Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1903-06-03
A WONDERFULLY
RICH PROPERTY
Alaska Group Makes a
Fine Showing.
Several Thousand Feet of Work
More and Richer Ore Than Con-
gress at Same Stage.

A Journal Miner reporter had the
pleasure of visit to the properties of
the United Gold Mines company a
few days ago and was shown over the
property by Messrs. D. J. Sullivan,
manager of the property and one of
the original owners, and Dennis May,
one of the oldest and best known
miners in Yavapai county, who located
the property in 1879, and who is also
one of the original owners and at the
present time the superintendent of
the property. The Alaska group,
which is only one of three groups
owned by the company in that neigh
borhood, is about 1900 feet south of
the deepest shaft of the Congress
mine, one of the greatest gold mines
in the world, the above shaft being
300 feet deep and the values greater
at the present depth than ever before.
This group consists of eight claims
lying in a solid body along the great
diorite dyke and all the work,
amounting to about 1000 feet in sink
ing and drifting, on this dyke shows
the ore shoot to be at least 700 feet in
length. The ore is from one to three
feet in width wherever it has been
opened up while the dyke is from six
to fifteen feet between walls. On the
Alaska claim there have been five
prospecting shafts sunk on the ore
vein tapping the ledge at depths of
from 160 to 410 feet. Shaft No. 4 is
the one from which drifting has been
going on for the past three months,
or since active development nf the
property was begun by the above
company the first of March, In this
drift three men have taken out in that
time about l50 toos of high grade
shipping ore that will average accord
ing to numerous assays made of it,
between $50 and 500 to the ton, OF
according to the estimates of Mr.. May,
the ore on this dump is worth be-
tween $4,000 and $40, 900. This is a
wonderful showing for three months
work by three men. This drift Is
now in about 80 feet and work was
commenced a few days ago on a large
working shaft which is to connect with
this shaft and then be sunk to great
depth as fast as the work can be done
and hereafter all the drifting will be
done from this shaft.
The character of all the ore taken
out of the property is identical with
that of the Congress mine but the val
ues are even higher than they were
in that great property at the same
depth, while the dyke and general
formation is exactly the same. Mr..
May ought to be good judge in this
matter having been the locator and
sole owner of the Congress mine foI
years. and he knows every inch OF
that property. He is very enthusiastic
over the Alaska group and says there
/ is not the least doubt in his mind
1 that the company has another mine
/ that will prove to be as great as the
Congress, which sold two years age
for the neat little sum of 5000, COX
and which is now dropping 80 stamp:
day and night almost within gun shot
of the Alaska property.
/ Another great advantage this prop
erty has is the transportation facili
ties, the railroad crossing its bound
aries. The property also extends int
what is known as the lower part o
! the town of Congress.
The Ohio group of four claims i
also owned by this company. Thes
claims are located about four mile
west of the Alaska group, and tn
showing there for the work done
even better than the Alaska. A tun
mel has been run into the side of tn
mountain tapping the ore body at
depth of about l25 feet. At that dept
a body of ore over nine feet thick wa
cut through. \ winze was sunk abou
70 feet giving a depth of 200 feet
The ore taken from this property will
average about SO clear across tn
nine feet while assorted ore has bee
taken out that assayed close to $500
Mr.. Sullivan thinks this will prove t
be very excellent property.
About 200 feet of development wor
has been done on the New York grou
of four claims owned by the company
and which are about one and one hal
miles from the Ohio group. The in
dications however are splendid.