Arizona republican., 1908-09-20
WICkENBURG
 MINE CENTER The Operations of the Gold Ridge Company Local Events of That Vii cinity In a Week.
By Tom Shultz.)

In company oTTth General Manager Smith of the Gold Ridge Mining and Milling company, the writer on Thursday last visited the holdings of the company situated four and one-half miles direct line west of Congress ana some seven miles by good wagon road from Congress Junction.
 The property consists of two claims, known as the Mark Hanna and Grub Stake, which are extensive properties of the Ohio. Two large gold bearing quartz veins traverse both properties lengthwise with a trend a few degrees to the south of west, which establishes beyond ques- tion their rights to permanency- The general formation is identical with that which surrounds the Congress mine and it is claimed by old pros pectors familiar with the district, principal among whom was the late Dennis May, the discoverer of all these properties, that the Ohio lead is none other than a continuation of the Congress. Be that as it may, it is not necessary, for the success of the Ohio, the Mark Hanna or Grub Stake properties, for the show ing on either property today is suf- ficient to warrant the belief that each can and will be made meritori- ous producers.
 Some 500 feet east of the main OUtcrOppings of the Ohio the west end line of the Mark Hanna is reach ed At about this point an intrusion of diorite and pOryphy from the northwest appears to have swung the vein nearly in a semi circle. it com ing back into place at the discovery shaft of the Mark Hanna. Bear in mind this opinion is only based upon prediction for the vein can also be split and the lower half covered by erosion which is very great at the place mentioned or it can also be a fault. In either case the ore Of the Mark Hanna is the same as that of the Ohio, and is in place, showing to be fully forty feet wide with a thickness of five feet, and a sub stantial poryphry like for the hang ing wall The pitch of the vein is to the northwest at about g degrees and as it is tapped by a large noun tain, water can be expected within a short distance.
 MT. Smith, whose knowledge of mining is equal to any mans in this section. and from actual eXperi- ence he is dOubly qualified for the task in hand through his familiarity with the district, is now arranging to put a force of men to work and will continue to sink the working shaft on the Mark Hanna.
 On the Grub Stake, which is a south side claim to the Mark Hanna, is a ferty-foot incline shaft, a body of quartz five feet in thickness car rying good values in gold, is devel- oped. This shoot of ore is opened just over the brow of the hill some 600 feet to the south of the Mark Hanna shaft and if it continues the dip which it now assumes it will join the vein of the Mark Hanna at a depth of less than 200 feet This vein is in every sense as important as that of it's neighbor, but in the development of the former its merits will be determined when the point where the veins converge is encOun- tered.
 NlJn d knOWledSe or the persist ence of the quartz veins in this dis trict and the capitalized values al ways maintained in them, the Gold Ridge company can proceed with all most the assurance that every foot obtained in depth will prove emi- nently satisfactory. It has the forma- tion, the Assure and the ore to start on. Nothing more could be asked for, and if development is economi- cally and intelligently prosecuted, the chance of meeting with most flat tnr-irnc- s1lnness can be eNnaotad