Weekly journal-miner., 1916-02-23

precipitous slope of the hill along the courses of as many faults. Assays range IS high as S345 gold per ton in tunnel No. 5, with the paystreak varying in breadth from two inches to three feel. The range of values in all five of the tunnels is from S20 to S45 per ton. The general average grade of the mill ore (oxidized) is S35 per ton. The sulphide ores in No. , tunnel average S21 per ton. They arc easily treated and yield high grade concentrates. No. 5 tunnel has length of 1000 feet and a depth of 90 feet at its breast. When com pleted it will have a maximum depth of 1000 feet.
 Mill In Operation.
 Near the portal of No. , tunnel ten-stamp mill is in commission and is treating an average of 25 tons of ore daily. From the north drift in No. 5 tunnel a1 upraise in ore has been made to No. 4 tunnel. The south drift from No. 5 has length oi 20 feet and is likewise connected by an upraise with No. 4. The depth be- tween the two tunnels is 225 feet. In the upper tunnel Mir. Spaulding has located the tellurium vein from which the rich float gathered and shipped by the locators of the property was eroded. While narrow, the streak carries a high gold content. The property is equipped with compress sor and the other requisite mine ma chinery.
 Adjoining the Climax property. on the other side of the Hassayampa river. are located the Billy Boy and the Christmas groups of claims, own ed by Ed Block of Prescott. The groups sideline and carry paralleling ledges, the distance between the lat ter being 500 feet By driving cross cut tunnel from the breast of the Elm pire tunnel on the Billy Boy group oi four patented claims, the vein on the Christmas Gift claim, of the Christ mas group, would be intersected at depth of 300 feet A drive north on the ledge from the point of intersec- ton would gain depth rapidly. By this mode of development the ores in both properties could be brought to surface through main tunnel having its portal convenient to mill estab lishei on the bank of the Hassayam pa. The tunnel, as proposed, would enable the operators to mine cheaply and prohtably a very low grade ore. Development work to date on the Billy Boy and Christmas groups IS as follows:
 Gold Predominates In Ore.
 The Empire tunnel, located on the Billy Boy, has been driven a length of 20 feet on the vein, and at the breast has a depth from surface oi l3O feet At the l50-foot point a winze mas been sunk a depth of SO feet. At the mouth of the tunnel a shaft has been sunk a depth of 95 feet. All of these workings are in the same ore shoot, the latter carrying a l4-inch paystreak A six-inch streak of from SS to Sl9 per ton orc is ex posed in the breast of the N-foot drift run from the 20foot cross-cut on the footwall side of the deposit at a point 70 feet from the mouth of the tunnel. The values are in gold and silver-with the former predominant ing. Selected ore ranges in value from $50 to S6O in gold per ton. By careful sorting a product having an approximate average value of $40 per ton could be obtained.
 Several small lots of orc, taken oui during the ordinary course of develop ment work. gave mill returns of from S7 to Sl4 per ton on the plates, and yielded concentrates having an aver age value of S65 per ton in gold and silver. In addition to the lode de posits on the Billy Boy and Christ mas groups, there is placer area which offers profit making opportu1i ty. About 400 feet of development work has been done on the Christmas
 group. 250 feet of the work being on the ledge. The pay section is some
 what wider than oil the Billy Boy
 but the general average grade of tho ore. so far as developed, it not quite , as high.
 7 Good Copper Property. A disseminated porphyry. surround ed on three sides by granite, and or < the side next to the Hassayamp' 2 river by diorite. characterizes thu I formation on the McNulty and Nc . Bride group of 50 copper claims al