Weekly journal-miner., 1908-12-09
PARKER DISCOVERS SHE
 POSSESSES PAINT MINE
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 | PARKER, Ariz.. Dee. 5.-Amon1 the many industries that will Iikel, be promoted at Parker some day. i. that of manufacturing mineral paint large deposit of which is located 1e miles north of Parker in the Monumcn tal Peak mining district
 The property consist of seven loca tions and is situated about eight miles | from the river on the California side and is owned by J. F. Raney, of this place. An analysis of the substance shows it Co b" very pure quality of ferric hydrate and iron and shows on the surface Co be from 300 to HOO feet wide and is located for 5000 feet This immense ledge pitches to the south under capping of iron, lime and jasper
 This property has been extensively worked in the past, by whom, quite likely, will forever remain conjcc. ture. A large quantity of stone ham. mers and axes are to he found on fhe ground, but nothing in the way of . utensil to suggest that any modern method had anything to do with its past exploration.
 This property was located over a year ago by Dave Harris, who was more energetic than any one mas been since in exploring the holes made by these prehistoric people. By erosion the incline shafts arc largely blocked and one has to crawl in order to make his way through many places. The longest shaft, MT. Harris found to be l'5 feet to the point of his investiga. tion, at which place the shaft took a sharper dip. Here he halted and roll. cd rocks down and could hear. them rumble out of hearing without string. ing bottom. There are several other shafts of more or less importance, one of which Mir. Raney has a flash light pnoto showing large chamber, some
 
 stopped, the roof of which is supported by pillars of material left for the pur. pose and others constructed of stone. Numerous Impressions over the surface mark the places where workings a, one time existed, but they have long since been almost obli,eratcd by ero- sion and wash.
 Expert analysis determines the ma. terial in two instances, the first as ferric hydra,e of iron of high order. value from s35 to siO per ton, and the second chased as a high grade of red ochre.
 The thing that strikes one very forcibly is, who it was that performed this ancient miningi What was it that they mined. If k was paint, by whom and where was it useds Evi. denees prove that vast amount of something was mined and if 1t was paint our lost predecessors must have been very populous and hignly deco rative people.
 The south extension of this proper ty is located for itsc showing of high grade copper and gold ores by Hum phrey & Bowman Bros. The name of Their property is the Copper Bell and ist most favorably spoken of as hay ing the possibility of making large producer. In this connection it is a reasonable supposition that MT. Ran. ey's paint mine is only a leached iron croppings and that values in copper will be determined upon development
 The property is located within two miles of the county road leading to Copper Basin. A wagon road can be built right onto the mine at little cost. MT. Raney will, within short time begin work intending to reconstruct and clean out one of these old shafts for the purpose of determining what might be at the end of it. If the pro duct has commercial value as . paint MT. Raney has enough to supply