Weekly journal-miner., 1909-07-21
RICH STRIKE OF
 GOLD IN DIVIDEND
tRrom Thursdays Daily)

Reports received in this city yes
 terday from Chaparral are to the eff
 feet that a rich strike of ore ha:
 been made in the Dividend mine ot
 the Mount Elliott Consolidated Min
 ing company, and considerable inter est was attending the discovery. The
 strike occurred at the deepest point
 in the main shaft, 5O5 feet, and from
 the condition prevailing at that point
 mine owners adjacent believe that il
 is a determination worthy of impor'
 tant consideration to all interests and
 will result in greatly stimulating flu
 ture work in that zone. Assays made from the ore taken out run
 to as high as $7O, the values being
 principally gold. At the point where
 this strike took place the vein ap,
 pears to be permanent and as it i,
 developed is improving with depth
 The management expects to strike in
 the next 100 feet the junction of this
 vein and another large ore body
 coming in from tn east, which con.
 dition will practically establish the
 existence of the vein at great depth and of permanent ore values, as well.
 Following the cutting of this vein at
 the above point, the purpose of the management is to begin drifting on
 the vein from the 800 foot level to the east, to reach Tieonderoga
 ground, and then to erosseut north to the vein of the latter. When this
 is done the character of the explor- ation will undoubtedly show from the workings on the old Tieonderoga an attractive mineral condition pre- vailing at greater depth than ever before given. Following this showing on the Dividend claim, it is but 9 recurrence of that demonstrated at others of similar depth in that neigh borhood, the Lelan, the Jessie, the Gladstone and many others, that show the wisdom of getting into the ground at great depth. This prin- ciple, if followed out, terminates in an attractive condition prevailing, and lying as the Dividend does, in a family of mines well established, in rating, this strike is but an occur renee to be expected. A great amount of interest is shown the many claims of this company, from the fact of the old Ticonderoga being on the fs- sure, and among the mines included in the group of the Mount Elliott people. It was the first among gold claims to be worked in northern Ari- zOna, dating back to the eos, and the crude arastra method was the means of reducing its product. In value of the yield by this process as high as $400 per ton was given in the free ores. When this condition and a rebelliOus ore was met with, operations were suspended It was the old Ticon- deroga that first gave this particular zone consideration in gold production and later the Dividend came into prominence when mining was prose cuted on a basis of handling any sul- phide character of ore. In that i'm mediate field there is a net work of locations, and the prevailing opinion of mining men is that a system of Assures exist, forming a mineral mael- StrOm of the most inviting character. the development of this group in the past few months first class work is shown, and a permanent regard is iD evidence everywhere. Economy has been the watchword, a fact which should be pleasant for the on the outside to consider. Three months have been taken up in the work of retimbering the main shaft, in order to facilitate develop nent. Eleven claims are under own srship of the company, all covered by United States patent, some of the To- ,ations in this respect being among he first in northern Arizona to re- .eive that regard of merited rating n the early days of mining. The company is represented on the ground ,y l. D. L. Williams, as the manager If the work going on at the present | ime.