Los Angeles herald., 1908-03-23
BIG STOCK
PROMISES
PROSPERITY
LOS ANGELES COMPANY HAS
RICH MINE
RECENT WORK uNcovERs HIGH
ORE VALUES
Twenty stamp Mill and Seven-Ton
Cyanide Plant Are Now Being
Erected-conditions
Satisfactory

Facts nertaining to group OF mines
+bat PROMISES to become one OF tne
largest gold mines in Arizona came 70
1iobt within the past two weeks when
The Big Stock Gold Mining company
was incorporated under the laws "
Arizona. with offices in the Union irus' s
building of Los Angeles and branch OIL
Scas jn Prescott, Ariz., and also III
New York. For some weeks past opera,
lions have been quietly conducted
,1nder the direction of an expert MN
ing engineer, and telegram mas Jus'
heen received at the offices OF the COM
many in this city reporting an eHcep. p
tionaIly rich strike, details OIL Whlcll ar ar
lacking but which are being aWalteo
i,,,ra tientlv by the officers of the cor
noration. A lot of very rich specimens
~ the ore recently struck are pelhS
shipped here and will soon arrive
The property of the Big Stock COM
many an account of the purchase OF
which was reported exclusively III 1ne
Herald a short time ago, nes apUhe Go,t
forty miles west of Prescott anu eisn
teen miles west of Hillside, Ariz.
About twenty-five years ago ). l..
I1owelI located the property ana mas
held and worked 1t ever since uhlll II
naesad from his hands last January
During the entire time that ne neiu .I,e
group of mines Mr.. Howell mace ms
living by "chloring' on the claliiI9. irs,
There are many strata of very hlgn
grade ore on the property and ne
worked these strata, shipping tne
rich ore to Denver, FL Paso and other
nlaces where custom smelters were
located. All told, he did about 100 rect
of development work, exposing tnous-
ands of tons of good grade milling ore
Mr.. Howell was unable TO OBTAIN ,ss,,, SUI
ficient capital to put in the necessary
machinery to properly work the mine
and therefore put it up for sale.
Has Rich Neighbors
The Big Stock property is on one OF
the greatest gold belts of Arizona anu
has for its neighbors the famous Con-
gress Octave. Hillside and other big
mines. from which millions OF doilars
in gold have been taken without signs
annear ring of any lessening of the ore
bodies. The Congress is equipped with
an eighty-stamp mill and is WORKING a
large force of men. 1t has been Workeu
to the 30O0-foot level, being by 1ar tne
deepest mine in Arizona. The octave Is
shinping gold bars with surprising regu-
larity, while the Hillside is always
honanza to Jack Lawler, one OF PreS-
colts mining millionaires.
Situated upon the Santa Maria river,
which at this point during the dryest
season of the year never has less 'tnall
Stick has an abundance of water Tor all
purposes. ,,., ,o;,,s
running through the Big Stick group
from northeast to southwest. Ihese
veins range from four to fifteen rect
in width and have been uncovered az
different points for distance OF SOoV
feet. Stringers of ore nave peen lqullu ti
in many places wherever work mas peeh
done that assay as high as $500 per
ton. and there is a goodly amount OF
IRE in sight that runs from $250 TO SoOO
ner ton. The great value of the prop
erty. however, lies in it's great bodies
Of ore that will average about ~ per
ton in gold. The ore is free milling ana
easy to mine and work.
Bio Development
Since the property was purchased by
Mr.. HAYNES in January great deal OF
money has been expended in develop
ment work and surface improvements.
A 20-stamp mill ana luton cyalllue
olant have been purchased and are IN
course of construction upon the prop
erty. The machinery will be completed
and in full operation by the middle OF
June. unforeseen accidents not occurring
to stop the great progress being maze.
A steam power plant is also pelng IN
stalled at present and will be ready by
plant will be only temporary, as cleo
tricity will be used rs soon as the con-
crete dam and electric power plant can
be installed. During the summer
months it would be dangerous to at
tempt to dam an Arizona stream, for
the summer rains are miniature cloud
bursts and would wash away anything
in the stream. The dam will
have to be built after the rains of the
early summer have come and gone.
There are more than seventy tons of
ore blocked out at the Big Stock, and
careful estimates prove that profit
from the beginning of the milling oper-
atoms of $500 per day will be made by
Mr.. Haynes and his associates in this
The mine was bought in Jan
lary of this year for 100000 cash, and
thus far 100000, exclusive of transpOrta-
lion charges have been expended by
Mr.. Haynes.