Arizona republican., 1909-05-24
EVOLUTION
 IF PROSPECT Into a Paying Mine Out in the
 Parker Country ZORRO GROUP OF CLAIMS
Miss Sharlot M. Halls Study of the Desert Gathering
 Data For Her New Book. Parker's Appreciation of Delegate Cameron's Work.
(By Tom ShuItz.)

Parker. AriZ., May 22.-(Special Cor respondence of The Republican )-The Zorro group of eight claims recently purchased from Ben Coleman by | Messrs. Irwin, Ross and Hardwick, is | developing into a gold property of ex- traordinary merit. The property was purchased as a prospect less than two
 months ago and showed nothing far | ther than location work. The new
 owners upon taking charge at once be-
 gan permanent working shaft and by windlass have followed the ore to a depth of 65 feet. At the beginning the ore streak which was a porphyritic quartz embodying considerable hen
 atite and about six inches in width,
 has steadily increased till now at the
 bottom of the shaft it is over two feet in width. Ten samples taken from this
 shaft and along the vein on the sur
 face gives a net average of s6S.72 per
 ton gold. This is certainly encour- aging from the fact that the ore
 streak is steadily increasing both as to size and values as depth is attain ed. The Zorro property is located about eight miles west of Parker, on the south slope of the WhippIe range
 The formation of the particular sec tiOn surrounding the Zorro. is granite and porphyry with a northwest by southeast trend. The contact to the north is an extensive lime schist belt
 In this belt are located the splendid properties of the Viata Mining com pany. Earp and Lewiston's group, the Martin group and many others. This section which is locally termed the Bouer Wash Mining district but in reality is the southwestern part of the Monumental Mining district. is rapidly being recognized for its strong gold bearing dikes. This feature is partic- ularly noticeable in the Torro, which now at the depth of 65 feet shows better than two feet of ore which is steadily increasing in size and values. The vein has granite for the foot and porphyry for the hanging walls and the copper showing in the first part of the shaft is gradually diminishing with depth. All of the new owners are practical mining men and they believe that the Zorro will be a producer be- fore the end of the year. The present depth is about as far as a windlass can be operated successfully and to i'm prove this condition R. R. Irwin left last Tuesday for Los Angeles for the purpose of selecting adequate machin- cry for the farther prosecution of de- velOpment. The values proven at the present depth is certainly sufficient to warrant a liberal expenditure in the sinking of the shaft to a greater depth The Zorro is among the list of preferred gold properties and there is little doubt but what it will make a mine.
 Final Payment Made.
 P. A. Newman, c. A. Cook and W. l.. Moody arrived in Parker from Los Angeles last Friday and imparted the information that the final payment of sS0.O0O on the Newman mine. Riverside mountains. had recently been made in Los Angeles and that the property now belonged to H. F. Steece of New York City. Negotiations for the pur- chase of above the property were be- gun last February at which time s20.- 900 was paid on the option. This is an exceptionally quick deal and largely established the valuation of mining properties in this section. The New man mine lies at the south and south west base of Riverside Peak and was discovered and located by Messrs Newman and Cook about three years ago. Considerable development has been performed upon several of the claims through which crops for 2000 feet a large iron dike in close contact with d quartzite and porphyry fOrma- tion above which large masses of lime carbonate exist. The trend of the eruption is northwest by southeast and the vein construction is of a highly igneous character. The exploration shaft down over 200 feet dips at prob ably g degrees in a northerly direction and towards the contact which will require perhaps 200 feet of crOsscutting to reach.
 MT. Newman and MT Cook have re- turned at the request of the new own CT to conduct the work temporarily which is intended to open up the mine on the contact at the earliest possible date. Two shifts will be employed 1 and either the crosscut will be driven 1 or the shaft will be driven until the l quartzite formation is encountered | Expert sampling of the Newman has i produced splendid results as assays | running into the hundreds of dollars | have been secured from the deepest | part of the mine.
 The closing up of this deal means | much for the district and this whole | section as well
 Arizona's Best Writer Visits
 Parker.
 Last Friday evening Miss Sharlot M. Hall. accompanied by Charles B. Genung, arrived in Parker, coming rom Quartzste by private conveyance. Miss Hall is one of Arizonas best, if not the very best. writers. She is gathering data for a book which will