Mohave County miner., 1917-07-21
WEAVER MINING
 REGION ROOMS
 YAVAPAI COUNTY
Unusually Rich Section Has
 Been Producer Since sos; Prescott District Center of Unusual Interest Des- pite Labor trouble in State
(By William P. De Wolff

of the richest and earliest dlScoVer1eS of gold in this section of Arizona, is taking on the proportions of a min ing renaissance and is attended by more favorable conditions in under ground workings than at any other time since the Rirch Hill placers and the stored treasures of the Vulture, Congress and Octave mines were first unearthed.
 The history of the Weaver district dates back to the early eos, when Peoples and Weaver, two trappers who had pushed westward from the White River country in advance of the iron tier posts of civilization, discovered gold in the beds of two streams which they named Antelope and Weaver creeks. These streams run parallel with gigantic uplift of porphyry and schist, and their auriferous gravels re- ceived enrichment from the treasure the elements eroded from its precip- itous slopes. From then until now the Weaver district, named, as was Wea- yer creek, in honor of one of the ori- ginal discoverers of gold there, has produced millions of dollars worth of placer and lode gold. A number of old-time Hassayampans place the gold production of the Weaver district at $1O0,OOO,OO0.
 Be that as it may, the section has been and is one of very unusual gold enrichment. So rich, in fact, the min ing history of Yavapai county records no parallel on the interesting pages of its mining achievement. Some years ago, in conversation with a party of fellow mining engineers, the lat Col onel "Bill" Parish, of Virginia City, Deadwood and other out-of-the-way corners of the world, pronounced the Weaver district to be the richest gold producing section ever discovered. Colonel Parish had reference to an area therein of about fourteen miles that comprises Rich Hill and its at tendant streams-Antelope and Wea- yer creeks-the Vulture, Octave and Congress mines, and the "Andy" Peterson holdings, the last mentioned being now owned by the Beehive Gold company.
 Fl PasO and other Texas capital is interested in the development of the bENGu GldllilS uGlu DA lIle Beehive company. The estate adjoins the famous Octave mine, with a pro- duction record of S2,5OO,OO0 worth of gold, and will doubtless be the next noted gold mine of the Weaver dis trict. Five of the Beehive claims car " the continuation of the Little Joker ledge of the Octave estate, while the remaining two claims carry a spur thereof. The Joker and parallel ledg- es have for many years been prolific gold-yielders within the boundaries of the Octave. The latter is being op- erated by Los Angeles people under the direction of J. Nelson NeYius, min ing engineer, of that city. Develop ment work is at this time confined to the upper levels as the lower workings are flooded.
 Charles Zeiger, a well known busi- ness and mining man of Fl Paso, is president and general manager of the Beehive Gold company. MT. Zeiger brings to the development of the prop erty a mining knowledge of the Wea- yer district of twenty years standing. Under his supervision the necessary camp buildings have been erected, ma- chinery and air-drills installed and the property brought to the stage of de- velopment where production is assur- ed. The tunnel being driven through five of the claims has at this writing a length of 1900 feet and is in ore from a few feet beyond its portal to its face. The ore makes against a well-defned slip, carries galena, pea cock and black sulphides, and is ac- cOmpanied by a gouge that samples very high in gold. The gold content of the ore along the course of the tunnel ranges from S8 to S14 per ton
 The ledge dips at an angle of about 9 degrees and has been opened below the tunnel level by two winzes. No. q winze has an incline depth of 430 feet and is in from the mouth of the tun- mel a distance of 900 feet. Ore has been stopped for a length of 40 feet from the bottom of the winze to the tunnel level. This ore, as checked from the return sheets of the Fl Paso smelter, netted from S46.80 to S328.40 per ton. No. winze, located $50 feet in from the mouth of the tunnel, has an incline depth of 250 feet. The ore which has been mined therefrom had the same general gold range as that extracted from No. winze. George c. Wentworth, mine superintendent, has built a bulkhead in No. 1 winze at the 1O0-foot point and is now pros pecting at that level a lens of ore which gives promise of opening into a shoot of value and dimensions. Re turns submitted by the company's as saver show a gold content ranging from $40 to $500 per ton. Wherever black sulphides are associated with the ore the gold values are particularly high.
 The objective of the tunnel is the. juncture of the main and spur lodges, located about 15OO feet beyond its present face. The intervening country has been prospected and proven by means of a number of vertical and in- cline shafts and by several tunnels. All of these workings are in ore hav- ing a value of from S8 to S14 gold per ton. Where the spur and main
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