The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1903-09-03
SIERRA d. ora .

= Representative OF the Ira was this
week shown over the property OF the
Sierra de ORC company. which recently
took over mum Der OF claims IN the
Greenlce district. The claims lie be-
tween tie Frisco river aud the hold
iugs Of the Clifton Consolidated com
pany, and control two parallel veins
which are three hundred feet apart.
These veins average from 10 to - feet
Ia width. and have bseu prospccted by
open cuts for q distance OF 5000 feet.
All workings show gold values. and in
some Of the rCck free gold can Re seen
with the naked eye. Some cary fine
specimens Of free gold have been taken
from different places along these
lodges. Since assuming charge OF the
property the company has commenced
driving a tunnel which will cut the
first ledge in about 1000 feet at depth
OF 600 feet. The same tunnel will be
continued to the second ledge. which
will be cut at a depth Of 1000 feet The
tunnel is now in 500 feet, and is fine
piece OF mining work. The tunnel is
located POO feet from the river, at an
elevation OF about 800 feet. The com
paEy own patented mill site on the
rivor Immediately below the tunnel
site, where IL will erect its reduction
y sufficient flow Of water for camp
purposes was struck in driving the
tunnel, which i great convenience.
The water Is pure and soft and the flow
Is being increased as the tunnel pro-
crosses. \ good trail has been butt
from the river 10 the tunnel site, where
most attractive camp, consisting OF
several boxed tents, has been located.
Work on wagon road will be com
menced in Il short time from the river
to the camp. after which Il power plant
Will be Installed and the tunnel driven
by machines, which will greatly facili-
tate the work. The tunnel is located
about midway Ot the claims, through
which they can all be worked by drift
ing along the veins. thus reducing the
cost of mining to minimum, while at
the same time the ore can be trammed
to the mill-Site for almost nothing. 1t
l. IN every way an ideal location, and
the lodges themselves stand without
equal for size and continuity in the
gold belts of this district. This prop
erty was reported on by Prof. w. II.
Blake, territorial mineralogist, who
spoke in the most flattering terms of
the property, and predicted that when
the mines We're opened up they won Id
the territory. The professor is the
consulting engineer of the company,
and the present work is done under his
advice. The immensely of these
lodges was great surprise to the
writer. He had read the professors
report. and expected to see something
pretty good, but could not realize the
magnitude of the veins until after Wis
iting them. If these giant leads car
ry the same values at depth that they
do on the surface, then the Sierra de
ORC company will have one Of the big-
gest gold mining properties in the
country. The work at the mine is
under the personal supervisio. ~, =
George Reed, Cripple Creek =
of much experience. Dell NJ. +.
is the general manager Of the company,
and the splendid showing made in euen
Il short time shows that he knows
what he is doing, and that the company
Is getting fun value for every dollar
expended.