Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1903-08-12


mineral belt that from this point ex
tends southwest through Del Pasct
mountain and Bradshaw Basin Il
rHumbug creek; and north east to tn,
Black Range taking in the Henrietta
Cypress and other famous producing
mines on Bigbug creek, such as the
Butternut, Boggs and blackberry and
the Iron Queen. 1t is marked every
mile of its length by prosperous min,
ing claims, till it loses itself at last
under the Jura- Trias sandstones that
.. cap the metamorphic rocks beyond
the great United Verde mine. This is
no haphaZard statement, for this grand
and prolific mineral belt can be easily
traced the entire distance between
Jerome and the southern slope of the
Bradshaws, and the same line, though
the character of the country rock
changes, may be followed through the
Black Rock district with its numerous
working mines, and on through the
Wickenburg district and the famous
old Vulture, and thence across the
desert to the ella and the King of
Arizona mine. Anyone who doubts
may put a ruler on the map, at Je-
rome and slant it southwest to the
King of Arizona mine, and just for
curiosity, note that this belt, which
is from ten to fifteen miles in width,
embraces every famous mine in west
ern Arizona
BQt, by the way, we did not, on
this occasion, visit this entire belt;
We merely followed Pine creek south
for half a mile and spent the after
noon and the next day in looking over
the sixteen properties of the Corona
Consolidated Mining company, which
extend sOuthwestward from the Cum
berland group. A good, servicable
wagon road has been graded over the
low foothills on the west side of Pine
creek to the HDeer's Rest" and the
Christmas Gift the more import
ant claims of the Corona group.
These two are on the chief ledge of
the belt, meeting end to end, near the
summit of hill, some seven hundred
feet above the gulch that winds along
its base. Here we found a wide cut
extending some sixty or more feet
along ledge which your correspond
ent found to be four feet six inches in
width, by actual measurement. There
Is no eNtraneOus matter in this ledge;
it is all Ore-porous, cellular quartz
and a predominating amount of eX-
tremely porous hematite of iron. 1t
is typical gold bearing quartz; and
from the amount of blue and green
carbOnates. black oxides and metallic
sulphides of copper, one would say at
sight that it carries a fair percentage
of that metal, in addition to the gold.
We spent over on hour at this cut,
breaking down attractive specimens
and turning over the ore on the
dump; and it is the opinion of the
writer that no one-miner or other
wise-can see the fine ore body dis
closed by this cut without becoming
enthusiastic as to its probable value.
Surely, your correspondent has not
looked at a ledge in this county that
makes prettier surface showing than
this one. The ore encountered in
running this cut has been stacked up
in two rectangular dumps which at
rough estimate, contain from 40 to
100 tons; and either of Them would
be an attraction at the st. Louis
Worlds Fair. The face of the drifts
shows breast of ore twelve feet high
by four and half wide. any part of
which would furnish attractive speci-
mems for a collection.
Following the surface groupings
downward through the tangled man
zanita bushes of the north slope, we
looked al several open cuts showing
ore; and by dint of Engaging we got
down to tunnel six hundred feet
perpendicular distance below the
large cut. This is being driven in to
crosscut various nearly parallel quartz
veins that are apparently inclining
toward the great central ledge. At the
mouth of this tunnel there is a good
sized dump of ore, measuring at an es-
innate, 200 tons, in which copper and
iron sulphurets are much more in evil
dence than on the great cut, though
water level has not yet been reached.
The tunnel is now in 245 feet, cutting
in its course five good sized mineral
veins; and it will have to be driven
one hundred feet further to cut the
main ledge. Armed with candles we
explored its farthest limit, and noted
the five quartz leads encountered in
its course, which are without doubt
converging at an angle that must lead
them into the main ore body; so that
the theory of Mr.. Grove, the foreman,
that they radiate from common
center, seems by no means unreason-
able.
Two thousand feet east on the other
side of Pine creek, is Copper Hill.
long ridge like elevation about six
hundred feet in height, covered like
all the foothills in the vicinity, with
heavy growth of mauzanita and
scrub oak. This ridge is traversed 10y
several parallel Hedges, all of good
size, which are located as the Copper
Hill group, the principal development
being a forty foot shaft on large vein
of copper ore that follows the back
bone of the hill. An ore dump con
tanning some 40 tons, shows what
was taken out while sinking the shaft,
and speaks well both for quantity and
quality of ore; which apparently car
ries more copper than the mines of
the Corona group. The hours passed
quickly and profitably in examination
of this great quartz lead, and in view
ing the most important mining sec
ton of Yavapai, which from the sum
NIT of Copper Hill, was spread out
like a map on every side of us.
Turkey creek district was one of
the first and most productive mineral
sections oflthe county, being discover