Weekly journal-miner., 1908-10-21
YAvAPAI PIONEER
 DISTRICT STILL PROMISING
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 .Sin,c The discovery of the Walker | J,.,,i., in 1863. there has never been ,. much good ore in sight there as po, I" This statement made yester' II,y fn Journal Miner representative hy \ | poran. after his arrival from
 his camp there
 | Walker was tnc first mining dIs- I,,i., ,rconized in northern Arizona, h.. said. "Thc fame of it's rich placer
 mine. spread all over the west soon after ifs discovery attracting hundreds of hardy prospectors to inc auriierouS Jcpo,its of Lynx Creek which are still yicl ing we'll although worked over as many as siv or seven times Ouartz miners made handsome fortunes
 in the early days digging out the sur
 face ores and recovering the gold by
 the arastra process. Deep mining was
 not attempted there until recent years, too prospectors and miners contenting
 themselves with extracting the surface ores. abandoning development Of the llcdacs when the sulphide zone was
 reached. Recent development shows that the richest ores ore in the sui' lnhidc zone and now almost every min
 CT on inc creek is taking out shipping ore. The miner wno is willing to dig deep into the ground will find rich re.
 wards in the depths of the Lynx Creek
 lodges
 "1'cy districts in the west can boast of three foot paystreak car Irving gold values of more than sloo l,o inc ton. In the Hellwick mine, a shor, distance from the town of Walk Ter. there is three foot paystreak Of lthis character of rock uncovered. The strike was made last week and the lore body IS still showing strong in the
 face of the drift The lessees of the
 property are preparing to make a ear
 load shipment soon. The location i'
 one of the oldest patented mines m
 the district. It covers a series of par
 allc veins. all carrying good values The strike referred to is in the ledge
 known as the Rattlcsnake.
 " Among the greatest surprises il
 the district is tne opening of larg, bodies of ore in the Pine Mountain
 mine. never known to exist before, al though it is opened j00 feet deep. The
 property passed into the possession of
 the Interstate Gold Company few months ago. W. C. Tonkin, president , and general manager, started cross cuts from the lower levels of th' shaft into parallel veins. He recog
 nized in the croppings of the paralle
 lodges .what he considered the cappinl of rich ore deposits, although ever,
 other miner who has had charge of th' property believed them worthless. Hi
 judgment proved good, as both cross
 cuts tapped better bodies of ore thar ever found before in the property. "Lessees of the Sim Griffin proper ! ty recently made n shipment tha gave reurns of s9O ton. They ar, taking out good ore and expect tc
 make another carload shipment soon. "Crump and Mcleod have an excel lent showing in their property. They , are also piling good ore on thei
 dump.
 "Placer miners are active all alon, the creek from Rich gulch down. Ricl gulch, as its name indicates, proved among the richest placer deposits 1T the west in early days. It is stil , yielding golden treasures to the min CTS digging there"
 Doran has q small force of men de veloping his Rattlesnake claim. Tn, location covers the famous Rattle , snake ledge, now being opened in tn, Hellwick mine. The Rattlesnake il r the north extension of the Hellwick
 Doran's force is taking out ore so ricl
 in gold that a miner can make better than days pay crushing the ore by hand and banning it. He is confinin, his operations to development, his in tention being to open the mine in mincrlike way before commencing tt
 do any stoping. He will return to hi
 camp in few days.