Weekly journal-miner., 1909-04-21
NEW GOLD STRIKE IN
 WINCHESTER DISTRICT

WINCHESTER, Ariz., April 16.-
 The most important gold strike of the
 Granite Wash mountains was made today on the Anaconda claims which
 are located one mile east of Winehes-
 ter and about two miles from the big | bonanza on the Arizona Northern, commonly called the Salome strike. ! The reason why the first big strike was
 called the Salome strike was because Salome was the only town near the strike when it was made, but since
 that time the new town of Winchester
 has been founded and the new rich gold mining district is now called the
 Winchester district, and the new strike
 today is in the Winchester district.
 While the picture gold which was dis covered today is not quite so valuable as that first found in the big bonanza, yet it runs away up into the thousands and the values are getting better with depth.
 ' strike is the fact that the district is now on a solid or sure basis because it has fully demonstrated that there is 1 rich. gold in more than one place in the district. The outside world has been waiting to learn if there is any more gold to be found outside of the glory hole before making a trip into
 the district, and now that the, strike has been made there will be a great rush of mining men from all parts of the country into Winchester, .. The new strike was found in a reg nlar formation and in fegt1lar vein of gold bearing quartz lying in the sehist and the great mineralization is found at or near the diorite contacts where these dykes cut the quartz veins lying in the sehist. The rich strike was made in a ten-foot nole. At the surface the vein outcropped about six inches wide but at ten feet it is over three feet wide and the entire vein carries very rich values in gold. The vein also carries considerable galena and small percentage of copper, showing pefmanency. This rich vein has been uncovered at four places on the Anaeonda claims and surface as says have showed rich values.
 Within short time after the new find was made, that is, after a large boulder was thrown out by shot, which was simply filled with picture gold. there was a stampede to the new strike from Winchester and the sur rounding gulehes, where hundreds of mining men and prospeetOrs are camp ed and the country for some distance located and relocated. The new dis cOvery ledge is a long one and can be traced for some distance. Other loea- tions on the extensions have also showed some rich assays recently, and now it is believed there will be a large number of rich discoveries in the immediate vicinity of the new strike, which is called the Anaeonda or Mitch ell strike. ....-. .....
 When the big bonanza was struck over q month ago, J. D. Mitchell of Salt Lake City, mining man of con siderable experience, came into camp and established a place abOnt mile from the Desert well, where the town of Winchester is now located. Mitch ell established his camp at that place on account of a spring being located there He began prospecting near his camp and found several, outeroppings of gold-bearing quartz, which banned free gold. He had several assays made, each of which showed good values His partner was w. H. Slaughter of Phoenix and~a few days ago they sold a third interest to J. T. Hemperly of Topeka, Kansas. Then peet holes to determine the extent of . the ore which outeropped on the sur face and it was in one of these that the rich find was made today. The . Anaconda company has plenty of cap ! ital behind them and will develop the . property as fast as it can be develop ed and there is no doubt of taelr sue cess. -.
 The big bonanza or Arizona North ern is still taking out rich gold and it is today the wonder of every mining shot in the shaft demonstrates the stability of the vein. Two shifts are being worked and the work is progress ing nicely. In addition to this there oava bean eavaral oood .strikas mada .