Bisbee daily review., 1916-11-26
DEEP SHAFT WORK
 FUTURE FOR WALKER

general presenting copper indications of an encouraging character MT Shockley believes that body of com mercial copper ore will be found at depth in this ledge intersection. In fact. it appears probable the entire Walker Basin has a copper bottom and that it will ultimately add appre- eiably to the already enviable reputa- ton held by Yavapai County as a pro ducer of high grade copper ores. An upraise will be made to surface at the point where the ledges cross. and ul- timately this upraise will be convert ed into a deep working shaft-one of a number which are to be sunk In the Basin.
 South of the shaft drift has been extended in ore for distance or 100 feet. The face shows glittering ar ray of chalcopyrite, galena and black Jack similar to that featuring the north drift Taken by and large, how ever. the ore in the south drift IS the richer. both I precious metal and in  to S20 a t, rom station level to its present face. A test shipment of ore taken from tb.s shaft and mixed with a similar tonna ge from the south drift gave returns of s1750 per ton. The vein in which these drifts are being driven is a fork or split of.the main Homestead vein and merges with the latter about 90 feet ahead of the pres ent face of the south drift An ore shoot of value and dimensions will probably be encountered at their point of juncture.
 Old Shafts and MiIl Sites
 The drift south will be continued 225 feet to connection with the old workings. which are located near the old Homestead mill Mineral condi- tions indicate the presence of a con tinuous shoot of ore from thc vein juncture before mentioned to the old workings At the latter point an up- raise will be made to surface. Later, this upraise will be used as shalt. Through it's medium, the old stopes will be tapped, from which approXl- mately s50000 worth of high grade gold ore was mined about thirty years ago. This ore was treated nearly in an old 5-stamp mill on the bank Of Lynx Greek. The ruins of the old mill. with its obsolete machinery, yet remains to remind the miner of the present of the ore reduction disadvan- tages under which the miner of the past labored in his efforts to reclaim the gold from the reluctant rock.
 It was near the site of this old mill that placer gold was first discovered on Lynx Creek, away back in the eos by the Walker party, made dp of Confederate soldiers from Georgia and North Carolina They established a camp which they named Walker, in honor of their leader, and within d few years reclaimed several hundred thousand dollars worth of gold from the creek bed. From then until now the auriferous gravel of Lynx Creek has yielded upward of million dol lars worth of gold, most of which was eroded from the lodges which line the Walker Basin. For the most part, the primitive sluice-boX and Georgia rocker of Walker party days are yet used by the placer miners along Lynx Creek. A notable exception, however, is the Wichita Placer Mining Com pany, which is employing with con siderable success, a semi-hydraulic plant.
 Continuation of Eureka Vein
 The Homestead ledge before referr- ed to is the continuation north of the Eureka ledge. from which large ton mage of high grade gold ore was eX tracted at nominal depth some 90 odd years ago. Paralleling on the west about 150 feet. is the White House ledge. IL also makes in from the Flu reka property, and in past years was noted as a high grade producer ir near-surface levels. This ledge, and yet another paralieling to the west shows unusually strong copper indi cations at surface and nominal depth Tn 1dCl. 1T 'Aiu Hpl De SufpIiSihH l each of 1T proved under develop ment to be @ Urge deposit of copper porphyry AT three of these veins traverse the Homestead estate for ; length of fifteen hundred feet, anC continue into the GoIiah and Mari Twain properties. Within the boun diaries of the last two mentioned, thel yield ore that plated sl5 gold per tol in the Goliah milan interesting rel ic.
 Parallelins the Homestead Dropcrt. on the east is the Mud Hole mine, an other high grade producer in pas years. The Mud Hole vein. iron which about s1,OOO,00O worth of gold silver ore has been extracted, is ideT tical in appearance with the mai Homestead vein. The Mud Hole or was treated in a 70-tOn mill erecte near the shaft, and yielded $70 pc ton concentrates. The concentrate were dropped 150 feet on an almos nprneDdicular tram tO the level or in