Arizona citizen., 1873-03-01
LOCAL MINING OPERATIONS.


 steam works of the Santa Rita Saw mill Company, moved them into the Pataoonia mountains and we believe have ever since been conducting quite an extensive and successful mining business in taking out and smelling ore. This movement was taken in the belief that the Apaches would permit work to be continued there and thus far they have done so. This new start over that way for the first time in over five years, emboldened others to explore that region so well known to be full of mineral wealth, until now, as per report of MT. Bennett, more than 200 men are exploring for or developing mines already found thereaway. E. N. Fish, D. A. Ben nett and It. W. J. Ross purpose to erect reduction works on the upper San Pedro and open up and work a mine near the stream. For this pur- pose we understand an order has Teen sent to San Francisco for machinery
 Samuel Hughes, H. s. Stevens, E. Ochoa and P. R. Fully (probably some others are developing several mines about thirty-tive miles to the southwest of Tucson, and some of the principals visited the works and workmen this week. Judged by re- turns received of samples tested in San Francisco, they are confident of being able to make profit by ship ping the ore to Yuma by wagons and thence by steamer to San Francisco, for sale. This class of ore we are told is abundant. This being the case, what 8 future there is in store for this section of Arizona when supplied with railway transportation right through here reaching both east and west to ocean craft!
 Some thirty odd miles westward from Tucson, Ira o. Futile says him. self, John Thompson and William Ormsby are working on mines with very encouraging prospects. He says considera ble of the ore contains enough gold to enable a man to make from $2 to $2 50 per day with hand mortar, and that they intend to construct aras- tres very soon. In that vicinity are !, mines which were worked century or more ago, as is evidenced by a large dead mesquite tree in the door way of stone cabin and another grown over the forge; also the banks of quartz once ground and worked :; also hundreds of hammers of bluish but almost indestructible stone Then the evidence Is clear that for some ], cause, in places, the excavations were purIosely filled up twenty or more feet. Water seems to te plentiful within few feet of the surface and some springs are near by, anl the country abounds in excellent pas turage. A vein of white marble Is also reported to extend for many miles in this section. MT. Futile thinks this marble is of very fine quality.
 Other mining operations are going on and contemplated, Of which we have no specific reports but hope to have from time to time.
 To Hon. R. c. Mccormick we are indebted fer the complete report, for 1871, of the Secretary of the Interior which includes the reports of the Gen. eral Land office, Pension office, Ind ian Affairs office, and of Public Buildings; also for Commissioner Raymond's report on Mining Statis- ties; also Professor Hayden's Geo. logical report on Montana and ad- } iacent Territories also q complete re- port of the several meetings of the Centennial Commission; also a vari- io1 of f,,1