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ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES AZMILS DATA

PRIMARY NAME: HASSAYAMPA PLACERS

ALTERNATE NAMES: LUCKY ALICE SPEAKMAN PLACER

YAVAPAI COUNTY MILS NUMBER: 164

LOCATION: TOWNSHIP 12 N RANGE 3 W SECTION 33 QUARTER E2 LATITUDE: N 34DEG 20MIN 36SEC LONGITUDE: W 112DEG 34MIN 03SEC TOPO MAP NAME: WALNUT GROVE -7.5 MIN

CURRENT STATUS: EXP PROSPECT

COMMODITY: GOLD PLACER

BIBLIOGRAPHY: USGS WALNUT GROVE QUAD WILSON, E.D. GOLD PLACERS AND PLACERING IN AZ AZBM BULL 168 1978 P 52 ADMMR HASSAYAMPA PLACERS FILE

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LUCKY ALICE

AKA: Hassayampa Placers, Speakman Placer

MILS Yavapai Index # 164 (Hassayampa Placers)"

YAVAPAI COUNTY T12N R3W Sec 33

Wilson, E. D., Gold Placers and Placering in Arizona, AMB Bull #168 1978, p. 52

USGS Walnut Grove Topo Map (Included in file)

Also see: Hassayampa Gold Basin Placer (file) Yavapai County

Brattain Contractors, Inc. appeal hearing, US Dept of Interior, Hassayampa Gold Basin Placer file

LUCKY ALICE YAV AP AI COUNTY PLACERITA Dlc)T.

This placer project on the Hassayampa River "' .

above \'ialnut Grove vIas abandoned about JaIl. 10,

and the equipment has all been removed.

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{ LUGKY ALICE '0

(Fe~J name for Speakman Placer )

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Hm. Hathe'YJ"s leased from Speakman and recently

leased to: ' .. Y1..4.STER IvID\fES O. L. Rhoades, ?res. 6323 Avondale Lve. Chicago 31, Illinois

v J. H. }JcIntosh, General i'lgr.

Have done some sampling and plan to bring

equipment from Montana in 6-2 ",reeks.

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LUCKY ALICE YAVAPAI COUNTY

NJN WR 9/6/85: Frank Corte and Bernie Lowman visited and reported that they are working for Aransas Arizona Mining Co. Limited partnership, POBox 1651, Wickenburg") Arizona 85358 (Texas address: 11509 FM10957, San Antonio, Texas 78253) who have a placer operation on the Little Gold 1-8 claims located in T12N R3W, Sec 26 and 34. This is the area of the Lucky Alice (f) Yavapai County. "

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October 6, 1960

~ LUCKY ALICE PLAC~~ Travis P. Lane

Visited the Lucky Alice Placer claim on the Hassayarnpa River about l~ mile upstream from the point where the Wagoner road crosses the river, C. F. Apperson was camped on the claim. This is the place where 2 former lessees, Speakman and Jv~athews, were killed by cave-in of a bank about a year and a h~lf ago. Apperson said that the claim had recently been purchased by" Tom Womack who planned to work a high bench deposit on the border of the rivero

Visited the Lucky A.lice placer claim in the Hassayampa River. Womack has set up a small trow~el here and is working alone screening gravel from a high bench on the border of the river g

TRAVIS P. LANE, Weekly Report - 3-18-61

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705 West Wing, Capitol Building Phoenix, Arizona 85007

602-255-5971

NOTICE TO ARIZONA STATE MINE INSPECTOR

In compliance with Arizona Revised statute section 27-303~ we are

submitting this written notice to ,the Arizona State Mine Inspector

(705 West Wing, Capitol Building, Phoenix, Arizona 85007) of our

intent t~/~top (please circle one) a mining operation.

COMPANY NAME (~J":rl..l~ ~ 1- t::>.f G\..ce..1L

CHIEF OFFICER C2eA>~~'l~k,~_~~-::- " ·f=l)-eJ~eJ\.U)~ ~93J . _

COillPANY ADDRESS I-I~~<f'{ " »(AA);; 1<'i!l)~ ~M\J\;S:~, 7~z'D (:;t-, . • \

CO~lPANY TELEPHONE NUMBER __ I-_~_-..;;,..)_~_' -_>-=<~~4_'_3-=-..J.9':......-.::;'l_c~C=)~ _____ _

MINE OR PLANT NAME +JAS,sA~ r \i~. MINE OR PLANT as directions

LOCATION (including county and nearest town, as well for locating by vehicle)

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PRINCIPAL PRODUCT TYPE OF OPERATIO~~L.cV\_ ---------------------------

STARTING DATE b-(<6 . '6.'1 CLOSING DATE __ 9L--.. -=-J_'()-=--_x_· ... _~ __

DURATION OF OPERATION __ ~~~~~e:>~ __ ~ __ f~~~h~ __ ------------------­

PERSON SENDING THIS NOTICE~--:P.b: LLki~"'IlA..., TITLE OF PERSON SENDING THIS NOTICE ~~~.

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DATE NOTICE SENT TO STATE MINE INSPECTOR 0- 2""7 -'IIi *A.R.S. Section 27-303 NOTIFICATION TO INSPECTOR OF BEGINNING OR SUSPENDING OPERATIONS: When mining operations are commenced in any mIne or when operations Lherein are permanently suspended, the operator shall give written notice to the inspector at his office prior to commencement or suspension of operations.

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Forest . Service

Bradshaw Ranger DistJ...

2230 East Highway 69 Prescott, AZ 86301

2810

May 6, 1991

Dear Concerned Citizen:

The Bradshaw Ranger District has ' received two Plans of Operation and an amendment to an approved Plan of Operation for exploration projects to be conducted on the Forest. The legal description for the first proposal is Section 33, Township 12 North, Range 3 West; the legal description for the second proposal is Section 17, Township 13 North, Range 1 West; and the third is located in Section 20, Township 11 North, Range 2 West.

~ The first proposal calls for the digging of a 30'W x 60'L x 40' deep pit for the purpose of sample collection. The excavated material will be run

\....vl-\(,1 through a vibrator screen and onto a shaker table where it will be washed \t) and the samples removed. The pit will be backfilled with the excavated

~~~~ material following sampling. Sample material would be evaluated off t A,fl..0()..~K\ site. Reclamation would also include spreading salvaged topsoil and ~\~, revegetating the site. As part of the approval, the operator would be

required to post a reclamation bond sufficient for rehabilitation of the '-- site.

~The second proposal involves rotary drilling four exploratory holes on an existing claim. Two of the holes will be on existing sites. The other two holes will develop two new 30'W x SO'L sites and require the

~~~ construction of 300' x 12' of new roadway, not to exceed 15% slope. ~~\ Several small oak and juniper shrubs will be disturbed or removed. The

)1~'~ holes will be covered all times and the sites rehabilitated when ~~u~l~~ geological evaluations are completed. As in the previous proposal, the

~operator will be required to post a reclamation bond.

~~ The third proposal involves placer exploration in Milk Creek. The ' .. ~ \)~~ \'>0:; ~ ') proponent has proposed use of an 8 inch dredge for samplfng in the creek

'I\,..... l"o\- \' bottom. No disturbance outside the channel has been proposed. The site ~~ ~K~will be reclaimed upon completion and the operator will be required to

Jl ~t>- post bond to insure this.

Minimizing impacts on vegetation and wildlife has been identified as a concern, as well as, protecting water quality . A cultural resource inventory and a biological evaluation will be completed prior to any disturbance.

Caring for the Land and Serving People

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DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES STATE OF ARIZONA

FIELD ENGINEERS REP9RT

i Mine Lucky Alice (placer Au) Date Jan. 12, 1959

District ~>lalrru.t Grove, Yavapai Co. Engineer Travis P. Lane

Subject: Visit of Nov. 14, 1958

The property comprises 2 placer claL~ located in the canyon of the Hassay~~a river about 12 miles easterlY from Kirkland Jct.

Operator: Malter Mining Co., Box 66, Yarnell, Arizona .,/

Owner: A. L. Rhoades of Chicago, Illinois. He is a principal in the Sun Electric Co. (testers, - appliances) of Clncago. For a number of years he has operated a placer property at Gold Creek, Montana. He has initiated this Arizona project in t he hope of being able to conduct a gold mining operation the year round (the Hontana operation is seasonal) • . 4 . Supt. John H. McIntosh. -

. The company proposes to work two small gravel benches on the west bank of the river. One of these borders the river at slightly higher elevation thanfue river bed. The other is on the rim of the river canyon wall about 100 feet above the river bed.

At the ti.rne of visit a dozer, an end-loader unit, and s orne grizzly bars, sluice boxes, etc. had been placed on the property and other equipment was to be delivered. Some preliminary testing of t he bench gravels was in progress. An attempt had been made to reach bedrock in the river proper but the depth was altogether too great (esti.1Jlated 80r~) for economical working.

The work force consisted of f our men.

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JAN 28 1959

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15 9 1978

1. CLAIMANT OR OPEP.AT'OR

Brattain Contractors, Inc ~

3101 W. MacArthur Blvd. >,

Santa AUa, Ca. 92704

3dwin ~. Brattain President

~usse11 R~ Smith Jr. Pro gram f1anager

Phone: (714) 751-4910

2. CLAIMS

A • The e i g.1-} tee n go 1 d P 1. ac e r c 1 ai rn 8 are nail ed, I s a be 11 a No. 2 :r

Honeybunch No.6, Ethel No.4, Myrtle No.5, Mary No.3,

Stella NOo1, Beginner, Good Luck, Margret, Surprise,

Boomer No.3, 300mer No.2, Rosita, Esther, Louise, Number

Two, Sally, a..Yld Eureka, Co lIe ct i ve 1y, t~ey are known as "The

Hob b s FI ace r s II • The c 1 ai rn s are sit u ate din Sec t ion s 1, 2 ,

I}, 12, 14,15, 22, 27, 28, .33 Ch'1d 34, ':r12N, R3W, G & S

RB & M, Yavapai County, Arizona.

B. There are no additional claimants, O'Nl1ers or partners.

c. (1) Le gal de 8 cri ptions 0 f the claims name d in 2. ~ A., above.,

are shown on the attached list, Exhibit I to this plan.

(2) The locations of the claims are shown ~n the attached

map, Exhi bi t II to tni s plan.

D. The date of location of the cla.ims (2J1d a.wendments) are

shown in Exhibit III~

E. (1) The dates of recording are shown in Exhibit III.

(2) Docket & Page number are shown in Exhibit III.

F. Not required. Application for Patent A-9242 has been made.

( 1)

A. ProJcsed Route of Travel

Primary Route: Via Existing Ari~ona Route 89, to the

Orofino Wash Road.

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Ingress'& Egress: Via e xi sting Orufino Ws.sh Eoad to

its juncture with the Hassayam?a River.

On-Claims: Vi a existing rc ad, (previously graded by

Brattain) generally North and South to the

var:Loua claims.

On-Si te: Minimal access roads to be graded only as

necessary to specific sampling sites.

B. Type 0 f Transportat ion

Personnel: 4WD (Toyota)

3/4T Pickup

Automobile

Equipment: Processing Unit-Trailer Mounted,

moved by tractor.

Klam - Self propelled, t~~ck-mounted

Caterpiller-Transporter

.Backho e -T rans po rte r

Misco Equip't.- 'Truck

c. See Attached O,Eeratiuns j.;Ia·p, Sy~i oi t IV

D. No New Access Roads Outside Th e Claim Boundaries Are Ln.ticipated

4. PROroSED OPERATION

'We intend to perform an extensi "Ie sa.::npling program or.. all of the

claims '. We will employ various types of drilling and digging

machines, 'such as a "[lam", backhoe and bulldozer. This eCluiprnent

will be used to extract nominal one cubic yard samples. The

samples will be processed wi th our placer evaluaticn uni t. This ·,

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~ uni t is mounted OIl a 45 I trailer and incorpor2.tes c. g:' i2z1y,

primary trommel, secondary trommel, nugget trap, concentrating

tab Ie, jig, Ii Cl u i d con c s n t rat 0 ric I ar i fie r , po 'We r plan t , pu ill P s

and drive motor. A reservoir will contain about 5 ,000 gc.llons

of water, which is recirculated after clarification. The power

pla.."1t is a 2bKW uni t, . pO''iJered wi th a Detroi t Diesel 2-71 diesel

engine. The diesel engine wil l be fitted with an approved spark

arrester (Gill, Mod. No. 6C30).

Lodging for Brattain employees will be a 5th wheel ca~per.

Sanitation will be provided with a portable toilet.

After processing, the sample material will be gr2.ded back into

the terrain. All significant holes will be filled" It is our

intent to leave the surface resources as nearly as is feasible

in their original conditiono Known archeolDgical sites ''''ill be

protected. .Any new evidence of archeological si tes will be

reported to you, should we discover them.

B. List of Equipment

(I) Placer Evaluation Dni t ( Brat tain) ..

( 2) Klam ( Bratt ain) •

(3) Bulldozer (D-8) (Contractor).

(4) Backhoe/Loader w 3/4 yd loader cap (Contra~tor).

(5) Toyota Land Cruiser (Brattain) .

(6) Chev. 3/4 T Pi ckup (Bratt ain) <>

(7) Ford Ranchero (Brattain).

(8) Eldorado. 5th Wbee 1 CalTIpe r ( Brattain).

c ~ 'We anticipate using 4-6 employee s at. anyone time.

D. See attached map, Exhibit IV.

(1) Surface disturbances will be held to a minimum. Samples

will be taken only in those areas where Geological reports

indicate. (3)

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DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES STATE OF ARIZONA

FIELD ENGINEERS REPORT

/ Mine Speakman Placer Date March 29, 1958

District Placeri ta - Yavaipai County Engineer Lee Hammons

Subject: Brief Examination

Location: About 7 mi1e~ E of Kirkland Junction on the Hassayampa River ( . ... ~

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Owner: Pete Speakman

Operator: ';- WIn. MathewS, 322 E. Earl Dr., Phoenix, Arizona, plans to lease the property and start a small operation in the near future.

Status: Inactive at this date.

Development: Several small cuts, pits, and tunnels in the gravel banks.

Geology: The country rock is schist overlain by thick nows. Small quartz veins occur in the schist, and these are probably the source of the placer gold. Y· The placers oi cm- in a steep walled canyon and are of two types. First, there are re~tsof older gravel bars which in places form benches abo~e the present streamo These, according· to the owner, carry good gold values. There is a eon­siderable yardage present. Second, there are the sand and gravel bars which make up the present flood plain of the stream and 'Which are in part derived from the older gravels. These younger deposits undoubtedly carry some gold values too. Mr. Mathews has done some sampling and. has assay reports. Some concentrates were shown to me by the owner, who said they were from this property. The gold was medium to coarse with some small nuggets. The nuggets and f lakes were flat with smooth edges and fairly rough surfaces. Some were bright, but sane were coated.

A fault cuts diagonally across the stream on this property, the north wall of the canyon shows severe tilting. As a result, the schists and tlol( rocks form natural riffles in the stream bed. This should be taken into consideration when this deposit is workedo

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United States D~partment of Agriculture

Dear Concerned Citizen:

Forest Bradshaw Service Ranger District

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2230 East Highway 69 Prescott, AZ 86301

2810

May 6, 1991

The Bradshaw Ranger District has received two Plans of Operation and an amendment to an approved Plan of Operation for exploration projects to be conducted on the Forest. The legal description for the first proposal is Section 33, Township 12 North, Range 3 West; the legal description for the second proposal is Section 17, Township 13 North, Range 1 West; and the third is located in Section 20, Township 11 North, Range 2 West.

~ The first proposal calls for the digging of a 30'W x 60'L X 40' deep pit for the purpose of sample collection. The excavated material will be run

u~~1 through a vibrator screen and onto a shaker table where it will be washed 1,...- ~/ and the samples removed. The pit will be backfilled with the excavated kV~L~ material following sampling. Sample material would be evaluated off . . \~,~\ site. Reclamation would also include spreading salvaged topsoil and \ A~\,Jr-\ -, revegetating the site. As part of the approval, the operator would be

required to post a reclamation bond sufficient for rehabilitation of the "---- site.

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~The second proposal involves rotary drilling four exploratory holes on an existing claim. Two of the holes will be on existing sites. The other two holes will develop two new 30'W x 50'L sites and require the construction of 300' x 12' of new roadway, not to exceed 15% slope. Several small oak and juniper shrubs will be disturbed or removed. The holes will be covered all times and the sites rehabilitated when

~ ~v~I~~ geological evaluations are completed. As in the previous ~operator will be required to post a reclamation bond.

proposal, the

~~~ The third proposal involves placer exploration in Milk Creek. The \) 'V ~~ \~ .\ . proponent has proposed use of an 8 inch dredge for sampling in the creek

',\ ":' l.2,.\- , ) bottom. No disturbance outside the channel has been proposed. The site \ Ij<.. 1 J\:. ").. will be reclaimed upon completion and the operator will be required to

.-'. (x..'0 f'" pos t bond to insure this. \

Minimizing impacts on vegetation and wildlife has been identified as a concern, as well as, protecting water quality. A cultural iesource inventory and a biological evaluation will be completed prior to any disturbance.

Caring for the Land and Serving People

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If you have any additional concerns or comments, please provide them to me by May 18, 1991. A copies of the proposal are available for review at this office. If you have questions, feel free to contact Doug Franch or Bill Cotee at (602) 445-7253.

Sincerely,

I~~~ HOLT