Show MF EW W GO GOLD LD discoveries REPORTED IN THE VULTURE DISTRICT ARIZONA Y considerable sid erable excitement has been created over new dis th lO overtes in the vulture district sixteen miles southwest of ic this is the dis 1 ir kenburg maricopa maricola Mari copa county arizona 6 L ct in m ch is located the famous vulture mine dincov B led by J henry chenburg wickenburg enburg ck in 1867 after wickenburg C L old n the vulture mine he established the town of wicken u rg on the hassayampa Hassa a yampa river this town is now the junc bunc k LQ t tin point on the S F P P railway for california a and nd I corthern dy dav n arizona traffic abc is served with a train each way per 1 I from the 1110 california calier cali fr points while two trains north and 31 south each T i day connect with main line santa fe trains both east 1 and we west st as well as serving connections with phoenix c had it was reported a few ew years ago that the vulture mine dietr 1 en worked out ut and that there was nothing else in the h district I 1 hey t S several everal hardheaded hard headed prospectors would world not bethe ave this and respecting prospecting continued in a small way around iao today old vulture alture mine and to the east with the result that grade ore there are se alveral veral promising prospects with high camill 0 pal lejero and associates are leasing upon the mine minet an property about two miles east of the vulture aj shaft haft the property apty pty being owned by al irvine an inclined is it to fourt no W v down feet et the pay streak runs from eight bt fourteen inches better than five doncet in width with values aruns are wh gold i per ton on the dump now is over ten tons of ivsich lan the leasers lears claim will assay ten ounces gold per two miles east of this property is a group which has just been taken over by the franco american copper company this group lies on the southwest side of vulture peak this property was passed over for a long time under the belief that it was merely copper stained ore of low value col F H I 1 I 1 bowler and A J kellis one day brought to camp about fifty pounds of ore from the tunnel upon the property upon examining the rock and making bannings pann ings it was discovered that the chief value was in gold the ledge is approximately four feet in width and has been opened in about a dozen places in one place a tunnel is in forty two feet after discovering that the ore was gold bearing a number of assays essays were made not one of which ran less than five ounces gold per ton col bowler states states tai anut lt the franco american copper company now has over sixty tons upon its dump of ore which will assay at least five ounces gold in addition to a substantial copper content al irvine has a prospect something like one mile northeast of the vulture mine from which he has been extracting gold ore the ledge being two feet wide and the value around four forr ounces gold 0 AV and associates have cut ore in their property adjoining the vulture on the east the width has ii lift t as yet been determined but assays essays taken so far indicate that the ore is more than two ounce gold ore interest in mining has been revived in this district during the past two months on account of the strikes of high grade gold ore many mining men from other parts of arizona have visited the district during the past two weeks and some have acquired interests therein |