Arizona republican., 1909-05-16
DEVELOPING
 DAY BY DAY The Properties in the Vicin-
 ty of Winchester THE SECOND BIG STRIKE
The Experience of One Man Whose Feet Grew Cold When It Was Thought That the Glory Hole Had Been Pulled in.


 Correspondence of The Republican.)- The Winchester camp is now looking better than it has for some time Everyone is encouraged and pros pecting and locating has again start ed in. Several new people came in today, and word has been received here that a large number of people from nearby points are coming in again in a few days. The news of the second big gold strike will not reach the outside world for some time, but within another week or two there will be lots of people again coming into Winchester. This time they will not be compelled to go to SalOme or Bouse in order to get all the accommodations desired by any body, because everything can now be found at Winchester, and the excite ment is practically right at town, so that exploring parties will not have to carry lunches and water, but can get back to town for dinner and water. Plenty of stage accommoda- tions are now afforded at Vicksburg to haul the people to Winchester, and excellent board and rooms can be had for all who come. 1
 The Anaconda is still sinking in the rich ore, and the last shot today brought out the richest ore yet found. Assays made from some of the rich ore went better than $100O0 per ton. The rich pay streak is getting better with depth, and the values of the entire ten-foot vein are getting bet ter. The vein is also widening out. The Anaconda camp has been filled with people all day coming in to see the big strike. Specimen hunters are also present trying to get hold of some of the choice specimens, and many of them have been rewarded for their trip by fine souvenirs.
 Other Properties Showing Fine.
 The Marg G. group of claims is showing UT well with development. c. E. White, who owns the property, is working full time, sinking on the ore and states that the ore is getting better with each shot. The vein has now widened out to five feet and the values are running high in both gold and silver The white quartz is giv- ing way to hematite quartz with good sprinkling of galena. The cop per stains are also losing out. This ore does not show up the free gold as does the Anaconda on account of the presence of base metals, but when the rock is banned with the ad- dition of a little quick silver a good big button is secured with each pan ming.
 Mills and Bourkin, who own the Billiken property. which is the east extension of the AnacOnda, are work ing full time on their property and are showing up some fine ore. The lodges on this property are from two to four feet wide, and assays run into the big figures. This prop- erty has the same dikes and same formation all the way through as the Anaconda, and will undoubtedly prove as valuable a piece of property with the proper amount of development.
 w. G. Steegman, who owns the Lucky Strike, which adjons the Ana conda, is developing his property and has some excellent ore. His vein is on a different lead, but the ore is of the same character as the Anaconda Steegman came to this country from tne zinc mines of Joplin, Mo, and has succeeded in locating some good property. Besides the Lucky St. .''<e he tas several other good pr) critics in the camp. He is one of the in- fluential boosters of the camp.
 D. F. Putnam, who has been in camp since the early days took a stroll the other day over the hills back of the desert mine and across the old Grant claim which caused the | big excitement in here some twenty |
 
 open ground and located it. Of | course the ground had been located | probably fifty times, but the location | had run out, and he put up his mon and started in to work. He | has developed excellent properties and | has taken out some fine specimens ! of free gold. He is located in the | right place to find a big mine.
 Across the Glory Hole wash from the other properties, and also from the Desert mine, is located the Jumbo group of claims, which are owned by G. w. French and T. c. Egan, of Florence, Arizona. This property was located by MT. French the next day after the Glory Hole started in to make history. He did some pros pecting and liked the claims pretty well, but when the Glory Hole bond was thrown up he got cold feet and thought the whole district had gone to the bad and sold out, or agreed to sell out to G. w. Read. of Roswell N. M. Mir. Read supposed that he had bought the property and started in to develop but in the meantime Mr. French went home to Florence and his partner sent him back post haste to hold the property and i'm get busy and start, devel- )pment. French came back to Win chester a day or two ago and is now pussy getting preparations made to 'tart in to fully develop the property. He has a force of men busy doing lis assessment work. The property