Arizona republican., 1918-01-20
THEMINES OFARIZONA

shaft this ore body is opened continu- ously for nearly TOO feet, and the face of the drift is still in good ore. the last assay bein s19.S0. Six raises from this level, varying in length from 4o feet to 21o feet. are all in payable ore ex- cept one, which is in the fault plane for purposes of exploration. This ore body apparently extends downward | from the adit level to an unknown depth and is at least TOO feet long, as | already developed.
 An equipment of new Sullivan DP- | 3S rotator drills is new being put in | to take the place of the piston drills | in use. A new 60-h. p. West Coast en- 1
 zine and hoist is ordered for the | Joker shaft, and with this equipment , the shaft will be unwatered below the | foot level and the 900 and 1000 foot levels run east to open the ore body | at depth. The shaft is already down
 to these levels. but the old workings ! never got through the faulted zone | Also development will be undertaken
 east of the shaft above the adit. as
 this region is entirely unexplored be- yond the fault.
 The 40- stamp mill-which in the past produced two and a quarter millions l of gold and silver-will not be reha-
 bilitated until ample ore is blocked
 out to insure success. The Octave
 Mines company is a stock company,
 but is being financed by a. small group
 of people in the east, and the stock is
 not on the market.
 The type of vein and mineral geol-
 ogt at the Octave mine, as well as the
 occurrence of the gold in the ore, are
 remarkably similar to the narrow but
 persistent gold-bearing veins in Ne
 vada county. California, some of which
 are being profitably mined to a depth
 greater than one mile.
 The Mildred Mining company, which owns group of good properties west
 of the Octave is doing development
 work and is driving a tunnel to cut the vein at depth-which the upper workings show to contain good gold
 ,values.
 The manager is MT. Genung. The property is well equipped with build , ings and machinery. Other Gold Mines In Rich Hill ,, Paul Murphy of Phoenix, son of ex- 7 Governor Oakes Murphy and nephew - of the late F. NJ. Murphy, has suc- , ceeded in interesting some prominent . Arizona and Nevada mining men in ' the famous old Johnson mine, on the . east side of Rich Hill, about three miles north of the Octave and Bee , Hive mine. Some extremely rich gold s quartz was taken from this property many years ago, and Johnson, the s original owner of the claim, was - buried in cave-in of the tunnel, from a which he was taking this rich ore This occurred about 9 years ago, and /. though number of attempts have been made to find the body, they were
 all failures, as the ground is very
 loose and slippery. The Octave Min " ing company had bond on it abou = To years ago and took out some ver1 rich ore. Rich Hill is cut by numbe
 of very well defined quartz veins an
 the supposition is that these vein {. brought up the rich gold that wa z. found on the top of Rich Hill in tn o early days. Thousands of dollars il ~ e nuggets were found on the top of Ricl ', Hill in the early eos, and after ever, ', VI rain the Mexicans around Weaver an, II Stanton placer the washes and fin NY many nuggets. Mir. Murphy S compan " is said to have taken over the Hayde V claims on Rich Hill and extensive de 7. velopment work will be commenced tn ;,, 'r first of the year.
 Ill A. R. Downs, who took bond on tn , George Myers claims on Rich Hi ;- some time ago, has returned and es
 poets to start up work before the fir: of the year.
 ,u Bright Outlook for Rich Hill Distri, The future never looked better fc ;,, the Rich Hill district and the prospect III for this district again becoming VI, VI, heavy producer of gold seems vel III III bright.