Weekly journal-miner., 1916-02-16
TUNGSTEN ZONE |S ATTRACTING
 ATTENTION
DEPOSITS OF HUBNERITE AND WOLFRAMITE ARE BEING DEVELOPED IN THREE DISTRICTS.
(By William p. De Wolf)

(By William P. De WolO
 Deposits of hubnerite and wolfram. ite carrying a high percentage of tung- sten are being developed along the pcgmatite belts of the Eureka, Tiptop and Tule Creek districts. The dis covery of these valuable ore bodies is of comparatively recent origin and is the result of the systematic prospect. ing for tungsten-bearing deposits that is being carried on in all sections oi Yavapai county. Shipments of high grade tungsten ore nave been made to Pittsburg and to Denver, where they met with ready sale at from $40 to $65 per unit. By reason of thei- high commercial value these shipments at tracted marked attention in mining and industrial circles, particularly, as tungsten ore is being mined in this portion of Arizona under conditions which indicate a source of supply equal to that of the Boulder district of Colorado.
 Results Exceed Expectations.
 The cnergizing of the tungsten mining industry of Yavapai county brought about by the conditions be fore mentioned has produced results in excess of the most sanguine eXpec- tations of the operators. This, iI turn. has melted the prospectors 10 search more diligently for the mineral, and has drawn them to the local field from all sections of the Southwest. Their numbers are increasing as the days pass and the short Winter. char acteristic of this portion of Arizona. draws to a close. The Spring and Summer months will doubtless record large additions to their ranks and chronicle tungsten finds in outlying areas of Yavapai county wnich are as yet inaccessible because of the over, burden of snow.
 Wood Blazed the Trail.
 Homer Wood ot Prescott is the man to whose foresight is due the present satisfactory status of Yaya- pai's tungsten mining industry Abour eighteen months ago he became con vinced that the pegmatite, (bull gran it1) areas of this county offered profit possibilities in the way oi tu1.rr'cr CTS. Since then he has jc- voted h.s time energy and money to their development, and has achieved degree of success which has strength cned his conviction in their worth and has encouraged others to engage i1 the work. Mir. Wood has furnished l seventy or more prospectors with the necessary acids. etc. for making tungsten tests in the field The re suits have thus far been satisfactory. Sufficiently SO. at least to warrant a testing of the pegmatite areas.
 Shipment Nets S5,3o2o3.
 William Connors made the first dis covery of tungsten ore in Yavapai in April. 1914, the scene of his strike being the Eureka district The Connors property is one of number ia which Mir. Wood is financially in- Lerested. Development consists of number of shallow workings extend- ing length of l.500 feet along one O; 2 number of lodges that traverse the group of Is claims. Hubneritc and volframite prevail ir all Of the work ings. and on all of the claims, includ ing an extensive placer acreage. The latter is to be worked by large force of men as soon as weather conditions will permit. In the meantime. Con nors is developing the hubnerite aul nolframite lode deposits and is sack ilS OlN Cal HE I4.lI pSl N-ilt tuil-s ,ten. A shipment. forwarded recently 10 Frank L. Carlisle of Pittsburg, was sold by him to the steel manufactu-' ng plants there for $5,43217. The ! ore netted S5.50203.
 There Is Open Ground.
 The pegmatite area of the Eu-el~l district is quite extensive. and, so fa- ,s prospectcd, is known to he tung- sten-bcaring. A considerable acrc- .ge is yet open to location. With the | stalking and developing of the latteT other tungsten deposits of value will | probably be discovered. This predic' l ion is based upon inc success attach [ ng to present mining operations thcrc ln properties other than those ownc1 ! ,y Connors and Wood, as hubneri,c md wolf-amitc ores carrying 10 per .e1t tungsten. or better, have been opened at various points.
 Are Stacking Tungsten Ore.