Arizona silver belt., 1904-08-18
MINING NEWS OF PAYSON
Rich Ore Bodies Opened In the Single Standard Mine, Will Erect a Stamp Mill

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 PAYsoN, Ariz., Aug, 10, 1904. Editor SILVER BELT:
 It Is some time since you have pub llshed a budget of news from Payson. We have had some fins summer rains; grass is getting good and the cattle men are all wearing broad smiles.
 J. ii. Thompson, of Globe, is in Pay son with mining man, examining the Golden Wonder, Pay Rock and the Soldier Boy mines. These are three of the best properties in this district
 Messrs. Campbell and Knoblock, of Jerome, Ariz., spent several days of last week in Paysou, looking after their mining interests in this district, returning home very much satisfied with the development worR performed since their last visit, aud especially enthusiastic over the recent strike in their property. These z ntemen and their associates have been so conserva- tive over tn ir movements and silent about the excellent showlngs in their property that your correspondent feels it is but due the district, and others interested in this section, to give a short history of their movements since their first arrival in Payson some twenty months ago. This section of Gila county is mining country and we want the world to know t. We congratulate these gentlemen on their good luck and join with them iu their rejoicing.
 In December, 1903, Messrs. Camp bell and Knoblock took a working bond on the Single Standard mine, better known by oldtimers as the lonto Chief, for many years steady produces of gold, from the Tonto Basin Gold x Copper company, who had purchased the property from our well-known tOwnsman, w. c. Col cord. They put miners to work im- mediately under the direction of James Noel, an old Grass Valley, Cal, miner, developing the property below wat, r level, which had been su trou OieSome and expensive to former owners. Their development proved that the ore vein was continuous, with values remaining steady. test miilrun
 
 uf $20.35 per ton. while au assay from che tailings showed d loss Of over $l0l per ton.
 During the month of June there was encount red in the West drtt under the old Thnto Chief shaft, at q depth of l30 feet, a parallel vein of ore aver aging four feet in width. ssays from this vein showed 1t to be even richer than the original lode, mduy If the assays going up into the hundreds ul dollars per tnn. With the develop men's made in the other drifts and iu the new shtff, added 10 the presrn showing in the west drift, tn, gentle 1 men mentioned decid q to take u the | bond, and they purcnased 5hs prl. | perty. The result of their visit and | examination means much tD PdySou 1 and the district in general, aS they | intend to install machinery sufficient | for rapid development; and, later, | should the property continue to im prove in the future as in the past, erect stampmill, either on the pro. | perty ar at some convenient point.
 NIT. Campbell who has been most | active in the management uf the pro. perty, feels very confident of the flu | ture, and states he will be pounding out gold before 1905, having made ne- gotiations for the purchase of mill when desired.
 The quiet and business like manner in which these gentlemen nave pur- sued their initial policy, and their well-knOwn ability to carry out such determinations as they decide upon gives promise that very soon Pdyson's slumber will be pleasantly awakened by the exhaust of a steam engine and the mOnoton0us "thud" of falling dies.
 Interested with MeSsrs. Campbell and Knoblock are F. l. Jordan, also of Jerome, aud James x jel If Pay son. J. w. E