Arizona weekly miner., 1874-05-01
LETTER FROM MOHAHE COUNTY
CEeaar. \. T. April %. 1874.

s0tlcuing of the brain, and nervous hystciia all combined. Not for moment doubtng your "occa,iUnil corrc~pondent's' condition, and wishing to humor him, submit the fol- lowing as the only items of interest which have come under my inspection, trusting that you will promptly reject the same and every part thereof, as the lawyers would say, as a just punishment for your ireuds 'cusSed- ness
 MINING MATTERS.
 The writer, in company with two or three prominent gentlemen of this place visited few of the mines in the vicinity oi Stockton, few days since, and was highly gratified with the result.
 We first visited the "G3' mine, situate about three miles from this town. This mine has been always regarded as one of the best in this camp. The vein is we'll defined, and has been a paying mine from tue day the first pick was stuck into i,, and all the | development so far has been without the aid of any outside capital. There is tunnel of about .2j0 feet run on the vein, and at the mouAg G the tunnel shaft sunk liG feet in depth, exposing continuous Assure vein and l high grade orc throughout. Another con tract has been let to sink the shaft to 70 | feet. About five tons of high grade ore Is ! lying on the dump, ready for shipment. lt will certainly work Sl 900 per ton. There are about two hundred tons of second-class ore on the dump, which will average S20O per ton. This mine has shipped over thirty tons of first-class ore, varying from $500 to | Sl 600 per ton. And here let me at once insist that shipping ores is very unprofita- ble and unsatisfactory business. The profits ! to the miner or owner, when 1t is recollected 1 that s300 ore pays only about 52 per ceQt in San Francisco, amounts to but very little, when the cost of extraction, shipping, etc, is taken into account.
 But having promised to indite letter on current news, will simply tell what have seen and let the reader draw his own conclu- sions
 Immediately adjoining or extending north erly from tue ''63" mine, is the Washington. A contract has been let on this mine to sink ! 5O feet from the present shaft. The con tractors are doing well and extracting a con- siderable quantity of first-class ore. This mine will ship four or five tons of $500 ore in short time; Three shifts working night and day.
 From the Washington we skirted along the mountain to the Mckenzie mine, recent discovery. Three men working on the mine and extracting very fine ore, which I am in-
 
 ton. The mine IS small on the top, but at a depth of % feet is widening, yet maintaining | its high grade condition.
 ! From the Mckenzie we went to the Little Chief. This mine is now owned by Gus | Gatewood, an old Pioche prospector. He having faith in the mine has stood manfully by it. NT Gatewood has made several ship ments, but the last, ] am authorized to say, went up in the thousands. He is now mak- ing another shipment, and of still higher | grade ore. The shaft on the Little Chief, from whence this ore has been extracted, is ahd dis e1pserIencea miner. ia ;s certain that lie has fortune in the Little Chief hope so; ! for If perseverance, and real good qualities constitute the criterion of success, Gus is surely entitled to "full handn The Jackson, Reindeer, Fresno and others l in this same hill we did not visit, but they one and all resemble in their general char acteristics- the Little Chief and Mckenzie mines, and all bsve ,been and are now ship ping rich ore to San Francisco.
 The Tigress mine is now being worked by Robert Upton and Robert Gray, both good miners, good citizens and good fellows. The mine looks we'll The boys intend to ship by this boat eight or ten tons of iirst-elass rock.
 The Cupel and Tiger mine is closed for the present, but work will be resumed with bet ter prospects in a short time.
 There are several other mines being work ed Tn this vicinity, but not having visited them, will withhold any observations until examine them, when you shall have the re- suit without any coloring or exageration.
 But the two great events in mining mat tcrs which now attract most attention among ms in Wallapai, and which promise perma- nent results, are: First-The contract on the Dean mine. The shaft on this mine is sunk 100 feet, developing a first-class Assure vein The mine Is fully five feet in width and has now on the dump S20, GOO worth of ore The owners are shipping out ten stamp mill, and having plenty of means and splendid facilities in both wood and water, the enterprise cannot prove otherwise than q success.
 The other important event is tho late de- yelopments made in the Keystone mine at Mineral Park. This mine is sunk on now to depth of ll2 feet the shaft is ] by ' and the bottom is one mass of ore-ten buckets of ore extracted to one of waste {; and the ore IS Of very high grade, showing ruby and native silver throughout every portion. Bob Stein, the competent superintendent, is a lucky fellow, but with such licutenants as Kelly, Jackson, Riley and Collins, there could be no such word as fail. understand that Mir Stein is about going to San Fran. cisco with the frm resolution of shipping a mill for tn, Keystone.
 These late discoveries and developments have given anew impulse to mining matters throughout the District.
 The news from Cedar Valley is also en- coursgiDg.
 Judging from present indications, and fro,n facts already known, the dark cloud which has hung over the mining interests of Mo. have county, and which has paralized the efforts as well as the hopes of the people, is about being 1ispelled for ever, and the entering wedge of success will not only open up this section but all the other great mining sec. tions of the Territory.
 hate to mOralze or comment on the fail. nre, but assert without fear of successful contradiction, that the principal cause of min ing failures in this Territory, was and is the result of incompetent, ignorant and stupid management, or rather mismansgement. The Comsteck mines under reckless supcrinten-