Weekly journal-miner., 1916-09-27
of Facts.
To the Public:

is necessary.
 When operation was suspended more than three years ago on the Alaska mine of the United Gold Mines Company, two serious fault problems remained partially unsolv- ed and every level of the mine from the surface to the 500 foot level was in lean ground or in low grade ore. This unfavorable condition and very unfavorable financial conditions made suspension absolutely necessary.
 A few months later a certain min ing expert of the state made an ex- animation and a report in which the only positive recommendation made was that afund of $l5,0OO be raised to solve the fault problems mentioned. Recognizing the futility of an at tempt to raise such sum under ex- isting circumstances 1 insisted on eX- tending to the west some of the most advanced levels with the view of dem onstrating another high grade ore zone which I believed to be in that direction and I have since persisted in that system of exploration.
 About ten months ago the same ex- pert was sent to examine conditions, I had reported as result of my work to that time and to report upon them. The report after a general condem- nation of the conditions advised that they be abandoned and that future exploration be directed to the east beyond the fault and that future development be carried forward to the east" The advice was wholly ig- nored and exploration continued to the west with the result that today the 300, the 400 and the 500-foot lev els are well into one of the most promising and most interesting ore shoots that has ever been demonstrat- ed in the district. Above the 300 foot level nearly to the surface, the same ore shoot is in evidence. Below the 500 foot level three levels end within short distances of the same ore shoot according to all knowledge gained from past experience in the mine. Therefore the general indications to the west including vein widths and ore values arc for a very large and rich ore zone in that direction.
 Thus arc faith, courage and perse- verance in mining rewarded, and thus are the theories of the expert(O knocked into cooked hat'
 The Alaska mine is redeemed and I have redeemed it, and I believe con sidering the difficulties attending it, the obstacles thrown purposely in its way and the personal sacrifices made to do 1t, it is one of the most remark able individual achievements in the mining history of Yavapai County
 I have been more than B years in this county and nearly all of that time I have been in the mining bus mess. During the first 20 years of the time my contributions to mining were not less than S2O,0OOOO In the last 13 years I have brought into the county from the outside and produc- ed from the ground positively more than a quarter of million dollars. Books and records show this. Prac- .ically all of this money went into circulation in this county and con to the general welfare of the people of the county.
 As a substantial equivalent for this money we have now the mining con litions just described; we have large onnage of workable low grade orc ,n the dumps and blocked out" in he mine: we have a good plant which an be chcaply converted into a mod rn plant of large capacity for the .rofitablc treatment of low and high .radc ores: and we have two other roups of mines of good promise par tally developed and well equipped pr much greater development. There pom this expenditure is now repre- cntcd in actual tangible value equal [ least to the amount of money cx- ended. The possible value cannot c foretold but l believe 1t will be ne of the great surprises of which inning alone is capable of creating.
 This general accomplishment gives ,e thc right to the claim that for the lird of century in Yavapai County, have contributed considerably more ian an average share to the devel- 1mcnt of its mineral resources and , the general public welfare. By -cry rule of right, Of justice and of onor l am entitled 10 full credit for lis and 10 a just share of the results
 have accomplished
 The full purpose of this statement