The news-herald., 1902-07-05
MINES ABOUT
WICKENBURG.
A Concise Description Of Some Of the
Leading Mining Properties in tins
Richly MineraIized District.

f2einfr the only newspaper paoilsh@O
ir what Is conceded to be the center OF
tha richest ninerali2ed region of Ar
zo7la. and because OF the great lhtefeSI
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 q great deal OF our lllHe
to personally answer ell these IN
quiries we have decided to puohsh
short description Of some OF the leadlnS
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. T. ?. & y
railroad hes an altitude Of trif1e over
1000 feet and is situated on the hanks
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
$17,000O00, and which will soon he
worked again, having lain idle since
it's pipe line was destroyed by the
Walnut Grove food. After the closing
Of the Vulture the town remained at
q standstill until the discovery of the
)
time the growth has been rapid md
much new work has been started. On
all sides, in the Black Rock, Blue Tank
vulture, HarQua Hala, HarcuYar 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
= 10
which is conceded to be the greatest
gold mine in Arizona, if not in Amer
lea. Since its discovery last year over
two thousand feet of work has bean
done, mostly in a 300-foot shaft, and
drifts and crosscuts, opening UP a won
derful body of rich ore. Crosscuts
have been run over 140 feet on the
ledge, all in ore and surface and other
workings show the ore body to be sew
eral thousand feet II length The 0rc
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 a plant
with capacity Of 400 or 500 tons daily. |
When the reduction works are com
pleted force of several hundred men
will be employed. Tho mine is located
about four miles north of town and is
under the management OF George b. /
Upton
Adjoining the Gro Crande ON nearly /
all sides is the property OF the Oro /.
Grande Extension company, consisting /
of eight claims, with shoWings very I
similar to the ORC Grande. George =. /
Upton is president az thu CQmpany. I
George e. Sanders e-prcaident ana /
Donald s, Nicholson secretary, who, (
with Almer Childers and Albert Smith, T
constitute the board Of directors. The /
deepest workings on these claims are
sixty feet, but development work is
showing lIp good ore and the indica
tions are that it viii be a large pro /
Queer 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 tn4
Angel mine with results more than
satisfactory to the owners, Several
hundred feet Of work was done during
the pa:t winter and twelve horse
power gasoline hoist has recently been
installed and work is now proceeding
with renewed vigOr. This is a copper
gold property and is owned by the
a NgOiQ-A.OOBcI
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
per, as we'll as some gold and silver
values. Two pay streaks running
through the body run high in gold and
copper and several shipments to ii
paso nettad Mr.. George E. Sanders. the
former owner, handsome returns. Mi
Sanders is in charge Of the property
here. also of the Bess group, gold
property near the Angel and belonging
to the Bess G0ld-Copper Company OF
Arizona, with offices ct 1921 Park
Row. New York Work has but lately
been started on the Bess group, but
the surface indications are immense,
several parallel quartz ledges of great
size cropping out the length of several
claims The quartz is heavily iron
stained and assays as high as $40.
In the Black Rock district a number
of mines are being developed Proml-
Tant 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 ~
that section and carry good V2lueS III
gold ana copper. a crosscut tunnel Is
being run and is now in over 500 feat,
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 900 feet when the tunnel is under
Denver peak. The Denver group 3er-
tainly has a promising future.
Another property, conceded to be ore
Of the best in the Blue Tank district.
is the Sweet Sextette group, owned 1y
Hall Bros. and the Mcintosh estate.
This property is located near Gilbert
and has several hundred feet Of work
anr,n ~, the different claims. tllcre Oe-