Bisbee daily review., 1906-06-19
BIC STRIKE IN YAVAPAI.
FIFTY DOLLAR ORE IN THE SEN AToR, OWNED BY PHELPS
 DODGE COMPANY.

The most important discovery thus far in Yayapai county was that made Friday afternoon in the Senator mine, when a shot in the big crosscut tun-
 mel opened up a splendid ledge on the ! Treadwell claim, in which solid body
 of gold and copper ore. four feet wide, was exposed, says the Journal-Miner. The ore was found upon breaking | through the syenite footwall onto the vein, dipping towards the west.
 | The body of ore is conseryatively | estimated to run about $50 to the ton, and as the width of the ledge is not
 yet determined, another band of ore, | of equal, if not greater, richness is ex- pected to be opened within the next | twenty-four hours on the hanging wall. On the surface the higher grade
 metal is found to the hanging wall, i and hence there is reason to believe | that the proportions of the strike are | even greater than what is now visible. The men are now drilling on through l a porphyry vein filling on the hanging
 wall, in which another band of ore it
 is believed will be uncovered.
 1 As the ledge on the Senator vein is
 116 feet wide, and on the Ten Spot 46 feet wide, it is safe to assume that the | Treadwell ledge will be another giant Assure proposition
 The Senator property is owned by the Phelps-Dodge Company. owners of the rich Copper Queen mine, the Fl | Paso & Southwestern railroad and other properties in which they have in
 vested millions of dollars. It is a close corporation and no stock of the Sena- tor mine is or ever has been on the market. The company is confining it's
 efforts entirely to discovery work, and as it owns about forty claims, cover
 ing the Senator, Ten Spot, Treadwell. SnooZer and Cashier veins, it will
 have the biggest mine in Yavapai
 county when it commences to mine the
 gigantic bodies of ore that will be
 blocked out within the next year or
 so. Even the ore above the tunnel
 level in the five veins mentioned can.
 not be exhausted within the next twen.
 ty-fiye years.
 The success of the Senator mine in
 the proving up of large ore bodies at . depth is one of incalculable benefit to Prescott. The property is only twelve
 miles distant, and this city is the sup
 ply point of that district.
 All Are Excited.
 The old Hassayampa district is agog
 with excitement over the strike at the
 Senator. as it means unquestioned sue,
 cess for other claims into which one or more of the Senator veins extend Among these are the Stormcloud group, the Dunkirk, and the Rockefel' Ter. In fact the veins have been trac. ed on the surface and covered by To- . cations for a distance of over five 1 int tC the Hassayamp district ranking among
 the top notchers in the territory, as the development work there now in progress is a surprise in it's extent and its fruitful results to anyone who has not visited it for several years.
 It is the success of the Senator that
 is making the district and reviving 1t and it is because the Senator has been mined by a systematic and scientific
 method that it has become a success It was Major A. J. Pickrell, who has been associated with James Doug las, one of the partners of Phelps
 Dodge & Company, that induced those , capitalists to resume operations here about eighteen months ago. The tun
 nel was then in 1700 feet. Its length
 is now 2SO0 feet, and five feet of prog
 ress is made every time that a shot
 is fired, the formation being princi pally syenite, and extremely hard rock. Mining experts say that the : Senator tunnel is one of the best ex amples of scientific mining engineer ing in the country.
 Opening Up District.
 Ever since the blowing in Of the Arizona Smelling Company's plant al Humboldt, the commencement of work , in new mines as well as the reopen
 ing of old and abandoned properties in all sections of the county, is q mat l. ter of almost daily occurrence. Among number of other mines O! merit on which work is about to be I resumed may be mentioned the Ari Zona mine in the Big Bug district, sit
 uate about three quarters of a mile
 from the town of McCabe and within , two miles of the Humboldt smelter l. which can be easily reached over { 9 good mountain wagon road.
 D The claim is the first south exten Q sion of the famous Silver Bell mine |. which was a noted producer in tho Y early days of mining in this county e when the white metal commanded ; Q higher market value than at present F. The Silver Belt vein. which passes 1 through the ground, is opened by .- number Of shallow shafts and open l ings, from which a large amount O ,. high grade silver and lead ore ha! l been extracted and shipped to outsid. e SmelteTs through the Prescott Samp
 ling Works. The last shipment madt fl through the latter concern gave re ' 1 turns of 1S7 ounces in silver and 3 Y per cent in lead.
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