Arizona citizen., 1875-03-13


 wants to get hrs lease o4 the mine re newed
 The Lost Ledge is the name of nlne splendidly located on the south slope of the Santa Rita mountain and about five miles this side (north) of Sonoita creek. It was discovered number of years ago, d shaft sunk twelve feet, and abandoned for some cause. 1t is now claimed by John II. Archibald, E. N. Fish, Thomas Gardner and William Devers, and they have decided to at once sink shaft 100 feet deep, and think they can do that in six weeks. The vein on the top is less than foot thick, but is three feet at twelve in depth with clearly defined walls gradually widening out. The ore is easily smelted, and by the very simple process of dropping it in melted lead, it took Capt. Meredith but a couple of hours to get ten dollars in silver from 130 pounds of ore. The melted lead smelts the ore and by blowing the lead of, the silver re- mains. If any one doubts this story, we refer him to John H. Archibald. From cur understanding of the Lost Ledge" we can but conclude that it is very rich and consequently valuable mine. Wood and water are very plentiful and right at hand, and wagons can be driven almost to the mine.
 Fully, Ochoa & Co. have two furnaces running steadily on copper ore from their Santa Rita mine, and they are pilng up copper in way that is good to see. They run the blast by mule power using the power. of threshing machine for that purpose. James Lee has several tons of silver ore there awaiting an opportunity for reduction.
 Col. Boyle IS very busy in Truman dis trict examining various mines in his charge, and is pushing work on several of them. He thinks the Salero lode will 1nstonish people some day. Charles E. Hawley left early this week to examine tue mines and country in and about Truman district. J. E. Magee, recorder of the district, informs us that work man in one of the old mines, found a lot of old tools evidently used in times far past in mining. He also informs Us that he procured assays from ores as follows :: From the Black Hawk showing per ton, S94 silver and S75 gold; from the. Canada SS4 silver; from the Mountaineer Sl0S silver. These lodges are in the San Cay C. tano mountains, and are very large. Mir. NJ. says Col. Hodge had gone to Patago- nia district
 D. B. Req, Esq, has been several weeks engaged in exploring the country on the far from Crittenden. Alvah Smith and P. J. Hand are associated with him, and they have no doubt made very extensive discoveries of gold and silver veins and also of large area of placer gold dig gings MT. Smith made discovery there last year; says he came to Tucson but not finding much if any aid to go ahead, he went to Silver City, where he met Mr. Eea This meeting led to return of Mir. Smith and the interest now taken by MT. Rea. The district is wholly new to miners-at least no evidence of former work has been discovered. It lies about 8 miles little east of south, and a wagon road could be made to it in that distance. The'road for wagons is now via E. N. Fish & Cos ranch, the present discoveries being about eight miles westward from it. The gentlemen named have taken up nine claims, all of which prospect we'll in either gold or silver. The placer ground extends long distance in canon, on the east side of which are three gold veins of from three or more feet in width and running parallel with each other. Of the veins, those east of the placer caflon are gold and those west predominate in silver. Some work has been done on all the claims and is still being done. A rocker has been sent out to more thoroughly prospect the placer ground, although in banning gravel from many different places, prospects of from three to ten (and some over ten) cents per pan were always obtained. There is abundance of water for a rocker, and but a few hundred yards distant, there is strong "sluice head" A strong chalybeate spring is there, the water of which is re- garded excellent to tone up the system and so maintain it. The country is cover al with the hest of grass with plenty OfOak