Weekly journal-miner. [volume] (Prescott, Ariz.) 1908-1929, 1909-06-02
NORTH STAR MINE
IS A MYSTERY
To PUBLIC
Said to be Treasure Box
Of Mineral
Wealth

Yuma county will have it, first big
mining camp within year. II will be
at North star.
Quietly and steadily, without any
drum beating or horn blowing, there is
a constant increase Of production. de.
velopment aud discovery that will in
evitsbly and forcibly attract the atten.
ton Of the outside world in the near
future. 4 rush will follow and within
the points Of the golden horseshoe that
projects from King Mountain will be
built up the livelest mining camp In
Arizona.
A full realization Of the wealth and
possibilities ~ the North Star mine
can only be obtained upon the ground.
The operating company issues no state
ment and answers no inquiries abso-
lutely. Quoted public statements as to
the average value Of North star rock,
Superintendent wardncr smiles and
smiles only. lie admits one carload
shipment Of II tons that went $4,000.
Even the exact details Of mill produc.
ton, il freely given out, would not re-
veal the full truth as To the North
Stars richness. The mine abounds in
rich stringers, some Of which are al
most pure gold. At regular intervals
shipments of selected high grade rock
are sent to the Selby smelter at San
Francisco an the care of special mes.
senger.
while the information is not official,
II may he stated upon creditable au.
thority that the production Of the
North star at present approximate
100000 "A month.
The chief purposes OF the eompany's
policy Of secrecy are diverse. The
corporation is buying. bonding and de.
veloping claim after claim in the vi.
entity of the North Star. Ii even
reached across the horseshoe and tried
to secure the Amsvisea Strike, but the
upset price Of 100000 proved an eff
fectusi deterrent. On lis own s;.i- Il
is securely entrenched and will make
the star the nucleus Of an immense
property.
The company also does not wish 10
infame the cupidity Of its miners and
tempt them TO "high grading" There
is a tale in camp Of three men out OF
tae North Star shaft who took three
sacks Of ore to Quartzsite. the nearest
stage station, and expressed the rock
from Vicksburg to San Francisco, pay.
ing s65 charges thereon. The atten.
ton OF the company being called TO the
instance, the men were traced and they
were found living in riotous afluenee
10 San Francisco. While the circum.
stantial evidence WAS strong, there
was nothing to legally implicate them
and the matter was dropped.
The North Star is the mine that
made Felix Mayhem famous. He 10.
Gated il in September, 1906. Its value
showed from the surface down and the
property was sold in February, 1907,
TO ID NJ. Lyman, Of New York, and ms.
sociates, for s35O.O00, which was iii.
vided among Mayhem and his partners,
Nick Larson, Charles de Corse and w.
ID. Smith. The purchasers formed the
Golden star Mines company and under
that name are operating. The corpor
alton is capitalized Mt slO,OOO,O0O.
The ore body of the North Star is in
a sharply defined quartz ledge twenty
feet wide, with contact walls of por.
phyry and schist. The shaft is down
700 feet, with a total Of $500 feet Of
development work. The company has
a dry crusher handling 80 tons Of rock
a day. and n cyanide plant. Power da
aggregating 1925 horsepower. A water
supply is secured from n pumping
plant at wells sunk In the desert four
miles below the camp. The capacity
Of the mill will he doubled within thir. |
ty days, part Of the machinery for that
purpose being now on the ground.
w. X. Wardner, Of extensive expert. |
enee in mining operations, Is superin-
tendent Of the North Star, having sue. |
ceeded A. Is. Rogers in that capacity |
three weeks ago. X. ID. johnson. well |
known in Yuma. is assistant superin, |
tendent, The company employs 10
men Mt the North star and half ms
many more on outside workings. The |
camp Of North star has n population |
OF about 300 people. T.. r. Sanguinet
has general merchandise store con.
Quoted by Ben Heyl. Charley Sam IL
running restaurant and saloon, and |
9. J.. Hall n saloon and lodging house.
Transportation to the camp is provdd. |
ell by the Castle Dome stage line and |
the Golden star company's new 40