Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1903-05-13
EXCURSION Of
STOCKHOLDERS
Merchants Mining Co.
Special Train.
The Trip a Most Pleasant One and
the Result Highly Satisfactory
to ALI Concerned.

There have been mining excursion
parties visited this section of countr,
but it is safe to say there never wa
a larger, better natured OF better sat
isfied one than the one which is nov
visiting in this county from Chicago
The excursion party consists of be
tween 80 and 100 people all of whom
are stockholders in the Merchant
Mining company and Braganza GolC
Mining company, the former company
operating and developing some excel
lent property about one and a hal
miles from Poland and the latter op
Grating the famous Henrietta property
The excursion left Chicago May
and arrived at the Merchants mining
company's mines yesterday, Friday
morning, May 8. The party was mel
at Ash Fork by Geo. H. Cook anG
wife, of the Banganza Gold Mining
Co., who accompanied the party dur.
ing its visit to all the mines. At the
Merchants Mining company's proper.
ty they were met by President Ed
Block, Superintendent r. H. Gray
and Frank L. Wright, director of the
company.
As soon as the party arrived at the
mines they were supplied with over
alls, jumpers and caps and most of
them were either lowered into the
mine by the powerful new 30 horse
power hoist or went down the ladder,
going all through the 1000 feet of un-
derground work, carefully examining
every part, taking samples, etc. Fully
one half of the excursion party were
ladies but most of them braved the
trip, although very few of them had
ever even seen mine before. After
returning to the surface the party
spent the remaining time of their
stay in banning out free gold from
the samples they had taken and from
the dump. Mr.. Block had provided a
number of small bags which were fill
ed with samples of the ore to be taken
home as souvenirs of the visit. To
say that the party was satisfied with
its visit to this property would be to
express it very mildly-they were
simply delighted, as it was not neces-
sary to have the experience of an ex-
pert tic see great bodies of high grade
ore exposed all through the workings
of the mine. They also looked with
great satisfaction upon the ore dumps
with their hundreds of tons of ore
which were being loaded onto the cars
on the railroad spur only a few hun
dred feet from the property.
After the party had finished its in
spection of the NJ. NJ. Co. property
the train was run up to Poland and
they were given a glimpse of that
well known mining camp.
From there they we're taken to the
Henrietta arriving between and 6
O'Clock. Here the party was shown
through the 20-stamp mill which is
running day and night. and the work
ings of the mill were explained to
them in detail until 6 o'clock when
they were called to the assay Office
where they witnessed the pouring of
a $1,000 gold bar. The remainder of
the evening, which was one of Ari-
zona's balmy, moonlight evenings,
WIS given up to strolling over the
mountain side while a grand musical
concert was enjoyed in the observa-
ton car, which was supplied with a
piano. DIR. Drake, of Chicago, who
has one of the most magnificent tenor
voices ever heard i'll this part of the
country, sang several solos and other
musical selections made up an even
ing of rare pleasure.
This morning, the party was out
bright and early and ready for the
trip of inspection through 1000 feet
of underground workings. a.,
Before this trip was started another
$1,000 bar of gold was cast at the assay
Office, making fully 5000 in all which
the stockholders saw cast into gold
bricks during their visit to the prop
erty. 1t is such sights as this which
the heart of those interested
in property. This, however, is no
new thing for the Braganza company,
as their gold bars are brought into
Prescott every few days.
The inspection of the mine result
ed, as did the one the day before, with
the greatest degree of satisfaction to
the stockholders and the party left
with nothing but words of highest
praise of the property and to its able
management.
From the Henrietta they were taken
to the Val Verde smelter where they
spent an hour looking through the
smelter, and from there they came ON
to Prescott, where they will be given
a rousing reception at |. o. o. F.
hall this evening.
The excursion was gotten up by j.
c. Rankin, the we'll known mining
promoter, ably assisted by W. H.
Bradrick, of Chicago, treasurer of tia
Braganza Gold Mining company, and
these gentlemen. assisted by F.. Il.
Cornell. the genial superintendent of
the tourist service of the Santa Fe
system, have handled the excursion
in mnaner that reflects upon them
the greatest credit, as it has been not
only source of much pleasure but
profit as we'll, to the stockholders of
the above companies, and will do an
incalculable good to this section of
country as the visitors will never tire
of sounding Yavapai's praises to their
friends in the east.
The train, which consists of three
Pullmans, one observation, one Har-
vey dining car, one combination car,
containing barber shop, reading de-
partment, etc, makes one of the
most elegant and best equipped trains
that has ever been brought to this
section.
The finest line of chocolates, bon
bons, crystaliZed fruits in the terri