Weekly journal-miner., 1911-04-05
BRADSHAW DISTRICTS IMPROVE
 HUNDRED PER GENT IN A YEAR
Declares Deputy AssessorE. w. Stephens On Returning From His Annual
 Canvass of That Region
(From Tuesday.'s daily)

m the Bradshaw Mountains one hun dred per cent. better than last year and the mining and. stock interests prosperous and jubilant, E. W. Steph- ems, deputy assessor, arrived home yesterday from his. annual official canvass of that region. Many i'm pOrtant mineral finds have been made, he says, improved equipments have been installed at several properties, wildcatting has entirely disappeared and besides the companies opening properties of established merit many prospects are being developed by small forces. that have very promis- ing 'showings. 'tF ...
 Representatives of all interests III the lower Bradshaws, south of MInnehaha, are very anxious for the construction of the Territorial road, !" MT. Stephens added. Operators, miners and prospeetOrs of that see tion have been compelled to eneount- CT great difficulties in their opera tiOns Until the building of the wag- on road from Harrington to the Paci fe mine last year, all supplies and machinery had to be transported by pack train. The completion of the Pacific road mas only solved the prob lem for that immediate neighbOrhoOd. and it remains for the Territorial 5ighway as now surveyed to open one of the richest regions in the en- tire southwest, unrivalled in mineral resource and known far and wide for scenic grandeur. Vast ore bodies are nov uncovered in the Silver Mountain and adjoining districts that cannot be exploited at profit under present conditions but which will yield hand sOmely with the improvement of transportation facilities.
 MT. Stepnens was particularly en- ubusiastic over the mining situation, the recent discoveries of rich ore de- yDosits in the Gray Eagle and Lin .eoln mines and tEe equipment of the property of the Pacific Copper Min sng company with modern machinery with a development capacity of over 100o feet in depth. Referring to the sanInes, he said,
 -S' After two years of strenuous de- Velopment under the management of A. G. Seherer, the Gray Eagle mine, owned by the Tiger Gold Company, IS now on a dividendpaying basis and entering upon the most prosper aus period since it's discovery. Gen eral Manager Scherer left few days ago for his old home in Peoria, Hin ois, to enjoy short vacation, satis- fled with the outlook and proud that ais Judgment had been vindicated
 FcOn the 5O6foot level of the Gray Eagle mine there is enough ore m sight to keep the twenty stamp null running year. The paystreak IS five feet in thickness carrying $2O in gold, and one foot of which as says as high as Sl50 to the ton. This great shoot is now partially blocked out and ready for stOping.
 "A conservative estimate of the tonnage opened on the 60O-fOot level shows enough ore of the same char aeter to keep the mill running day and night for three years The block ing of this level has been started and Is now well under way.
 '-- Partner south on the same vein, on the Mascot claim, the company aas fifteen miners employed develop | iBg an ore body in tunnel that gives promise to rival in size and richness | the deposits of the Gray Eagle. In fact, some enthusiastic miners are of | the opinion that the shoot on the Mascot Is continuation of the Gray | Eagle and insist that it will be found l to continue through the two claims without a break.
 1.-TWO carloads of hign grade silver ore are being shipped weekly from the Old Tiger mine. The property is being opened through a tunnel and slz depth is gained the vein increases sn size and values. A large tonnage of milling ore is left untouched to be mined when the property is equipped | with a reduction plant. The property 1s owned by the Yavapai Gold, Silver =zns Copper Mining Company, of winch F. M. Murphy is president
 In the Wildflower mine. also owned by the Murphy interests, there IS one block of ground developed, which, according to a conservative.
 mate, contains ore valued at a
 T of million dollars Mir.