Weekly Arizona journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1903-1908, 1908-08-26
IMMENSE BODY OF ORE
IN sHYLocK PROPERTY


More conhIcnt than ever that the
>hyiock mine viii develop into one Of
the greatest producer. in the county.
j. ". Norton, managing director "
the Arizona Central Copper Company.
left here Yesterday afternoon for Kan.
,as CITY and New York
''In my many years mining | never
saw property developing a. well as
| the ~hylock. Norton said 20 a Jour.
nal Miner representative before he
boarded the afternoon train. Gross.
cut. On the 800 and 500 foot levels
show the ledge sixty feet wide with
neither wall found. Tne entire vein
filling is mineralized. streaks varying
IN width from one foot TO ten feet
sample from ten 20 one hundred ounces
in silver. besides copper and gold val.
ues. am confident tina, il will open
into one Of the great mines Of the
county when exploited into the sui.
phide zone which has not yet been
! reached. -
The Shylock is one 81 group Of %
claims owned by the Arizona Central
Copper Company. located on the west
erlv slope Of the Black Hills range. two
miles south Of the properties Of the
iaeger Csyon Copper Company. proven
below the 1000 foot level. The loca.
tions cover series " veins in the
\ Yavapai schist belt that traverses the
county from the United Verde mines
a, Jerome TO the crest Of the Bradshaw
range and in which some Of the hes,
properties Of the county are located.
II is the intention of the company to
develop the Shylock ledge down to a
depth Of 1000 feet through the main
working shaft. now down between 500
and GOO feet.
The mine is located six miles east Of
Dewey. the neares, railroad station, on
the Bradshaw Mountain Railroad.
Steady Work at the Monica.
George Z. Martin, connected with
the management Of the Monica mine in
the Kirkland district. wac is here on
company business, says that the Moni.
ca mill is running steadily day and
nigh; treating the Monica ores. Reg.
ular cleanups are made every two
weeks. The twenty stamp mill will he
increased to sixty stamps later in the
year. The development Of the proper
ty is being pushed, good ore being in
every heading. The mine promises to
rival any Of the large producing prop
critics in the Weaver range with more
development. It's product is said TO be
higher in average gold values than any
of the large ones in the range.
Sinking on the New England.
J. II. Farrell, general manager of the
New England Arizona Mining Compa-
ny, who arrived here late yesterday af.
ternoon from his camp in the Big Bug
district, reports his main working shaft
hdown 3i5 feet with good Roadway b.
Apg made in sinking. Operations of the-
company are confined to the sinking of
the shaft at present. 1t is the inten.
tion to sink j, to the 500 foot level be.
fore any extensive drifting or cross
cutting is started.
Farrell will return TO his camp this
morning after attending to some bus
mess Of his concern here.
Good Showing In Rosalie.
George Meese, general manager of
the Resale Copper Company, who left
yesterday for Kansas City, states that
good Roadway is being made in the
main tunnel on his company's proper
ties in the Copper Creek district. He
expects to encounter what is eonsid.
cred the main ledge forty feet ahead.
The tunnel taps other veins in which
there are promising ore showings.
The Resale group is located twenty
FIVE miles east of Mayer. Meese ex.
poets to be absen. a month.