Weekly journal-miner., 1909-11-03
DEAL CoNSUMMATED
 FOR GOLD PROPERTY
CFrom Fridays Daily)

After several weeks of negotia- tions, one of the most important gold mining deals ever to- take place in this county was eonsummated yes terday in Prescott and the splendid ground known as the Farley claims were taken over by Messrs. c. K. Mellon of Philadelphia, Harry Brown of Crown King, and W. D. Achauer of Mayer, on a bond and lease. The property disposed of to the above syndicate is located in Humbug dis trict.
 For many years, or since the death of R. H. Farley, this group has lain idle, going through the process of the legal probsting of the estate and the termination of this procedure re- leased the ground few days ago. Nine claims are included in the sale that was effected yesterday. On them is located a 10-stamp quartz mill.
 In the earlier days of the opera tion of this mining ground, the prod net taken out by MT. Farley created considerable interest in mining an- nals, from the fact that the ores were exclusively free gold in char acter and carried heavy values in that metal. Another significant fact linked to the claims is the reviving of the merit of them by mentioning that an offer was made for the Queen claim of $75,000 in cash and turned down. Former development on this group shows a thorough and practi- cal method of workings at many points and the best surface showing of any gold belt in this field is one of the attractive conditions prevail ing. Throughout the system eight distinct veins are easily traceable for over two miles and while not large the heavy gold values makes the ac- quisition of them a deisrable one. The values are carried in a formation of andesite, porphyry and schist and mining engineers who have lately in spected this geological evidence re- port favorably.
 The work of remodeling the old mill will be started at once by MT. Brown. He is one of the experienced mill men in the territory and has had personal charge of some of the big gest reduction plants in the south west. Associated with the mine work will be Mir. Achauer, formerly of Mayer, where he is prominently known in assaying and metallurgieal circles. MT. Mellon is a recent arrival from Philadelphia and has spent several weeks at the property in making a careful examination of all workings and familiarizing himself with the actual conditions in evidence.
 The future operation of this prop erty will be attended with consider able interest from the fact that the old district was the first in Yavapai county to come into prominence from its heavy placer yield and the exist enee of heavy gold values in quartz. It was the first district that prac- tieally gave demonstrations in these metals and the section was actively operated under primitive conditions of treating the ores. Humbug district has been seriously handicapped in late years through lack of transporta- tion facilities and through this chan nel the many desirable mines have necessarily been operated to a limit ed extent. The new Arizona roadway that is destined to run through the mineral belt there will reduce the expense of future transportation in and out of a minimum and through this influence the old district will be rated. Many investors are going to the many claims there and in a few months the prediction is made that it will be an active field from one end to the other and sue cessful production will follow. The Farley transaction is but the begin ming of the new era.