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06/13/86

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES FILE DATA

PRIMARY NAME: DELAWARE MINE

ALTERNATE NAMES:

GILA COUNTY MILS NUMBER: 494C

LOCATION: TOWNSHIP 10 N RANGE 10 E SECTION 30 QUARTER C LATITUDE: N 34DEG 10MIN 50SEC LONGITUDE: W IIIDEG 22MIN 17SEC TOPO MAP NAME: PAYSON SOUTH - 7.5 MIN

CURRENT STATUS: PAST PRODUCER

COMMODITY: GOLD

BIBLIOGRAPHY: ADMMR DELAWARE MINE FILE

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REPORT "

Upon the patented Mining Claims

of The

VERDE FALLS GOLD MINING CO. Gila County, Ariz.

The Sketch Map herewith shows the above mining propert1as to be located in 8.

surveyed district in the neighborhood of the town of Payson, Gila County, Ariz­ona. From the Survey numbers it is seen that the claims are among the first mining claims patented in the State:.;....;., sometime early in the '80's;--8in08 which time very little work haa been done upon them other than the annual work and the surveying and patenting of the properties.

The passing of forty year,s has be-fogged much of the early history of these ola.ims .

The district in which they are located is, however, somewhat remote from rail­road facili t les, this J bO\'lTeve-r, is overcome by a well established line of tt'uck which supply the requirements of this country. Tbe town of Payson may be con-sidered the proper point from which to visit the properties. It is situated 137 miles from Phoenix, and 96 miles from Globe; in a well-wooded and watered country ...

The State Highway is at all t imes in wonderful conditions, being surfaced both from Phoenix and Globe and passing within a very short distance of the several groups of patented claims of the Verde Falls Gold Mining Co.

Gl.1)LOGICAL AND ECONOMIC CONDITIONS

Geologically the country is granitic; certain areas or zones being cut by 8 wide variety of g ineous rocks, with extensive dikes of a dark greenish black basic varieties. Seoimentary rocks, consisting of Cambrian red sandstone, overlain by (probable) Devonian dolomite, still rest unconformably upon wide areas of the primary rocks, but everywhere emphasize the tremendous faulting which the region has suffered by their degradation and change of level and dip. Economically, the con­ditions found in this region are vastly better than those common to Arizona; for throughout there are many fertile valleys (which doubtesa gave the district name of Green Valley) running streams and other sources of water, wide spread Boft and hardwood ·timber suitable for fuel, large pine forests from which sawed lumber is today obtainable at the mill for $25.00 per M. $lnd finally a vast cypress fors 'st from which the best mine timbers can be obtained. Game is plentifQl, ~ith trout fishing excellent, and general living conditions much more agrgeable than in many other parts of the state.

EXAMINATION OF THE VARIOUS MINING CLAIMS

THE GOWAN

As not ed on the sketch map, this claim is locA-ted in Section 34, Twpe 10 N. Range 9 East; its lower or southerly portion being crossed by t he East Verde river. It stretches thus, N.W. by S.E .. across the bott om of Verde Canyon, on the northarly side. The vein consists of two distinct portions; one consisting of qUflrtz in which free gold is easily visible, 811d the other of an earthy, iron stained breacia; all lying between pOr1)hyry walls and d ipDihg north-easterly at about 45 degrees;

tho t0tnl thi~~n{3RS h~tn~ from fou~ to seven feet. An inclin0~ ~~"ft wa~ first R'tlnk 0n thr~ vei. n, to 9 ri~nth of ''1b 'yut 75 feet after which 8 vcrtienl sh:yft 1,"f'18

81111\'" t() i ntp-r-c('ct t11P. first near its bottOI'1. ThA are rPlTIoved f'r,El the> 1'i -r;~~t Sh:-1ft W88 T111 llpd, to'~ether vd th ore taken from the stopes which wc~r(,~ c'lrri <">c1 t) the surf'3ce from both sidp~~ of th("~ shAft 9.nd for considerable distences.

Sl3.rnples taken by the writer yiel(led a8 follo\vs:

F0. l--Qilvpr 0.'20 oz. Golri 0.52 ozs. or :;tlo.60 per ton. No. 2--2i l,ver 0.40 O~~ • Gold 0.70 ozs .. or ;'\~14. 00 per ton. No. 3--~3il ver 0 .. '20 oz. Gold 0.49 ozs. or ~~8.00 per ton. No. 4--,Silvpr O. ')0 n'7, .. Gold 0.84 ozs. or t;17.00 per ton.

Concpnt!"otr;s "25 int0 one" assayed ;:~204.00 gold per ton.

Just below the minp. oJening, and in the bRnk of the river, is loc8tpd the old ten stRmn m:! -11, DU i l t hv thr: Pacifi c Iron Works in 1878. 'rhe f'rww work is in Axcellent condition with the rock brc'f1y p r, as w,:)ll 88 thr-:' b'Jttery w~th its CAin P!'.c1. c1l'"iVp f!1"~ft<~ ~'~Hi "1111c;?~' i'!1 a~-:! r:0:d conrlitj()n as ~;rhpn th'~y WPY'P ~~pt 11"".

Tn t"li. (~ mill l.~TAS trr,qt,r'rl. qll of tr]c> nrf'rnjn.(.~d 1n th8 GowA.n, topp.thpr with B 10,!,"J;~0 8P11)lmt of r'r8 from variow) othul' el cd II:::l belolj;~i nt~ to the COlnnFtny.

Tn ~()n~)ifl"r'in'''' t-;~pql"\ ('ACt8, tt muc~t hr-! r(~mpmbered th,~t when this work VlBS .!one-­forty y(':H'(~ '::If:--O--t l 10::10 int(~rF'0tpd WDI',: "-"01(1 minf'~:rf} from Cnlifornia, who '!:'crc only int("r"'~tr~d 1'1 1'1'(;0 gold Gvailabl,~ by the SiiTlplest millin:~ rr0cesses; and that tl-;nv 'wer(-! not. only unorGnared to recover such gold as rrJ.lSht be locked up in iron 3ulnhidec; (and therefore used no concentrators of any sort. Today C,))1 ~j t i ;n'~~r,) vastly d iff'c:reJ.1t, and I unh::si t3.tin:-;ly adv"ir~e the f1.irther deve] O! :,le~1t of tlJ. i. s ;,r,) ;)nrty • Incicl pnt n~. J.y J tb,e old stO:C88 ::rc t. i~~berod "-:-i th I-'(~LIEd cY3:,rt:'(;;~ fr·:y''.. lo:-,ol. f1.P;,")J,:,r, 0;~:1 thes8 tirrbers are as solid ficd sound [18

thf3 de.y they VWrf) i-1ut in--forty yssrs ago. This 1.roperty if3 now under leese to F. C. T:::ylor :J.nd a;,socic;t es -"'lbo [~re dcvclo:r,illi:.: with the intention of' shipping t!1e [-lt~lf'cious ~'old ort-~ to the Globe smel tel'. Company reSt~rves right of l,OEl Bess i on on d err~r=iT:d.

This c]F\i:--:; i:' ]oc::-itt?d in 8ectlon 16, Tvre, TIN., PRn(~e 9 Fn,st, And is oTlened by tv.'O s11r~f't~~, bnt [~ f1hort d i ~tf'~ce helo~~! the ZOTIr-: of' ~p<1iment!~ry reeks, or n'~8r t]~,,-. ;::lTol:-it of r hi;~hJy faultt7 d F,rAS. The shnft if' GO fppt eJPCT., wj,tl-', n~ifts both \"h:~T .'~ i I r(, n tJ- P vfd n. T[w ann~rf~T1t tr1.lt h of t. l' i~: Rtnt nnent i 8 hn~nf~ ()1J~

],v t;Jo'" ~'47,C> 1,11' tl'''' r,ld dumos. 1'hG vpin "contHct hetw8~"!t norpllyr:l ~nd r~r~nitc."

4<' t'1111y ~iY f'p,e,t, if' tilickn0S~;. 'IllY' ~;tri}-r nt' tli:~ VAin corY'(·p,I,()nll<) wttl1 thA ~"i.;':,. __ "c.;;. ('>T.,l 7,f'np f"ytpndi.n.,o for :,il's hf;lo'iJ. 'rh/: ')r,' frrtTn ttl}:: rTl)npY't:;, iI;'~if~

ll"-'Ver '''i Il'11 I'" ll'i" C'Flrly dh~'? j:liJll'r~; on hccount of its c()"':':(!r eOY1tent hl:t WAP, :'d,Cwl(, .. d t·/) ...... i'1,t,1Tf: ~",}'i fln;{'>llt; Vl;'Pii trHnHiiort~ltj,nT) ViA'" PliC,de nnp,S1bl t:>. j..l ~'hi nrnpnt

01' t}'i~' n'Y',.> "'):"! '-I:,dph"r ,T. T. Cn]pm~;,n in )Oll~ W'~-ln 8nrt"·\~ tn(Cl ()1"8 d1Jm "Q rrWf')

(,Pl'(' (If' ;'(',l(i-cn~:n'-'r 0'\'0 WPl'" shil)llPd til trv-'" r.;'lnhp Crnnlt?"I'; rptl)l'n~~ from vrhicl< nl::~I-j., j,t :.,,~(,,;11" fn.,. tr~r:~ c.olen.nn to iTIctn]l 811 i.0.P 'l"Y't;"t P~;y, Ar;?.')'Nl.

rr,,)-·,,t (~(~F"- i(~p,-, "f 1'r\'r,t thr 1"j1)P [If'1rl yiJdrlAO, t°,'l:) ~'Fiy:!'lc.:=:, WPT'() tr:l:<"pn;-_.1"O. ]

C(ypc<; st,t n, ,.yf ~-, f'tlTll[I('l' nf rprw1inin:.iniRC8~~ of cPT)rij'er:"u[: ::ucJrtzOF-:p f'lr~t"":.'iA.l,

'!:I.d ~"04 ,~e'_ ... ') .... ~:"ijr'( of FI l~,r;':C' ('cn(:T'Ftl Rf'r'nlf> 0[' ~l'}.ne :;t1_1~;'f, :=:'11Ch fl~: CO:-l:4tj,tl'ted t!'!t-' bllJ k ()1' t (' ~<Ol't-l~ orc-dump.

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Uuon ASAAy th0V yipldAd as follows:-

No. 1--~iilvi->r--0.h() 07. Gt)1.(1-",,,~. '"<6/+ oz. Copper--9.7n1r, i!l v~hich th'? ?oln and silvpr v 'l1 11""S :_:n'~ ~~/t6.?q "()-~r ton.

Nt). '"<-·~S 11 vA,r--O. '50 !)z. Go lcl--O .. 50 oz. Copper--!~. 22"·1, in whi. c"'1 the g01d and s i.l ver vaJ. IF' S 8 r-0 ~11.16 perton.

'¥ithout COllclidel'at}(P1 of the selected sample (althoui'!,h its nromisH i:i qUitf~ sir~nifict:nlt) on'" cnllnot. qvoi.d the idAa th~t the mAtAriAl como0si n(~ th'"' qr\~HFlt)npd I)""~" 1"~Rirl UP, W',)ll J (1 tr)(lny, const it ut e a very val nab1 e asset. There is no less than 600 tl)nq. ()f th;~ R0rtf'd m~teri.al in the duml' At thr'l n"!"ppr'>nt tirT"lp o

Th'? vc~j" n i 8 ~t 1 eRst from four to six feet in thi~knf~ss, and float or;:' 1 s found for a lon~~ distance down the south-easterly slope of the conntr~.r. I cP!'tni ~ly 1""ACOIThl1end tlv'" "T't)npr dev810nment of this claim, 8.:=i constituting an entpr()~"iCjp'

of grQAt nr~mlsA.

This ,p'rO 'F "''i1l'~j~tl'l~'" of fonT' e()nti.r"'~uoun clqims, (Contact, ConnActiOI1 No.1, Conncctli)n No. II, Fmn. Lon'~ Tont·,)) is It,)c~1tp.d tn the. 8':lllthp1"'n nRrt r)f SAC. 1h, Twp, II 'r:. T{r1.n"~p, '; ~ast. The 81'PR covc"n'(lrl by the clAi's DrnsentR fl oict'lre of unu<.~1t:l1 l'lt"T'··::t.) '1Tl rl 0ffeT',<; f',"'()lo5!ic'11 3.n(~ min p T':O>llot'"tc8.l data'Jromising 01''"1 dAIIl)C'1. t~ ()~ UJ·\~At~i'7.e A!:0 VU.I1F'~ On t'-1A H0rth p rly AOr!0 of the Hl',:H.j the (}'rf"\~~~li RIl)n''''s .... hr11 ntly into a wide canyon, whose northern wall risefl uuitA RR ElbrllDtlv to thp undi <:Jturb(~d spdiplent~CJ.ry rocks Above; f-lnCl. 9 SOTnP T1lh-:-1t similr1t c()Tl(litit)n,c~ur~, I)n t"'v~ vlC'!--1t'3T'ly ed.;.:r!) or th(~ 3r(~a. Frof,1 the SUrf2C'3 of tho? r')1"t0fJll ')n 'Nhi~'h. thr~ clHlrns ':1re locTtpd t~le sedi.rn0nb"r:r rockq 8"l'O ;~0nf~, R.nd fPJrf.qcp e~Y8Fli n"'1tion shows 8 rp11Flrkatllr.> flPries of rock-b!.Clnds Dr 7,/lnps all stri.ktn:,.~ nn T·th-v:est8rly. On th~ -,",Test side is found a thick bRn\:: of finely 1""""·v"n"1t n .j sCrlist, r!,-,th~r lip'ht co1()red.

1?8~~t of qnri 9c1 .i r)i'1in,· thi.s (-}r")~Trs R 8trr)nh~ igneOllfl dike of from 12 to 20 f8Gt in V'li cknpss, ()J' a n.r-:rk grAt-3i1 rock ,~)r:Jbobly di.:10aflG; next C,Y:'}:S a thick bend of" 1l1tr'lsiv 0 monz·-::mitr- at lp8.F~t 60 teet t:'lick; then a ~;r";nt ~):!rlk of so-called lIb1.111 rql"rt,:,:u, '3TlTY'T'ently b81':;"'='TI 1 1")1,-t"cro-o"i!lg in pevsrnl grGat bun~h?f:~ east 'Jf tOni S Cl'Y: ~'." 'j 7.'"\r:'~ of ty()ic'~l "~:o8sann or "irJll hat" ,?() fe8t t:1ic)': nr Inr)rn; t~~'.}·1 :"1 'dJ"'r :ll1,:P c:lir)'ritp ()r di';--:)e~;(>. di):cp. j\ llurmer of ancient O"!"i)S:')P,ct hnles rn"· f'!'Pl'l it t i lP (tl):lS""n.; ;)11° nt 11"\8.r~t 1:,rhich mu~\t·h8.ve been slli1k to 8. de':~th')f 30 or ~n f~~t; q2 0videnced ~y th~ dwn" but none showinG evidence of having ,'-'):l C ' tl-:r'Jll" fl the ('","f!san into solid f"1 o t·"'rjl-"l. Two sh~::il.low shnfts w~rr~ als0 ~~l"'l k i:1 +, ':.,' fi r:Jt ,'Tee:1 d i kf'; all d01Jbt l'?R s tn R C)~:.rC}l f0r ro Id ()T·~. J~l -f:hn1F,:h (~f")I''''T' .;-,trii 1) lS .~~0npr·~11y 2'"("'~'-'''''fC\nt, 'it ill:"Y be s'.P~·T)I)RPd th,~t nr") f"olr"l OT'e~ were f"';'~l')'i ()f' s1Jft'i(~ient v~J1ue to wnrr"F1t t~0 n2ceS~".j8rv lone' haul. In ttJr"c':ossnn it";,'"'lr 'rJ:' ~()'1~1 'JC~~1"cr;ly r:>Y'~(>ct tj fi.nr1 r.l()N~ t"1'i:J tr:::;c8s of t}l" mct'31s, since 1.t 1" V'~r"'r t-1,,!0T',,,,:,u~~hl:r oxidt7,"'O ~n11 l;"'rl~rl(,d. HO;'\'('v;~r, sqf:1~l'~"~ 1"""-'1"'-"-' t'1l..:-'"'n from bnth di.k~' "'!'l'1 '"~IC;S'\!l, wit:1 thC', f011.()w~n,,,: r,'r"'r~lt",:~

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Here is a mineralized zone of sorle hundreds of feet in thicknp8s and a distinct length of at least one thousand feet which offers the most interesting pOGei­bill t19s. \~.7hi18 the surface facios of the schist-band shows no signs of valu~ble minArqli~ation, it is of course possible that its unaltered pqrts may dev'.'doo valuable 0rc deposits. The dike shows constant values in gold, silver, and CODner, and any considerable body of this rock containing such amounts of those metals as are found in sample (4) could be reRdily handled by a very simplp, flotation process, from which the concentrate might p,ven be Ioca 11y rOHsted and m::-1tted in reverberatory furnaces. Unless the surface indications nre most untruthful, the possible value to be found in t~1P. schists and the first dike, constitute but a small part of the mineral valueR which may be expected as a function of development; for, no matter whether or not the big quartz vein mey be found to contain values per se, or whether it be the resultant of thp -orimary metal carrier (as seems to be so frequently the case) one cannot doubt but that the great gossan band next to it on the east gives abunda:lt YrT'OmiSA of a great minAral deposit below. Thp, highly f'p,rroginous character of this rossen indicetes the former existance of a heavily pyritic vein, and thp fact that, after ages of oxidation and "L)rogressi ve leaching, tt now shows gold, silver and oop·,;er (as shown in the results from sample No.4) offe:~s vpry nromising indications of wh3.t may be found in the unaltered sul­phides bAlo·w. This whole series of rock bar~de Il1ay be prosnected by diamond drilling; best probably from the western ravine; from which it might easily be cross-cut .'J.t S~1t i si'Flctory depth by a series of dri 1.1 holAS.

This clAi1: is loc'lted in the sC)uth~rn portion of Sec. 27, Twp, II N. of Range 9 Vast. Near the crest of the hill, and just below the remainin~ sr:dl=nentary rocks, there is Rn old sha~t, in bad repair. The 0re is an iron stained, honey cnmbed (1U8rt7, with en Rverage width of six feet. A grab sample gave ~8 .. ()O .i,!olo DPr ton. Further down the hill are several other o-pening, nearly oblit8rnt:~d by the t'li~.;ht of tim.e, but all showing ore which should develop commeric8.11y; these ST3 small, r8nr:inc.:, fr()m one to thrne feet in thickness. It is a mattAr of heRrsay that a considerable tonnage of good gold ore was taken from t:lis I,iberty claim And milled in the Go·wan mill: This beine arrparently true taki n>\ i:1 to c0nsider8t ion the si ze of the dum"!Js as comnarpd with amount of dev~loprnent work nerformed.

TlfF' F'XCUR~)ION

ThlR clAi-' 1.8 loc~ted south-westerly from Payson, in Sec. 27, Twn. 10 N. of i)~Hl ~~n q Ti'ast. It shows a strOUt;: f}.u8.rtz veIn of rtbout six feet in thickness, strtkinC? N .. W.S.ll'. an(! lying betwef~n l')orphyr7l or hie:h1y ~11tered granite walls. D~v810nmpnt 1/JDrk: consists of a nOA.rly verticlA Ahaft to 8 de-pth of on~ hundred forty feet~ .All m8.teriFtl hoisted is or8 and still remr.>ins on thr; ground where it C·"ln be eAsily sR."r!lqled before delivery to 8 mill. Fror:l its ap~earance the OT'F:' flhnul{l be 8()r:-~t:>wh:-'1t m()r~ va] uable t~1p:n is inriicnted by the r0sul t (below) ,'. of the :lA.mnle taken:--Gold--o.60 oz. Silver--2.50 oz. Copner--4.:2l%. Both iron and copper sulnhides have been encountered iTI the Ahaft; thus ~rovinp the imnossihiltty of tr~at~ent bv thA early day min~r.

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This clr.'-ir ] i''")8 sorn.r.~ four 11n 1"""S south-easterly fr i )[tl ?8YS()n 12.1 Sec. 13 Twp •. LU N. of Rnn;:--:e 10 "':'(1 :~t . It cont 8. j. ''.s 8:l'.olri vAin, about f()1Jr feAt t ~li ck; over helf of

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fbi_ olaim 1s Wlder lease \0 .Mr. Pot'1DC1l1 ot Olobe Who hu equipped 'he pro­p • .., With hOist, bunk house aDd abo,.

'-oas 'he tirs' d •• onp,iye 1'_ liftll ~. wtt.r oonoern1ng 'he II1a1na pro­p.nte. or IU'Tfm aroup. 4 •• 01'10" 1n 'hie ".pon. 0.8 tao' .. u aal1Q~'h., _N ~Lul '$ ramot_ hoa or41U17 tra,.el. IOU' •• , •. a4 41ttlOul' ., a00888 '0 .. _n811l ona.t, while OD8 .,1' ot ,. •• 1ble llMft8.J ha4 a sort otgo •• 1P1 value 1a t.:vor ot 'he propor\7-'hat ~h., had Mea • ...unM byJ4r. Tnad.well, who acl1'l •• d Sana'or Clark '0 \8.k8 'h_ 1. plaoe ot th. Ua! tH Ver4e.

D1IJreaard1n6 tho h"ar887. the oonclltioaa ot r.n'.esa u4 diffioult aoo ••• se.ed '0, at least 'par'l(lll¥. elf ... the rather n8p'1". ht.'017 ot an 1«11-D. ••• of tortl yeara. Theta" 'lhat 'he aroupe. aeTeD in D18ber, WQro iJloluded 1A tba hi&bl1 mineralised zOI'18, oxten41nc north-we.'erly \hl'oqh Nevada and ::Jouth-fIiaaterly into Old Mexioo OOTe:'lng moat of Ansona'. biS II1ne" •• _.eel '0 otter possibilities of valuabl~ dleooTer1ss; 'h ••• po8s1bl11ti88 beine aupplMtlf;Oju'ed in valuG by thjlJ report ot abubnt _ter-supplJ and t1bundent \lmbar tor ruel and tUne us., ••

I pol (~ulta cer·t:11n that no engineer had •• en theae properties in lVlDl' ,ears previous to US¥ first viait in 19l6, and I will etate thi:1t the rather teint hop. of the d1soovaryof something wonh while, wblo.h I entertained UpOIl _tun1ng out, we..f\ OhiUlg,ld to all lnt8reet 0108$11 approaching enthusiasm b1. what I saw. I not only found the 601d values to be better and more ~.r.ls'ant '.tw.n I bad 8xpt.:"loted to rind them, but I found o\.~, 'htl rnal rtr;8n In tor the un­ror'un,';t!~ shut down 01' operations by the early uuy operVltor&U This on aoo?unt ot htlv1n~.D encountered 'he eem1-8Ulphlde zone where the greater pert or 'he gold wad lookod up in the pyri'e 'hue, cau.1ng a. 10S8 whloh could not be oTeroome. since in those d~8 oro dressing was in 1ta lutanCJ; this, howeYer, haa at the l:'re3cnt til.':'t} been nbaolutclf overoome by table concentrution and !lotution. In a region 1es8 abundan'l1 m1nora111~d agr of the I!9UPI oovare4 in this report would be suffioiently in'.resting to warrant development. bu" I cann<)t hal) b~ing IHlrt1cululy 81 .. l'uo;{ wi 'h the great ~romltJ(i or the Cowan, the Contaot Qr:)up end the Summ1 t ola1m. or thel'lCt. th~ Qo'~un and the Eummi' aunt dO'UDtloB'; be o:,ened up in the usual l'ill\nnor,Ol shafts and drifts; bu', in CaStEl or thClf Contuct. 1 t 1s ::·rob~bla thtlt Buff1cialtt 1nitial development aun be IJertonned by ,11amond.-dr1111ug, and wi thou t soriDus exponse, and I shall 00 b"reatly dla8~<)o1nted 11" suoh dGY{~lopmen' doet'l not o'~:an up TffJry lfirSfl and vnluabl,) oru-ood1tHl.

Wi thh,ydro-f11ec'r1c pOWf)r Hvu11nble by hurno8sing tho \ll1utnrs <)£ th9 r'~aot Verd. r1 Tar. wh1 on 1"lo,"~s u1rHotly aoro~. three of our groupo, a la'r,~ 1 tem 0 f.' expense W\)U.J.J ba r'l~duo~J<l tu the l'.lln1mum. I tH~lleTa any rower nocA881~ry oou.1 d be developed by utilizing tb,o powHr 81 t08 avt.:i11aole.

Irhts min.ing onter-f,r-iao looks to :lf~ l1ke (1 sure 'r'1111Bf3r if 1-'rOIH:,rly dovelopAd under ettloiont !rH.:.nt\gc~L'H-nt with Buf'f1oient olqJltol. Tho C()!'=liJU1lY iJlJ ollp1t811zed 1.600.000 shar$& wi th H yar val.ue of Olin doll~lr P':'f.' }lhare. 'rh'~,r~ has bllen 5·JO,OOO ahar~s 188U i)d; th10 in paYIl'wnt for tht) l'rop~rty an,.1 nI,H)(tlHlllry expense

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during til" l·';:""'t t:v-,pnty-onr' 'l0Tr'c~ tlHlf~ -lJ'flvjnf~ 'in t})I~ tr'C'''1~''lry 1,100,000 shqres tr) be) ""Iff"r",l fnr rlT'I')mntjl')n 'jurY;PJ:'8.

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Delaware Minev'

DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES STATE OF ARIZONA

FIELD ENGINEERS REPORT

Date November 19, 1957

Green Valley - Payson area - Gila County Engineer Le'tvis A. Smith

Subject: Mine Report (interview) Office .

Location: Sec . 30, TION RIOE

Owner: ./ R. "'T. Thompson, 3030 E. Indian School Rd, Phoenix (Squa't-l Peak Trailer Court) .

Lessee: v'Richard E. ~lieritz, ~~yer-Heard Bldg. , Phoenix (Phone: AL 2- 2795j . ¥

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Property: 13 Claims .

Equipment: 15 H. P. Hoist, Small Crusher, 5-ton Gibson Vlill, 5-ton Denver Gig, 5- ton Stephen table, and small ball mill. 1mole set-up is for almagamation. The ore is free milling and crushing to 30-mesh appears , from tests, to free about 80% of the gold, 'VJ'hich is in limonite .

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Development: The property has a new 100 shaft and an old 100 shaft vlhich now

Geology:

is filled . Considerable drifting was done along two sides of a wide shear zone . A new drift has encountered the old shaft fill .

According to Hieritz, the mineralized zone lies in a wide shear with quartz veins , lenses , and pockets following the two sides of the shear. The main values are associated with limonite within the quartz . The wall rock is a hornblende diorite of probable pre-Cambrian age . Quartz stringers and small blebs are prevalent out along fractured areas between the shear walls . The hornblende­diorite contains limonite specks and tiny veinlets which appear to be of a somewhat different character and may have been developed from pyrite-chalcopyrit~ However, their concentration is weak. Remnants of quartz ~oc~~run from 0. 2 to 10 oz. in gold and it is

, ''" 'liopedl:Fiat inemiIl-'liea~ds can be kept at about $125.00 a ton, for the time being, while exploration for new' ore is under way. A fair amount of $10- 15 ore, in addition to the higher grade material, is available for mining. The better ore favors the Foot1rJ'all of the shear.

A 250- foot well can more than supply the needed water for the 5-ton daily operationo

Mining equipment includes 3 drills, a nune car, and some rails .

There is good topography for placers immediately below the mine outcrops .

DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES STATE OF ARIZONA

FIELD ENGINEERS REPORT

Mine Delaware Mine -/ Date Fe bruary 7, 1958

District Green Valley Dist. Engineer LEWIS A. SMITH

Subject: Mine Visit SUPPLEMENTARY REPORT I

Lessee: Richard Mieritz 307 E. Indian School Rd., Phoenix, Arizona

The mine lies in a strong shear zone, with finger shears branching off in a "Feather Structure" in diorite porphyry. The main shear has a pinching and swelling quartz vein along its hanging wall a parallel vein 50 f West, dips 700 N and strikes E. W. The branching shears also have white "bull" quartz in them, but these are barren. The ore, in the main shear, varies from an inch up to one foot in width and the wall dips north at about 800 and strikes East­west. The valuable quartz is vuggy and contains frequent breccia fragments of diorite. The vugs are lined with quartz crystal aggregates and red to black iron oxides. The gold is largely free and is associated with the iron oxides. The vein is offset at one place by a diabase dike, striking S 6,0 E and dips 67° NE.

The mine is developed by means of a 100 foot adit off of which are several hundred feet of drifts and cross cuts. The main drift connects with a shaft, 300 feet to the north of the tunnel. This shaft is 80 feet deep and is vertical. West of the shaft is an inclined ventilation shaft, lined with 36" corrigated metal pipe. Mining is nowbeing carried out along the main vein, north of the main shaft, by means of stull stoping.

The mill has a capacity of 5 tons, per 24 hours, and consists of a 3X8" Blade Crusher, Gibson Mill, a Jig, Amalgamation Plates and a Riffle Table equipped with plates. The Crusher reduces the rock to l-inch, while the Gibson Mill reduces the I-inch material to between 30 and 50 mesh. The ore, when crushed to 30 mesh, yields $35.00 in gold with $2.50 tails, but when crushed to 50 mesh the tails are reduced to $0.35. A batch agglomerator, or mixing vat, accelerates the amalgamation at the discharge from the Gibson Mill. The mill has a3t KW generator operated by a gasoline engine, and this produces power for the Mill and Mine hoist. The compressor is run by gasoline engine. The rock breaks readily and is mined by stoping the waste away from the vein, followed by removing the vein quartz. This miminized the delution.

Thus far the operation has been carried out by batching. The 3 men operated underground, but one runs the mill for 8 hours. At present, with a head of less than 2 oz. gold, the operation is an even break. Above 2 oz. will show a profit.

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extendin~~ !1UotdtlP ~e~\~feTdH"it§1 ,?

aWare ties, })eing patentea in It" is lo-

cated about m~ miles southwest of Pay­son. A crew of three men are employed.

Harry Maxwell and Cecil Burmister, both of Prescott, Arizona, have reopened th,e old Burmister manganese property 18 miles southeast of Mayer. The plan is to ship high-grade manganese ore to the Wenden (Arizona) Purchase Depot, re­cently opened by Genetal Se1'vices Ad­minist1'ation. (!/ IN' WO(].i,;1! ~S_3 __

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News Items

Mine I Tfe 1aware

Date Nov. 21, 1952 . ~'_',,' . _

Location 6im. SW Payson

Owner va. W. Thompson

Address Box 116, Payson, Ariz.

e Operating Co. same Address ____ ' ___ __________ __

Mine Supt.

Mill Supt. .,-

V"Gold Principal Metals e Men Employed 3 Production Rate none

Mill, Type & Capacity none

Power, Amt. & Type Gas Comp. and Hoi'st

MARK GEMMILL Signed ~ ________________ __

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T10N, R10S1sec 30 DELAWARE MINE GILA COUNTy

GREEN VALLEY OIST RRB WR 4/23/82: Hanen H. Williams, Civil Engineer and Land Surveyor,' 5835 W. Wolf, Phoenix, AZ 85301, Phone 846-0507 was in to look at files for the Delaware and Verde Falls Gold Mining Co. near Payson. He is doing a feasibility study on the properties.