The news-herald., 1902-07-26
MINES ABOUT
WICKENBURG.
A Concise Description of Some of the
Leading Mining Properties in this
Richly Mineralized District.

Being the only newspaper published
| in what is conceded to be the center OF
the richest mineraliZed region of All
zona and because of the great Interest
being taken in this section, the News
Herald daily receives many inquiries
concerning the mines and other re-
sources Of WickenbUrg and vicinity. AS
it would take a great deal Of our time
to personally answer all these in
uuiries we have decided to publish
short description of some of the leading
mines and the general conditions exist
ing here.
The town of Wickenburg lies about
midway between Prescott and Phoenix
on the main line of the S. F. I. q l..
railroad, has an altitude Of a trif1e over
9. 900 feet and is situated on the banks
Of the Hassayampa, which furnishes
an unlimited supply of the purest water
in the territory. Wickenburg first
started soon after the discovery of the
Vulture mine, which produced over
ST., 900, 900, and which will soon re
worked again, having lain idle since
it's pipe line was destroyed by the
Walnut Grove flood. After the closing
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standstill until the discovery Of the
ORC Grande mine last year, since which
time the growth has been rapid and
much new work has been started. On
all sides, in the Black Rock, Blue Tank,
Vulture, Harqua Hala, Harcuvar and
San Domingo districts a great amount
of prospecting is being done and many
promising mines are being extensively
developed.
The most promising Of the mines now
attractin attention is the Oro Grande,
which is conceded to be the greatest
gold mine in Arizona, if not in Amer
ica Since it's discovery last year, over
two thousand feet of work has been
done mostly in a 300-foot shaft and
drifts and crosscuts, opening up q won
derful body of rich ore. CrOSScuts
have been run over 14O feet on the
ledge all in ore and surface and other
workings show the ore body to be sew
eral thousand feet in length. The 0re
is free milling and assays run from IS
up to nearly $4,000 per ton. About
forty men are now employed develop
ing the property, but additional ma
chinery is being installed and engineers
are now working on plans for plant
with a capacity Of 400 or 500 tons daily.
When the reduction works are COM
Dleted a force of several hundred man
will be employed. The mine is located
about four miles north of town and is
under the management of George B.
Upton.
Adjoining the Orc Grande on nearly
all sides is the property of the Dro
Grande Extension company, consisting
of eight claims, with shoWings very
similar to the Orc Grande, George b.
Upton is president of the company,
George r. Sanders vice president and
Donald S. Nicholson secretary, who,
with Almer Childers and Albert Smith,
constitute the board of directors. The
deepest workings on these claims are
sixty feet, but development work is
showing up good ore and the indica-
tions are that it will be a large pro-
ducer as soon as additional work is
done and a mill installed.
In the Vulture mining district a large
amount of work is being done on the
Angel mine, with results more than
satisfa ctory to the owners. Several
hundred feet of work was done during
the past winter and a twelveh horse
power gasoline hoist has recently been
installed and work is now proceeding
with renewed vigor. This is q copper
gold property and is owned by the
Arizona Gold Copper Mines company
of 1921 Park Row, New, New York
The ore body is considerable over one
hundred feet wide and carries from
two to thirty and forty per cent cop
! n NJ
values Two pay streaks running
through the body run high in sold and
copper and several shipments to I'll
Paso netted Mr.. George e. Sanders. the
former owner, handsome returns. MY
Sanders is in charge of the property
here, also of the Bess group a gold
property near the Angel and belonging
to the Bess Gold Copper Company Of
Arizona with offices at 1921 Park
Row. New York Work has but lately
been started on the Bess group, out
the surface indications are immense
several parallel quartz Lodges of great
size cropping out the length of several
claims. The quartz is heavily IRON
stained and assays as high as $4O.
In the Black Rock district number
of mines are being developed. Proml~
nent among these is the Denver group
at Gilbert owned by the Denver Group
Gold and Copper company of Los An
geles The outcroppings on this prop
erty are among the most promising IN
that section and carry good values IN
gold and copper. A crosscut tunnel IS
being run and is now in over 500 feet,
and while the ledge has not yet been
cut, the crosscut has already gone
through large bodies Of ore carrying
native copper and sulphurets with good
gold values. A tunnel has lately been
started running lengthWise of the
ledge which will open up the property
in fine shape. giving a vertical depth CT
over 200 feet when the tunnel is under
| Denver peak. The Denver group cer-
| tainly has a promising future.
The leading property in the Harqua
Hala district is the Mountain Chief