Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1903-04-22
IN AND AROUND
GROOM CREEK
Increased Activity IN
Mining There.
A Bright Outlook for the Min
ing Interests All Along
the Line.

OFOOm CTeek, april 10 EulIOT
Journal Miner. II will try and give
you few mining items and of the
different parties or companies that are
starting work in this district. / be-
lieve if the class of men who own
prospects and are trying to place them
would only write to their own home
papers and let them know what they
are doing, and what they have they
need not be afraid the papers will
throw them out, as they are also try
ing to build up the country, as we'll
as the man is trying to sell his mining
property. l can not help but COM
pliment Mr.. Berrie, of Lynx Creek.
He hardly misses a week without
writing some news of Lynx creek dis
trict, and it is good, as it shows the
mining men that want to invest, what
property is there and coming from
the miner it is worth looking after.
Now some six or seven miles south
of Prescott is a large granite belt,
thatihas never been thoroughly pros
pected. The lodges are large but the
prospector could only get down few
feet before he would have a large
quantity of water to contend with.
On some of the lodges willows grow
along them for miles, and believe it
will only be matter of year or two
before there will be some very large
mines opened upon these lodges.
There have been men holding them
for years, to try and get capital to take
hold of them. The lodges are large
and when you do open one up and
make a mine of it you will have big
dividend payer.
The Ideal Mining company was the
first to tackle one of these lodges. 1t
is the old Blake property about five
and half miles south of Prescott on
the Crowned King road. They have
rented Gus Williams station house for
a bunk and cook house and have three
shifts of men at work. This ledge is
very large and carries pretty we'll in
gold, for the depth they have attained.
Some two miles beyond the Ideal
Mining company, on the same granite
belt, Storts and Demery, who live at
the mouth of Wolf creek, have one of
these big propositions. This winter
they got down on stheir ledge thirty
feet and cross cut, when the water
drove them out. For sixteen feet
across the ledge the ore will average
80.
The gold lies in the copper sulphur
cts and as they get depth the sulphur
cts increase.
Gibbiney and Senter, of Groom
Greek, are also on the same ledge, but
as l say it will take pump and ma
chinery to handle the property, but
for mining men who are looking for
big propositions, they are we'll worth
investigating and they are only about
one and one half hours drive from
Prescott and good wagon road all the
way.
The Chicago group of mines, "a very
promising one, that has been lying
idle for number of years has been
started up. Mr.. Clark, after buying
and patenting some three claims some
eighteen or twenty years ago, when
transportation and milling was high
in this territory, has now concluded
to work them. Geo. Wood. "a most
successful mining man and promoter
is general manager. They are now
putting in their machinery, 80 horse
power boiler and No. pump. The
old shaft is 150 feet deep, and as soon
as the water is pumped out and the
shaft and old workings retimbered,
they will begin to take out good ore.
The old timers say that when Charles
Reyes owned this group he took out
very rich ore from this mine. They
have now some seven or eight men
working. They are getting lot of
wood cut, in fact things look as if
they were going at it in good bust
ness like way.
Van H. Brooks, superintendent of
the Gold Basis, is back from New |
York and in few days they will go |
to work to thoroughly develop the
property. From what | understand
they are going to put all their work
in the Gold Basis mine, and thor
oughly develop it.
The outlook for this part of the
country is very Aattering. There is
hardly a day but there are mining
men driving around and there are
very few properties left in the district
that are not bonded to different par
ties.
Chas. Benin is now in 400 feet and
is cross cutting and l hear he is get
ting out some fine ore.
At the alma or Groom Greek Gold
Mining company's mine they are pill
ing up good ore. They have had lots
of water to contend with from the last
storm but it is decreasing now.