The news-herald., 1902-03-01
ORO RANDE5
The Big gest Gold Strike
CT Recent Years.
Ar Expert Mining Mans opinion----
p. c. Bickneil, Of the Prescott Prospect,
Says there arc Millions in Sight.--.Onc
OF th2, Most Comfortable aid Best Man-
aged Camps in Arizona.

much regarding the great richness
and extent of the Orc Grande ore
body, and received SO little cred
ence, that we take pleasure in re-
producing the following descript-
ion, from the pen Of P. G. Bicknell,
the well known mining man con-
Aected with the Prescott Prospect.
Ii anything, the account Of Mr.
-Bicknell is conservative, as all who
have visited the property admit.
Since starting work last year,
development has proceeded at such
a rate as to make old timers pause
for breath, and too much cannot be
said in praise Of the work Of Man
ager Upton and Superintendent
i Hatfield, who make q combination
impossible to beat, as an inspection
Of the camp and mine testifys
The remaining owners of the prop
erty, Frank w. Ellis and George
E. Lamb Of Clinton, Iowa, are in
town this week, deciding as to the
future working Of this bonanza,
and while the News-Herald is not
authorised to say SO, it is very
probable that a large mill, Of one
hundted stamps or more, will be
installed very shortly and the
thousands of tons OF rich ore on
the dump and in sight turned into
bullion, amply rewarding the for
tunate owners for their unremitt~
ing toll and energy. Mr.. Bicknell
says:
= "W ere there no other producing
mines save the Orc Grande group
within fifty miles Of Wickenburg
that group Of mines alone would
insure the future growth Of the town.
They belong to that fortunate class
that, in the whole history OF mining
have been SO few that their names
stand out in the record like points
OF light on a dark background,
:. Situated on the east side Of the
!
Hassayampa, four and o half miles
north of Wickenburg, the little
} group OF tents and buildings that
form the camp, are plainly visible
from the upper portion Of the town,
and the only practicable route from
the mines to the railroad lies
through the ancient camp Of Henry
| Wickenburg.
There are nine claims in the Orc
Grande group in addition to two
\ water rights on the Hassayampa
river which encircles the camp on
I three sides at minimum distance
] |
Of one and g. quarter miles. All Of
7 these locations, however, are con
tiguous and all will be worked from
the great main working shaft OF
the Copperhead, one of the centra-
claims, which is now down 300 feet
t with levels at SO, 100, 200 and 30(
Il feet; amounting in all to 913 feet
: Moreover there has been much
9 cross cutting, in many directions
S both from various points on the le
: vels as we'll as from the shaft itself
In every part of the mine az
work progresses, it is all in ore, anC
Q very much the same kind of ore a
that. The amount Of development
now accomplished, since work was
o started Just twelve months ago, il
1. figured at 1775 feet. This is al
: undoubted proof Of the industry O
1 the working force and the energetic
+ and systematic methods Of tht
e manager. This amount of wori
i seems the more surprising wher
b one knows that all the openings
a :, each drift, cross cut and tunnel a1t
9 two-thirds larger than is customary
y in mines.
!, There is no need Of lodging o.
;, ducking here to avoid humping
! ones head or, at the very least
= knocking off ones hat against thC
{. roof, for the roof is far above ones
head, even too high to touch will