Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1903-05-13

1t is safe to say that very few OF the
residents of this county are aware Of
the magnitude to which the Henrietta
mining property has grown within the
past fourteen months, or since the
work of developing the property was
begun by the Braganza Gold Mining
company. This Is accounted for by
the fact that it is being done by peo-
pie who do not court notoriety, and
the fact that they have property that
does not need any boosting" to make
it go, and further that every few days
they are bringing into the city gold
bars weighing from % to 40 pounds
and worth all the way from $4,000 to
$4,000, and with these are paying their
stockholders the handsome returns on
their investment of two per cent per
month Such properties as these do
not have to advertise their stock for
sale-people come after it. However,
knowing that the property was prov
ing such a good success and giving its
stockholders such satisfaction, prompt
ed the Journal Miner to make an
effort to gain some information con-
corning the property that was not gen.
orally known by the people in this
section, believing that the informa-
ton would be of benefit in encourag
ing other companies to develop their
properties in a substantial and bust
ness like manner. A Journal-Miner
representative was on the ground when
the annual excursion of stockholders
arrived at the property last Friday,
and was shown every courtesy that
could be extended by the management.
and was conducted through the entire
workings of the mine, each part being
fully explained.
The Henrietta group of mines was
first worked twelve our fourteen years
ago. at which time the present %
stamp mill was erected. The work
was carried on for some time with
varying degrees of success, but it
lacked the proper capital to
make great mine out of it, and for
some years little work was done. As
above stated about fourteen months
ago the Braganza Gold Mining com
pany took hold of the property and
by its able and business like manage
/ hag r,,nIn Of the
enterprise from the very start.
The location of the mine is of great
advantage from transportation
standpoint as the Poland branch of
the P. and E. railroad runs within a
stone throw of the mill, affording the
best and cheapest transportation facil-
tiles that could possibly be had
When the company took hold of the
property it overhauled the mill and
put it in first class condition and it
has given the greatest satisfaction ever
since it was started up. The mill
handles about 60 tons of ore every "a
hours. The concentrates are of a
0lEu CldSS dIc NrCdbCu az thO
Verde smelter only few miles dis
tant. There we're about two car loads
of these concentrates at the mill ready
for shipment when the party visited
the property. Besides this there were
several car loads of the high grade
sulphide shipping ore 'on the dumps
of the mine at the north workings also
ready for shipment into the Val Verde
smelter. This ore runs from $50 to
500 to the ton and thousands of tons
of it is blocked out in the mine ready
to slope out, hoist and ship to the
smelter.
The principal hosting plant is To-
Gated on the north side of the noun
tain, the working shaft at this place
being 300 feet deep. Levels have been
run each 100 feet, but the greatest
amount of work has been done at the
300 foot level, where over 100 of drift
ing has been done, all in ore, the ore