Arizona republican., 1907-07-28

very short distance east of what is
known as the Truman property. a
mine of established value, and which
in turn is just beyond the Bret Harte
mine. There are several other well
known and partially developed groups
i'm the same district, two or three of
which belong to DR.. ]. NJ. Swetnam of
this city. The district is quite an &C
tive one at present, and is frequently
visited by mining experts while pros
pectors are continually travelling over
it to see if anything good has been
overlooked. 1t is the northern terminus
of the stage line recently started from
Phoenix over the Black Canyon road.
The Hualapai, though not yet a
fully developed property, is sufficient
ly opened up to- demonstrate that it is
a valuable one, and may soon become
much more so. Shaft No. is 26O feet
deep and is equipped with a forty
horsepower Fairbanks & Morse gaso-
line engine which supplies power for
the air compressors and drills, with
the help of which about 1900 feet of
drifts and crosscuts have been run.
A number OF fine veins of ore have
been exposed in this work. but shaft
No. l has been closed down Temporal
rily, pending negotiations for a sale.
The camp is fully organized however.
and work is proceeding with a force
of ten men, employed at shaft No. 3,
where there is now about 100 tons of
fine sulphide ore on the dump. A
forty horsepower boiler and steam
plant has just been built at this shaft
which is 143 feet deep. 1t is a wet
shaft and the pumps have to be run
constantly. Coal is the fuel used and
it is freighted from Phoenix, about a
months supply being kept on hand all
the time. The bottom of this shaft is
all in sulphide ore and approximately
1000 feet of development has been done
on the eighty foot and the 12O foot
levels. this work having exposed sew
eral lodges ten or twelve feet wide.
Mr.. Chamberlain said he did not care
to discuss the assay values. further
than to say that the ore had been fire.
quently sampled and the values are as
high as any reasonable person could
want. though il is only here and there
that one finds the astonishing values
Indicating almost pure copper. on
which the sensational newspaper
stories have been founded. Little
pockets like that can be found in al
most any mine.
One of the most valuable assets of
the mine from an operating point of
view, is living spring far up on the
mountain side, across the gulch from
the present workings. Ii comes to the
surface through a natural cement for
nation ard below it the company has
followed out a reservoir which holds.
perhaps a hundred barrels OF water.
but which may be made a great deal
larger if desirable. From this reser-
voir 200 feet of two-inch pipe has
been laid to the camp buildings, kit
chen and bunk houses and to shaft No.
l, which the water plant furnishes
with the necessary supply for the ma
chinery, while the pressure is also
strong enough for service in the event
OF fire.
The pay roll of the company aver
ages about $4,000 per month and not
an officer of the company receives a
cent of salary. Every dollar put up is
going into development and equip
ment and the wages of miners and
workmen.
The Hualapai mine is no new dis
covery. 1t was somewhat developed
previous to the present company TAX
ing hold of it. and even before that. it
was spotted" by mining men as a
good piece of ground. ]. r. Nicholson.
who prospected that section twenty
years ago. saw the value of the ground
as a copper prospect. but copper was
then mot worth mining in these parts.
He finally left the country for the
north and spent a great deal of time
in Alaska. All this time he had kept
that ground in mind and about year
ago he came back to Phoenix. and say
ing nothing to anyone he outfitted for
the More district when he got there he
found the Hualapai workings, but
passed a little farther on, and located
a couple Of claims. He was about TO
begin digging out fortune when he
found the Hualapai monuments, quit,
and coming to town reported that he
had unintentionally jumped couple
of claims But he was the right sort
of man. and when he found his mistake
he moved off. He then went a little
further west and located some ground
joining the Bret Harte on the north.
and is now engaged in developing it. or
was until he got down a hundred feet
and had to stop on account of the wa
ter. He was then in good sulphide
ore carrying copper gold and silver.
He has now organized the Santa Ana
Copper Co, which he is financing in
California and intends shortly to
equip the mine with machinery.