The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-04-05

vein n the district, and perhaps the most valuable lu all the Prescott region. lt Is lower uoWn on Lynx creek than all tbs tosegolng, and close 10 inc stream It lies in q sreenstOne dike, not far irOm its centsst whh the granite on the east, strikes northwest aDd southeast, and dips very stecply to the southeast. The tnnn vcn Is, on an average feet inches wide but it has side veins or branches on both sides, which sometimes run along with il < to l6 feet oi on either side, and sometimes join it. Thcse arc onen 5 feet, and never less than feet wide The lead was discov- cred md located by Wm. Pointer, familarly known
 as "Unclc Billy Pointer" an old Colorado pioneer, who came to this country in 1855, alter having |
 made and lost fortune Tn one oi the uilpln coun'
 ty gold leads. which to this day has good repu.
 tation. Uncle Billy owns 400 feet on the lcad and
 since 1866 he has worked this proi erty alone for ' a living. He is fue specimen oi Western pi'
 onecr, one of the men who have always kept In
 advance of the railroads, and who don't feel well
 unless separated from civilization by hundreds of
 miles of Indian country. He Is now quite old and wbitchelded but he still does all his work with.
 out any aid whatever. He sinks his shah and
 mines his ore leaving his faithful dog at the month
 of the shaft 10 watch for Indians, and when he
 has a buckct-full he asceuds the Ladder and winds
 1t up himself In the same manDer he takes IL
 to his arrastras, which is close by, and grinds hs
 ore by water power, the ls-iOot wheel ot which
 was built by his own hands. He has sunk two shafs, one 3i, the other 22 feet deep, and three
 prospect holes of 10 to l2 feet in depth ou the main vein and it's branches. In all of them a , splendid body of porous brown quartz iseNposed
 horse of greensboro met in one oi the shafts cut Y out ayatE lew feet. None or tnc ore WOrkcu so far has yielded less than 80, nor more than Si2 - per ton, and between these two figures the whole l contents Of the vein vary in different places In q the deepest shaft suphurcts of iron, copper zine
 and lead were struk at q depth oi 30 feet, and in r the bottom of the shaft they are : feet wide T and very solid, so that they would Immediately $ furnish material for smcltng. In one Of the side veins to the south of the main lead occurs oinch is layer of solid galena. In lSU6, the first year of hs a working of the vein, Uncle Billy took out S3OO
 lS61 1888, aud lSG9, 1000; and in 1870, sl 200. E Considering the circumstances aud the surround II jug difficulties, the most prominent of which ' the Indian troubles and the distance from which h Mir. Pointer has to get his supplies (ior he can neither plant anything nor raise stocH,) ths yield
 Is very satisfactory. There Is sufficient water iu
 Lynx creek at this point to run The arrstras con
 tinualy for six months by watcr-powcr; aud Mir. II Pointer told that in one year he had run for t nine months. For tcn-s;anp mill driven by C. steaui-power there abundance oi water through. | out the year. am, however, inclined to believe
 that the of this lead will in future have to be ,, ,, treated by smelling; and whenever frcghts will become sufficiently low to and from these parts that the base metals lead and copper will pay for their transport Ition, this vein will be splendid l. basis for prosperous mining enterprise. There e several extensions located on this lead one of ' 200 feet To the porih and oi 800, tue McCcl. - Ian, to the south. Both of these have been worked 0 to some enicnt, and the value o the ore Is the
 same as that of the original.
 f Tue Accidental Is another very good vein. It Is
 located east Of all the others, high hill, the opposite bank of Lynx creek. It stands in quartz ' ite slate it's contact with gneissOd granite, and runs with 1t in the usual direction, but dips ,- S5- northwest. This lead is feet wide, and has n produced some of the richest ore in the district. The quartz is porous, and shows free gold 10 the
 naked eye; that from the middle open cut, which ' Is 30 feet long and 20 feet deep, and from the 30 < foot tunnel continuing in on tue same level, has | yielded as high ss slO0 and $50 gold per ton in different runs. Besides these, there is a shaft 7j feet deep POO feet higher up the billsidc, which
 is intended to strike the tunnel ultimately In its V tp f,..t, ,yiH and al phurets of iron and copper in abundance. Above
 the shaft there arc several open cuts from 10 to Is
 feet deep and coo feet long Another shalt Go feet
 deep, Is southeast of the one just mentioned it , , has olso struck suphuret Fifty feet below the ' nrst mentioned tunnel, and at the bed the U vine, n second drh, which Is, siDgularly enough, started in the foot wall, Is driven in l3j feet and Y cuts the vein near its end. The ores encountered l are solid sulphurets of iron and copper which would yield good material for sinelting into ' matte. There occur beautiful crystals ot car.
 bonate of lead and gaens In this part of the vcin This tunnel brings in about no feet Of stopping
 ground at the secoud shaft The vein is at pres . ent not worked as understand, because some of e the owners are not willing 10 or cauuot furnish
 their portion of working capital to erect proper reduction works for inc sulphurrts.
 The Eureka Is n very irregular coutact-ycin, be- tween granite and greensboro, on which an incline b of 70 feet in depth was sunk. The quartz
 tlins coarscly crystailized iron pyrites and little ' gold.
 The Dcadwood is parallel 10 the former in gran itci 1bu tue poor orc. II IS . lcct wide, has the usual strike, the same the forego ing, and dips southeast. High expectations were f at one time entertained in regard 10 these yeins
 but they have not been realized.
 | The Eureka mill, upper Lynx creek, and
 close to all these veins, has len stamps, driven by $ steam power, and no apparatus to catch the gold besides the copper plates in tho batteries. For mcrly aprons, covered with copper plates, were
 arranged In steplike manner outside of the dis r charges from the nortars, and imperfect concen- . trating machinery was erected below but these arc now removed. There Is also small, caved- in reyerOeratory and an arrastra connected with the - mill. It has been running for a few months dur ing the summer, but was idle during my visit.
 The Thundcrbolt mill is about two miles lower
 down on Lynx creek. It consists of thunder V bolt chrushcr and four arrastras run by steam, . and was idle when visited by me. The whole Is a well built, and ought 10 reach good results with U ' the ores Of the district.
 n To be continued Hert ,ceek.