Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1903-11-29
WHITE TANKS GOLD MINES
Flattering Prospects In haricopa
County District.

and a practical printer by trade,
came in yesterday frcm what is
known as the South End" mining
camp in the White Tank mountains.
just north of Buckeye. He has some
claims there which he is doing assess
ment work on, thinks the prospects
are hattering and proposes to develop
his ground to the depth of at least 100
feet.
Mr.. Vclz says the people of Phoenix
DO not seem to appreciate what a big
thing the White Tank district is get
ting to be. or rather what big thing
it will be if it is properly recognized
by mining men and q little money
spent there for development work. 1t
has been visited occasionally by ex
perts and all speak very hatteringly
OF the district, saying its formation
evidences that it viii eventually prove
to be one of the best deep mining
sections in the territory, or in other
words. that the deeper the miner goes
the better Will be his mine.
The interest that Phoenix should
Ike In it is that it is one of the
nearest districts and already it has
been pretty we'll tested even by crude
have been numerous strikes of won
derfully rich ore and all development
work, and there is more of it than
most people suppose. has brought sat
isfying results. The particular camp
now under considerat ton lies only
about four miles from Buckeye town
aud there are about twenty-five diff
ferent companies and individual out
&c on GO in n a Nicin-
ity, prospecting or developing. Till re-
Gently it has been necessary to haul
water for camp purposes from Buck
eye, but now the tables have turned.
Water has been struck on the 3O0-foot
level of the ella Gold Lode NJ. &l NJ.
Co., ample for the uses of all the peo-
pie in that vicinity and many of the
Buckeye people who are real
ly fond of good water, drive out
there on Sundays and take
home with them supply for drink
ing purposes. as 1t is better than the
Buckeye water. THIS will prove a great
thing for the DEVELOPMENT of the dis
trict.
Mr.. Volz brought in with him and
left at the board of trade some ore
from n new ~trikn made nWed-
nesday by John Bradford and Roy
Wheeler in the mine owned by John
Maddox Of Phoenix and themselves.
The formation is tale and iron oxide in
it's nature and horns well in gold. 1t is
apparently the same ore found by Mr.
Maddox near the surface and which
assayed $50. Mr.. Maddox gave them
q half interest in the mine on Cond-
ton that they do $50 feet Of work.
They went down the shaft 50 feet
then drifted fifteen feet. when they
passed through this strike. vein
about a foot wide. 1t is assumed that
this is only n stringer leading to the
main ore body. as there are others of
n similar nature. They will continue
their drift for short distance and If
they do not find the ore body will fol-
low down the vein they now have.
Stewart e. Rogers of Mesa City have
been doing some extensive work on
| their claims, which have probably
shown up the richest rock in the dis
trict. They recently cleaned up $500 on
a run of fifteen tons of ore through
the Buckeye mill. The mill belongs
70 Jim Burson and associates. is only
of five stamps and is rather n pre-
historic affair anyway, so it took about
a week to make the run. 1t is be-
q
much over half the values, but with
rich Gre there Is something in it even
under present conditions. Stewart &
! Rogers are the only ones recently,
however. who have had sufficient ore
to take to the mill os high grade
enough to work under present condi-
/ lions. The mill is shut Down Just now,
but what the district really needs is
a new mill. well equipped and provid-
ed with cyanide plant for the saw
ing of values in the tailings.
John Roberts o. Buckeye, who owns
the Black Hawk and Falcon claims,
leased them or bonded them to the
Burson Consolidated Gold Mining and
Milling company. but recently served
notice that he would assume posse
sion of the property again soon, as
the company had not done the amount
of work stipulated in the agreement.
I The ella Geld Lode Gold Mining
and Milling company. in whose mine
water was recently struck, is backed
by Denver capitalists. principal
among whom is a brother of S W.
Haines, who is in charge of the work
at the mine. They have plenty of mon
ey to operate with. according to re-
port. and are satisfied with their pros
poets.
! Dunn & WEIGH have about 900 feet
Of work done on their property. There
is one shaft 125 feet and another 165
feet. The rest of the work is mainly
on levels which are only So feet apart,
there being Slopes in all of them. For
mer Governor Wolfley at one time
owned this property and worked ore
from the upper levels in a Hunting
ton mill, long since departed. The
I deeper the mine is worked, however,
the better it looks, as is the case with
nearly ali tho "SCuth Eld" properties
The ore for the most part is free mill
: ing, but ell over this district there Is
gold, beth very coarse and very fine.
and to properly develop it the mine
: owners Whereabouts need a good Gus