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Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-21
STRIKE NORTH OF SAL0ME
ENTHUSES OLD PR0SPECT0R
Outcropping on Vein Is 1852 Feet Wide,
Extending Length of Five
Claims

PRESCOTT, Ariz., June 20.-Confident
that he is the owner of one of the
richest mineral discoveries made this
year in the new copper and gold coun-
try tributary to the Arizona q Califor-
MIA railway, e. c. Kelly, a pioneer pros
pector and miner, arrived here last
week from that region. The find is To-
Gated thirty-five miles north of Salome
and four miles south of the Bill Will
liams river in the Bill Williams range
of mountains.
Interested with Mr.. Kelly in the five
claims located are the three Allison
brothers of Utah, who purchased an in
terest with him a short time after the
discovery.
Kelly says that the outcrop of the
great vein is 1872 feet in width in places
and can be traced the entire length of
the five claims. From open cuts on the
apex samples taken of several feet
across the vein gave returns of IS In
gold. The ore also carries small copper
values.
The find is considered, Kelly says, the
most promisi g of any made this year
in the Bill Williams range by prospec-
tors, and miners who have seen it. 1t
is in a section of the range where very
little prospecting has been done. and
which Is only occasionally visited by
those in search of the hidden mineral
deposits of this sparsely settled region.
Kelly and his assocites will arrange
to be, in the development of their new
possessions early in the fall.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-21
RED TOP CONSOLIDATED
QUITS, A TOTAL FAILURE

GOLDFIELD, June 20.-The Red Top
Consolidated, which for a time was
considered one Of the most promising
properties in the district and which
was looked upon as one Of the most
valuable young properties in the camp,
has closed down and the lease been
surrendered TO the Consolidated Mines
company. This action was taken after
much time and money had been spent
in an effort TO develop a permanent ore
body without avail
During the early months of the lease
high grade ore was entered from time
to time, but did not last, though the
company was able to pay two divi-
dends from the ore discovered. This
served to whet the expectancy of those
in charge, and depth was attained and
much lateral work done in an effort to
locate the permanent ore shoot.
An extension of the lease was asked
for and granted, and the work pushed
feverishly, but to no purpose. The
elusive shoot did not make its appear
ance, and very lately work was aban-
doned and the lease surrendered.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-21
HELVETIA DEVELOPMENTS
CONTINUE TO ENCOURAGE

TUCSON, June 20.-Developments at
Helvetia continue to be most encour-
aging, and from present indications
the mine is at the end Of interesting
developments. Some time ago 1t was
deemed advisable to resume work on
the leader claim, as the surface of this
claim presents a wide outcropping. A
tunnel which was already in the noun
tain some distance was continued with
the motive of cutting the body of ore
under the outcropping. This tunnel
has encountered very rich sulphide ore,
running 25 to 80 per cent in copper.
The ground has become so open and
soft that it is necessary to resort to
hand mining and timbering, which will
delay determining the extent of the ore
body.
The Slopes between the 200 and 300
levels increase in size as the ore is ex-
tracted. On the 400-foot level the
ground being exposed is getting softer
and copper stained and presents the
earmarks of an adjacent ore body. At
the present time siXty-two tons of ore
are being shipped to the Old Dominion
smelter which averages between and
per cent.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-21

-Four Feet of ore in Big Bug
Section Runs S22 to the Ton

passes within two miles of the Smith
find. All supplies and machinery will
be packed to the camp on burros from
the road.
1t has been decided by Detroit cap
italists to resume work on the Cham-
pion group of claims on Lynx creek,
and to this end a force of men was
placed at work last week. Machinery
will be placed on the property, the in
tention being to develop the ground
and prosecute operations uninterrupt-
eddy in the future.
A within only is available for sinking.
and this will be utilized to unwater
the shaft that is down about 200 feet.
The Champion claims are the first
north extension of the Mud Hole, and
when worked some years ago produced
handsomely in milling ores treated and
shipped out of the territory A system
of assures exists on the property, and
limited exploitation given in the past
was encouraging, resulting in the pres
ent shaft work
Miners in that section are enthusi-
astic over the possibilities of the zone,
and believe that when deeper work is
given the claims will be valuable and
of steady production.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-21
SURVEY ISSUES BULLETIN
ON HORNSILVER DISTRICT

The Hornsilver mining district in Els
meralda county, New, is the subject OF
a short report by F. L. Ransome in the
United States geological surveys bull
letin $50, entitled Contributions TO
Economic Geology, 1905 Part l." The
town of Hornsilver, twenty-six miles
south southwest of Goldf1eld, stands OF
an altitude of 5000 feet above sea level
on a gentle slope that opens northward
into a broad desert valley and is in
closed on other sides by hills.
The principal mineral deposits lie
southwest of the town, within dis
lance of a mile, and are developed
mainly by a single mine from which
shipments of ore aggregating in value
about SAC 900 were made in 1908. The
valuable contents of the veins are ma
tive gold and chloride of silver.
MI Ransome's report is included in
an advance chapter from bulletin $50,
numbered $50 A, which may be OBJ
tanned on application to the director of
the survey at Washington.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-21
COMPANY ORGANIZES TO
WORK WASHINGTON MINE
VOL Known French Gulch Property
Has Past Production Record
of s1,5oo,ooo

REDDING, June 20.-Probably there
is no better known legitimate gold
producer of the old days than the
Washington mine of French Gulch,
and there was incorporated Wednes-
day the Washington Gold Mining COM
pany, with a capitalization of $780, 900.
The Washington mine has been
worked almost continuously since 1852
and any one who has any knowledge
of the gold producers of this section
know that the old mine has been
among the best, over $1,500,000 having
been taken out in the yellow metal.
Old miners and expert engineers be-
lieve that the Washington has more
in 1t than has ever been taken out.
During the last three months salts
factory cleanups have been made
which have shown the present owners
that the ore body is there, and there
is no extensive work to be done to
get out the pay rock.
In the French Gulch district is the
famous Gladstone, Niagara, Bruins
wick and Black Tom properties and
a dozen others that have a record for
big mint returns. 1t is one of the
most prolific gold sections in the west.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-21
STRIKE ON LOWER TURKEY
CREEK MAY BE A BONANZA

TUCSON, June 20.-What is said to
be the greatest strike of gold ore made
in recent years in Arizona is reported
to have occurred a few days ago on
the Pearl claim in lower Turkey
creek. Assay values give the ore as
running to as high as s555.75 ton, and
the depth at which this discovery was
made is 70 feet. The ore is free mill
ing. At the bottom of the shaft where
the ore was struck a fifteen-inch vein
was in evidence, and up to the time of
this discovery light values only were
given. Whether this free character
will prevail with an additional depth
is problematical, but if it should
continue for a limited number of feet
it will unQuestionably be one of the
greatest bonanzas ever uncovered in
this county.
The ore lies in formation of schist,
a characteristic of the Bradshaw range,
and contacts on the granite, a peculiar
makeup of that family which is termed
Bradshaw granite
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-21
Sinks to 4oo.Eoot Level

GOLDFIELD, June 20.-The Gold
Bar is dropping it's shaft another 100
feet, which will give it total of 400
feet. This is the latest development
on this property where some COM
mendable ore has been encountered on
the various levels. all the way down.
1t was thought when the pay streak
was entered around the 200 that by
getting down another 100 feet and over
to the ore it would be much richer, and
certainly much easier to handle. but
it has now been determined that an ex-
ira 100 feet of depth is needed. which
allow for a better system of develop
ment. The proper way, as Manager
Koontz views it, is to prepare the
ground for systematic and economic
development.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-21
BELMONT ENCOUNTERS
BODY OF SILVER ORE
RUNNING $40 A TON

GOLDFIELD, June 20.-In an east
drift from the winze at the 100-foot lev
el in the Belmont mine at Tonopah, a
body of silver ore five feet in width
and running on an average of $40 to the
ton clear across, has been encountered.
The find was made about 125 feet
from the winze. This is the lowest ore
producing level in the Tonopah district
and shows what may be expected in
that camp by deep operations Hereto
fore the Belmont has been working on
lens of ore running about $40 to the
ton. The new strike will open new
era of production for the Belmont.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-21
RAILROAD WILL TAP
NORTH MEXICO MINES
DEFINITE PLANS ARE LAID FOR
CONSTRUCTION
Concessions Cover Territory Just
South of international Boundary,
Giving Line Clean Sweep
to Tidewater

Ell PASO, June 20.-The long-talked-
of railroad across northern Mexico
near the international boundary is soon
to be realized. The work of construc-
ton by the Cananea Consolidated Cop
per company is to begin Immediately
and it will be pushed right along. Mexi-
co has long been anxious for an east
and west line into the northern states
and it is understood that the conces-
sion carries with it valuable subsidies.
The grade will be less than per cent
except in the mountain divisions, and
even in these it is expected to obtain
a very favorable location. Eighty
pound rails will be used.
This line has been talked of for more
than a dozen years. It was part OF the
original Sierra Madre railroad scheme.
1t is a necessary outlet for the timber
of the Sierra Madre region to the great
copper country of northern Sonora and
southern Arizona. Having the line all
the way in Mexico obviously avoids
passing through the custom houses Of
both republics two separate times with
the four sets of sleepers that must be
prepared under existing circumstances.
The line in Chihuahua will open up
vast cattle country TO railroad traffic
through Ell Paso, which has hitherto
depended largely on driving over the
trails.
The line from the interstate boundary
between Chihuahua and Sonora to the
westward will open up one Of the rich
est natural regions in Mexico and also
bring into use considerable farming
country.
The concessions are divided into four
sections. The first covers the line from
Del Rio on the Southern Pacific's Can
anea-Nogles road to the Sonora-Chl-
huahua boundary by way of Aqua
Prieta. The second extends from the
Sonora Chihuahua boundary to Guz-
man on the Sierra Madre line, seventy
seven miles south of FL Paso The third
extends from Guzman to the Mexican
Central. The fourth extends into the
state of Sonora from Del Rio to Imuris,
a point on the Sonora railroad between
Nogales and Magdalena.
When the new line is completed
Douglas will have almost direct inlet
and outlet connected with Guaymas on
the Pacific ocean, and Ell Paso and
Juarez will also have new western con-
nection with Pacific tidewater.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-21
Not Necessary to Prove

IT is not necessary to prove That a
ledge extends entirely across a claim
for which a patent is asked, according
to the ruling of the federal land ONCE
at Reno. A Goldgeld law firm recent
ly asked the Nevada office whether,
under late ruling of the department,
an application for a patent would have
to show that the ledge extends entirely
across his claim before he could sue
cessfully apply for patent. The reply
received is to the effect that this is not
necessary, but that the applicant must
show that the claim contains mineral.
This decision will open the way for
several applications for patents which
have been held up pending the adjust
ment of the mooted question.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-21

nREsCOTT. June 2O.-Four feet of
ore that samples S22 to the ton in
Il gold with small silver values is the
recent find of Henry Smith in the Big
Bug Copper creek section of the Has
sayampa district Mr.. Smith left last
week for his promising discovery to
begin development. He has arranged
for the purchase of a gasoline engine
and crusher to crush the ores, which
he will treat by the arrastra process.
He will confine his operations to de-
velopment at present, intending to in
stall the machinery as soon as he mas
the property opened in small way
He has an excellent tunnel site on the
vein which can be tapped at depth
of $50 feet with a tunnel 200 feet in
length.
The find is a new one, no work
having ever been done on the vein,
although the section has been pros
pected and mined since the early sos.
It is located two miles north of the
properties of the Climax Mining COM
pany, known as the quartz Noun
tain mines, one of the claims of when
Is the first quartz location ever made
in Arizona north of the ella river.
The Quartz mountain wagon ROAD
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-21
Engineer to Report FdvOrabIy
on GOIdSz0Orthy Placer Claims

of black sand on the claims the testing
of which has been Just concluded, and
from which the results show in values
to the ton and area to be handled are
more than gratifying.
Future work will be devoted to the
trenching of ground on both side of the
creek, and machinery capable of hand
ling 100 cubic yards of soil day will be
placed in operation. Mr.. Treadwell
says that the soil as prospected is free
of any boulders of a size to interfere
with work, and after so long an expert
ment he believes the handling of the
ground will not be followed with any
obstacles whatever from that source.
The little milling facilities It present
used will be retained until the other
utilities are substituted.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-21
To Sell Mine at Auction

PHOENIX. June 2O.-Having heard
testimony in the final proceedings in
the foreclosure brought against the
Troy Consolidated Copper company by
the holders of first mortgage bonds.
Justice Edward Kent has returned
from Florence, where he held a short
session of the district court to dispose
of Pinal county cases. Within the next
few weeks the property of the Troy
Consolidated will be sold at auction to
satisfy the judgment of Joseph Rowan
and several associates, who hold first
mortgage bonds in the sum of $685.
1880.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-21
Electrical Plant at OCtdUe
May Supply Power to Region

line as one of the most attractive min
ing propositions in that zone, basing
such an opinion on what its mineral
illogical condition reflects at the present
time under the recent work given 1t, as
wei! as what it demonstrated in produc-
ton years ago when primitive methods
prevailed in the handling and treating
of it's product.
With electrical power for this one en-
terprise, there is no reason why it
should not be good producer and the
same as other mines in that district, it
being among them, which, when so
favored, will come to the front.
The extension of the line of the Ari-
IONA Power company is another enter
prise that the mining people of that
section are diligently awaiting, and the
fact of the rebuilding of the Walnut
Grove dams makes the future of that
section one of the most promising. The
mineral is there and the expense Of
power has heretofore been the only
obstacle.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-21
ALLEGHANY MINE
ENTERS DEPOSIT
STRIKE CARRIES VALUES OF
100000 A TON
DISCOVERY OCCURS IN FAMOUS
SIXTEEN TO ONE
Rainbow Property Discloses Twenty
Pound Slab Valued at $t2oo-De-
VeIopment Work Increases
Richness of Mines

GRASS VALLEY, June 20.-One thou
sand pounds of ore valued at $4,000.
That is the latest production of the
famous Sixteen to One mine at Ale
ghany. During the last three days
specimen ore to the amount of about
1000 pounds has been taken out of the
great mine and it is estimated to be
worth about $50 a pound, giving it
value of $4,000.
The ore taken out is the richest yet
found in that remarkable property, and
that is saying something.
When Manager E. II. Wilson arrived
in town he brought with him a bagful
of the rich stuff, and those who saw 1t
were amazed. Some of it is half gold.
The thousands came out of an up
raise in the center of the big shoot.
some forty feet from the end0of the
main tunnel. The upraise is now about
twenty feet above the tunnel and will
be pushed clear through to the sur
face. The distance to daylight is about
2S0 feet 1t is intended to use the up
raise for an air shaft, at the same time
exploring the wonderful shoot, which
many believe extends almost if not
clear to the surface.
Most of the $4,000 was taken out on
Tuesday afternoon, when the raise
looked like a veritable gold box, gilt
tering with yellow metal on all sides.
Manager Wilson says that it is the
richest section he has yet discovered in
the mine that has made Allegheny
famous, and there is no sign whatever
of it pfnching out. Mr. Wilson is of
course elated. but not excited. When
seen last night he said:
yet, it is very rich and the ore is
worth $50 a pound and we took out
without much effort some 1000 pounds
during the past three days. That is
merely an incident now, as we have
become used to looking for such things
at Allegheny"
During the past three weeks not much
actual mining has been done in the
Sixteen to One, as the men have been
busy installing a new air blast, which
required some 900 feet of pipe.
The main tunnel is being driven
ahead again and the shoot is just about
as rich as ever. Shortly a Wine will
be sunk in the center of the bonanza
shop shoot and then more big things
may be looked for. Aside from the
wonderfully rich ore mentioned tons
upon tons of fine rock is being taken
out.
Another great find was made in the
Rainbow mine Tuesday. Manager
Woodbury. displayed at Allegheny two
slabs of ore. One weighs about twenty
pounds and is valued at $1,000. One
piece weighs perhaps ten pounds and is
worth about $780,
Mr.. Wilson said that the latest ore
from the Rainbow is as rich as any he
has ever seen taken out at Allegheny
and it is full of arsenical sulphurets,
besides the large quantities of free gold.
He considers the Rainbow one of the
biggest mines in Sierra county.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-21
n RESCOTT, June 2O.-After an ex-
= perimental test of the ground, ac-

n RESCOTT, June 20.-After an eX-
perimental test of the ground, ac-
Il cupying his time since last Janu-
airy, Wilbur Treadwell, an experienced
mining engineer, has decided to close
negotiations for taking over the Colds
worthy placer ground on Lower Lynx
creek, and will so report to the persons
associated with him.
Mr. Treadwell is enthusiastic over the
enterprise, on what it shows in prac-
teal way given by sampling the ground
at all points, using machinery of a
limited capacity for the purpose. The
area to be taken over is tract of 120
acres, adjoining the Spec Mining COM
pany's property The latter is placing
a dredge on its claims.
The method of working the Colds
worthy ground will be by installing a
concentration, jig and magnetic operator
which will be attached to tramwaY
and while the question of securing free
gold will not be considered in the treat
ing of the sands of the creek. this
character of metal will not be an I'M
welcome product
The main purpose of the company is
to handle and treat the immense beds
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-21
camn southeast of ronopah

GOLDFIELD, June 20.-Mr. Caugh-
man of Goldfield reports that in new
camp five miles southeast of Tonopah
some very fine values have been show
ing up lately Five outfits are on the
ground, and in his own property. where
a shaft is down 100 feet, free milling
ore averaging from $40 to $500 ton
has been encountered. This is an aver
age of thirty samples and has been
sufficient to attract considerable at
tention to the new camp. Mr.. Caugh-
man says that three of his claims are
under bond for $13, 900 and that extern
sive development work will be done on
several blocks of ground in the future.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-21
auus IInassorted ore

HAWTHORNE, June 20.-The Pre-
mier Mining and Milling company has
bought OF the Pamlico mine fifty or
sixt, tons of unassorted ore. The first
load was delivered last Wednesday and
the nh. was put to work on it the same
day. Md. Gibson has the contract to
deliver tie ore at the rate of six or
seven tons daily.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-21
10 ENLARGE Tunnel

SACRAMENTO, June 2O.-The Mes
silla Valley Gold Gravel Mining COM
pany has decided to remodel its pros
pecting tunnel into full sized, heavily
timbered one, and Mr.. Coffin, president
of the company, has gone to San Fran
cisco to prepare plans for an electric
equipment. The prospects are consid-
cred good for productive operations at
Messilla Valley flats very soon.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-21
on lucky Boy Property

LUCKY BOY. New, June 2O.-The
work of excavatinG the site for the ma
chinery on the McAfee property has
been completed and the large 25-h. p.
hoist that was purchased in Green
water, Cal, has arrived and is now be-
ing placed position. The shaft has
re Z. a depth of AZ feet and at the
present time is in excellent ore which
has been continuous from the grass
roots.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-21
Gem Vein Grows With Depth

TUCSON. June 20.-On the Gem vein
of the Globe Consolidated an excel
lent showing has been made within the
past few days. Development work on
the new winze shows the vein to be
growing constantly wider, with the re-
naming well up to standard. The ore
which is being taken from this Wine
contains a large amount of iron and
sulphur. is direct smelling and runs
easily Az per cent copper
The Sullivan shaft on the Eureka,
upon which work was started short
time ago, is going down steadily, being
about forty feet in depth at the present
time.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-21
. RESCOTT, June 2O.-The instalIa-
ton OF the big electrical plant at
= the Octave has been finished and


l. the Octave has been finished and
is now in operation.
Attending the completion of this pro-
ject and the introduction of its service
by that company in the propelling Of
its heavy milling and other machinery
a great deal of interest is shown by
outlying interests in that neighborhood
the question being the solution of a
problem that materially affects the life
of all mining enterprises adjament.
The power plant of the Octave COM
pany is located near Wickenburg, and
for the present the industrial interests
of this company only will be consid-
cred. Outlying propositions it is be-
lieved will be later supplied with power.
There are many mines that will prove
remunerative and be classed as per-
manent producers for the future when
supplied with power from this new
plant. Informed persons believe that
the Yarnell mine should be placed in
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-21
Takes Lease on Claims

HAWTHORNE, June 2O.--Mr. Skews,
superintendent of the Pittsburg Silver
Peak mine at Blair, has taken a lease
on a property adjoining the Red Horse
claim on Lucky Boy hill, and has put
a force of men at work. The groupings
are as good as any to be found in the
district
Los Angeles herald., 1909-06-21

IT'S As easy 60 secure "A bargain In q used
automobile, through want advertising, a. II
used to be-and still is-to secure horse
and carriage.