The copper era., 1904-01-21
THE BIG GOLD STRIKE
 IN MAYFL0WER DISTRICT.
The District Now Full of PrOspectOrs-
 Excitement Increasing.

] the M2NUOReF uleLf4Cl, lurIc ud> DCct little else talked Of in mining circles A large nun Der Of people have visited the strike, and all come back with most favorable reports. Prospector:
 are iocking in from all sections, and l the district will now receive most thorough prospecting.
 The new strike was made on Apache creek, which is in the extreme north
 end Of the district. The lead upon , which the strike was made is near the line Of New Mexico and Arizona, with
 strike northwest and southeast.
 About half of the claims located on
 the lead are in Arizona, and the other
 half in Grant coanty, New Mexico.
 J. A. Higgins and NJ. A. Gilman,
 two of the fortunate owners of the original locations, were in town this
 week and from them the ERA gains
 the following information: MT. Hig-
 gins found some rich gold float in that
 section about five years ago and since then put in all the time he could
 spare hunting for the lead, but with
 out success, though as it afterwards developed he had been over the lead
 probably a hundred times. Mir. Hig-
 gins was so confident that the lead eX- 1 isted that he induced w. O. Merrill,
 James Fraser, Nj. A. Gilman and | Burt c. Hiliman to join him in search 1 ing for it. About four weeks ago Mir. | Merrill found the outcrOppings of
 blind lead" which upon prospecting
 he found rich in gold. The partners
 soon realized that they had male
 strike of great importance, but as they could not trace the lead they had
 difficulty in locating the ground. They kept the good news to them
 selves, and after more than weeks steady prospecting they found several different outcroppings of the vein,
 which furnished the key tO the situa- tion and then made seven locations. Then they informed J. r. Bigelow. H. l.. Jennings. c. A. Tyler, Wm. L. Lamb and Louie Crainer Of their good fortune, and they also got several To- cations on the same lead. They then sunk q shaft twelve feet. They found the vein matter seven feet wide, all Ot which will pay well, four feet Of which will average more ;han $lOO. The lowest assay they have yet had was SD, and the best average Sl35. The entire vein matter seems to be pretty evenly impreGnated with gold, all of which pans well. A string Of gold two or three inches long can be | had from a small piece Of ore. Since | doing the first work, and after realiz- ing that they had found the real vein of the district, they have been busily | engaged in building d wagon road to [ the river near Coronado, which is now | and over which there is al ready much travel. Work will now te resumed on the mine and shipments of ! the ore made 60 the smelters.
 The lead as it is traced by the Oc- casional outcroppings, is running di- rectly for the Jim Crow mine. mile or so west Of the old Carlisle mines. All Of the country between the strike and the Jim Crow mine has been To- catcd, but as the vein does not crop out on the surface, it is yet too soon to determine whose location covers the valuable lead. The lead is covered by | capping Of from eight to twelve feet .h hick except at an occasional OutcrOp- ping. On some parts of the claims al- 'cady located prOspectors in years past vent through the capping and then abandoned the work before finding tie cad, which d little more energy would nave uncovered.
 The gentlemen who own the prop ,rty are naturally quite elated oyer heir prospects, and fatly refuse to set price on it or to consider any devel ,pment proposition. They say they ,now what they have, and it is rich though to develop itself. In fact they ay they can easily pound up and pan ut Sl0 per day which will be ample to ,eep them going while they are open ng up the property.
 MT. bIpeIOW ana associates LDlS 'eek outfitted in Clifton with every hing necessary, established their amp and are now at wo.k on the which all seem to think is lual to the first locations. Jim and John Parks and several as ,ciates got in in time to secure all ,e water in Apache creek and num- | ,r Of placer claims upon which the 'wn will be built. Price X Damron are Investigating le field and in few days expect to we hack line running and a corral / Id livery at the new camp, where 'ospectors and others can find ac- mmoG ations.
 So far all tine claims Of known value e owned by Clifton people. and fl e property turns out as all surface d dications promise, milliOnaires will on be met on every corner in this wn. -
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