Yavapai County AZ Archives History - Businesses .....Hassayampa Mining District 1881
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HASSAYAMPA,  YAVAPAI COUNTY.  This district, embracing Groom's Creek and Crook Canon, lies immediately southof Prescott. The Big Bug and Turkey Creek Districts bound it on the east, andthe Walnut Grove on the south. It has an abundance of wood and water. Thegeneral formation is limestone and granite Most of the veins are gold quartz,many, however, carry argentiferous galena and sulphates, which require smelting;these are the widest. The veins in this section are generally narrow, but theycarry very high-grade ores. More good custom mills would certainly proveremunerative, as most of the ores have now to be worked by arastras, or beclosely assorted and hauled a long distance, besides, many of the veins are sonarrow that they do not warrant the erection of machinery for their specialreduction.  The Victorine is a gold and silver mine, the ores of which are high-grade, andare being worked by an arastra. The Wakefield, owned by Hutchins & Behm, is alsoworked by an arastra. The ore pays eighty dollars per ton. The Palace, Curtis,Black Hawk, Berry and Gray Eagle are being prospected and promise well. TheMinnehaha, owned by C. A. Behm, has produced very high-grade ore. The Providenceis an extension of the Minnehaha, owned by Hutchins & Co., which has given goodprospects in horn silver and green chlorides. On the Benjamin considerable workhas been done; some selected ores from this mine were sent to San Francisco, andyielded from $300 to $1,500 per ton. The Governor Fremont, owned by FredWilliams, is reducing pay ore by means of an arastra. The Canadian was openedseveral years since, and has been worked to a considerable extent. Some ore fromthis mine shipped to San Francisco, yielded $500 per ton. The Nevada, Adel,Happy Boy, and What Cheer, have all produced high-grade ores. The Lone Star hasnow on the dump 100 tons of good ore. Four steam arastras have recently beenerected by the Jersey Mining Company, which are now reducing ore from the Hartermine. The Crook Canon mine, owned by W. M. Buffum, has been steadily workedsince 1874. It has a shaft down 210 feet, and a good ten-stamp mill. TheConsolidated Bodie has a good vein of smelting ore, from four to ten feet inwidth.   The company is about to erect a smelter.

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Extracted from:ARIZONA BUSINESS DIRECTORY AND GAZETTEER;CONTAINING THENames and Post-Office Addresses of all Merchants, Manufacturers and ProfessionalMen in the Territory of Arizona;TERRITORIAL, COUNTY, CITY AND TOWN OFFICERS.A DESCRIPTION OF THE DIFFERENT MINING DISTRICTS AND THE NAMES OF MININGSUPERINTENDENTS.ALSO, A GAZETTEER OF THE COUNTIES, CITIES AND TOWNS,Giving a full exhibit of their Mineral, Agricultural and Manufacturing Resources.WITH AN APPENDIX,CONTAINING THE NAMES AND ADDRESSES OF WHOLESALE MERCHANTS AND MANUFACTURERS INTHE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO.W. C. DISTURNELL,COMPILER AND PUBLISHER,534 California Street, San Francisco, Cal.BACON & COMPANY, PRINTERS.l88l.Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1881,By W. C. DISTURNELL,In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, Washington, D. C.

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