Weekly journal-miner., 1909-05-05
NORTHERN ARIZONA TRUTH ABOUT
 THE MINE
Glory Hole was Worked By GrafterS But Is
 All Right

! Special. )-Regardless of the setback
 which the Phoenix mining syndicate
 attempted to give the Winchester miu-
 ing district when they threw up the
 "Glory Hole' on the Arizona North
 ern property, the new gold camp of
 Western Arizona is fast coming to the
 front and development work is being
 done on all sides, top aad bottom.
 The Phoenix correspondent of the
 Los Angeles Times takes exception to la statement in the JournalMiner re-
 garding the amount of gold which was
 taken out of the Glory Hole by the
 Phoenix syndicate, stating that the
 principal movers in that syndicate
 have positively stated that the Glory
 Hole never produced over S3,OOO to
 5000 worth of gold, instead of $35,-
 900 to S4O,OO. Of course it IS a diff
 feult matter to tell just how much
 was taken out, inasmueh as no one but
 the syndicate ever handled the ore af- ter it left the hands of the miners who
 took it out, but mining men who saw the great rich chunks of gold ore taken away from time to time on the
 horses state that conservative esti-
 mate would place the value easily at s4O,OOO.
 The original owners. Messrs. Alger.
 Griffin and Barker, have no means of
 knowing the amount taken out, but state they have started suit to recover $25,0OO. To date they have been un-
 able to locate any of the precious ore and as a matter of fact they will like " never be able to see any more of it.
 The statement in the Times that the syndicate wanted an extension of time is correct and they also stated that if they could get a long extension of time that they would spend more money in development, but had they gotten an extension of time it is very doubtful if they would ever have been able to do anything. that is. if what they al ready had done could be used as a eri- terion. A more bungled up job can hardly he imagined by a real mining man.
 As matter of fact, the jolt which the Phoenix syndicate gave the Win chester district and western Arizona was a cruel one and one which is like ly to be felt more or less severely for some time because a matter of such grave importance cannot be outlived in a short time, although the district is moving along already at a lively gait, but had the blow not occurred things by this time would be rolling along in fine shape and everyone n the district and in the Colorado eoun- try, for that matter, would be reaping ! benefits.
 Mining men who have visited the |, Glory Hole since the calamity have stood in wonder at the opportunity of fered for the making of a great camp. It is difficult to realize why or how matters were so badly managed. Sim ply the injury which was done the Glory Hole itself is of small eonse- quenee to the great injury done the entire district. The Glory Hole was one of the greatest gold strikes ever made in any country. It advertised the district and the entire Colorado all over the world. During the short space of its glorious exist ence western Arizona received more good wholesome advertising than ever before. For fifty years the richness of the Colorado country in mineral has been heralded all over the country, put no rich gold strikes had ever been found to create enthusiasm among the people in general. The Glory Hole was the one opportunity and it got we'll started in to do the business when he syndicate put a wet blanket on ev- rything.
 The proper kind of development will ,ut this country in the front rank of he mineral world but a rich strike is .ssential. No great mining territory vas ever built up without it.
 During the past few days two diff , erent sets of good mining men have ,een thoroughly looking over the Ari- l Ona Northern and sampling it with -iew of taking over the property and thoroughly developing it. Everyone n the district is anxiously awaiting heir reports and hope that good ( ompany will take hold of the prop rty and make it a big mine, because l here is no doubt but that the uch ' alues will again be found.
 The Anaeonda mIne, commonly alled the Mitchell property, is mak- I nU fu1l nrenaration to bapin a larps h