Arizona republican., 1904-05-24
NEW WICKENBURG STRIKE
An Extraordinary Find in the Pitts-
 burg Group.

Wickenburg, Ariz., May 23 (spsc' al | Correspondence of The Republican)- i Wickenburg again comes to the front In mining way, this time with what promises to be one the richest gold | strikes ever made in central Arizona | George F. White came to town yester- day to report a rich strike in his Pits burgh group, ten mics east Cf town. bringing with him ore which exceeds in richness anything ever seen in this section. The ere is literally lousy with gold, to use a time-worn expression, ' and one needs no magnify.ng ga or assay certificates to prove its value, the gold in some places almost exceed ing the amount of quartz. Picks q specimens run as high as $1OO,O ,OOO a ton. To demonstrate the average rich ness of the ore. Mr. White horned four teen ounces, first taking out al the richest noticeable pieces. The gold ob- tained from the fourteen ounces by this crude method was weighed and found to be worth S4.91 at $19 an ounce, show ing the fourteen ounce sample to aver age over $l1, 900 a ton.
 The Pittsburgh group consists cf three claims, running lengthwise E5c0
 
 prominently almost the entire distance. The rich values occur in a honeyccmb- ed ferrugiIous quartz, following large pOrphyry dike which cuts through the granite formation in an ecstarly and westerly direction, dipping slightly to the north. The property, with other adjoining claims, was located in March, 1900. by MT. White, Charles MeIler and Walter Douglas. Little work was done until the following year, when in April rich surface ore was encountered and considerable arastering done. yielding rich returns. Dissension among the partners as to the method of future op- erations, etc, then caused the p1oc- erty to be closed down until this ye ar, when the matter was adjusted by di- vision of the claims, Mir. White taking three c,aims along the ledge, known Sj5 the Pittsburgh group. Having secured these claims, MT. White, With the 2s- sistance of his brother, an Idaho man, at once started to work to demonstrate the value of his property, continuing sinking in the bottom of a shallow shaft started the first year. At the surfac ce the vein averaged sixteen inches in width and at the present depth of eiShty-five feet, it has widencd to over four feet, in addition to increaI-.ng greatly in value. While the entire vein contains values which will make i profitable to mill, the extremely rich ore occurs in large punches throughout the vein, and during the last twenty five feet in the shaft they have been occurring SC frequently and the ledge has been increasing in size until MT. White could keep the good news U himself no longer. At present he has about 100 sacks of rich selected ore on the dump, taken out during the last twenty-five feet, and is now construct ing an arastra and developing water so that he can convert the ore into buI- lion. Mir. White says there is an eX- ceIlent tunreI site on the property where by drifting along the vein for 1000 feet ecan obtain a depth of 300 feet, all of which will be in ore. As other properties in that section have de- veloped plenty of water at compara- lively shallow depths, it is prCb5be that Mir. White will be able to develop ample water for mill and camp Eur- poses at comparatively small expense. People here are almost unanimous in the opinion that the ore brought to town by MT. White is the richest ever seen here, with the possible exception Of the Orc Grande. Mr. White will re- turn to the camp in the morning with supplies and will continue the work of development.