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.. PRINTED: 11/21/2001

ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINES AND MINERAL RESOURCES AZMILS DATA

PRIMARY NAME: LONE STAR

ALTERNATE NAMES: LUCKY THREE

YAVAPAI COUNTY MILS NUMBER: 343

LOCATION: TOWNSHIP 11 N RANGE 5 W SECTION 17 QUARTER NW LATITUDE: N 34DEG 17MIN 56SEC LONGITUDE: W 112DEG 47MIN 52SEC TOPO MAP NAME: WEAVER PEAK - 7.5 MIN

CURRENT STATUS: PAST PRODUCER

COMMODITY: GOLD TUNGSTEN

BIBLIOGRAPHY: USGS WEAVER PEAK QUAD ADMMR LONE STAR MINE FILE KIRKLAND DISTRICT

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ARIZONA DEPARTMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES MINERAL BUILDING, FAIRGROUNDS

PHOENIX, ARIZONA

April 2, 1958

To the Owner or Operator of the Arizona Mining Property named below: "

Lone Star Mine Tungsten & Gold (Property) (ore)

We have an old listing of the above property which we "would like to have

brought up to date.

Please fill out the enclosed Mine Owner's Report form with as complete detail

as possible and attach copies of reporm, maps, assay returns, shipment returns

or other data which you have not sent us before and which might interest a

prospective buyer in looking at the property.

Enc: Mine Owner's Report

FRANK P. KNIGHT, Director.

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Mr. 'lt. R. MacDonald 1315 w. Jefferson st~ Phoenix, Arizona

Dear Mr~ !laoDonald:

March 23. 1942

I am. 8D.olos1ng harevli th a copy of mine owner's report filed ~Ni th this dep&rtmen t ooveriu!,:S the LONE ST1Jl ~E in yavapai Oounty. ,

I shall be glad to submit a co~y ot this repo'rt to anyone making inquiry for a property such as yours ..

Assuring you ~f my desire to be helpful, and ~nth best w1ahes t _I am

Yours very truly t

, 1'. S. Coupal

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DEP.ARTMENT OF MINERAL R}:SOUJ~~ES StQte of Arizona

Mine Owner's Report

Dute: Mc..rch 13, 1942

1. lIIine: LONE STAR MINE 2.

3. rAining District & County: Kirkl-e.,i'lU IVlining District, Yavapai liounty, Arizona.

Locc.tion: 8 miles southvlest of Kirklund, Arizonu; 14 miles from Yarnell, Ariz.oTIc. and 34 miles from Prescott, ArizOll&.

4. ]"'ormeI' N rune:

5. 01.vnar: H. R. MacDonald

7. Operator:

9. President - Owning Co:

10. Gen •. Mgr:

11. 'Mine Supt:

Mill Supt:

13. Men Employed:

18. Operations - Prosent:

19. Operutions - Planned:

6. Address (Owner): 13l:5-~Wes'f . J.e:f,~·e-peelr"S t .,' ~~o eni x, Ari zona.

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8. AdJress (Operat6r):

9A. President, Operating Co:

1~, . Principal Minerals: Tungsten &- Gold

15. Production Hate:

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20. Numbur Cluims, 'rit1e, etc: Two claims by locution since 1917.

21. Description - Topography & Geography: 5,000 ft .. elevG.tion - no h0CVY gra.dos to {;line. Good uutomobile road right to war'kings.

22. Mine Workings - F~t. & Condition: One shaft 55 ft. doep (v0rtical), Open CtltS. Water 550 ft. fr~~ collur of shuft on No.1 Claim.' Two wells.

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"'ROad ·COn'dit :f.Ons', " Route i '~ L Goed r ·oad. Take Whi to Spar Highway to Peeples , . ValleY 'Highway Maintenanca Camp, 2~ miles north of

"'''.,:,: ; ,o:· j · ·Hay~ Cat ·t le Co. Ranch. Wire gate just this ~,si .de . _ ot < ,:.~:. Maintenance ' Camp on left hand side. Stay on left

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27. Water Supply: Two wells of water.With a litte more development for storage there would be sufficient ;vuter for at least a 25 ton mill. Water 'stands wi thin four foet or surface.

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19. Operations: Planned

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',:",Mr •. " ~od~ :'~ ero' Gib son', "July ' 14th, . 1932~

l019 -Ambassador Building, ~t. L9uis, Mo. .

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Dear Sir:-.

' By request .of Jifr. Hines, I am forwarding you some data , on , the Lone f ·Star and. Lucky, Three claims and . such, informa. ti on as

:·,maY ,be . of ... interest regarG.ing ,the . present opera.tion ,.

The attaohed. --clescriptionis not exactly up to date, but will ~ive , you a good general idea of both prope~ties. Thi~ de-scription is , re,asonably accura te and. was made up by H. U. Smooth, assayer at Prescott •. ,

The Lucky Three, . in my opimon, i g the ' major potential producer of gold. and with thi s in m.ind Vie are concentrating on t~his propertY ' at presentc» By consulting claim sketch on d.escrip-

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, . _t ' Shaft A ~Eld - B, as sho vvn ·on sketoh, are connected. by a ·drift at ·t h e 60 ft level, water stanq.ing wi thin a few feet of ....,.: .,. ' -'thislevel-,- -and as -we·--have no means / of -·unwa,teringat · .. present_ w..ill ··~;~:~_, have to. ,coni'ine . te~t · work ' to area above t 'he60. ' '

. The country rock is grani te, 'as is., common wi tho the · prop~-'

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pasbe,en hand.ling approximately 1/2 ton per hour.

- Pl. ... esent crew consists of four men ,beside myself, one man on truck, three men at Mine and I am runn i ng the mill in order to handle test data.

Have mad'e a . survey of the property and. will complete . map wi thin the next few days, forwardL."'1g same to you. Wor.1ced 12 hours in t 4e mill tod.ay so you will pardon the sket c hy type of letter. Will have something more complete Withi.n a short tine: Ii

I have been over the graund thor~ughly and While the property· is in early stage of deve lopment I am of t.he opinion .that the present -showing fully warrants the expenditure of ' . the . small amount that would be required to place it on a larger -,

" ." .operating basi.s, opei1 ore shoo ts and :place workings incondi ti.on ": to ·produce at least 50 tons per dayo ' In fact, was preparing · to .' .

.... - .... ' .. , do :&m: this work on my Own account when Mr. Hines arrived from . ",-... ·,

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. Descripti 'on:' of Equipment

-.: .', : of Lone -Star Mine .. . Locat ion: Kirkland.-Weaver Mining District, 8 miles

South of. Kirklantl, Ariz. , 30 Tvrile s So • . of Presoott '5i Miles Off White Spar Highway, turning west :from Maintenance Highway Camp in Peeples Valley~

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Equipment:

. 1 Mill building complete, mill excavation for 50-ton mill 10 stamp, 1000# per . stamp. 5 stamps to . th e battery., Two :reeClers, two batt erie s, ·two tables, complete with all fittings.: • Timb ers etc.' Dismantle

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Development (Cent) \ .

·Ore bloc .ked. X2x:ktnm: 1200, tons: •

.. 3-d.ay mill test run on ore taken from these shafts run by M:r~ Don Finlayson of th,e Vulture Mine at Wickenburg, assying heads ~ plate tails, concentrates and tailings every 15 mins. during r~.

Head.s$15020 gold per ton Concentrates - 10 to 1 -$69.50 gold per ton Tailings on last days ·1 run was cut to around 90 oents per ton. .

One tungsten . vein