Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1906-06-13
All Are Excitod.

The old Hassaysmpa district il agoe
with excitement over the strike al tho
Senator, AZ IL means unqucstioned sue.
cess for other claims into which one or
more Of the senator veins extend.
Among these nrc the stormcloud group,
the Dunkirk, and tho Rockefeller. In
fact. the veins have been traced on the
surface and covered by locations for o
distance Of over FIVE miles. Present In.
dications point TO tho Hassayampa iis.
trict ranking among the topnotehers 10
the territory. AZ the development work
there now in progress IL surprise In
Its extent and its fruitful results 10
anyone who has no, visited IL for Sev.
eral years.
II IL the success OF the Senator that
In making the district and rsviving Il,
and u IN because the Senator has been
mined by systematic and scientific
methods that il has become u success.
II was Major 4. J. Pickrell. who
has been associated with James Don.
glas, one Of tho partners Of Phelps,
Dodge L Co., that induced those CAPT.
talists 10 resume operations about
eighteen months ago. The tunnel was
then in 100 feet. lts length 10 new
$500 feet, and Ave feet Of progress ~
made every time that shot IL fred,
the formation being principally syen.
ite, an extremely hard rock. Mining
experts say that the Senator tunnel IL
one Of the best examples Of scientific
mining engineering In the country.
Not everyone is permitted TO examine
II, and the underground workings con.
nected with IL. and IL was only because
Major Piekreli, tho assistant super;n.
tendcnt, takes o personal interest In tho
Hassaynmps district, and believes that
its merits ~ n mineral region should
receive the widest publicity, that he
permitted the editor Of the journal.
Miner and City Editor Farley to make
an exhaustive examination Of the pro.
pcrty.
Tho history Of the senator aad he
detailed report of its discovery work is
herewith presented;
Its Early History.
With n record Of production Of which
but little 10 known outside Of the fact
that II has been among the heaviest rro.
ducers Of the early days Of mining IN
Ynvspai county, the history Of the
Senator mine dates back m far nm 1896,
when Il was brought into prominence ny
y. q. Frcdcricks. who first relieved
the rock ribbed crevices Of it's surfae"
deposits Of much golden treasure.
From Arastra TO stamp Mil.
1 Extracting the gold by the arastra
process. Frcdericks continued the ex'
ploration Of the ground In modest
way until about the yenr 1878, when lie
erected five stamp mill at n point
where the main assure vein intcrserts
the liasSay ampa river about one.quar'
ter Of mile above the wagon bridge
over the historic stream NJ the mouth
of Maple gulch.
William Lent. mining expert ior
the Comstock Bonanza crowd, who
made an expert examination OF The
ground. while Fredcrieks WIS operating
il. gave it NJ his opinion that the de-
vclopmeni work carried on by 'Frcder.
,cks would not result In demonstrating
the value Of he property, although
many rich ore ehutss might be en-
countcred, stating that he believed that
the vein being worked was but n
stringcr Of the mother lode. which ap'
reared to exist farther to the east.
II Changes Hands.
/ Later the mine fell into the posses
sion Of &. y. Head and Hugo Richards,
who, after the mill on'the ground burn
ed, sid il to Jaek McGowan, who had
short time before sold his interest in
the Congress mine. f' .rrfaa
Transferring the scepe Of operat'ona
on tho vein 20 q point farther worst
On Senator mosntais. MCGOWAN In tins
latter sos sonnesssd the .sishinG Of
the 'presesi wsrAiss saaSs. ~ vhish b.