Weekly Arizona journal-miner., 1908-05-13
WENOEN CENTER0 0F GREAT MINING
 SECTION Many Fine Properties Within Twenty-Five Great Boom Expected The Coming Fall.
 Shipping Ore

(By r. K. Dyas. StaH Rcprcscntative.)
 wENDEN, Ariz., May 1I.--Although the approaching warm weather has had the effect of causing Wendcn citizens to prcsagc quiet summer in mining circles, all enthusiastically join in de. claring they have the ricncst mineral section in the Territory, and that this fall will witness great boom in this part of Arizona.
 supply point for the surrounding mines. Within . radius of 2j miles, with Wenden as the hub, are the IIarqua Hals, Pittsburg IIarqua Hala, Harcu. var, Cunningham Pass, Corona, Hercu. les. socorro. Old Bullard, Victor and Bell Crown, and other properties of mprit.
 Al the Victor and Bell Crown prop crty, six miles northwest of this place, the main s1aft Is now down 375 feet. on the Bell Crown No. 2 claim. X force of eight men. under Supt. R. R. Mcdonald. arc working steadily, sink. ing toward the 300 level, to which depth they will go before crosscutting or drifting. supt Mcdonald has es. tablished an cnviable record by sink. ing from the 250 to the $50 level in 92 days, with two shifts, using whim. A 25 horse power gasoline hoist is now en route to the property to replace the wnim. There are seven claims in the group. The ledge shows six feet wide and the bottom of the shaft Is in ore. A shipment of five carloads, made to Humboldt before the smeiteT closed, averaged ss9 per ton.
 Al the Pittsburg Harqua Hala prop. crty, four mfles southeast of here, Gen. eral Manager T. B. Carr, who has just returned from the east, is busy getting things in shape for the installation of 20 stanp mill this fall. The plant will he erected st the San Marcos claim of toe avosp.. The survey for the plant 'is no@ in srogress. It is planned to eqq1pfpee. Active work on the mill iS Nx4dber and have it completed by January !, 1909. The shaft on the sAAiMarcos Is now down 800 feet. The property is free mill. ing gold proposition, with an excellent showing, and ssSt Sigh grade ore is in sight, the valnss of which will run from so to $iO4 With the erection sf the mill, plans fof Infringing wate, from the Harrisburg Valley, waere an abundance can Dc obtained at a depth of 25 feet. will he put into operation
 Ralph Scales, manager, and B. J Quinn, superintendent, with a force of miners, have been prosecuting work steadily on the Hercules property three miles south of wenden, for tn, past two years. The shaft is now dowr 100 feet, and in crosscutting two gooC veins were encountered, carrying good values, the ore being gold quartz. IT. the lower levels some high grade or, has been found. The ore average, from ti5 to $20 ton, with a larg, tonnage in sight. Owing to a differ once of opinion between the manage ment and the directors, concerning tn, erection of a mill, the property Ii closed down now but will resume tbi fall. So enthusiastic were the direct ors on recent visit with the showing that they favored the immediate cree ton of mill Manager Scales though they should wait until more ore wa , blocked out, and it was finally decide. to erect 20 stamp mill this fall, s
 arranged as to be easily increased |
 70 stamps The company owning tn { Hercules is a close corporation.