Bisbee daily review., 1917-06-24
ACTIVE DEVELOPMENT
 IS BEING CONTINUED
 AT NAVAJO PROPERTY
Upraise Will Be Run And Stoping Started As Soon As Drift Has Been Advanced Below Open Out.

SELOME. June 23.-Active develop ment is being continued at the Navajo mine north of Vicksburg. work during the week having been continued both in the drifts at the end of the tunnel and in the open'cuts on the face of the vein where it has been exposed on the hillside.
 As soon as the drift has been ad- vanced to a point immediately below the open cut, an upraise will be run ! and the ground will be ready for stop Ming. As soon as this work is in shape to be begun, ore bins, etc, will be built and preparations made for ex- tensive shipments.
 An interesting bit of Navajo history was learned during the week in the course of an interview with Bill Bear. or Harrisburg, the oldest surviving procpector and miner of the district. Discovery of Mines.
 According to Bear. several Mexicans were dry washing. in 1871, in the gulch to the north of the hill on which the mine is located. They came to the store at Desert Wells for supplies. this being a euphemism for whiskey. and suggested to Bill that there might be values in the hill to the south of them. They said they knew nothing of hard rock mining and invited him to come .out and look over the ground In this, connection, it may not be out of place to say that the traces of former dry washing operations may still be seen in the gulch and that some of the ground there shoys pay, dirt in good quantity.
 s- Bear accordingly located the mine in the year mentioned. 1871. When it came time to do the assessment work. Bill delayed until the very last day and, when he reached the ground. he found Jack and Barney Quinn were waiting until the time expired in order that they might relocate the claim. Bill was accompanied by Capt. Strong of Nevada, and on his advice. took Jack Quinn into partnership in order to avoid trouble. The law. at that time, was not well settled as to whether the assessment must be com pleted on the last day or if it was sufficient that it should have been be- gun before the expiration of the year.
 Mine Is Sold.
 Quinn and Bear sold the mine later to Weightman. who built the old mill which was burned down before drop ping a stamp. It was during the Weightman regime that most of the work on the property was done, in- cluding the tunnel which so nearly reached the vein of high grade de- veloped by Manager DePay.
 Weightman traded the property to an attorney named Rumor for stock in the Weaver mine and Rumor sold to Winchester after holding the prop erty for some years during which time William Cavell was in charge as watchman. Cavell has been on the ground constantly for more than twcn- ty years and is developing some prop erty of his own to the east of the Navajo. where he has, single handed and without machinery. sunk a shaft to a depth of 200 feet.
 From Winchester. the property passed into the hands of the present owners. the Navajo Mines Corpora tion. of which c. l.. Delay is presi- dent and general manager.
 It is of interest to know that while Bear held the ground, he hauled q quantity of ore to the arrastra at Harrisburg. securing recoveries of $35 per ton.
 It is evident that the Nevajo is going to repeat the history of so many of the older mines of the dis trict and to begin a life of real pros perity and production after many years of idleness and absence of scientific development.