Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1903-02-11

''It is merely matter of pencil anC , paper to show enough to warrant very
 extensive development l merely giv,
 these figures to convey an idea of tn,
 immensity of this splendid property
 when developed. What work is done
 at present is but as an ounce to ton.
 ''I find that the best mines through out this central portion of Arizona
 have copper connected with them. The oxidized ores alone. and only loo
 feet deep, will make of it a mine
 of greater magnitude than many good
 paying mines sunk to depth of 1000 ! feet.
 Mir. Archer closes his report as fol
 lows:
 ''I can not speak in too high terms
 of the promised future of this great
 property, and predict that it will be
 Arizona's greatest producer in values
 when properly opened up, and it has
 its one thousand stamps dropping,
 and l earnestly advocate extensive de-
 velopment, especially in sinking" J. Robert Moechel, of Kansas City,
 one of the best known mining engi- neers and experts in the country, has thoroughly examined the propery. hay ing spent several weeks there person. ally examining and sampling he prop etry from one end to the othter. He was also with the party of stockhold- CTS who visited the property a few days ago and assisted MT. Blanchard in showing these gentlemen the prop erty in every detail and explaining it to them. Among other things he says:
 ''There are two distinct dykes that run the whole length northeast to southwest of this property. In several cases these dykes tower forty feet above the ground.
 ''There are also white quartz crop pings showing in places, as high as six feet above the ground and as wide as twenty feet. Much of this quartz shows copper stain all over. One large cropping about three feet above the ground showed much sulphide.
 ''The surface indicates two belts of minerals, one the gold and silver belt. the other the copper belt with gold and silver values which is borne out by the development work loo feet below ground.
 "AIl of the croppings on this prop erty are very prominent. and give the very best and strongest indication of pronounced. steady and long contin- ued past activity.
 ''Next to the big vein of honeycomb quartz close to the approximate cen ter line of the property, runs what is essentially heavy iron quartz, show ing in width often five feet on the surface. Two such veins, often called Assure veins, may be followed almost the whole length of the property run ming southwest to northeast
 ''Shale croppings in the slatic form and showing sulphides are very promi- nent, being in some places over 20O feet wide and 2OOO to 2JOO feet long.
 'In the southeast part of the prop . erty quartz croppings with lead oxide are found. This mineral crumbles readily, having the appearance of paint.
 "A white quartz vein runs into the from the southwest, and another more directly from the west
 "These shOwings are extremely gratifying.
 ''The ores taken from the 100 foot level at the two working shafts are study and give much information. it may be said that every pound on the dumps is ore con aiming value in gold, or silver, or copper or in lead, usually in two and .hree of these metals.
 "The ore body as exposed at the 100 foot level conists almost entirely of layers of different ores. By examining the blue print sketch of he underground workings with dis ances given in feet. the value of the body of ore now exposed will be understood when l say that all s in ore which will pay profit to handle.
 "This is a mine at the 100 foot evel. Although only about the ength of half claim has been ex- )lored, of which one half is on the Iron King claim and one half on the Bonanza claim, over 1,OOO,OO tons of ,re have been blocked out.
 'There is every indication that this immense deposit of ore, which is over .0O feet in width, runs the full length ,f the property. that is, 7jO0 feet or nearly one and one-haJf miles. In act, in many places the crOppings how a width of over 300 feet. The quantity of ore k such that it cannot III be worked out in lifetime.
 "The only problem to be solved is he economic handling of the ore. And with the present management in 'harge. you need have no fear but that he ore will be handled at very low igure and at a large profit. {
 "'The property should be made to pay big dividends for many years to ,ome
 "It is hard to conceive of a deposit l If ore over 2OO feet in width and over { ,ne and one-fourth miles in length. This great body of ore increases in -alue with every foot of depth. As avs taken from the 12O foot level how a gold value of s26 per ton, B. 10 n silver, and over l3 per cent lead"
 Wm. $. Edwards. mining engineer If New York City. a mining man of arge experience says:
 '"The property is most admirably ituated for economic working. The ] Prescott and Eastern railroad. , ,ranch of the Santa Fe railroad. vir- ually passes over one end of the . The property is connected s 10th by telegraph and telephone with 'rescott, and thence all over the . lorld. There is an unfailing supply 1; f water in the Agua Fria river, dis ant less than one mile; and good team coal can be delivered under ontract at not to exceed three dollars 2 er ton. All mining supplies and { abor are both abundant and reason ', ble. {