Arizona republican., 1903-09-14
Mines and Minerals
 ef Arizona
CAVE CREEK MINES
Early Operation of the Mormon Girl
 Hill Is Expected.

Cave Creek. Ariz.. Sept. Il Special correspondence of The Republican)-l Since my last communication the evo- lution Of this district has gone on rap idly, effectively and with gratifying re- suits. Our treasure hunters are un covering really great veins of high grade ore. use the term uncovered ad- visedly because the veins uncovered have in some cases been matter of surprise while in others they were found just where they were expected to be, but the drill holes fell short of reach- ing them and they were left still con- cealed until the prospector could re- su,ne his search. For instance on Char lie Philes' claims since A. $. Mills has been associated with him they are find ing good bodies of high grade ore where Charlie suspected they were but had not the means to find them. On the old i Charley Fleming property Geo. w. Fleming is finding ore bodies Uncle Charley suspected but was never able to reach. Last week he found two inches below drill hole made a few years ago. Vein of copper ore, uncovered it for three feet and more of it remains to be uncovered. It is to be regretted that both Uncle Charley and his nep- hew. D. N. Fleming died before they knew what they had, in ignorance Of their wealth. If John Osborn can get to work on the Ben Hur by October he also will be in the swim of good luck. It is these old claims that are showing up so well under renewed and more systematic development. It is that way on old claims up on Gray's gulch and such is the result of work Marian is having done on an old group once call l Top.
 The recent sale of the Mormon Girl
 mine to the Davis family and Chicago capitalists revives interest in the great contact veins discovered d year ago OH 1 the east side of Black mountain. The Reeds. w. l.. Mckay and John Lewis i have been steadily at work on them anc l find no decrease in volume or value of ore. There is enough free gold in them i to keep big mill running for years and | the sulphurets coming in with depth make the best kind of shipping ore. | To return now to the Mormon Girl and it's new owners: The Davis family,
 ather and three or four sons, all ex- perienced mining men, have been well 1 known around Congress for years be- 1 fore coming to this section several
 years ago. Years ago they took hold ! of the Octave, q mine with the reputa-
 ton and history of the Mormon Girl.
 It had been mismanaged and aband-
 doned like the Mormon Girl. The Davis
 not only made some money out of it
 for themselves but gave the Octave such name and prestige that it is yet ! in operation with a forty stamp mill
 working continuously. At Clifton in
 New Mexico they did for certain prop
 li,f
 on the Octave. They did not have , much of chance on the Union owing to difficulty with the pipe line and
 water but they succeeded to their en- | tire satisfaction on the Maricopa until f they reached the water level. The ore
 in the Maricopa steadily increased in i grade with every foot down but when 1 water level was reached the cost of Y opera tions was much increased and failing to reach an agreement with the | owners they have been out of it. The
 saving that the Davises know how to T. take care of the DaViseS rather in | creases the reputation of any property they take hold of for they interest themselves only where values exist be- yond doubt; where the ore bodies are known to be ill place. They say they can and will get more out of the Mor- mon Girl in a month than the former owners did in nearly four years opera ton. They are experienced mill men and are now repairing the old mill to work until later on when one of a sort
 they have in mind and to be run by
 electricity will be put in. They will
 not turn q wheel till everything is
 right.
 That the Mormon Girl was badly /
 treated is evidenced by tine great values
 in the tailinSs. The mill was run by
 young men who had no experience in
 that work and the man who superin-
 tended the mining had difficulties he
 could not control or evade. Everything
 needed to revive the Mormon Girl in
 cluding water supply is in process Of
 rapid preparation. They expect to haEe e
 the mill ready to run early this winter.
 perhaps in November. That they will
 revive mining interests Tn Cave Creek
 district is beyond question and we hope
 to send you regularly hereafter better
 news from this section.
 E. P. MCCORMICK.