Los Angeles herald., 1909-05-17
PICTURE ROCK
AT WINCHESTER
SPECIMENS COMPARE WITH
B0NANZA'S
STRIKE OCCURS IN REGULAR
GOLD QUARTZ
Vein Measures Nine Feet and Paw
Streak Runs Over One Foot
in Width-There Are
No Pockets
Ispeelal to The Hernld.l

Especial to The Herald
WINCHESTER, Ariz., May 16.-The
Winchester district has again made
good and the camp is likely to see
recurrence of the exciting days of a
couple of months ago when the glory
hole on the Arizona Northern was first
struck. The new strike of rich gold
ore occurred today in the lower work
lngs of the Anaconda mine, which is
| located only a short distance from the
| town of Winchester. The first shot
this morning brought to light picture
| rock as pretty as any ever taken from
| the glory hole on the Arizona Northern.
No assays have as yet been made,
but they Will run away into the thou
sands a ton. The difference between
the new Anaconda strike and the glory
hole is that this strike is found on
regular gold quartz in regular forma-
tion and is not a pocket proposition.
The rich ore is found in a large nine
foot vein and the pay streak runs over
foot wide in this very rich stuff.
The Anaconda is located about two
miles from the glory hole and is an en-
tirely different formation with the ex-
ception of the schist The ore occurs
in a wide quartz vein on the contact
between Il large diorite dyke and the
ore shoot pitches directly for basat
dyke only a short distance away. The
ore dips at an angle of sixty degrees.
The vein of ore carries besides the free
gold rich values in silver and lead in
galena and some copper, mostly pyrites
of copper with large quantities of oXi-
died iron and hematite.
Dates Back Two Months
The Anaconda property was found
and located about two months ago by
]. d. Mitchell of Salt Lake, who came
into the country to see the glory hole.
The beauty of the strike is that it is
not a pocket as some would wish to
believe this country to be, but in true
formation with every indication of a
continuance of this very rich ore.
Beyond any doubt the Anaconda is
destined to be one of the big gold mines
of the southwest. Rich specimens were
today exhibited in Winchester and at
the railroad station at Vicksburg, and
excitement started in at once. Values
of mining property took an upward
turn and in a short time everyone was
filed with the enthusiasm of a couple
of months ago. Many went to the
property to see the shaft, which is now
down about twenty feet. and to assure
themselves that the rich strike had
really been made. The fine specimens
taken out are not all there is of it,
either, because the sides of the shaft
are lined with rich ore which is filled
with gold. Any piece taken out of the
pay streak has free gold in which the
gold can be easily seen.
In addition to the excitement incident
to the big gold strike made today the
Big Horn, which is located about five
miles due north of Winchester i'm the
edge of the Harcuvar mountains,
claims a share of the good news.
Comprises Ten Claims
The Big Horn group. as it is called.
is made up of ten claims and adjoins
the old Ironwood & Arizona, now called
the Yuma Copper company. 1t Is
copper property and is likely to be one
of the largest copper mines In Arizona.
If surface indications count for any
thing it will certainly be second to
none. This property extends for over
a mile along a great lime outcrop from
one to several hundred feet wide, ly-
ing between quartzite and diorite. The
Big Horn more nearly resembles the
great Bisbee district and the Globe dis
trict than anything in western Arizona.
and when the big body of copper ore
is found it will be in the same Identical
formation.
Work is now progressing rapidly on
this property. A shaft is being sunk
on the east end of the property and is
now down siXty-five feet following the
foot wall of diorite on the contact be-
tween the lime, the quartzite dyke
being some distance on the hanging
wall Al the cOlldr Ol lne Sildlt 'i0
diorite dipped at an angle of thirty
degrees. and at a depth of forty feet
took another dip at an angle of sixty
degrees and at sixty feet turned
straight down. For the first sixty feet
there was no mineral in sight except
iron oxide, but the bottom or the smart
is now near the copper because the
vein matter is well filled with copper
sulphurettes and boronite.
In addition to the copper proposition
this property also contains large
molntain of quartz found in schst and
diorite and prospects show excellent
The Big Horn property is owned by
C. H. Hamilton of Eureka. Cal, F. H:
Leftwitch and #. L. Morris, poth OF
phoenix. They have established a per-
manent camp on the property and are
working three shifts. They have made
arrangements for permanent develop
ment of the property without stopping