Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1904-05-11

years ago, ITOm WHICH IDlS ore was
taken, all ore that went below SO TO
Sl5 per ton was left on the dump or
thrown back in the drifts as the ore
had to be taken on burros to Cherry,
a distance of four miles over a steep
mountain trail, and then treated in
an old primitive stamp mill. Even
under these trying conditions over
$40, 900 in gold was thus taken out.
From all indications the big lead
recently struck in the Valley tunnel is
the same one that this rich ore was
taken from in the old B. B. workings.
The above lead dips to the east
while from the opposite side of the
gulch on the Anthony and st. Clair
claims, is lead dipping to the west.
This lead can be traced on the sur
face for 1000 feet and is a lime and
porphyry contact. From the small
amount of work done on this lead it
shows from six to eighteen inches of
ore carrying from two per cent to four
per cent copper. On the east side of
this mountain an abundance of copper
sulphide float has been found.
From the dips of the above two big
leads it is estimated they will come
together at from 500 to 600 feet in
depth and when they do they will GER
tainly form an immense body of rich
gold and copper ore. With this in
view the main working shaft was start
ed about half way between the two
leads and has been sunk to a depth of
2l5 feet, is we'll timbered all the way
and is as good a shaft as can be found
in the country. 1t is a two compart-
ment shaft. At the 200 foot level a
drift was run in an easterly direction
for distance of 1SG feet when a cop
per lead was encountered with
such a flow of water that the drift and
shaft had to be abandoned until ma
chinery of greater capacity is INSTALL
ed. About 100, 200 gallons of water
each twenty four hours was pumped
out of the shaft for while but it was
found that the machinery was made
quate and work was begun on the Val
ley tunnel which has been so richly
rewarded. The question of an abund-
ant water supply seems to have been
solved for the property and the fact
that it is strongly impregnated with
copper shows that a true fssure of
copper ore was encountered.
Besides the above workings there
haze been numerous other small shafts
and open cuts opened up and nearly
every place that work has been done
ore has been encountered until one
can almost literally say that there is
a whole mountain of ore.
A brief account of the development
on each of the eleven claims will be
given.
On the Valley and Drimmen Drew
claims is the Valley tunnel of which
extensive mention has already been
made. Besides the ore shout mention
ed before, another shoot begins about
400 feet north on the same lead and
can be traced 800 feet until it disap
pears under Rich Hill from which it
is said early settlers picked up over
$50, 600 of rich float. There is no de-
velopment on this shoot but Supt
Tibbets is of the opinion that rich
ore will be found there.
On the st. Clair claim only a small
amount of prospecting has been done.
A vein of ore nearly four feet wide,
however, was exposed on the surface.
On the Anthony claim a vein of
copper ore is exposed in size from six
to eighteen inches in width.
The Choctow claim shows slight
tracing of gold but no development
work has been done.
Valley Fraction shows small strincers
of gold ore in pOrphyry. At the 200
foot level drift has been run to the
east to meet what is known as the
contact lead. A ledge had been en-
countered and penetrated for eight
feet when water was struck, as pre-
viously mentioned, before the oppo-
site wall had been struck.
Red Hills No. ,. On this claim
there is an outcroppIng of gold quartz
three and one half feet thick which
assays $50 per ton. These outcrop-
pings can be traced for 500 feet.
But little work has been done on
the Elizabeth and Virginia claims.
On the Red Hill claim is found what
is thought to, be the foot wall of the
Valley lead. This claim is what was
formerly known as the B. b. claim
and contains the old working of the
property.
The mill site contains five acres of
ground and an abundance of excellent
water is obtainable there. 1t also has
an undeveloped ore body.
With all the characteristics of the
outcroppings and from the actual de-
velopments, together with the pres
ence of this particular kind of por-
phyry, it is believed that in these
claims the same experience of rich
pockets and finds will occur that
have happened with other mines, and
further that this kind of formation
does not pinch out or cease suddenly.
This property lies about four miles
beyond Cherry postoffice in the Black
Hills mountains and about eight or
nine miles south of Jerome where the
great United Verde mine is located.
The property is now equipped with
a two stamp Ideal testing mill. The
mill is an amalgamating and coneen-
trating plant being equipped with a
Bartlett concentration. A small cyanid-
ing testing plant was recently install
ed and the tests so far made on the