Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-05-06
PLANS UNDER WAY TO RE-
 SUME WORK ON WRIGLEY

ry SrOWCner, WHO was COuueCIeu Wlttl the United States Smelling and Re- lining company, wanted it for his peo- pie and R. B. Watson, general mana ger of the Nipissing company, di- rected its examination, and was "hot" after the ground, according to reports. Wrigley slapped down the cash and acquired the property.
 Striking Groupings.
 No road then penetrated the prop erty. Those who travelled over the immense ledge with its striking crop pings of sulphide ore, ,rich in lead, silver and gold, extending over a length of thousands of feet, found only a couple of shallow shafts, but surface indications of a great low grade concentrating proposition were so favorable that no mining expert possessed the hardihood to turn down" the ground. As a potential producer, it simply awaited its day. Wrigley bought out Bill Studley, the original owner, for cash. He then constructed five miles of first-class auto road, established what has been conceded to be the finest camp in Arizona, equipped the property with everything necessary for speedy de- velopment, and proceeded to sink a shaft over 400 feet deep with the in tention of opening up the property in a truly miner-like fashion.
 The shaft is without doubt the best in the Cerbat range, vertical, and sunk to last lifetime, thoroughly timbered, and so located as to develop the best of the ore shoots which show on the surface of the property. A Deisel engine, Ingersoll-Rand com pressor, Fairbanks-Mor hoist, and a complete equipment of machine drills, pumps, in fact all necessary appli- ances for the operation of the prop erty on large scale were supplied by Wrigley at his individual expense, and the Arizona Sulphides company, which now owns the property and which rep resents its original developers, has maintained everything in first-class condition.
 The Wrigley property ore is a clean silver-lead product, almost free from zinc, and carries good values in gold. It has frequently been compared with the ore of the Bunker Hill and Sulli- van mine in the Couer d'Alene coun- try of Idaho, with the difference that the latter carries no gold and averages four ounces silver and seven per cent lead, to the ton. The Wrigley mine contains veins of quartz, some of which are over 40 feet wide. Engi- neers who have examined the property are of the opinion that below the area of surface teaching and oxidization tremendous ore-bodies will be found and the values leached from the sur face concentrated at depth.
 Rich Ore Found ~@
 On the 200-foot level of the shaft a crosscut extended through the i'm mense lodges to it's hanging wall re vealed six to eight inches of black sulphides that averaged at the Selby smelter nearly 100 ounces silver, $5 gold and per cent lead to the ton. On the 300-foot level three-foot streak of concentrating ore was cut near the shaft. This is in quartz, free from zinc and a fine grade of concentrating ore. Assays ma ie in the laboratory on the property during the course of development work show ed shipping grade of ore in the vein, which the shaft followed for over 200 feet. The crosscut which disclosed the rich sulphides on the 2OO-foot level also intersected 15 feet of quartz, all low-grade ore. On the 3OO-foot level in the hanging wall section of the ledge the quartz vein is immense and carries good values.
 On the surface at point 200 feet west of the shaft there is 12 feet of concentrating ore, and in it chunks ot galena still remain at "grass roots". An ore shoot has been proved by sur face work for 1000 feet. The main shaft will develop it.
 The suspension of work during the world war, due to high cost of labor, supplies, etc., operated to the advan- tage of the owners, since resumption of work vii be under conditions that will save 30 per cent in the develop ment of the property. Some 25 gal Ions of water per minute give sup ply ample for the operation of mill. The property consists of over 100 acres of patented ground, in addition to a millsite.
 Plans are being formulated by the of the Arizona Sulphides Company for the resumption of work on the property on an extensive scale. These plans include large milling plant, and should result in making the property one of the notable producers of the southwest. The company is capitalized for 100000 non-assesable shares, of which one-fourth remain in the treasury. It is closed corpor- ation, all the outstanding stock being practically held by the original "gum" crowd. William H. Wiley, Western -.u-.o.o,, Co, tho Wri riUlau Chm Conn.,