Arizona citizen., 1875-07-31
Local Mining Affairs.

Local Mining Affairs.
 The mining news IS good from al sides. New discoveries of silver de- Iposits and of gold placers in new To- calities, are almost daily reported and the old ones are yielding better and better.
 In our article on the Santa Rita placers, we tell of what Harshaw and others have done. Since that, some Mexicans came II from diggings discovered about twelve miles further south at or near Monkey Springs be- yond but close to the Sonoita valley. From one party we hear they left the diggings with five pounds of gold, and from another that they got here with four pounds. In either case, it IS good enough. The news induced Thos. Gardner, James Lee, E. D. Wood, James Blade, A. Lazard and others to go out at once. D. A. Ben nett who is familiar with all that country, is sure that this placer gold
 field is at least 30 miles in length by 12 in breadth. The country is full o1 people and the gold is coming into Tucson by the pound. A scarcity ot water will limit production, but the dirt is so rich that it will be taken tc water in some way, and a constant yield can be relied upon for years tc come.
 Yesterday we looked at 300 pounds of silver ore from the "Old Mine," ot which we have made mention. Dr. Handy assures us that by various careful tests, he knows this ore is worth seven or more thousand dollars per ton, and that in running tunnel under the old works, they have taken out at least $15, ,000 worth of ore, and have 1t on the dump. The ore surely contains brittlq& silver, ruby silver, and copper-silveHglance. Solid mas ses of 15O pounds and upwards come out of the vein, and the walls arc clearly defned.2s .2s%A couple of weeks ago, a horse lappeared in the vein, but news received yesterday, shows that it has 6een displaced by solid ore. We have not seen ore from any mine that carries more evil dences of large and permanent vein than this from the "Old Mine The claimants are driving in the tun- nel and mean to keep work going on. The country rock is porphyry and the general formation is the same. We shall have later news from the mine in a few days.
 July 28, Mir. Dorsey telegraphed c. o. Brown that additional discoveries had been made in the Athens and not to sell. MT. Brown had previous ly (the same day) started for Pinal district, and Is there before this time. Judge Dunne and R. Woffenden left by Mondays stage for the mines. On Thursday about noon Thomas Ewing, c. E. Curtiss, D. A. Bennett, H. E. Lacy, Dr. Wilbur and proba- ply some others left. District Attor- ney Goodrich left yesterday afternoon, and we don't know how many others. J. W. Clark, Esq, returned from there Thursday evening. He is much elated with the richness of the mines, and is fortunate enough to be located in very rich vein with Mir. Johns ton (discoverer) and Briggs Goodrich. Their claim is the Mountaineer. " and he brought in very rich silver ore from it-in fact some that is all silver. He says H. B. Jones has located the Groundhog" and that it is very rich-assays $72O0 per ton, and has been offered $25,OOO for his claim.
 So the the news comes from all quarters. Pima and Pinal counties can see through "the woods," if not quite out Nobody is discouraged now, except the drones who complain when food and clothing are not given them without an equivalent in labor or cash.