Arizona republican., 1907-07-07

the drfft under the Deu or tne creek. From this drift at two different places between it's end and the initial cross cut, little crosscuts have been made into the ledge to test the width and value. assays from the ledge showing as high as twelve per cent copper. This drift will be continued to a point across the creek when an upraise will be made to connect with air shaft No. 1. now sunk as far as possible with out pumping and showing goOd val ucs in the ore encountered. It will then be continued some distance further to connect with air shaft No. ., sunk on 'he ledge in like manner ',ntil abandoned on account of water ca the dump of air shaft No. there are twenty or thirty tons of good ore Returning to the initial crosscut from the Sweet shaft, this same drift runs south along the hanging wall, a distance of no feet and from It one little crosscut has been run into the vein. The values here are not fu.te so great for the reason that the d!Ift is fast approaching the surface of the hillside that slopes off into the creek. and is out of the water zone As the creek is approached it wIil be on:.' a short distance below the sur face and undoubtedly an upraisc Will, also be run here for air The Sweet shaft is located on a little promontory that juts out into the creek from the north side. This drift on the south side of the shaft, had it been run at the 100 instead of the 150-foot level, would have tunneled the promontory from its eastern to it's western side. But with the upraises mentioned. com- pleted, 1t will be most perfectly venti- lated mine and in the event of acci- dent below will afford other means of egress than the main shaft. These workings comprise about 300 feet of development besides the 260 feet of vertical shaft. The writer had the sat- isfaction of full exploration and in ten minutes was soaked with the wet ness of the lower regions.
 Passing by a number of title and prospect holes. the next important working is abou. a mile up the can yon and is known as the Black Cap Its importance lies in it's possibilities rather than in the magnitude of work thus far accomplished. for there are several deeper holes yet to be named The Black Cap workings are a stones throw up the hillside on the south side of the canyon. A tunnel was run into the hill for 70 feet the mouth of it being perhaps 4GO feet up the hillside from the creek bed. Here it encoun- tered ani crossed a seven-.oot vein Containing a couple of streaks of sey- eral inches each that carry values ot between 31 and 32 ounces s'.yer ard to per cent copper. The rest of the ledge has good values and MT. Eirhmopd estimates that the entire 'f"rty tons on the dump at the tire of ite writer's visit will carr; oyer s1 ounces in silver and 13 per cent con- per. It Is the finest kind of concen- irating ore and its appearance speaks or nigh values even to the unpracticed eye. This 70 feet Of tunnel has gained vertical depth of 2S feet and an up- raise to the surface has been begun Al the surface boiler and hoist are now being placed and it is proposed 10 sink on this vein. The sinking had aiready begun at the time of the writers visit. the winze being down about six feet. Water was already seeping into it for this like all the otb- CT bodies Is a sulphide ore. heaviI,, i,,- preghated with both copper and iron pyrites. For immediate ore values this IS the most fruitful working vet exploited on the property.
 The next important working up the canyon IS on the Fraction claim at tbe lower end of the upper or Ruby eroun ard beyond .he little intervening group owned by other parties. The rraction tunnel is but few feet above The creek bed and is in POO feet Ii,~ tie stringers impregnated with conner ana Iron suiphides were encountered at intervals in driving this adit and at the end of 1t 1O-foot vein of ore was encountered though 1t is of low grace. A drift has been run along inc vein for 50 feet and about BOO tons of ore are on the dump. carrying ner cent copper and from 3 to 5 ounces of s'I'er A number of the strata cut nave yielded very high-g grade ores. ac- tual assays running over s2OO to the ton.
 The Monticello claim lies on the north side of the stream a little fartb- CT to the west. Ten or fifteen fear above the creek bed an adit has been run into the hill for 15O feet. At th, depth of 1S0 feet it is expected to cross the Monticello vein at a vertical dentb Of l1O feet. At this point an upraise will be run to connect with and drain a shaft now down 54 feet on the vein and abandoned on account of water. The bottom of this shaft is said to be in good ore. so the tunnel is not being forced ahead on a mere theory or a groundless hope. With the shaft drained 1t is proposed also to follow this vein down to a permanent zone of richness
 The Ruby shaft next in the order of travel up the creek was abandoned for the present on account of water at the depth of B feet but not until some 500 tons of fine concentrating ore had been piled on the dump, ore that will average it is said, s20 per ton in silver and copper. This is on the south side of the stream and virtually in It's bank
 The Lee claim on the north side is the most westerly working of present importance and is just now q very promising piece of ground. On the hillside a shaft was sunk for SO feet A tunnel was then run in above the creek bed a distance of S5 feet where the two connected. 4 fork or branch of the tunnel also runs off few feet