The Parker post., 1913-01-04
WHAT OTHERS
SAY OF MINE
EDITOR OF WIckENBERG MINER
PRONOUNcES SHOWING AT ARI-
ZONA-EMPIRE AS ALMOST BE-
YOND BELIEF.
(Wickenburg Miner.)


judging from what is to be heard
and also seen in the section. Last
week the Miner representative made
a business visit to the various towns
along the A. e C. road and each
place found that mining was coming
to the front again, but at Parker the
principal topic of conversation am
ong the inhabitants was the great
discovery in the Empire mines about
ten miles north of Parker While
the writer always knew that the
river city was surrounded by splen-
did mining properties and a great
agricultural district and would some
day be large city, she never IT, + eeaaaehts
that one great mine would play a
most important part in the upbuild-
ing of the place, in a short time,
as it seems to be destined in this
case. The reports heard in Parker
by the writer were heard with
certain degree OF doubt, but it takes
a trip to the mines to become con
vinced. Last Sunday week the Min
er representative made the visit go
ing out in the comfortable four-horse
outfit belonging to Roberts and Glib
son, hverymen of Parker
Arriving at the mines about noon,
the party enjoyed dinner at the camp
after which an expedition over the
ground was made. Accompanied by
Superintendent Tom Marmont, what
Iis termed around Parker as the
mountain of ore was visited first.
Expecting the mountain to be fair
sized hill, it was a genuine surprise
to find a real mountain of ore, for
that lis exactly what it is. It looks
from a distance like many of the
not so large as most of them, but it
is large enough to keep large smell
ter running longer than the ordinary
life time of man. The party followed
a canyon leading up one side of the
mountain and at many intervals rock
was broken into and a grayish honey
combed quartz was revealed. This
quartz lis spotted all over with cop
per sufficient to warrant the state
ment that the copper values are good,
but the gold values predominate. Con
to it showed the same condition over
the top and last side. The samples
thus taken were panned by John
Roberts of Parker, who accompanied
the party, and long strings of gold
showed in almost every instance.
Holes blasted through the lime cap
ping, which i'm some places covers
the quartz from an inch to two or
three feet thick shows the same ore
high UP on the face of the cliff, and
close down to the bottom, demon
strating that the quartz is on every
end and side and on top, and presum
able i'm the middle of the mountain.
Assays from this mountain gave
values of $40 to $40 per ton, but if
it runs only S. there is enough of it
to make the owners millionaires. It's
dimensions are approximately 500
feet in length and from 80 to 200
feet in width, and from 200 to 800
feet high and is the largest outcrop
of quartz ever seen by the writer.
Considering it's dimensions the ton
millions 1t is a quarrying PROPOSE
tion,, and i'm course of time a large
smelter will be built in convenient
place near the mountain and the ore
treated right there.
1t seems almost unbelievable that
such an enormous body of ore could
carry such extraordinary values, but
it is a case of seeing is believing.
Those who doubt the truth of the
story should go to the property and
see for themselves.
An automobile route is being sur
veyed from Parker to the Arizona
Empire and a large tonnage of ore
will be taken out and brought into
Parker by auto trucks pending the
building of the railroad, which will
probably be built in the near future,
and is now being considered by the
Santa Fe people.
The Arizona Empire ground seems
to be sure enough a mineral empire,
n
value belonging to this company
They have long been considered am
ong the best in the Parker country,
but their merit, has in a measure,