Bisbee daily review., 1917-07-22
MUCH MINING
 ACTIVITY IN
 WEAVER CAMP
One of the Earliest Gold Dis tricts in State Witnesses Preparations for Much Ac- tive Development.
(By William p. De Wolf)

Nby Whhldm r. Dc WoiIJ
 PRESCOTT, July 21-Mining ac-
 tivity in the Weaver district. scene of
 the richest and earliest discoveries of gold in this section of Arizona, is talk
 ing on the proportions of mining rem aissance and is attended by more fav-
 orable conditions in underground
 workings than at any other time since
 the Rich 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 sos. when
 Peoples and Weaver, two trappers
 who had pushed westward from the
 White River country in advance of the
 frontier posts of civilization, discover
 ed gold in the beds of two streams
 which they named Antelope and Weav- CT creeks. These streams run paral-
 Tel with a gigantic uplift of porphyry
 and schist. and their suriferous gravels
 received enrichment from the treas
 ure the clements eroded from its pre- cipitous slopes. From then until now ] the Weaver district, named, as was | Weaver creek, in honor of one of the original 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
 s1OO, ,OcO, 900.
 Be that as it may, the section has i been and is one of very unusual gold enrichment. So rich. in fact. the min i ing history of Yavapai county records no parallel on the interesting pages | of it's mining achievement. Some
 years ago. in conversation with party
 of fellow mining engineers. the late
 Colonel Bill" Parish of Virginia City. 1 Deadwood and other out-of-the-way
 corners of the world pronounced the Weaver district to be the richest gold producing section ever discovered. Col
 onel Parish had reference to an area
 therein of about l4 miles that com streams-Antelope antd Weaver creeks the Vulture. Octove and Congress
 mines, and the Andy Peterson hold ! ings, the last mentioned being now
 owned by the Beehive Gold company. ! Fl Paso and other Texas capital is interested in the development of the seven patented claims held by the Bee
 hive company. The estate adjoins the | famous Octave mine, with a produc-
 tion record of S2 800 900 worth of gold.
 and will doubtless be the most noted gold mine of the Weaver district. Five | of the Beehive claims carry the con | tinuation of the Little Joker lode of the Octave estate. while the remaining { two claims carry a spur thereof. The Joker and parallel lodges have for
 many years been prolific gold-yielders
 within the boundaries of the Octave.
 The latter is being operated by Los
 Angeles people under the direction of
 J. Nelson Nevius. mining engineer of
 that city. Development work is at this
 time confined to the upper levels of the mine as the lower workings are flooded.
 Charles Zeiger. well known busi-
 ness and mining man of Fl PasO. is president and general manager of the Beehive Gold company. Mir. Zeiger brings to the development of the group
 a mining knowledge of the Weaver district of 20 years standing. Under his supervision the necessary camp buildings have been erected. machin- cry 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 few feet beyond it's portal to
 its face. The ore makes against a well-defined slip. carries galena. pea [ cock copper and black sulphides, and
 is accompanied by a souge that sam
 ples very high in gold. The gold con tent of the ore along the course of the
 tunnel ranges from sS to S14 per ton The ledge dips at an angle of about
 25 degrees and has been opened below
 the tunnel level by two winzes. No. 2 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 49 feet from the bottom of the winze to the Continued on Page Six.)