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ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES AZMILS DATA

PRIMARY NAME: GOLD STAR

ALTERNATE NAMES:

YAVAPAI COUNTY MILS NUMBER: 168C

LOCATION: TOWNSHIP 14 N RANGE 4 W SECTION 36 QUARTER N2 LATITUDE: N 34DEG 30MIN 52SEC LONGITUDE: W 112DEG 37MIN 49SEC TOPO MAP NAME: SKULL VALLEY -7.5 MIN

CURRENT STATUS: UNKNOWN

COMMODITY: GOLD

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SKULL VALLEY, ARIZ. SW/ 4 IRON SPRINGS 15' QUADRANGLE

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1979

II SW-SERIES V898 DMA 3453

,eral in cuts. l! on the dng about No ore to ,e principal ~nd Inver. In 1903. a Major r ~ per ce "chlnery ,spector's

is being uall way. roup liea group. The )perty. ~ j of shafts. :rhe deepest ~et. In 190 tore were shi ~ntered are .. ia no equip d the amou this time ia

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ROADS AND PROPERTIES OF THE COPPER IlASIN DISTRICT

'~Mint 1%. Martin Scbuber 13. Herman Boebm

. 101. Arlsona Opa.l

,,-:' 18. Robinson (Russell) 'i.ll,~ld~ 7. Lucky 5

~8. War Eagle . ~a;Vl'''' ' rescott ~i 21. Copper Va.lley "·, U. Logan ~ Arizona. Portland ~ ~~: ~~r:outb 10. Sink to Rise "- . 23. Martin

11. Lorna. Prieta. 17. Oregon "U. Derby

a road w1ll be built to the v1ant, complete workin~ equipment. on the rim of Copper Basin 'on the preparatory to Installing the 5-stamp mill and concentrating ta- southwellt slope of Thumb Butte

==r.l;~iiii-O!'>--""--"''"''''''-'''':'~':::~'':'' ' ' bles. There Is also a complete and about 6 % mlles from Prescott, The OP, property consists ot one .. well apPOinted camp on the property. property' conaists of a total of 9

claim. situated east ot the \which Is well kept up. A great deal claims. Development work includes Prescott. Development work ~o! money was spent on these Im- three shafts, dritts, eroea cuts, tun- Act. of a shaft down 345 teet. 'Provements and also on roads. The nelfn! and various open cut. on the 0

haa been done trom fnUre property Is now in charge ot stu·Cace. The deepest ot the shafts, Do(~ Work 1a carried on by , caretaker. . . the HurricaDe, ta 150 teet deep. From Bra

The property 1. now In- '; The Queen is an old property COll- ..... rtoua level8 la thta .hatt about 500 Con . A aumber of t()ns of ore now.' trolled by the MtQ M\n~ CompU1. feet of drifting has been run. The ear! n the du~J>.~ ... ~ __ "_~..,,,. . ., ' . . ~)_ nl8 property ot tour elaima was last second shatt, the Prescott, Is down 1

_!!,~!,!~~'~ .. ~. rc Copper-COiii.,.a7 '\worked in the summer of 1917. De- 125 feet. It is the Intention ot the pas acres tn Copper Basin Telopment work cons tats of a serf_ mana«ement to make the Prescott the Dr.

14 miles trom Prescott B'nd .. or tunnels, ranging In length' from main working shaft on the property. At trom Skull Valley. Develop- 150 to 400 teeL The ore vein has a A new 15-h.p. Fairbanks-Morse gas cha

. work on ' the property consists width ot 4 inches to " teet and val- hoist and gallows frame are now be- Imr shafts, the deepest being ues in gQld and allver run trom twen- ing placed In position at this Bhaft pos

and BOrne drltting. and a ty dollafBto several hundred dollars and will be tn operation on or before on e1. Values encountered a ton. The property was worked April 15th. A compressor, drills and I

workings are principally many years with a small m1ll1ng plant other equipment will be installed as alII: _~ .. _Du·gold. . . and arastras. Two years ago a' new soon as pOIIBible. This property has as ilifItliient consists of stamp mill mm was · buUt. The property Is now been worked for a number of years fou

machinery and ~ inactive due to dIssension tn 'the man- by S. H. Anderson. prior to its being ter For detaUed report, . ~gement. taken over by the new management.

PPnv"""~IA this is- ' '\) Zachariah lfln1ng Company was lJ1- Several small shipments ot high grade ~r~

_.·.-J ... .IHlIT. property consists of tad a bou t .. miles

Commercial mine. is now engaged In

sbatt. All naces­and equipment will

the Dear future a. a ••. - .... ~ ....... in gold. sUver acnmterEld. For a eom­

this property

corpora ted June 2, 1917. The prop- sUver have been made periodically by da: erty consists ot 10 claims about 7 Anderson as his development work dr ~ miles southwest of Prescott and 1 progressed. Heretofore no attention tar: mile south ot Prieta siding. Devel- has been given to the copper ores In Is . opment work consists ot a shatt down the property 0.8 it was being worked 70 feet, a tunnel driven In 300 feet for its gold and silver values. As and other shallow workings. A to- depth was attained, copper values In- th f tal ot 200 teet ot work has been creased and the present management Co: done within the past six months. A is now planning to work the property 1m

3-h.p. Fairbank .. Mol'8e hoist and a as a copper propOSition. 1m

3-etamp mUl l1r8ctically includes all 'v Beard group Is one of the oldest ret the equipment on the property. There properties In Coper Basin. The main COl Is also a camp. Values encountered workings were carried on from a 50 10 have been high enough to warrant toot tunnel from which .good values tra the management building th'e stamp in gold, silver and c~per were taken. to mUt. It i8 also planned to build a Two or three shallow shafts were also ral ftotaUOIl mill on the property at a sunk on the property. later date. The principal values en- Comet group consisting or 8 claims un countered are gold and copper. The we IlTera&e assay is about $20 a ton. A l1es almost south ot Prescott in what 2-1nch ledge has been encountered Is known as the G.room. . .cr.eek district. Tb

Dur- .which yields a gold value assayIng About 500 feet of development work be .. iIl .... ,. ~hrJ. ,·~ .~ .. . prolKU'tY '3.000 a .ton. The company has no has been done on the property in au

~~~'· ~ft1n .a ... ,",nC!! D+nfllP 'n.,. Q!ll" hpin2" flnanced and shafts, tunnels and cuts. There Is DO as

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GOLD STAR (Pat'ented) T14N R 3 & 4 W Sec. 31 & 36

Eddie Balmes St. Johns, Arizona, Owner Phone: 337 -2174

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Yavapai County Copper Basin Mining Dist.

5/80 - Office Visit, J. H. Jett: Mr. Robert L. Coombs, 1535 BurtonAve., Burley, Idaho 83318 came by and was interested in purchasing _this mine. He was staying with Mr. W. R. Edwards, Pinon Place, Prescott Phone 778-4282.

RRB WR 12/26/80: J.A. Crabb, Atlanta, Georgia, and Ollen Nichols, Poteau, Oklahoma, report that they have a prospecting permit on the N\ and SW~ of Sec. 36, T14N, R4W (Skull Valley Quadrangle) in Yavapai County. It includes the Gold Star Mine. They want to cyanide leach the placer material.

On August 3, 1981, Heather Mc Cannon visited the department. She informed ADMR THat oM June 11, 1981, Dixon and McCannon Inc., 7146 W. Bluefield, Peoria, Arizona purchased the Gold Star patented claim in Copper Basin, Yavapai County. Ralph McCannon - 465-9033 and Jimmie Dixon - 978-0613

lIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MIN :' . __ RESOURCES

Mineral Building. Fairgrounds Phoenix. Arizona

1 . I nformation from : ____ J _. _A_._C_r_a_b_b_&_O_l __ l_e_n_N_i _c_ho_l_s ______________ _

Address : __ A_t_l_a_n_t __ a_,_G_e_o_r_9_i_a _______ P_o_t_e_a u_, _O_l_k_a_h_om_a ___________ _

2. Mine: Go 1 d Star 3. - -No.-of£-ia-ims-=-?atenteti State Permi t Unpatented _______ _

4. Location: ____ _ 36

5. Sec N~ & SE~ Tp_l_4N __ Range __ 4_~J __ 6. Mining District Copper Bas in

7. Owner: Permit Holders - J. A. Crobb & Ollen Nichols

8. Address: ___ se_e_a_b_o_v_e ___________________________ _

9. Operating Co. : ______________________________ _

10. Address: ________________________________ _

11. President: ______________ 12. Gen. Mgr.: _____________ _

Gold and Silver 13. Principal Metals: ___________ 14. No. Employed:

15. ~ill, Type & Capacity: _____________________________ _

16. Present Operations: (a) Down c&I (b) Assessment work D (c) Exploration []l (d) Production 0 (e) Rate tpd.

17. New Work Planned : __ P_r_o_s p'--e_c_t_i_n-:::g'---_______________________ _

18. Misc!. Notes: Permit area contains numerous old prospects, shafts and adits.

Date : ___ J_u_l ¥-y_S ....... ,'----1_9S_1 __ _ Ken A. Ptltll i"ps' (Signature) (Field Engineer)