Arizona republican., 1906-02-19
TWO GOLD MINES
 ADJACENT TO PHOENIX
One a Producer, the Other Very Like
 ly to Become SO.

George Hamlln and Ezra w. mayer spent yesterday at the Blue Bell mine in the wininfred district, sixteen miles north of Phoenix. The Blue Bell was owned by MT. HamIin many years ago when it was a mere prospect. It was finally sold and came into the posses sion of MT. Thayer. who for several years past has been keeping up the as- sessment work and developing it lit tie whenever practicable.
 The property is now a very promis- ing little mine that may some day be- come a big one. At least that is the opinion of those who have seen it. There is a shaft down 200 feet with considerable other development work On the 100 foot level there is a drift of fifty feet to the east and 100 feet to the west this work following a vein about three feet wide, of very good 1 looking ore. MT. Hamlin brought some samples back to town for assaying. ! On the 2OO-foot level there is a snort cross cut. MT. Thayer has in times
 past shipped considerable ore.
 Mir Hamlin was asked concerning operations at the Relief gold mine.
 northwest of the city. He said every thing was running smoothly and the
 mill has been running every day doing the dead work of cleaning out the in cline shaft. He will in a day or two resume the twenty-four hour run by
 putting a night shift on at the mill. As has been mentioned before, the lower end of the shaft on the 500 foot
 level and including the drift from the shaft on that level has been utilized since the shaft was first sunk as a
 reservoir. It is from that reservoir HWne and all camping purposes, the shaft having been sunk to that depth pur- loosely to develop the water In the
 past year or so however the reservoir
 walls have been caving badly. owing
 to the soaking of the accumulated wa lter It became necessary to clean out land timber the reservoir, which IS
 ma nly the dead work referred to.
 This has been done and there is now a good-sized reservoir we'll filled with water The cleaning out also further
 opened the water veins so the supply is better than it ever was instead Of being scarce, as it has been for some months past The shaft too has been ltimbered down to the bottom, so there is no danger of further caving.
 On the 200 foot level there have tbeen encountered heretofore in the va rious workings a number of parallel
 veins running in a general way east
 and west The most northerly vein
 was in what was supposed to be the hanging wall and is a white quartz formation, not so rich as some of the lothers. Recently a little Crosscut was run through this formation and a foot
 or two of gang when there was en- lcountered another vein of black ore about five feet thick. It has been re- moved and carried to the surface TOT
 a distance of perhaps twenty feet. The
 rock is black, similar to his diorite Hedges. that have heretofore been rich
 in free gold, but it is crystallized and
 more of a granite nature. The free
 gold. however, is just as much in evi-
 dence as in any former ledge opened
 up He brought specimens of the rock
 from the new ledge to town, and they
 are literally speckled with gold
 Though the values are good, the rocH
 does not run as high as the casual oo- server might think for the gold IS very
 light and fine Rock that looks like I fought to go to a thousand dollars t' the ton perhaps does not go more thar . hundred. but that is good enougf I and the general average of the ore II I only claimed to be from eight to flt teen dollars. still there is ore every where and scarcely place in th' mine one can not find specimen showing the bright yellow metal in rure state. This latest ore vein wa } broken into from the 200 foot level d I a point about 400 feet west of tn sraft. The face of the west drift 2 lH in ore, tr ough not of very his' | value.
 4 Fourteen men are now employed A the mine ana two more will be added II in few days. only tnee are engage II in breaking ore for the mill, the otlleI Fl being employed just now in cead woEl II as above de icribed and in furthe N opening up the sn0 foot level, which il Ircw in about 100 feet.