The weekly Arizonian., 1859-07-07
HUANcAvELI1A QUICKSILVER MINE.

CO., and according to Mir Castleman, produced from 175l to l799 1,040, ,452 quintals of quick silver. Allowing $65 as the average value per quinta, the value of the product is $67 ,629, ,38O The expenses were $1O,587 ,845 during that pe- riod.
 Since then this mine has produced but little, all schemes to reopen it having failed so far, but they are not considered as exhausted Bol- ivar, the Dictator, refused for them in 1928 the round sum of$60O,O00 or $8O0,0O0.
 THE SAN JOSE DE PARAC SILVER MINES, PERU.
 This is no very great establishment, but only mentioned here to show the interior economy, as a model There are annually reduced at this mine 750 tons of ore, with an average yield per ton, of about l28 ounces of silver. The ores, in consequence ofblende, are roasted with labout 87 per cent of salt, and amalgamated by the Patio process. The annual yield is $7O.- 900. Expenses $30,000 According to this. the average would only be $93 per ton with an expense of $40 per ton for mining:and reduction,
 The hacienda for reducing the ores is man. aged by l superintendent, major domos, and 40 hands, Indians.
 The mines belonging to this company are situated leagues from the reduction works, and in charge of major domo, four corporals. and 60 hands, divided into 2 gangs, working each l2 hours out of 24
 IuC bdldIJ Ol Juc oupcIluG0uucHG IS DlZUU per annum major domo 30 per month cor porals $2l miners 623 cents per day hands at the works receive soc per day.
 It would be highly interesting to get statistics of the great mines of Mexico, Quanaxuto and the Alison, and the great gold mines of Califor- mia also, those of the new Almaden quicksil- yer mines in that State in comparison with those of Almaden in Spain, which have been worked over 2000 years. Also, notes on the rich mines of Germany and Hungary, espe- cially those in the Ore mountains where q be1 lieve,in the l4th century, immense masses of virgin silver were found on the surface, similar diseQxered in the Planchss de la Plata near Arizona, in l760. The great copper mine of Falhaun, in Sweden, are yet productive The ore, is very poor, but notwithstanding all this they produced during the greatest part of last century over 800000 lbs of copper per annum.
 Not less interesting would be statements of the iron and coal mines now worked. Any one in possession of reliable data would confer q benefit on the public by publishing them
 Arzona is particularly interested in obtaining information respecting mining operations as sine IS par excellence a mining country, and the mining State of the Union, as the future will show. We shall not be able to show such magic results as did the placer mines of California. but will exhibit a gradual development that will be really amazing; as soon as we have security from Indian depredations laws, capi- tai, and science will come to our aid, and such will be the case.
 We have in Arizona mineral lodes containing ores of far superor character than those of the above cited mines The question is whether they can be produced in such immense quantities. The copper ores from the Santa Rita de Cobre, the Ayo, and hundreds of other veins are extremely rich; the difficulty of trans portation and the want of fuel, has however. prevented their being proftably worked, so far, Nothing but railroad will remove the difficult ty. The silver ores are as far superior to those of other parts as the copper ores are In the Heintzelman mine the rarest specimens of rich silver ores, of great variety, have been found also, specimens of cinabar and virgin silver and copper, in the same vein. The general yield of the ores there, are not surpassed by any others in the world
 Arizona has had no fair chance yet to show her wealth. It is in the depth, beneath rugged mountains. All our excavations so far are but meg scratches our reduction works mere trials and tests on the pigmy scale. Our local ity, monstrous difficulties and wants, are entire | ly misunderstood and neglected at home, and even here. This leads to badly equipped enter prizes, delay, and disappointment The fail ures are attributed to the country and the mines, when in reality they are owing to want of knowledge of mining.
 Hoping that this may prove interesting to some of your readers, and that where l am mistaken 1 may be pardoned-haVing but few notes here for reference Iremain, &c.