The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-05-25
Letter from the Tiger Mine.

BRADSHAW, May 20, 1872
 t~ et Hs Artzond Miner:
 iasg'uug that the Mining community feel l'l or less interested in knowing what has been a' now ling done in the Tiger Mining Dis a-l ana more especially the celebrated Tiger
 t Saoulit the following hastily prepared
 lar Discovery or Tiger Company has, since its E-a@iion, executed the following described .aa on their grounds: First; they have sunk
 - l-sl shaft. situated near their south line, to
 'lp'l oi ninety feet, meeting with good orc tenure slnce; then finding the amount of s-a oo src1t to admit of sinking further and
 's.ds 'ie same by hand, they started drift, 'ale1tas at the bottom of the shaft, running -'4oE ihe icdgc, with the west wall forming .-s Sts, s.ie f the drift, which was continued
 .F' handi ed feet, exposing solid, well de- @ ti- oi high grade ore the entire distance. tte Aga'us impossible to work at so great a
 A1o .tum trcsh air they sunk an inside shaft .t'~. '0aac depth of twenty-four feet, show -s A' iaittrJl change, except a slight increase H- qu4aly of ore and the wall assuming a 1', eP1-H, position. Then having no doubts 2e'ae ptnancncy of their ledge in point of
 - .bd hing 10 know something in regard ''s @.ltA. he Company made cross cuts al
 .~ e.afent places, from wall 10 wall, and Nf'-l Aae vein Of silver ore varying in width .,a '' '3 h2 eet. The next operation resulted v. anaB- of another shaft seventy-fiye feet
 rpm ''a .et north of the one already men,
 -.sa inet,l with equally gratifying results as i--.l ai re and extent of ledge.
 !. sa'i-A2 70 the above the Company has done
 'l'tl respecting at propcr distances apart,
 -S expos. and define their ledge the entire e'a'm-twc'~c hundred Iceland 'l la sinking a large, well timbcrcd about midway on the claim, on -ne1 Co erect hUlstn. works as sL.ucry eau be obtained from San discovery claims she lode is loca-
 ui half and work h1s been done .s, ta,au-h that distance sufficient e.u and Co. comply with the Dis Ib Of the Tiger Comp1ny's ground 'eI for some 5000 feet. The first M -...- -..4. .. N. A. Ljup-has shaft A ,1i. two feet, showing large body oi -..- 'ra And still further north on the s, oe'I slee X Co.,, is a shaft about fifty - sa. Ting good ore.
 ,,., ' -'-e Company has shipped to San Fran sl,sIa, hi;y tons of orc that paid from $500 as,r l'f tun, and the mine has paid its way 1s,~' irom the proceeds of ore sold. The ,a - -ls Rave now more than 900 tons of ore rif A'p rom which many assays have been Assl sloS the average value of the ore to -t' D tue ton, and as that quality will S'ip to San Francisco, it must await ei reduction works near the mine. Rr.. -.S oeen prosecuted during the past s, 'ne Benton, location north of the aed by Wm. Cole tS Co. They have a ss 'oity feet and arc taking out rock of a ..bl & w oi black sulphuret ore, as we'll as hrf iuaiaS showing very rich in native ogasr iends has prevented the owners of sorks,, .s ln the vicinity of the Tiger, from oeBe soe oe'n 10 any extent lately, and nothing aoplp 'ne ns onthe Lorena, North Point, Eclipse, proaI niandena, California, Defiance and oth- tezt ip aiP nlchardson has bought large in. Es,As1n s .;n prey Eagle, and proposes erecting a Der r qua to work the mine this sum- Bows or. arey Eagle is very large vein, and g0goa enough, of paying quality, above ai.s con rssy ruslly the erection of mill. When soag9 s.,, nce operations in the Tiger district et beisY ss expect results that will confirm sssict h Asaid mold that it is the richest mineral -.-onA W. A. L.