Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1902-03-19
Groom Greek Mining News.

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 Groom Creek, Ariz, March H. | (Editor Journal-Miner)- Monte Christ,
 mine, Is the first mine coming UT
 groom creek after leaving the post
 office. At this mine they are dowI
 POO feet and have several hundred
 feet in levels and stopes. At thi'
 mine they have five stamp mill and
 three tables, and they have been run
 ming steadily for the last month or the richest sulphide ore on the creek
 Empire Mine.-At this mine they
 have forty men working. They are down 400 feet and in a short time will commence to sink for the 50C foot level. They have a ten stamp mill that has been running steadily day and night for almost two years They run through thirty tons day After going through under the stamps it passes into large cyanide vats and it is there cyanided so closely that the value in tailings is only 30 to 40 cents per ton.
 Empire Extension.-Is the north extension of the Empire mine. They have a fine new hoist in place and Joe Hobbs, the president of the company, says they will be ready to start in in few days. They have just compile ted a nice, neat bunk house for the men. Their shaft is down l40 feet with four feet of fine looking ore in the bottom.
 Groom Creek Gold Mining Co., Smiley Jones, who was formerly su- perintendent for the Empire com pany, has a 200 foot contract on this property and these are putting the shaft down at the rate of 19 to 20 feet a week. He has a fine lot of miners. They are now down no feet. They will sink for the 800 foot level. The company knows the district and believes in deep mining. It is a mine 1 would not be afraid to take stock in and it is a company you can gam ble on. They have quite lot of Mexicans getting out-stulls, lagging and cord wood.
 Niles Mining Co.-This was form erly the Home Run company, and the stock is now controlled by Ohio people. They have just commenced to sink for the 600 foot level. They are down 335 feet with some two thousand feet of levels run at differ ent points in the mine. Mir. Moyna- han, promoter and part owner, be- lieves like the rest the deeper you get, the ledge not only gets stronger, but carries better value. They have just placed one more 35-horse power boiler and they have one of the finest and largest hoiSts on the creek.
 Midnight Test Mine.-Is down 300 feet. They have two and one half feet of ore that will average SI60 per ton. Mir Woods has started his new stamp mill and I understand it is a success. At the Dutchman mine, which is owned by the same company, they are down lS0 feet and have just started drifting north and south. This mine makes enough water to run a 2O-stamp mill.
 In tho near future there are two more new companies going to start in here, and there is also another good property to be had but it takes capi- tai to open them up. They are all south extensions of property l have just wrote about. First is NIT. Coon's group of mines. They lay between the Empire and Summit Mountain mines. At the Summit Mountain mine they are down 2l0 feet and Messrs Brooks. Anderson and Henry have another 100 foot contract to sink that will make this mine BIO feet deep. At present they are taking out fine looking sulphide ore.
 The south extension of the Niles Mining company, also south exten sion of Groom Greek Gold Mining is owned by Laird and Brow. This is good mining property and with capital can soon be put on a paying basis.
 The south extension of the Dutch man mine and the Nevada group of mines is owned by Major Watts and Chas. Behm. They have considera- ble work done on these mines. Uncle Joe mine has a shaft down 90 feet all in good ore. In the Gold note mine Mir. Behan has a tunnel. and has three feet of fine looking ore. With and mill this mine could be put on a paying basis in very short time.
 I hope in a short time these three groups of mines will pass into the bands of mining men that understand how to mine. and will say in conclu- sion that Groom Creek, Lynx Creek and Big Bug have never had as bright a future as at the present time and as they are all on the same min eral belt some day it will be a big thing for Prescott.
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