Arizona republican., 1909-05-21
QUARTzsITE MINE
ALMOST A BONANZA
Virgin Queen Group Looks Like .
Grass Roots Proposition.

Herbert Lair Of Quartszite, Arizona
and Evansville, Ind, is in the city for
a few days and will leave soon on a
business trip back TO Evansville, OF
extended duration. He is at the Ho-
tel Adams and if possible will try and
visit the Roosevelt dam before he
goes east.
Mr.. Lair is partner with William
Keiser in the ownership and eXpletta-
tion of a group of thirteen gold claims
known as the Virgin Queen. situated
four and a half miles from Quartz
site. The property has been under
development for many months, the
owners themselves having done most
of the work. The development totals
about $50 feet the greatest work be-
ing in a shaft 65 feet deep, from
which there is a drift S5 feet long
The shaft CHANGED to be sunk in a
bad place. That is the vein was
followed to almost its present depth
when a big horse" was encountered
and in order to demonstrate that il
was not a disappearance. of the org
the drift was started.
This work was most of it accom-
months ago the owners made a find,
however, that gives them more joy
than anything they ever found in
the shaft. A little vein from four to
six inches wide was found on the
surface that gave an assay of $500
per ton. They ran a cut about four
feet wide and sixteen feet long across
this vein and at the depth of three
feet the vein widened to a foot and
the assay value increased to 1920
per ton. Continuing to the depth of
eight feet the vein widened TO two
feet, though the assays dropped again
to the neighborhood of 5000 per ton
However, the indication was a flat
tering one for the appearances were
for solid formation and 5000 per
ton is plenty rich enough if a good
body of it is developed.
The ore on the surface was very
loose and in many places there were
crevices one could run his hand into
Much of the gold is free and easily
seen, very like the lower grade of
the picture" rock from Salome. The
formation is a hematite and decom-
posed honeycombed quartz. The free
gold is easily shaken out of nue.
of the rock, it is so soft and disin-
tegrated. Near the surface il was ap-
parent that great values had accum-
ulated from the decomposition and
oxidation of the rock above, but as
little depth was attained the vein
shaped up. became more solid and
has all the evidences of permanency,
with values that are good, but not so
good one could not hope for them to
continue.
At the bottom of the cut about
five tons of rock was removed from
across the vein and footwall, a total
width of four and a half feet only
half of it being really vein matter
An assay of this five tons showed an
averaged of $50 per ton. The entire
tonnage was then worked in the little
mill at Quartzsite owned by G. L.
Ingersoll and return of s22 per ton
came from the plates. Under the
conditions it is believed that not over
half the values were saved on the
plates.
The vein which this opening ex-
ploits to some extent can be traced
along the surface for 200 feet or more.
and there is every. reason to believe
the property will develop into a good
mine. At any rate the owners have
no notion of organizing a company or
selling stock or doing anything but
keeping right along with the develop
ment work, unless somebody comes
along and offers them a price that
seems alluring
This property is situated near
American gulch, in fact lies partly
therein and the first work done upon
itswas the sinking of shaft in a
search for bed rock, for the purpose
of developing a placer deposit. That
work was abandoned, however, be-
fore bed rock was found and atten-
ton was turned to the quartz lodges.
Mr.. Lair says that w. Z. Scott a
Quartzsite merchant is shipping in
little Nissen mill which he proposes
to erect in Quartzsite for custom
work, chiefly to accommodate his pa
irons who from time to time have
small quantities of high grade ore 10