift run
ming north about 100 feet along the
! ledge showing with mineral all the
way, and one to the south 40 feet like
wise in mineral. The ledge runs from
eight to thirty feet in width, and the
| pay streak in it from two to five feet.
At the 100-foot level are other drifts
showing the same condition only that
the ledge and pay streak increase in
! size.
At the 155-foot level the same condi-
tons exist. except that the ore is be-
ginning to turn into sulphides and the
body is increasing in size. Another
ledge not appearing on the surface and
running in a northwesterly and south
easterly direction was encountered in
the drift at this level The drift is
now run along the ledge in southerly
direction and is approaching the por-
! phyry dyke and the outlook is good.
| There are SO many indications that a
large body is being approached. The
ledge matter is changing into softer
| limestone, the ore is getting richer and
crevices and cracks in the lime show
conditions favorable for a large min
eral deposit. All that is needed on this
ground is to gain depth. All the lodges
pockets and surface outcrops evidently