Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-04
RICH MINING SECTION
Valuable Mining Properties Group ed Together Within a Radius
 of Few Miles.
Mineral Belt Said to Extend For a Distance of One Hundred
 Miles in Length.

Mining in Gavapai county is being carried on at present to a greater ex- tent and with better results than in any period of its history, the improve ments being made being more perma- nent. The Congress mine which has been in operation for years, continues to keep up its daily out put, while the Octave which is located a few miles from it and which has only been worked for few years has, for some time, been d dividend payer and all indications at present point to its con- tinuance as one for years to come.
 The Planet-Saturn property in Fools gulch is about to be started up again on large scale. The mines of this property have never been called in question, its closing down tempor- arily in the first place being caused by the placing of machinery not suit able to working the ore. Afterwards deaths of some of the owners occurred causing complications which pre- vented its being worked. All these difficulties have been overcome and there is now bright prospect for the future of the property.
 New openings are being made in Rich Hill by Mr Hayden, on the ia nous Johnson mine with very encour- aging showings. It is also stated that the Crown Point mine will shortly be started up again. This mine is we'll opened up and is equipped with a good mill, but like some other prop critics has been closed down for some time, not from any demerit in it, but from various causes. A new road is being built to Wickenburg from that section.
 Another property of prominence in this section is the Homestake, former ly owned by F. X. O'Brien, but re- gently transferred to a mining com pany. This has the ear marks of be- coming one of the biggest dividend paying mines in the county in the near future, when the property is opened up and equipped.
 John s. Fuller, who recently made an examination of the property, 'esti- mates that there are over 300, 900 tons of ore now in sight which will aver age Sl0 or more per ton, and all that it requires is a i00-stamp mill and a pipe line from the river 5000 feet in length. This will give a fall of 400 feet. These improvements with good management is all that is required to place it on the dividend paying list. The famous Gro Grande mine three miles distant from the Homestake is of the same characteristics as the lat ter, as regards its ore, with an ore body of about the same size as the Homestake, and of about the same grade, also. These two properties are considered to be the largest gold mines in the territory excepting none. 1 have known them from their first discovery. The Homestake is of lit tie better grade of ore. They both will come to the front when they are properly handled. Several other prop critics in this district also bids fair to become dividend paying properties. The nearer mining districts have more dividend paying properties than any district in the county. This gold belt is about loo miles in length and twenty-five miles in width, extending from the White Hills in Mohave coun- ty through Cedar valley district, San ta Maria and on into Maricopa county r