Arizona republican., 1904-05-28
IN THE wIcKENBURG DISTRICT
Notes Of Frogress in the Developmer {
 Important Mines.

WlcKenDurg, ArlZ., May 2J.-(Specl3l
 correspondence of The Republican.)-
 The reduction works of the Oro
 Grande mine are rapidly nearing com
 pletion and it is expected that the mill
 will be in steady operation by June 10.
 The additional five stamps have arriv-
 ed. and are now being installed, and
 when completed, the mill will be able
 to handle about 50 tons of ore day.
 The ore is unusually free milling and
 practically all the values are saved or
 the plates. as was demonstrated dur
 ing the test runs of the stamps first
 installed. The pipe line to the bcX
 canyon of the Hassayam about a
 mile. has been completed and a large
 storage tank has been erected on the
 hill immediately overlooking the camp. The first raise from the river is 42S feet
 high. from where the water runs into camp by gravity. The pipe used is f.
 inch cast iron and all the buildings in
 camp are piped for fire protection. The
 well is rapidly nearing completion and
 q large supply of water has been de-
 veloped. A twenty horsepower pump
 has been placed at the well and throws
 a stream of water sufficient for all
 present and future needs of the Eline.
 '
 are expected to arrive next week and
 will witness the starting up of the new plant.
 The White Gold company arc now working about l. men on their proper ty, twelve miles above town, on the Hassayampa. They are upraising from
 the tunnel 10 the surface, sinking a winze in the tunnel and sinking from the surface, all of which will soon be connected and a hoist installed and sinking to some depth done. The com pany has already done in the neigh borhood of a thousand feet of wcrk on the property, resulting in the opening up of a good ore body, and the mining men of this vicinity predict even bet ter results when greater depth is at tained. The company is composed mostly of Phoenix people and Leonard White has charge of the development work.
 - r. x. O'Brien has returned and it is hoped that operations will soon be re- sumed on his Well-known mine. 4 large amount of development work has aIerady been done, reduction works in stalled and an unusually large and rich ore body opened up. Ii is rumor- cd that little will be done at the O'Brien until the capacity of the mill has been considerably increased, to correspond with the size or the ore body.
 Wm. Parish, the Denver mining en- gineer, has been examining the Vul- ture mine lately, in company with an assayer in the employ Of the Guggen~ helms. COnjectures of all sorts are common and it is intimated that the Guggenheim Exploration company is about to secure the Vulture and start ex x,ensive development. If they are. their co1templatiCns are not being air ed in this section by their representa- tives and time alone will tell the fu> ture of this famous property.
 O. H. Perry has closed down his property near Gilbert temporarily, to install a pump, as the hoist is unable to economically handle the amount of water developed in the shaft, now about one hundred feet deep. The pump is now on the road and it is ex- pected that operations will be resum ed within a few weeks. An incline shaft is being sunk, following the ore, and a good body of pay ore is being opened up. O. H. Perry, in charge or the york, is now in the east on bus mess connected with the mine.
 Hall brothers are working three men on their property, one and one-half miles north Of town, in the Orc Ciranue section. An incline shaft following the ore is now down about 70 feet and some rich copper gold ore is being taken out. Considerable coarse free geld is pres ent in the ore and the owners are in the hopes of opening up another Orc Grande, to which the surface show ings are similar.
 George White has returned to his property in the Blue Tank distI1Lt. where he recently made the rich strike mentioned in Tuesdays Republican. If present conditions continue, this is des- tined to become one of the richest mines in this section, considerable of the ore running into the thousands in value. A number of parties have ap- preached the owner with a view of purchasing, leasing or bo0diro property, but he has not yet decided to sell or work II hIrsei rich strike has aroused considerable in- terest and owners of adjoining and claims are feeling jubi- lant. Considerable work will probably be done in that section during the sum