Arizona republican., 1902-02-06
MANY MINES MENTIONED
Activity on Yavapai Properties spe-
 officially Described.

Prescott. Ariz.. Feb. 4.-(Special cor respondence of The Republican.)-A splendid property on the upper Hassay ampa about which very little. if any thing, has been published. is that of the Brown Dick Gold company.
 The principal owners are George F. Russell of New York and Joseph F. Tomlinson. superintendent of the Yae- ger Canyon Copper company. There are thirteen claims in the group. on which quite extensive development work has been steadily carried on in a quiet and transformations manner. and a twenty-stamp mill has been erected. Two Wilhey tables are used. but the ore after being crushed Is first run over Gilpin county bumpers and fine results were obtained by the pro- l cess in vogue when the mill was first placed in operation. There has been a dearth of water, however. which caused operations to be suspended temporarily, as far as the reduction of the ores was | concerned. but the recent heavy snow storms have given the management assurance of being able to resume the ! operation of the mill early in the com ing spring, and the company contem- plates resuming not later than the first of March. Arrangements are being made to keep the work going on stead- ily both in the mines and mill when it
 is started up again. The ore is a rich sulphide. the values being nearly all in
 gold. and the character of the ore is precisely like that of the Congress ] mines.
 J. F. Tomlinson is also interested
 with Judge Richard r. Sloan of the
 district court of Arizona in the Vene-
 Zia group of five claims in Crook can
 yon. Three thousand feet of develop
 ment work. mostly tunnelling, has so
 far been accomplished. The ore body
 varies from two and one-half feet to
 eight feet wide. the character being
 lead and iron sulphide. the principal
 values being in gold. The Venezia
 mine itself and the Mineral Spring
 mine are on the same lead as the old
 Crook mine. which was once a famous
 producer. The Helen mine. of the Ven
 ezia group. is on the same ledge and is
 an extension of the Blair mine. which
 is now being worked under lease and
 bond by Messers. Mendenhall and Cox
 The Blair has one of the finest show ings in Yavapai county. and it is con- Ceded to be one of the best properties
 at its present depth that is now IT course of development in Arizona. The
 fortunate operators have it bonded fol
 the sum of S2O. 900. which is considered
 9 very low price for it.
 ] Professor John A. Church. fCrmerl.
 superintendent of the TcmDston,
 mines. in their palmy days, and wh, has since been recognized as one of oul , most competent mining engineers. i. making an examination and report or the mines of the Yaeger Canyon Coppe, company for the owners. This com | pany owns twenty-seven claims alto gether. situated in the Black Hill. twenty miles east of Prescott. EX J Secretary Alger and District Judge l. I F. Sloan are among the principal stock holders in the company. Ten of tn claims are comparatively recent loca I tions. and though containing stron; mineraliZed lodges. no great amount O T development work has been done ol I them as yet. but they were located il I order to secure an adequate timbe s supply. as the ground on which thes : claims are located is thickly covere, . with q veritable forest of pine and othe timber. The other group consists O . seventeen claims, nine of which ar patented; they are located on the edg of Lonesome valley at the foot of tn Black Hills range on the west. Mos . of the ground opened has been Confine . to the Queen Bee and Grey Copper, tw :. of the patented mines. Before tn