Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-07-29
FROM BLACK
ROCK DISTRICT
Good Progress all Along
the Line.
A District OF Big Lodges and
Plenty of Ore of
Fair Grade.

Wickenburg. July 2l.-On behalf of
the Journal Miner the writer visited
the +. Y. O'Brien mine last week and
had look at the development there.
The management has resumed opera
lions and are sinking two shafts for
the purpose of proving the water sup
ply and also to open up the rich ores
which appear to be better with every
foot of depth. This mine has stamp
mill with cyanide plant attached, and
has proved entirely satisfactory up
to date. Mr.. O'Brien states that in
case they do not find sufficient water
they will rehabilitate the pipe line to
the Hassayampa as soon as possible.
The plant will be enlarged as the
mine is no longer prospect.
There are now three shifts at work
comprising twenty two men in all, and
more will be put on as soon as there
is room for them.
The Orc Grande Development and
Exploration companys holdings on
the Powell properties are being rap
idly developed. Two shifts of men are
now preparing to sink working shaft
all in ore of a very promising char
acter. Chas. H. Akers is manager of
the company and will no doubt make
producer of this mine Immediately.
While in the lower district | passed
by the Canadian company's mine
known as the Black Rock limited.
They have closed down until Septem-
Der |. Any mining man having a
doubt as to the extent and value of
the Black Rock district would be in
stantly convinced upon seeing this
one ledge. 1t is $50 feet wide and
ore from wall to wall. The grade is
not high, but will pay we'll if worked
on a large scale.
At Goldberg's camp the work goes
steadily on. The recent advance in
the price of Coarse Gold stock seems
to be fully warranted by the appear
ance of the property.
At the Black Rock, better known as
Murphy's mine, grading is being
done, or rather is almost complete, for
the installment of machinery which
is already bought and shipped. All
the appearances of the mine go to
prove that the company has perfect
confidence in its qualities and have
the capital to operate with.
Besides these mines already men
toned, we have in the immediate vi
cinity of Constellation the Golden
Rule, Gold Standard, Boisonio mine,
the Keystone, the ProfusiOn group,
the Uncle Sam, the Born properties,
Mahoney's, Star group, and many
others in various stages of develop
ment. This is a district of large
lodges, and lots of water and the CAPT
talist in search of good investment
can not find in all Arizona any ole
section of country that viii show as
many good opportunities as the south
ern part of Yavapai county. The ma
iority of the mines here carry a good
percentage of copper and all of them
carry gold that give returns from one
dollar up into the thousands. On the
Star group, held under options by st.
Clair, some ore was found yesterday
in yet unbroken ground that runs
over a hundred dollars per ton in free
gold. At present it is not possible to
state anything in regard to the guam
tity of the ore. Many years ago this
property was a producer of ores that
were worked by the arastra process
and Mr.. Mahoney is the authority for
the statement that the best of the ore
paid over one hundred dollars per
ton. The late discovery WIS made
near the old surface workings and APP
pear to be an extension of them. As
yet no assays have been made, but the
horn spoon tests shows sufficient to
prove the high grade of the ore. II
the quantity of this ore proves as large
as the indications shows the manager
will put force of men to work in the
near future. y Miner.