El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-11-25
NEW YORK MEN
GET HOMESTEAD.
Believed Rich Mines of the
Walker District Will
Be Consolidated.
nv WILLIAM P. DE WOLF.

Prescott. Ariz., Nov. 25.-Some one
some time. will group the mines III
that section OF the Walker Mining ols-
+-fc+ known as the Basin, into a com
oct working unit under single
-osnapement. and will develop their
bodies of base ore through the me
diun OF a number Of deep shaIts ina
III ba connected with each other ny
1steraIs and with a reduction plant Ds
. +ramwav. Already New York capital
has secured holdings in the district
VIE, these conditions come to pass
~. mining camp of Walker, one OF
The oldest. and in past years, by all
..oo,,,+s one Of the most productive
in Yavapai county, VIII sHdhS t,,,.,e
ia+l7are-r of decadent days ana oecoiilS
~, in1ortant factor in the mining ulS
- ~ mis- section of Arizona, Inlh-
ing industry that has increased 49,
n00 oO0 in assessment value WITHIN
year .4
~ yorl- Citv capital recently be
csToe interested in the development OF
he mines al Walker, with a view 70
ascertaining their ore-yleldlhs P oSsi
bilities at depth, and II Is poss III
tbat the work now being done VIII
result in the energizing of the camp
mining industry as whole ,,.-,,-,
The Consolidated Homestead Mlnlhs
company is the corporate name uuue-
which the New Workers are operatin
The old Homestead estate, patehteu'
and at one time highly productive
has been taken over. and Is DelnS
yeloped under the supervision % "
H. ShOckley, OF New 1orh, d I. liil.-.t7
engineer who has operated success
fully in Nevada and other mining sec
lions of the west A shaft has beeh
sunk a depth of 12O feet ana dI!i
run north and south IN the ore At .
depth of 100 feet. The north oflIS
Is about 90 feet from the station ana
carries a full breast Of ore that IS
heavily impregnated with lead. ENC
and copper. The ore samples from SI9
n 500 per ton with the gold-sllNer
| values ranging from IS to SO per ton
South of the shaft a drift has been
extended in ore for distance OF lUu
feet test shipment of ore taken
from this drift and mixed with a
smaller tonnage. from the south drift,
gave returns of $3.50 per ton
Old Shafts and Mill Sites.
The drift south will be continued
225 feet to connection with the old
/ workings which are located near the
Z old Homestead mill on Lynx creek
I The ruins of the old mill, with its
! obsolete machinery, yet remains to re
mind the miner of the present Of the
which the miner Of the past labored
( in his efforts TO reclaim the gold from
I the reluctant rock.
! Ores Readily Treated
The ores of the Walker Basin sec
I ton. while refractory. offer no reduc-
I ton problem which cannot be readily
solved by the oil flOtation process.
| They average high in gold and silver
/ and carry copper, lead and zinc con-
| tents OF commercial value In general
| the country rock in the basin is dior
! tie and Yavapai schist. through which
/ pass reefs Of mennonite similar to
| those of the other copper sections Of
Yavapai county.
All of the mines in the basin are
/ connected with the camp of Walker
by tramway and with railway by way
/ Of the Poland tunnel. the latter being
! the transportation outlet of the basin