Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1907-01-16
DEVELOPMENT OF CROOK GROUP
 OF MINES.
lErom Frlhay's Dally.l

Dcvclnpmcnt work in the Crook can yon district still continues to go TOT ward, despite the bad weather oi i"'e' Ed. Russell, foreman of the Iro"h group of mines, who was visiting ID this city yesterday, stated that since the Nassau Mining company had taken over that property, on September D oI last year, many thosuands of dollars worth of machinery had been installed, and hundreds of feet of shafts sunk, and several drifts and cross cuts run to tap the ore shoots in the different veins
 The Crook claim is opened by cross cut tunnel 2ol feet in length and by q shaft now down forty feet The face of the tunnel taps the vein at an ap' proximntc depth of 200 feet The ledge runs in n northcastcrly and south westerly direction and is developed by n number of shafts and drifts which have been abandoned and allowed to cave in since being robbed of th"ir treasures.
 On the Par valuc'Prcu.iym vein. which parallels the Crook, n drift has been run along it distance of j2O feet by the new concern. In the face of this drift the paystrcak shows about two feet in thickness and of good grade.
 The development of the Evergreen mine, the vein of which parallels the others, is also being rapidly pushed. Here n drift has been run 161 feet and n winzc sunk in the bottom of the drift to depth of forty feet, exposing n body of ore from one to ten and one. half feet thick.
 When seen yesterday by Journal Miner representative, MT. Russell said; m have sold my interests in the Mas sau Mining company to c. D. F.. Mor- timer, and I predict great future for it under the able management of NIT. Mortimer. It is certainly n wonder ful property and you can look out for some surprising finds there in the next few months.n
 The Crook group or eight claims is To. cated in Crook Canyon, about four teen miles south of this city.
 In Jerome District. Development work is progressing satisfactorily upon the Verde Grande group, just west of the United Verde, the great Clark copper mine. The three. quarters of n mile of wagon road from the camp to the United Verde X Pacific railroad has been completed. The bunk house and kitchen is complete and being used. The air blower is on the ground and work on the double com partmcnt shaf, is being pushed.
 Winkleman District.
 The Winkclman copper district K one of the busiest in Arizona this win ter. Development work is being push. ed hard on the Two Queens, the Ray and the Saddle Mountain mines. An in. dicntion of what is being done on the Saddle Mountain is the fact that two ears of coke are consumed daily in furnishing power.
 The Ray, which gained so much humorous notoricty under the manage. mcnt of the famous English scientist, Lord Kelvin, is again to resume opcr. 'tions, after long period of inactv. ity, due to legal entanglcmcnts. which have recently been adjusted. The mine IS owned by an English syndicate. which some years ago sent Lord Kelvin to take charge of the property. One of the humorous anecdotes in this latter connection, concerns the purchase by the noblcman of eighteen gasoline en. zines. These were intended to run the main shaft in the tunnel, upon which the most even speed must be maintain. cd. The ludicrous result of this com. bination of rag time jerking engines can be imagined.