Weekly journal-miner., 1918-04-10
Strong Syndicate Of Fl Paso Operators Takes Over Old Bonanza,
 And Also the Prop critics of F. w. Giroux And R. H. Burmister.

Nll(H IdNC DGGH SO' ing on for several months for tho purchase of the famous Peck silver mines of the Bradshaws, came to 6 climax a few days ago when the sale was formally consummated. The buyer is C. E. Baton, of Fl Paso Tex, with whom Is associated a num- Der of practical mining operators.
 The seller is O. l. 1awney, who in recent years has conducted cxplora- ton single-handed, making an excel lent showing.
 Mir. Baton when seen yesterday al inc Congress hotel, after returning a few days ago from Los Angeles freely admitted the closing of the deal, and outlined a plan of future operations which IS to be carried out in rcopening the old silver bonanza of the '70s.
 "As step toward encouraging the mining industry and overcoming the shortage in silver" Mir. Baton said, ''the United States government is seriously considering the fixing of an arbitrary price of one dollar an ounce for this metal The shortage of silver has reached such an acu:c stage that treasury officials only a short time ago ordered the melting of l,50o,O00 silver dollars into bull lion to be used for medical and hos pital purposes in connection with ou: war preparations, and 1t Is iuc to such an attractive situation :hat ny self and associates have closed this big deal, and we now propose to go ahead on operating plans which our engineer authorizes after an exllaus- tive and capable examination cover ing many months"
 Other Silvers Bouen.
 Mr. Baton also announced ycster- day that the group of Frank w. Cir oux on the Peck Assure, with the two claims of R. H. Burmistcr in the same zone, also were taken over. These properties now pass out of in dividual ownership into a strong com bination of centralized management, which is to be without doub, one of the biggest mining movements of its character in the west, and ,lcscly controlled.
 Strong Ore Showing
 Mir. Baton stated that the old orc dump of the first product of a low grade silver ore carries about 20,W0 tons, while in old stopcs the ihcas- urcment is estimated to be as high as S0,000 tons, all being of a good mill ing grade. After mine work reaches q stage 10 warrant reduction, ( plant of a certain type is to be installed Of SO tons daily capacity, with addi- tional units as production requires Other interesting data of this old silver has been obtained of Mir Bat ton, but which was not given pub licity, revealing as it does an excep- tional mineral situation throughout the old workings.
 Arizona's First Bonanza
 The Peck was discovered on June Is, 1875, by mere accident, the orig inal locators being Ed c. Peck. T. NJ Alexander, (. (. Bean and Will liam Cole The Big Four" were cn route to the Tiger country near Crown King, when by accident Peck struck his pick into the formation ,f..- ,ai-;,c, a dr,,,I- of ,,-a.cr a,J EiI ing his cantcen, when piece of horn silver was pulled from its lodging place. Several hundred pounds of this native metal were recovered from the aided, Prescott had its first thrilling experience in a bonaiidc mining cx- citement. The mine continued to produce heavily, and preserved to this day in this city are samples of the high grade which show values of 26,- GOO ounces of the white metal 10 the ton. What the Peck produced dur ing its active life ranges to as high as %,OO0.0OO, and its suspension was due 10 internal troubles of owners and irregular methods of handling its affairs whereby outside interests be- came involved and sensational litiga- ton followed. The life of this famous mine was short-livcd, and from ono to another legal complication arose. It was shut down during the 70s and in the succeeding years only at inter- vals has it been operated. It is now proposed, says Mir. Baton, to begin its rcviving, and on d scale which will be carried out extensively and along modern methods of mining in this day
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