Los Angeles herald., 1907-11-25

per values has been cut, and from pres
ent indications the Independence bids
| fair to become a worthy rival of the
Gibson for high grade sulphides. The
vein is two feet wide, and although
the assays have not been completed, it
| is estimated that the ore consists of
about % per cent black sulphide copper
and carrying good values in gold and sill
yer. The vein was first struck at a
depth of Go feet. An assay made of ore
taken from the 100-foot level showed
81 to IS in gold and silver, in addition
to Is per cent copper. There is also
four feet of over 6 per cent concen-
trating ore on the 210-foot level 1t is
estimated that there is about 5000 tons
of good shipping ore blocked out.
| The mine is located about four miles
from the Gibson. A steam hoist was re-
Gently installed at a cost of $4,000, and
with sinking will be continued to a
depth of 1000 feet. The mine is owned by
close corporation.
The end to curtailment in operation
by the large companies in the Globe
districts seems to have been reached
last month"; as there has been none to
speak of since the last of October. The
Arizona Commercial is doing some de-
velopment work at the Copper Hill and
Blackhawk mines and hoisting a little
ore.
The Globe Consolidated is getting ready
to cut a station at ITO feet in the Gem
shafth Crosscutting is still in progress
at the Mallory.
The Gibson, despite the low price of
copper, is still shipping So to As tons of
high grade ore to the Old Dominion
smelter daily. force. of about so men
is being kept at work taking out the rich
sulphides.
The mines along upper and lower Pinto
creek are working small forces, but good
development work is reported from all of
them.
BulIwhacker in Luck
| A remarkably rich shoot of ore is be-
ing developed in the Bullwhacker mine,
located about three miles east of Pres
colt.
The pay streak has been followed in the
155-foot level a distance of twenty-seven
feet, ard proved by a raise hight of
sixty-five feet. The ore averages one
foot in thickness. and the lowest assay
is $134 to the ton in gold. Picked sam
pies gave returns of over $500 to the
| ton.
There is over $500 worth of this char
acter of ore on the dump, and there is
enough ore stripped in the drift, that can
be taken out in a few days, to pay al
most the entire purchase price of the
mine.
The Bullwhacker mine is one of the
Oldest locations in the district A large
amount of high grade ore was mined
from shallow shafts and openings In the
early days. It's development was aban-
doned from time to time by it's early
owners, who had not the necessary cap
ital to develop it in miner like way.
1t is one of the number of mines that
have been operated from time to time
by leasers, many of whom pronounced 1t
a pinched-out proposition, only to learn
that a subsequent lessee had struck an
other shoot of high grade ore.
A very promising body of ore was
recently struck in the Lincoln mine. To-
Gated about mile and half south of
Prescott, by miners employed doing as
sessment work on the property. The To-
cation, which is owned by George Sines
and ]. 8. Ross of Prescott is one of the
Oldest in the county 1t was discovered
in 1864, when the district was infested
by warlike Apaches. Some of the ore
taken from it was very rich in gold and
yielded well when treated by the crude
arastra process. In the latter COS and
early 70's it's product was treated in a
mill that stood at the Azatlan mill site,
on Groom creek. The ledge was only de-
veloped to depth of about go feet and
exploration was abandoned when the ore
commenced changing to a sulphide. IT
was known as the "Old Abe in pioneer
days It's history is recalled by old time
residents but few of those who have
settled here in later years ever heard
of it's existence.
Old Dominion Looking Up
Considerable interest is being mani
tested by Globe mining men and probably
in mining circles OF the east in the OPP
erations on the 10th level of the Old
Dominion mine. Results of the develop
ment work now in progress, and which
will be known by the first of the year,
will be of more than ordinary import
ance to the Globe mining district. From
the winze on the 18th level crosscut
is being driven to the sulphide veins
which were opened on the 14th level
and in a few days it is expected to cut
into sulphide vein No. 1.
| Some of the most noted mining men
and geologists of the country have pre-
dicted that the big sulphide ore body
will extend to depth of from 300 to
600 feet below the 14th level and If
this prediction is verified by future de-