Arizona citizen., 1875-02-27

and taken to the site in pieces, and it will be built not above half a mile from the mine, where there is plenty of water and wood and it is only about three miles to several springs, where Mir. Buck con templates putting up mill. A shaft re- gently sunk on this claim shows vein of ore at least thirteen feet in width, and all most every piece of any considerable size, shows free gold, and as before said, assays from 1880 to $l00 in silver. In addi- tion to the claims mentioned, there are others to the north and south, but we have no particulars of who own them or the ex- tent of their development. Enough is al- ready developed to insure a large and prosperous mining camp there, and will very materially promote the welfare of Tucson.
 The mines in and about Salero Hill or mountain in the Santa Ritas, tifty-four miles south of Tucson, have now passed into the control of James c. Truman of Binghamton, New York. MT. Truman is associated with capitalists in the east who propose to develope the mines at once, and as soon as possible to bring out machinery for reducing the ores. Quite large force of men are now at work on the mines. Col. w. G. Boyle has been engaged as fore man, and is in charge ofthe works. A new town has been established at the mines, called "Truman," and a mining district formed called the Truman Mining District embracing the Santa Rita, Cayetano and Tubac mountains. John E. Magee, Esq,
 was elected recorder of the district. MT. Truman leaves for New York via San Francisco early next week, and will be ab- sent about 90 days. He says it is certain
 that himself and associates will pros ecute mining systematically and that he
 will procure necessary machinery while east this time.
 The Vulture and Crescent mining com pany consists of Tom Roddick, L. W. Carr.
 Chas. A. Shibell, Squire Taylor, Sam All
 cock and Warner Buck, and early this | week they sent men, tools and supplies out to sink shaft on a new discovery about two miles south of the Ostrich. They claim two claims of 1900 each on
 vein which is gold and silver bearing and
 is believed to be rich.
 The Red Cloud and North Star lode is but half mile from the Ostrich, and a shaft is now being put down on it by John Strode, Tom Moore, J. S. Vosburg, Tom RoddIck and Kelley H0gg. The vein is | to feet in thickness.
 News from the Trench is unusually good The miners have opened up a vein ofthree feet of solid galena or argentifer-
 ous ore Heretofore but twelve inches of
 metal had been discovered. The ore pays
 we'll and the operators feel very happy over the prospect in sight.
 c. o. Brown, Prof. J. P. Arey and M. Barnes have just made discovery ofwhat
 bids fair to be very valuable silver and
 gold vein about four miles west of Tucson,
 very near Fully, Ochoa & Co.'S copper mine. l Assays of the ore show it to be worth S2Oo per ton in silver and $40 in gold. The vein | is about six feet wide as nearly as can be
 determined without more development.
 Wagons can easily be driven to the mine by crossing the valley past Paige's ranch. E. M. Pearce is in from the Young
 America. He has force of men taking
 out and sacking copper ore for shipment | by teams to Yuma now due from that town with freight. He thinks ofexploring | the country due west to the Colorado or | head of the Gulf, with view to find | much shorter road to navigable water,
 than to Yuma. He is confident that
 road of 50 to 70 miles less distance can be | found.
 The last reports from the mines in the i Patagonia mountains worked by Messrs.
 Fish & Bennett, were very favorable. | Several late discoveries of mines have been made in the mountains to the west and south of Tucson, but the parties in h. 1 terest prefer to have nothing printed Gt
 them at present.
 ! Christopher E. Hawley, Esq, is due here
 to-day by stage from Yuma. MT. Hawley
 is a mining engineer of large experience,
 having for a long time previous to 1865, had charge of the New Almaden quick silver mines in California, which position he relinquiShed to take charge of some extensive government enterprises in Spain. He has interests here in Arizona that will require his sojourn with us for some time.
 THE NEW YORK OBSERVER of late date has this interesting item: The
 Winter thus far has been unusually severe in England and on the Continent, and the cold weather has raised the death rate in London about 45 per cent. This is owing not so much to the cold as to the want