Weekly journal-miner., 1919-03-26

ONllllS lIlG past WCGk, lIIG d for financing the Ruby Silver, on Adams, a Los Angeles capitalis produced over half a million in prices and difficult hauls, has be, motors headed by Col. ]. B. D army. The Blue Dick is said to cash, with a view to combining i
 When the snow has disappeared, or even before, there will be some thing doil'F" iE the Jersey Lily sec ion. This for the reason thae, while it has been neglected for many, many years, it is one of the richest districts of this county-not in copper, but ih silver and gold.
 It is true that the prospector who travels by automobile and upon boule- wards, has not discovered this sec, ton. But the old-time prospector found it when punching his burro near the then trailless mountains, away back in '65. The Blue Dick was located by Bob Groom in that year, and in 1881 the Dosoris was found by Townsend Cox while climbing from Blue Dick camp to what was than known as the Peck road. Later the very rich strike in the Zero (now named the Ruby Silver) was addition al proof of the quality of the ore of that section.
 And now all three of these veins Dosoris, Blue Dick and Zero-have attracted attention again because ot past performances, because silver has "come back" and because neither of the veins has been more than scratch ed, speaking from the miners stand point
 In the aggregate, million dollars worth of the white metal was ex- tracted from these veins, and all of this ore came from a depth of less than 800 feet. Each of these veins produced native silver, and in the Dosoris and Blue Dick there was also chloride ore. while in the Ruby Silver (Zero) workings ruby silver ore, which assays over 50 per cent silver, was a "sweetener' of the galena ore which ordinarily carried 250 ounces per ton.
 There is an old saw about "the proof of the pudding" The proof in the case of these silver mines was that they paid a large profit to those who did the work, notwithstanding the ore had to be hauled by bull team to Seligman, thence to be trans ported by rail to New Jersey, or Colo rado, or California for treatment.
 Silver Was King.
 It is not necessary to tell the old timers that for many years silver was the backbone of Yavapai's in dustries-they know it. They can tell of the days of the Peck, Tip Top, Tiger, Lane, Tuscumbia, Eclipse Uuke,) Silver Belt, Dosoris, Blue, Dick, Zero, Sunny South, and many others which produced, in some cases, a big fortune, in others a big grub stake for the lucky "chlorider" who discovered them. Always this ore of the early silver miner was rich it had to be to stand the long haul to the smelter. At that time there was no railroad to Prescott, and what is now the great United Verde mine was a prospect, little later a dinky smelter being installed upon it. And 1t was silver ore-very rich sil yer ore-which first caught the eye of the prospector who located what has proved to be one of the worlds greatest copper mines
 That Pittman Act.
 It became a law last April.
 It provides that the government may melt and sell 3OOOOO,0OO silver dollars.
 The government did sell 2OO,OO0,- GOO of those coins-melted them into bullion and sold the bullion to India last year.
 This silver, coined into rupees, say ed India from a financial crisis.
 The law also provides that, when silver is bought by the government to replace the melted coin, said sil- yer shall be bought at one dollar an ounce from American mines-nor from Mexico, or Canada, or any other foreign country.
 The result is that silver, the "poor mans money" now sells at twice what it brought in 1915, and has not, ] ike the base metals, depreciated since Inc arrnis+ice and ie ra,1l,- ; or-,., l