Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1909-03-17
UNCOVER FINE ORE
IN GLADIATOR
CROSS CUT
Discovery is Considered
Best Recent Strike
In Bradshaws
(From Tuesdays Daily

I
Crosseutting only seven feet from
the face of the main tunnel in the
Gladiator mine, Lester Jackson broke
into a body of ore a few days ago that
promises to prove the most important
mineral strike recently made in the
Bradshaw mountains. The point where
the new ore body is uncovered is coo
feet below the apex of the vein, the
tunnel being 400 feet m length. The
ore carries good values in gold, copper
| and silver. The crosseut is being
pushed to tap a large porphyry dyke
twenty feet farther ahead that is as
ISOLATED with the vein which is the
main one of the War Eagle and Glad.
ator claims.
The new find is considered remark
able as being the second important one
made by Mr.. Jackson by prosecuting
from the old works, which had been
abandoned. The other instance is in
the Storm Cloud mine, where a eontip-
nous ore shoot, later opened a distance
of 1900 feet, was tapped while he was
acting as consulting engineer for the
H. J. Beemer Company.
Hardesty and Collins expended $685.
600 in the development of the Gladi-
ator mine, abandoning it nine years
ago without discovering the rich ore
body uncovered by Jackson, although
one round of holes from a power drill
would expose it. Jackson recently took
over the Gladiator and War Eagle
groups under bond. Carefully examin-
ing the formation in the face of the
old tunnel after cleaning and repairing
it he decided to erosseut to the foot
wall, which was never done in the ear
ly history of the property. His good
Judgment and mining experience is vim
dicated in the discovery which will
cause, undoubtedly, a renewal of aetiv.
tiles on the large scale at the Gladia-
tor and War Eagle mines.
The Gladiator and War Eagle loea-
tions cover 5000 feet of the main vein
of the War Eagle vein. Both proper
ties have produced ore of high grade.
The former owners of the Gladiator
confined the operations to the develop
ment of a small vein which interseets
the War Eagle ledge, passing through
the property. A very rich or shoot at
the intersection of tne veins produced
thousands of dollars of high grade
ore. In exploiting the mine from this
shot the small vein was mistaken for
the main war Eagle vein. In his ex-
animation of the mine after taking it
over under bond recently, Mr.. Jackson
concluded from the formation that the
work was not on the War Eagle vein,
proving his theory by prosecuting. His
former experiences in the War Eagle
convinced him that the richest ore in
the great vein is on the fOotwall side. |
In conversation here yesterday he ad- !
mitted that he is anticipating another
rich find in the great porpnyry dyke
associated with the vein. He is con-
tinuing the crosscut through it and is
also preparing to open the new find by |
drifting both ways as soon as the
crosseut is far enough ahead to start !
the drifts.
The Gladiator and War Eagle claims
are among the oldest locations in the
Pine Grove district of the Bradshaw
The early owners of the
locations repaid handsome rpofits from
the shallow workings. The Gladiator
passed into the possession of the Glad
ator Mining and Milling Company,
which confined its development opera
ions to the smaller vein and exploit
ng the ricn ore shoot at its junction
With the War Eagle vein, following
he smaller vein again after passing
through the shoot.
The groups are north of the Crown
King mine, which has a record of
3, 100000 in gold production. The To-
.ations cover excellent timber and
water riputs