Arizona republican., 1902-02-07
A VIRGIN FIELD
Wh,cl Promises to Yield Great Min
 e1al ard Agricultural Wealth.

COrreSpOnGen Ot The ltGDuDllCan.t This canyon in the Galluro mountains is the real discoverer of the rich gold zone which is now attracting the atten- ton of mining men. for in it's serpen- tine windings it penetrates and exposes to view the great vein of gold bearing rock. The canyon runs east and west, and the Ccld ledge runs directly north and south through the mountains. After cutting the ledge the canyon turns abruptly at right angles. as though it had stopped to look about and behold the bright colors Of gold it had exposed for the corning of John Garden or some other Columbus. The canyon then goes on down and empties it's sands into Arivaipa canyon. It is the most formidable canyon of the Gal luros. cutting deep and wide its path to the very crest Of the mountains where the Rattlesnake evidently buried its head in the moss to keep from freez- ing. There is snow on the Galluros, and in Rattlesnake canyon. and the wind blows cold and chilling. But there is gold there. and it's bright col prs take men through the toughest sort Of places.
 A new gold strike which is exciting people is always an interesting place. A man who follows such strikes up be- tpIlcS 1na victim or q lever as soon as he hears of a discovery of the precious metal. and he finds it hard to keep away from it. But there is always an exaggerated view of such strikes when made from a distance-the thing looks bigger than it really is. Stories started in Rattlesnake canyon are liable to grow with the twisting of the circuit ious route to the settlements.
 The owners of the mine are seldom responsible for this-it is almost always the fever which spreads with the re- ports of new strikes that is account able for such rawlings. The strike in the Galluros is no doubt a big thing but if it were as big as some people have said there would be gold enough | to make every man, woman and child 1 in Arizona rich.
 1 It must be plain to every one who visits Rattlesnake canyon that a great ] low-Erade gold mine has been found l That it will become ready producer ! of gold there can be no question and the chances are all in favor or it's be- 1 coming much greater than appears on ] the surface. The ledge has an actual width of fifty feet and is exposed to d ! depth of 250 feet from the croppings to ] the sands of the canyon. The zone is ! well marked. passing through the mountains upon due course of north and south. The gold zone is 200 feet wide where it is exposed in the canyon. and every particle of this is counted valuable. In fact. this is called the f ledge. and il will be worked from one !. side to the other that distance. No T. walls have been encountered so far |. although efforts in this direction are now being made in the Red Dyke one of the discovery claims. At the end of a l"o-foot tunnel crosscutting has been started upon the ledge and it's actual width will soon be determined. That 1t is one Of the greatest gold bearing ' ledEes ever discovered in the southwest there can he no doubt.
 There are twenty-six claims located upon this zone. being q distance of 5000 feet. For a distance of 10. 800 feet at the point of discovery the claims are two deep. thus taking in the full width Of the zone. The Gold Mountain Min ing company has acquired the discov- cry claims from Colonel icpes Randolph and F. M. Hartman. who bought tvo- thirds interest in them from two part ners of Jack Garden. Garden still holds his interest. which is represented In a large amount of company stock
 X number of outside parties. incIud- ing r.. F. Knox of the Phoenix National
 
 Globe. F.. z. Dodge of Oracle. George G Bronson and A. W. TibbeIs and Charles S- Fleming, superintendent of the Gold Mountain company's mines. are owners Of claims in the Eew gold district Tine company employs about twenty men and there are eight CT ten working or extension claims. The camp is q busy one. and owing to its remoteness has none of the rougher element which usu- ally follows new strikes. It is an ordi- nary prospecting camp, with an extra. ordinary prospect.
 There are two springs o: living water one four miles north of the miEe anC the other eight miles, both of whicf provide ample water for camp pur- poses and mill use. The company Ina. located two mill sites in Arivaipa can yon where they have planned to put i. water wheel and an electric plant The electricity will be carried over COD. per wires to the mine to run the atarnt mill This is one of the plans of tn, company for working the ores at th, mine. but nothing definite will be don, until further development work is don, and better idea is gained of the or, bodies and their composition below The ore resembles that found upon tn, croppfngs of what is now the King O Arizona gold mine in Yuma county The two mines are similar in many re spec;s, but this ore has ;i much large showing of ledge matter. Here assay! have been made running as high as $60 to the ton and the lowest is S2.1O. Al that is claimed for it by it's most en thusiastic friends is an average vaIu across the ledge Of from g. to sS a tol in milling. If it holds even the loves of these values it will go down in his tcry as one or the great producers O this age and generation.
 Thc mine is just over the crest of tn
 Galluros on the cast side, but the bes point to go into the mountains is iron l'lnln nr1l,s al.nlifnr.rni.l