Arizona republican., 1905-02-02
CAVE CREEK MINES
Grand Traverse Property in the Gen.
 ter of Rich District.

The Cave Creek mining district is | one of the oldest in central Arizona. yet one in which there has been little 1 development. mainly for the reason ' that but few men or companies of sufficient capital have become interest 1 ed. Within the last year or so, though,
 a number of new enterprises have been ] launched that promise to open up some | of the rich mineral veins in a way that will attract wide attention and it is believed with great profit to all con | cerned. There is one particular DOT tion of the district to which attention is called at this time, where within
 a radius of ten miles there are nine teen different properties or holdings,
 all of which appear to justify cE2lora- tiOn in thorough manner.
 In the center of this section are the
 holdings of the Grand Traverse and
 Arizona Mining O.. of which F. r.
 Withey is general manager. Mir. With
 ey is a Michigan man and from
 country where mining if done at all is
 done on a large scale. For more than
 a wear he has been actively engaged
 in the development of this property
 and to good effect. He Is after cop
 per mainly but the fact that he has
 found lots of gold at the same time
 does not discourage him. He stopped
 operations last spring for a number of
 good reasons but the principal one
 was that he though it was economy
 to lay still during the hot summer and
 when water was scarce as it was
 then. Another good reason was that
 he had about reached the limit of economical working without machin-
 cry. Last fall he resumed operations and arranged for the placing of the nee cssary machinery. IL is now a pleas
 Ure to announce that he has a EaSO- line engine and a fifteen horsepower hoist together with other accompany ing equipment not only ordered but on the road between Phoenix and the mine and it will probably reach the property today. In addition to this he has the specifications completed for a fifty ton smeiter which he proposes to erect the coming spring, believing the mines are now sufficiently opened up to justify this expenditure. His main shaft is down 40 feet and in a fine ore body. and it was there he intended to erect his hoist. but he is in some doubt now whether to place it there or on one of a half dozen claims that he has recently added to the cOmpanys holdings. one of these is called the "Goodluck,' with the emphasis on the good" Though the claim is not so well opened as at the old shaft the immensity of the ledge and the won derful richness of the ore thus far en- countered. tempts him to make that claim the principal seat of operations
 It would be a long story to attempt to give ledge dimensions and assay values of the company's holdings and such a recital is not intended in this article, which is only general in it's nature. It is only necessary to say that his ore bodies are satisfying to the company both in magnitude and value There are twenty-one open ings on the property and all show fine ledge formations.
 Southwest of the Grand Traverse holdings and immediately adjoining them is the property of the Orien- tai Mining company, which is also a fine looking piece of mineral ground and which company also has a. con siCnment of machinery on the road to the hills, or probably on the ground by this time as it left Phoenix two or three days ago.
 Immediately south of the Grand Ira verse is the Panther mine, and south east Is the Little Favorite, both well known properties to those familiar with that section, and both of them promising.
 Northwest of the Grand Traverse is l the famous Gold Hill property of Sen ator Clark. It has been owned by MT. | Clark for many years and is pronounce l ed by all who are acquainted with it | as a fine mine. It is known that he i has refused good prices for it, keeping l 1t against the time when he wants to ] exploit it himself. on the northeast 1 of the Grand Traverse is the Nil Des- ! perandum, better known to old timers | as the Hunters Rest. This is one of 1 the historical mines of the neighbor- | hood.
 Altogether it looks as though the day of deliverance was at hand for the persevering miners. prOspectOrs and ! operators who years ago pinned their faith to that district and who though of ten meeting with discourag cement. have never wavered in their confidence that | some day the world would be shown.