Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1909-03-22

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PHOENIX. March 21.-Bringing sew
eral sacks of fabulousiy rlcn ore ntni,
the new gold strike near Saioite, IIeil
Hell has arrived in Phoenix. MI: iAa -
has a half interest in the extension "
the find made by Henry Baker, hiram
Griffin and Al Alger. - ,rouobt
with him is on exhibition In the WIZ
dow of the Southwestern Heal.y oo,
pany. With this ore are tour assay
certificates. The four tesls s,7s 48o IN
Ss3s,51O s254.5so. $11I7S4 ana $i'''f1O -
when he arrived in Phoenix Mr.. Han
WAS led to the Southwestern oHices,
followed by a procession Oh e IN, ~ y
Phoenicians suddenly stricken with tne
gold fever There the ore was passeo
around among the wondering lhrons.
THE ore is just as described-pretty
near iewelry. The yellow metal is VS.
lille 10 the naked eye in large specks
and chunks, .,o,
Mr. Hall says he owns an extension
along the same ledge as the big strike
and a half of the west two-tnirus ol
the two claims on which the rlcn rock
was found, and to have an option oii
the east third of the claims. Asked
this morning how much he and his as
sociates wanted for their property, ne
declined to set any price, but intimateu
that 1t was way up in the air.
~ haven't any idea that we have the
best mine in the district" he remarkeo.
"IJndoubtedly there is richer rock than
Earlxer Alger and Griffin accidentally
discovered to be found in the schist
district hut this looks good enough Tor
This morning Mr.. Hall closed a deal
with William g. Haffner. proprietors or
the Ford hotel, to set up 100 tents right
by the Great Northern claims, upon
which the strike was made, TO accom-
modate the people rushing into that
district.
Great Excitement Begins
/. T. Hosey, who returned yesterday
afternoon from Bouse, where ne went
TO inspect the property of the Little
butte company, says. that the A. d Z.
country is excited but not nearly 50
excited as any Nevada district would
be over the discovery of such ore.
eff that strike had been made in
Nevada there would be 5000 people on
the ground by now" declared Mr..
are more than $50 there. They are
taking the discovery very quietly.
There isn't any doubt that many of
them will become rich men. 1t Is I'M
likely that the richest ore was discov-
cred first.
"Those diorite bikes are miles long
and somewhere along there mines Will
be discovered that will make this find
pale into insignificance. OF course
there may not be gold in paying GUAM
titles all along those bikes, but 1t Is
my belief that mines will be discovered
there that will equal il not eclipse the
famous gold mines of Nevada. The
schist belt is six miles long by four
miles wide, and prospectors have paid
little attention to it heretofore"
SALOME, Ariz.. March 21.-About
sixty persons came in from Bouse yes
terday overland in wagons, automo-
biles on burros and afoot and every
one around here is either on the ground
or has grubstaked representatives and
sent them out. The Bonanza streak
occurs on the contact of the dixie with
the slate chist and is accompanied by
outcrops of brown hematite spar and
quartz.
PHOENIX, March 21.-Another big
gold strike has been made between two
and three miles west of the now IA
nous Barker-Alger strike, according to
Louis Melczer.
Mr.. MelcZer was IN BouSe When a
young man came in with a cigar box
filled with specimens of extraordinary
rich rock. 1t was not as rich as that
which came from the Barker-Alger
property. but showed gold to the naked
eve 1t was richer, at least, than any
thing ever found in that district out
side the Barker-Alger strike.
The second find is in the same schist
belt as the first but on another wash.
1t is on what is known as the M. & A.
wash and is on property adjoining
the Ironwood -& Arizona. Mr.. Melczer
and several other local parties hold a
group of claims close by,
The formation is exactly the same
as the Barker Alger strike. When Mr.
Melczer left no assay had been made,
but piece which he brought with him
looks as though 1t would assay good
many thousand dollars to the ton. The
average may be as high as the Great
Northern ore.
Mr.. Melczer says that the A. & c.
country is excited over the first dis
covery and the second caused a re-
newed wave of enthusiasm at Bouse.
That the strikes are the richest ever
made In Arizona is the opinion of all
who have seen the ore, some Of 1t ac-
tualIy being one-half of the precious
metal, but to give an average value as
to its richness is impossible. being in
some cases a mass of small nuggets
running up to the size of a pea. but
more generally appearing as wire gold,
so closely enmeshed that a specimen
when broken can be worked backward
and forward like a hinge.
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