New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-12-31
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| CHLORIDE ORE IN THE NEIGHBoRIooD-
| sPECULATioNS AND PROSPECTS, INDIANS AND
| MISSIONARIES.
RALsroN, New-Mexico, Nov 1S.-Your read
ers arc already familiar the main features of the
astonishing discoveries OF silver in the Buro Jack
ass dstrict-a region OF country where there Il neither
wood nor water situated between the Burro and Chr
cahu ranges OF mountains Just of the usual route from
esa the Rio Grande, 20 Tucson, the capital Of Ar
zona The consists chiefly Of blue and black sui
phurets OF silver and rich IA gold assayng from
$40 to $500 per tun The three principal ridges OF ore
50 feet wide and project above the surface from 10 70
several hundred feet high When the news OF the rich
strike" reached Tucson and confirmed, nearly the
entire population, including Gov. Stafford, sylvester
Mowry, Coles Bashord. and few Mexican women, weni
out the mines locations. The following are the
names OF the principal locations On the big groupings
On what appears 90 be the longest outcroppng ledge
which miles In length, the locations are con
secutively Apache Chief. Freestone, Stafford Capital
Mustang Harpending, Valley, Kate Minnesota. Ken
tucky Mohawk Monte Grande, salna, Forest, Bowman
This lode known the Harpending lode. The Brown
lode comprises the Mohawk, 0phir. Roberts
Brown, Harris, Brown, Jackson, Potosi, Lee
Jefferson and Washington locations. The Arnold lode
takes in the Dip, Dunn, Arnold. Cooper Eclipse
and Getty. A magnificent location OF LOO feet was
named in honor OF Gen. Thomas who had promptly fur
nished the party with escort; and an adjoining location
OF 400 feet named for the noted pioneer John
Thompson. A few words concerning this weEKno"h
Western may be read with interest He crossed the
Plains in ls43 From Oregon he went TO California made
trip to the Sandwich Islands and returned TO San Fran
cisco TO build the fourteenth house erected In that city
One of ThOmpsOns neghbors tried about this time 20
sell him rancho little way from town for s,'0o-sco
cash. and liberal time for the balance but he declined
That rancho, rather the ground where II was, II
worth to-day between 100000 and ssnOoOOo Thomp-
son had HIS ups and downs, like all old Californian
and all his old friends among whom he includes Gen.
Fremont, will rejoice 10 hear Of his good luck at ias
The location made in his for him by his nephew"
The town Of Ralston contains several hundred nhaD|
ants but progress except in speculative way must DC
slow there Is not water sufficient for mill purposes
near the mines The ella River, IS miles distant AFFORDS
the best opportunity for the erection Of stamp mills
The grade e good from the mines and Il l. probable
.eected can ne Saned To- the ella and made to pay
largely. half million OF dollars viii bhd aud stock
this road. Another half million VII ut up six iOstap
mills on the ella, and this million OF collars WI ne W.
dOubtedIy returned to the investors within twelve
months after the mills and road are completed Tue
RS6 Saye cGms Rsre baVe oTa had road to
travel" Until mills are erected quart country IN an
agTcuuraly barren region Is the worst oi ali BAD cOdh
tries for man without money. ...,, ,ho ,,,oo. of
this section that several square miles OF country az
Cienoga have been discovered to be extremely ron IN
Pine into such favor tie poor mans country Tor
chloride nearly az easily taken out as tough
produce from iC hundreds 10 many thousands OF dol
lars per tun T. men can pick out tgn q chloride "a
not he long in making fortunes while the ciYrbes last
The county I9;k Is mere, as az ilo IN, az
pearance OF mineral deposits OF the two section,
are analogous though these are lar more SOo
OF the here has 50 cent OF IT. weight N pure
silver The district has been named the Snionde D>
trct, and town called Silver Cltys last nuidng Az
Pnos Altos, ten miles from silver City gold placer nay.
from Ralston and is fine stream sufficient 10 supply
two steam stamp mills. The mountain ranges throngI
same a. those which, soahwari in chihuahua. SONORA
and Durango have yielded such immense amounts OF sill
and those which, still the
North, IN Nevada and other Territories are proving
duced enormous quantities OF silver. Three masses ~
malleabe silver, In pure state, taken
The mines Of santa Ellalia. in Chihuahua short dis,
lance to the south Of this place are the most norhn
regularity BY the richness OF their ores, tcy have
WHtca Tue over tSn the inferior AMI
south The registered yield Of these mine,
perannum; from 1881 to i79i the Weld exceeded .IOOO
making total for Sc years of 100000 THIS district
the Apaches and the line hlcendas FOR reducing ores,
which were then in sueh i'oursEne condition have
gone to ruin. The Mexican Government torn by
civil strife that had no time TO aid tue mi In quiet
ing these disorders and thus the -autallg ealth %
Mexicos northern mines and the rich iracs 81 rzona
and New-MeXcO, have remained unu1l ci,p"t 10 the .
tsconcs (pfospectorsJ into Arizona about tic ginning
OF the present century Will illustrate tie icnt's ~ The
reglon On their return tins pary Drought o'dcru
accounts OF its wealth. and as proof @ olnda II lurc
the largest mass OF pure silver ever 0u "a ihe world
This fact is well subsantiaed By tue record. The roy
yexatous suit followed resulting ~ tccrre 4 Pb!p
the Fifth, dated Araniuez May 2s l7il witch terminated
prosecution by the Royal Fiscal against rho Arizona
explorers The decree gives the We gifts Of The Jd,
sheets and other pieces of silver disc"ylc ani end.
by declaring Arizona TO be royal prop fty frlOdcrI
de Paa or place where, by some nat al process silver
is created.
The richness Of the ores and the geological position OF
the mines OF New-MeNico aud Arizona give them
Central Mexico. There the profitable portion Of
the Ledge is at great depth here ne oeS f9p
bodt's theory in respect to the deposits OF silver
ore in Northern Mexico, viz that the proportion OF sal
north This is accounted for eeologcally by the Dip
the veins the rich portion OF which, being the
southwark, until, in Central Mexico, it is often found
only on descending thousands OF feet on the vein Tbs
great mineral treasures Of Mexico may therefore be said
TO commence at the point where Humboldt states that
the abors of the miners had terminated The Gddsden
Purchase comprises the territory OF which sm now
writing. and originally formed part Of the Mexican
The discovery OF these mines win be n very strong
argument for the building OF the southern Pacific Rail
road the sd parallel route. The main argument Tor
the 35th parallel was its agricultural advantages but
they Will be overbaanced 10y the rich mineral region
this line In gold silver copper and argenterous lead
this section OF our country cannot De cAceled Al
IL needs is the helping hand Of capital To make produe
tive. The Immigration hitler promises t. he 50 large
that is not likely that the Indians VIII be dangerous
doubtedly have enough people its mining sections
protect themseyes, and she VII troolpy soon De admit
MeTcans are a lazy gcod-fornothing set, WHO subsst
chiefly I on pS the ps 6@y and ed
cate their children carefully in the arts Of chicken and
while 6y the Apaches making descent and gobbingup
o party killing the men and carrying OF the Women II
en- route recently from La raz, Arizona, attacked by
Apsches and had very narrow ESCAPE The desperate
They were after lock OF the Bishops hair, and nothing
but the defense Of those men saved h scalp Mission
many of hostile tribes than the hardy pioneer who Ia
iron experience that white safe except when
a Government reservation.