The Arizona copper camp., 1916-02-11
TUNGSTEN DEPOSITS
IN YAVAPA| ARE
FULL OF PROMISE
BY William p. De Wolf

PRESCOTT, Ariz., Feb. 10.-PrOs-
pecting for tungsten along the pegma-
tite belts of Yavapai county has re-
suited in the discovery of hubnerite and
wolframite deposits of value in the
Eureka, Tip Top and Tule Creek dis
tricts. Shipments of ore carrying a
high percentage of tungsten have been
forwarded to Pittsburg and to Denver,
where they met with a ready sale at
from $40 to $65 per unit. The high
commercial value of the tungsten ores
billed to those points attracted marked
attention in mining and industrial cir
cles, particularly as tungsten ore is
being mined in this section of Arizona
under conditions which indicate a
source of supply equal to that of the
Boulder district of Colorado.
The energizing of the tungsten min
ing industry of Yavapai county brought
about by the conditions before men
toned has produced results in excess
of the most sanguine expectations of
the operators. This, in turn, has melted
the prospectors to search more dilli-
gently for the mineral, and has at
tracted them to the local field from all
portions of the southwest. Their num-
bers are increasing as the days pass and
the short winter, characteristic of this
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The spring and summer months will
doubtless record large additions to
their ranks and chronicle tungsten finds
in outlying sections of Yavapai county
which are as yet inaccessible because
of the over-burden of snow.
To the foresight of Homer Wood Of
Prescott is due the present satisfac-
tory status of Yavapais tungsten min
ing industry. About eighteen months
ago he became convinced that the peg
Matte (bull granite) areas of this
county offered profit making possibili-
ties in the way of tungsten ores. Since
then he has devoted his time, energy
and money to their development, and
has achieved a degree Of success which
has strengthened his conviction in their
worth and encouraged others to engage
in the work. Mr.. Wood has furnished
seventy or more prospectOrs with the
necessary acids, ETC., for making tung
sten tests in the field.
The first discovery of tungsten ore
in Yavapai county was made by Will
liam Connors in April, 1914, in the
Eureka district. The Connors prop
erty is one of number in which Mr..
Wood is financially interested. De-
velopment consists of number Of
shallow workings extending length of
1900 feet along one of a number of
lodges which traverse the group of thir-
teen claims. Hubnerite and wolframite
prevail in all of the workings, and on
all of the claims, including an extern
siVe placer acreage. The latter is to
be worked by a large force of men as
soon as weather conditions will permit
In the meantime, Connors is developing
the hubnerite and wolframite lode de-
posits and is sacking ore carrying lib
per cent tungsten A shipment of 3455
pounds, forwarded recently to Frank
L. Carlisle of Pittsburg, Pa, was sold
by him to the steel manufacturing
plants there for $5,432.17. The ore net
ted $5,3O2.OS.
The pegmatite area of the Eureka
district is extensive, and so far as pros
pected, is known to be tungsten bear
ing. A considerable acreage is as yet
open to location. With the stalking and
developing of claims on the latter,
other tungsten deposits of value will
probably be discovered. This predic-
tion is based on the success attaching
to present mining operations on prop
critics in the Eureka district other than
those owned by Connors and Wood, as
hubnerlte and wolframite ores carry
ing 10 per cent tungsten, or better, have
been opened at various points.
John Seiss is mining and sacking
tungsten on a group of claims adjoin-
ing the Connors locations, as is like
wise Asa Bozerth. Robert Robbins and
Orville BoZarth are working yet an
other group and are sacl<ing tungsten
for shipment. Mark Ferguson is also
mining a commercial grade of tung-
stem. Frank Williams recently sent a
Returns have not as yet been received
E. 8. Temple of Boulder, Colorado, is
developing a group of tungsten claims
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