Arizona citizen., 1874-05-16
Mining Prospects.

There is TO scarcity of mining items h
 Pima county. The only trouble is to con
 dense such information as is reliable and
 most important into such shape as our
 space will allow. We might publish every week columns of such rumors as feed
 the appetite for mining settlements in
 other places, but we don't want any of
 those settlements here. The facts are
 good enough for us and we append here-
 with a few obtained from on who knows
 what he talks about:
 "The Gro Blanco district is the prin- cipal excitement at present. Several new discoveries this week have drawn many people that way. The lodges are large and well defined, in granite and state torma- tion, with abundance of S200 quartz to the ton. The largest vein yet known to exist was located by MT. c. O. Brown and called the Ward. It is superior in size and richness to any gold mine on the Pacific Coast. The arrastras now at work on the original Orc Blanco will soon clean up and large number of ounces will be taken out. The pulp prospects splendid ly, much larger than was anticipated and operations will be carried on more ex- tensively than heretofore. The great mineral wealth of the Territory is soon to be exposed to view; the mountains to be filled with prospectors and miners, and the valleys with mills and furnaces"
 The Young America copper mine, west of Tucson, is yielding first quality of ore, mostly gray sulphurets or copper cent ore. The vein is regular and of immense size. Smelling works are now in course of erec- tion and in thirty days pig copper will be ready for market. It is intended to keep these works steadily going. Messrs. Brown and Pearce have force constantly at work and success is now assured.
 Some large and beautiful specimens of silver ore, nearly pure silver, from the Sacaten district, were brought in this week. Work is steadily progressing OF these mines and the size and richness of the veins warrant great development. They are of the truest and best descrip- tion. The great want is water. 4 well is being sunk and if it is a success there will be large amount of work done there.
 News from Mohave county is to the eff feet that mining matters areimaking good progress. The Keystone has reached a depth of more than one hundred feet. Con- siderable difficulty has been experienced in working the steam pump. It has also caused much delay, but it is now thought that the trouble has been overcome. The mine has improved very much indeed. The ore is rich, say s25O per ton, and the ledge three feet wide. Much Of the ore will assay more.
 We are not informed as to what the Hualpai Smelling Company, at Chloride, will do, though I think they will com- mence active work during the Summer. Tnere seems to be no doubt on the minds 0f many, that quartz mill will soon be erected in Hualpai mountains; also one of the Sandy. Capt. Melbourne Is SUD- Foze4 10 be en route with a concentrator. | Ilzezone-half Of the Fairfield was bonded | sp1t6 lime since for S14,OOO; time expires ! af4Nt the first Of July. I do not doubt | thft the sale will be effected. A bonus Of G5G9 vas paid at time Of bonding, and the | in the Keystone are certain " . strong inducement to purchase. lam informed that arrangements are now be- l6E made for resuming work on the Lone l
 
 ( setter from Cedar valley district, Mo- | informs us that the mines are | lpdlfing Extremely we'll and new lodes are he4ne Discovered almost every week. "Mr | f1SV@> Ruell. the great m ming man of Me- | 1a<1a5 paid us a visit lately and seemed | |Ifcntiy pleased with our prospects. He l 1ag8 he will put up mill here very soon f1f,f6ct he located a mill-site on the Big | 8andyfand has already built house on | It audshas two or three men at work mak- ing other improvements. The boys have | great faith in him and think he really | Intends doing something." 3tfFr MARREED.