The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-02-10
FROM WALLAPAI DISTRICT.
OF THE ARIZONA &iNhNi
MINERAL PARK, January 25th, 1872.

, u,xrp,1 PARK, January 25th, 1872. S;rce my last letter, many things of inter
 have trapspired here. l will endeavor to furnish you few as briefly as possible;
 The Lone Star Company has been furnish ;,o the mill with rock for about two weeks On last Sunday morning, at the Assayer s osic. I was shown a quantity of bullion amounting to over two thousand dollars, and Ioar,ed that it was the result of fifty hour -un of Hardy and Meacham's five-stamp mill, unon Lone Star ore. MT. Spear, believe, .dvanced the money on the bullion and shipped it to San Francisco. The mill is still running, and the Company is getting out ore as fast as possible A drift is now being run from the bottom of the shaft, easterly, and the ore taken out is pronounced richer than any heretofore taken out It is quite rich in gold. I believe last weeks work of the mill here produced more fattering result than has ever been obtained by any mill ill this Territory, the Vulture excepted.
 Mr. Hardy left here yesterday for your city, with the intention, understand, of making arrangements for the erection of smelting furnaces, to be run by the same power now used for the quartz mill. His well known reputation as business man, causes every one to expect that his furnaces will be in operation within a short time. Considerable interest was awakened here yesterday by rich strike in the Keystone mine. Some of the owners of this mine were becoming quite discouraged of late, so much so, in fact, that it was uncertain how long work would be continued on it. Both shafts are now down to water, and, as stated in my last, it compelled discontinuance of work in one of them. Work was resumed, however, on the other shaft, and although 1t has been sunk to water, it is still capable of being worked Yesterday morning, just as the prospect was looking gloomiest, one of the workmen came hurriedly down street, hunting the owners, and exhibiting speci- mems of ruby and horn silver, which they had just struck in the bolton of the shaft. A quantity of this ore was then taken out, and an assay was made by D. A. Mayerdorff. have seen his certificate of the assay, which states the value of the rock at four thousand eight hundred and thirty eight dollars per ton. A vein of this ore, about seven inches in thickness and running along the hanging wall, was soon discovered. It widens out gradually as it goes down. The rest of the 1 ledge is little over two feet wide, and IS also much improved in value since striking water. have heard it frequently asserted : that the mines of Arizona always gave out at water level, and am we'll pleased that this, the first mine have seen sunk to that depth,
 is a decided rofutatibn of that assertion. The Keystone shows very fine carbonate ore on surface, and in the shaft exhibits sulphurets. The ore for the last ten feet above water was of rather low grade, and tended somewhat to discourage the company.
 The rock which is now being taken from the Fairfield, looks much better than usual, and great hopes are entertained by every one that it will continue to improve.
 The Alamama is new ledge, just opened within the past ten days. It is free carbon ate ore, and assays a little over one hundred dollars per ton. It is owned by the Walka- lip Company.
 The preparations for Mir. Coovers furnaces, at Chloride Flat, have been commenced, and work is being pushed right along. A brew cry, store, a saloon and a blacksmith shop have been started over there. Miners are also busy in that vicinity taking out ore.
 A stage line has been started between LOS Angeles and this place, by Messrs' o"''ei Mowry. The first stage arrived here last Sunday evening, and was heavily loaded A a,.no ;s ex,ected to arrive here now every two weeks.
 marty left here to-day fer the purpose of visiting newly discovered quicksilver mine, some seventy-five miles distant. Among the nartv. were Mir. Bradshaw, Thomas Kelly and Wm Burch.
 hope soon to be able to send you some good news from Cerbat, as Mir. E. Martin Smith and party are every day expected to arrive here from California. Mr. Smith is a man of considerable means, and of great deal of interest in mining circles. He was out here some two or three months ago and bought several locations near Cerbat. He is coming now, I understand, to develop his mines. have also heard it stated that he intends erecting smelting works over there.
 The weather has been pleasant for some time past, but to-day is cold and windy, with indications of a storm.