The weekly Arizona miner., 1873-08-16
Mines and Mining.

forts of this paper tU argue our people into working mine. has already had a good and favorable effect. A couple of months ago quartz mining was almost, if not quite, dead industry in various districts of the Ter ritory, but more especially in the old dis tricts of this (Yavapai) county. Now, how ever. We have knowledge of mining enter prises already started which leads US to hope that there will not ever again be such de- pressing stoppage of digging for gold and silver as that through which we have recent ly passed.
 Big Bug District.
 Leaving Prescott in the forenoon of the 7th inst, in company with NIT. Wm. B. Hell hngs, a four bours' ride in that gentleman's crack conveyance landed us at the Silver Stag mine, in Big Bug district, where we found Mr. x. P. Pierce and Mr. Sbultz, working away in the above-named lode, which We found a very well defined lode, with regular walls of talcose slate. Having heretofore, stated the circumstances under which this promising vein was discovered, all we need now say is that upon stripping It, between eighteen inches and twenty-four inches of rich silver ore lay together in one solid vein When we was there, a cut showed the west face of the vein to good advantage. Taking pieces of ore from every stratum, leaves, punches and specks of almost pure sil- yer were seen in every piece, in whiting down which, with our knives, two or three dollars worth of silver must have been wasted. Specimens of the ore may be seen at MT. Hellings and at the MINER office, which are subject to public gaze, and which will bear us out in these assertions. Besides the as- says of from S200 to S1 900 gotten out by MT Jewell, of this place, piece of poor quality of the ore recently taken to Cerbat Mohaye county, by Governor Stafford, wa: there assayed by very competent assayer whose certificate gives S40O per ton in silver with traces of gold.
 Being well satisfied with the vein, Mir Hellings has let contract for sinking 6 20rfoot shaft, which is now being driven into the mine by Messrs. Pierce and Shultz. Ir looking at the notices in the Monument VI found that 4,5OO feet had been located 1T the mine, so we left it with friends to fin for our name a place on the lode. The dis eovery location, upon which excavatng is go ing on, is claimed by Messrs. Rees Hellings Shultz, who have determined upon deeding portion thereof to Col. Jas. NJ. Barney (frm of Vim. B. Hooper & Co.,) who ha great faith in our mines, and a laudable de sire to see them developed in the right way This mine is, by the longest road, about 2 miles east from Prescott, and about two mile southwest of Bowers Agua Fria ranch Near by are many other valuable mines-ol and new discoveries.
 On the following morning, we went dow to the head of the canon of the Agua Fria to Bowers mill, where we found Mir. Willar Rice and Mr. Jsycox attending an arastra i which ore from a very large ledge, out on tn Verde road, was undergoing working pro cess Their arastra is well constructed; th mill wheel furnished the motive power fC driving the drag rocks, of which there wer four heavy ones. They had not, at the tin of our visit, attempted 'clean up," but, b horn-spooning their pulp managed to kee their courage up. In other words, they fe that the ore was paying pretty well. The will not make a regular cleanup until son thirty tons are worked. To give an idea the size of their lode, all that is necessary { say is that in less than two days, the tw gentlemen in question loaded large freigt train with the ore, which is mostly of a darl reddish cast, containing numerous particle of free gold. The hauling of the ore co' them $5 per ton.
 There is, at all seasons of the year, at u point they are working, a sufficiently lar stream of water to ran 20-stamp mill. E low their place arc several good mill-site and here will Messrs. Barney & feelings ere works, should their prospecting be crownt with success. Besides water, timber, gra and good roads are found in the locality which we speak, 50 that very short tin may see it the liveiiest mining district in ti Territory.
 Tiger and Pine Grove Districts
 Going up town Tuesday evening last, Nj Gid Brooke, of the Plaza livery stable, i formed us that Messrs. John Goodwin al Jesse Jackson had just arrived from the districts, which are Tn Bradshaw mountain about thirty five miles from Prescott, vi some very nice gold and very good new Starting down street, we soon met both ge tleInen, Mir. Goodwin showed us three nj bars of gold, which himself and partner, \ R. McKinnon, had, day or two previol taken from about three tons of War Eal ere, which they crushed in their two arastr This gold represented about S2O0. A pret good haul, our readers will say, from thI tons Of ore. A week or two ago, we chrC icled cleanup, by these gentlemen, of ounces of gold, from six tons of their 0
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