Mohave County miner., 1916-11-25
WALKER DISTRICT IN YAVAPAI
 COUNTY HAS GREAT POSSIBILITIES
(By William P. De Wolff

PRESCO1I, Ar1Z., Nov. 2O.-Some
 one, some time, will group the mines
 in that section of the Walker District,
 known as the Basin, into a compact
 working unit under a single manage
 ment, and will develop their bodies
 of ore through the medium of a num-
 Der of deep shafts that will be con
 nected with each other by laterals
 and with a reduction plant by a tram
 way. The "juice" necessary for driv-
 ing mine, mill and tram machinery
 can be obtained from a nearby sub
 station of the local power company at
 a comparatively nominal cost for the
 stringing of wires, etc, as the maxi
 mum distance to be covered is not
 great. Access to railway for the con-
 centrates will be afforded by the Po-
 land tunnel that connects the Basin with the Santa Fe railway at Poland
 Station.
 When these conditions come to pass, the mining camp of Walker, one
 of the oldest, and in past years, by all accounts, one of the most produc- tive in Yavapai County, will shake off the lethargy of decadent days and become an important factor in the mining industry of this section of Arizona-a mining industry that has increased S12,OOO,OOO in assessed value within a twelvemonth. Capital and oil-fiotation process will solve the mining and reduction problems of the Basin; and when they are available, will, with Midas-like touch, separate the gold from it's base metal affinities, and give to each alike a value that can be designated by dollars and cents.
 New York City capital recently be- came interested in the development of the mines at Walker, with a view possibilities at depth, and it is possi- ble that the work now being done will result in the energizing of the to ascertaining their ore-yielding camps mining industry as a whole. The development plans now in force are purely exploratory, and are not being carried on with a view to open ing bodies of commercial ore. That important phase of the plans will come later, after the experimental work has been completed and checked up. There is little question, however, but what the result will justify the work now being done, as test shipments have disclosed the presence of sulphide ore in pay tonnage within 100 feet of the 1 surface. This ore carries milling val ues in gold and silver in affinity with l copper, lead and zinc, and is a pro duct whose mineral contents can be separated and reclaimed economically and efficiently by the modern pro cesses of reduction.
 The Consolidated Homestead Min ing Company is the corporate name under which the New Workers are operating. The old Homestead estate patented, and at one time highly productive been taken over, and is being developed under the super vision of W. H. Shockley of New York . City, a mining engineer who has operated successfully in Nevada and other mining sections of the West. A shaft has been sunk a depth of 120 feet and drifts run north and south in the ore at a depth of 100 feet. The north drift is about 90 feet from the station and carries a full breast of ore that is heavily impreg- mated with lead, zinc and copper. The ore samples from S15 to S2O per ton, with the gold-silver values ranging from S8 to S10 per ton.
 The objective of this drift is a cross ledge that lies about 250 feet in advance of it's present face. The ledge is rhyolite-porphyry, showing chalcopyrite along it's outcrop, and in general presenting copper indica- tions of an encouraging character. MT. Shockley believes that body of commercial copper ore will be found at depth in this ledge intersection. In fact, it appears probable the entire Walker Basin has copper bottom and that it will ultimately add appreciably , to the already enviable reputation held , by Yavapai County as a producer of high grade copper ores. An upraise will be made to surface at the point where the lodges cross, and ultimately , this upraise will be converted into a deep working shaft, one of number which are to be sunk in the Basin.
 South of the shaft drift has been in ore for a distance of 100 feet. The face shows a glittering array of chalcopyrite, galena and {, blackjack similar to that featuring the north drift. Taken by and large, however, the ore in the south drift is ,