Bisbee daily review., 1914-01-04
Considerable New Investment
 Is Reported-Developmen
 of Claims of Individual Op-
 orators is Extending Aid
NORTHERN MINING NEWS
tFrom the Prescott courier)


 The singing of a shaft by one man is no snap, even when that man hap pens to be young and supple. This task, however, has been undertaken by Andrew Drake, who while still quite spry, is veteran of the Civii War. His pension is used in pur- chasing supplies for mining purposes. His effort is directed toward the de- yelopment of the great domain of the aoyernment from which he gets his supplies. If successful, his success will be to the profit of all, for it is new money and clean money which comes from legitimate mining. So far, MT. brake has met with good results, considering the limited amount of work done. Upon his Tommyhhwk group of four claims, situated about three miles from Humboldt, he mad been prospecting for some time, look ing for the source of some good float which, he had found, and has now hit upon the place and started A shaft upon ore which is of paying grade from the surfaee down. An assay of the ere yielded sS,0O0 per ton in gold, besides. some silver, copper and lead and 1t ,pronouneed by the assayer to be identical in character kith that Of. the Blue Bell surface ore. As there is ay deposit or blow ont fifty feer in Width upon the Tom myhawk claim where MT. Drake is working, he Is confident that with greater depth lhe will be able to.shpw tp1a fine ore body. |. For many years Mir. Drake followed the trade of mill wright and built many mills in the United States and Mexico. He has also had considerable experience ir mining. He attributes the slump 1T the mining business to gambling, anc in this connection commended the ac ton of the Prescott Chamber of Com merce in it's endeayor to promote legitimate mining in this section.
 Strikes Six Feet of Gold Ore
 While doing assessment work upoi a group of eight claims near Walker Morris Crump recently struck six fee of ore averaging at least SIG tn ton in gold and silver. Besides tn precious metals found in the ore there is also lead and copper. Thos who have examined the new strilV state that the ore will concentrat readily. A tunnel 150 feet in lenst had been run upon tine vein befor the swell in the paystreak occurre Morris Crump is the fortunate oWne of the claim, which is named th O'Houlihan. Prospectors familiar wit that section are of opinion that th OHoulihan and the Mud Hole ar upon the same vein. The new di covery is in Knapp's gulch, about II miles northerly from the Mud Hol
 Success Tunnel Looking We'll
 Some time ago the Couried printe a sruib to the effect that nice loo ing streak of ore had been exposed an open cut on the Success claim D T. J. Laird, who is joint owner tho property with A. A. Johns. F' some weeks past, MT. Laird has bee driving a tunnel upon the ore strea wlich up Co date holds its own size and quality. Both of the ownel hrs practiC l miners of long eXpsl ence. They do not claim to have di covered "glory hole" but the ne fad, so far as developed, is decided attractive A littlo G, the ore so f. exposed runs as high as $50, but tl l-rs ~verage Of the n. 0 is suppose
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