Arizona citizen., 1875-05-29
Mining Matters.


 sons interested in mines, to give us 8 call. IL Is our purpose to let the truth in regard to our miuesSbe known, and if the facts are notfurnished us 1t Is impossible for us to find out all that is going on. Write us what is doing In your district
 In the Truman district work Is being pushed by several parties. Messrs. Arch- Ibald, Fish and Devers, are putting down shaft and running a tunnel on the Lost ledge-some good mineral In sight. P. McGarrick with two men, is thoroughly prospecting his mines three miles north Of the Salero, while Messrs. Ryan, Mansfield, Mims and Magee are pushing work on the Jefferson and Georgia mines on the great Napoleon lode. The beautiful ore in these mines in such immense quanti- ties is creating some talk among mining men. Mir. Magee informs us that he thinks he will be able to sell some ten or twelve tons to parties here in Tucson, which will give test of how it will work.
 The parties working the Salero mines have shut down altogether for short time, and C. F.. Hawley, the manager, has
 
 will be resumed soon on d large scale with d completed organization.
 John E. Magee, foreman Of the Salero mines and recorder of Truman district, gees to New Mexico in few days, to be gone a month or six weeks. John T. Smith of Bosque ranch has been deputiIed re- corder in Mir. Magee's absence.
 aplC u and turning out splendid results. If d nun Der of these furnaces are put i'll oper- ation 1t will help the country very mate rially. The shipment Of bullion will tell more in our favor than all that can be said.
 A large number of persons are prospect Ing in the vicinity of Florence, and quite a number will leave to-day and Monday for the new placer diggings in the Cerritas.
 Eight thousand pounds of bars arrived from the Santa Rita early in the week.
 In addition to the placer gold mines now working in the Santa Rita mountains, very extensive diggings have been found in the Cerrita's, about forty miles from this city. Messrs. Mccoy and Linn say
 
 the rains come, and the rainy season Is near at hand. Fred Hughes brought In eight ounces of placer gold from Santa R1- tas this week and says he can make plen- ty with more water.
 The Silver King mine is getting better the greater the depth attained. Furnaces will soon be built on the Gila at Florence nf from this mine and others adjoining It. There is no question as tO either the qual- ity or the quantity of these ores, and good times may be looked for when regular work is fairly begun. Some of the best ranches in Arizona are to be found in the vicinity of the Silver King.
 Fully, Ochoa X Co. smelling furnace has been in full blast most Of the time during the week, and it is the intention to keep it running steadily in the future.
 From Samuel Hughes, jr., who has re- gently visited the Pinal mines, we learn that new and rich discoveries are con- stantly being made in that region.
 From parties who recently came from the Ostrich mine We lealn that the lode is looking Well and that the mill will e ready for operation In about three weeks.
 From the Patagonia we learn that D. A. Bennett is steadily at work smelting ore, and has now about ten tons of crude bull lion on hand.
 Recent explorations around the western end of the Santa Rita mountains have elclted the fact of the existence of exten sive iron oIe deposits.