Arizona republican., 1917-04-15

the operation of what certainly should
prove TO be a great Arizona gold mine
will be directed
Here, all ready for occupancy, are
bunk houses for employees, quarters
which are useG by Tie company Off
cia ls-and jus above on the side Of the
Esunlain, springs from which flow an
abundance Of clear wafer. suI-ic.cn~
for all camp purposes and for . 20
stamp mill, and ali equipment that viii
be needed for sometime TO come.
But TO get 10 the mine isel--and
that il what interests me reading pull
lie most Of all. because it is lhe nllne
which produces the yellow metal That
brings wealth and its accompanying
independence and pleasure in life.
The property hich is now the Col
den Reef Mine, while it has been spas
medically worked IL 4 crude ana M
practical manner at various times dur
ing the past twenty years, has never
been put to d real test Of production,
and the work that mas been done, IN
stead Of detracting from the value o.
the property. has really but gone to
show the wonderful possibilities of the
ground, if developed in a modern and
efficient manner. Some Is or 16 Years
ago il was leased by a man named
Boyer, who performed. surface work.
such as cuts, shallow shafts, underhanu
slopes and a general stripping of the
veins where they were prominent on
the surface. AT no point does the work
done by Boyer reach a depth of 10 feet,
and have been reliably informed by
man who was employed by him at that
time, that no effort was made to handle
anything except the choicest high grade
ore. Boyer erected a three foot Hunt
ington mill which he operated for about
three years, evidently at sood profit,
, because he built expensive roads to
/ transport the surface ores from high
up on the hin to his mill site near the
camp headquarters below, and it is
/ known that he had practically no
means except what ne derived from the
surface ores mined. AS stated before,
only the crudest OF methods We're en-
ployed By Boyer, and no attempt was
made by him to develop the real ore
| bodies. Later, the property was taken
over by other interests, who expended
| quite little money in equipment and
| development work, then became III
| VOWED in litigation through which the
property passed out of their hands.
Since then it has lain,idle until pur
chased by the Golden Reef Mining COM
pany, who now have clear title to
the property, and who are going to lose
o time in bi rnG iiotgnitansedreme
no time in bringing it to its proper point
of production.
There is no more interesting sight in
/ the world than a real gold mine, and
/ the Golden Reef is no exception 20 the
rule. At the top of Continental Noun
! tain, where the hlghgIading (for that
/ is really what it amounted to- was done
/ by Boyer are surface showings which
are truly enamenal-showings that,
/ had they been exposed in some well
! known gold mining districth, would
/ have created sensations overnight
/ There are four distinct gold bearing
veins on the crest of this mountain,
and the outcroppings are bold and
prominent, consisting OF Illuminated
quartz or ribbon rock, identical with
! that which has made the mother lode
\ Of California famous as a gold pro-
ddceI. Incidentally TINS laminated
/ quartz or ribbon rock is recognized
the world oyer as a characteristic gold
/ bearing Gre that always carries good
! values, makes in large bodle sand goes
to great depth.
AT one point where shallow shaft
! has been s'Ink near the summit Of this
mountain, a sample assayed S1f0.50 per
ton, and samples taken from another
| cut on this same Vein, assayed Sis.
In q shallow tunnel drive in on an ex-
tension of this vein. various samples
/ have been taken. none of which as
sayed under $500 per ton, and there is
every logical. reason to believe that
enormous quantities of this ore will
average better than 800 per ton
The ore body showing i'll the deepest
working made by Boyer's men, averages
about $l7 per ton across the face of the
vein, and around these workings there
is a large quantity of ore, evidently
! piled there by former workers who
sorted out the high grade for treatment
Samples of this ere yielded S36.T9 per
I ton-and the assay treated the en-
gineer who made the examinations to
a surprise. because, as he put it, The
ore looked like barren quartz