Arizona citizen., 1875-07-31
THE CITIZEN.
', JULY, 31, 1875
FINAL MINING DISTRICT.
about the Rich Silver
 Mines of PinaI County.

ullS dIIClc. MT. DIONH IS Il CIdlllduu | by location and also by purchase. He has spent many thousands of dollars, and we may say years of time and eX- Iposure, in exploring the mountains of Arizona, and has many claims which he considers of much value in differ ent mountain ranges, but he is strong 1 ly of the opinion that he can take all the money he wants out of his Pinal claims He has sent tools, black smiths kit and other needful apparatus to open the mines, and practically work the ores. He left here on Wednes- day for the district. As stated last week, he brought eighty pounds of sil- yer nuggets from the Athens mine, and i had them on exhibition on his counter until last Monday, when he sent them per stage to California.
 The location of tue district is thirty five miles northeast from Florence, county-seat of Pinal county, between which places there is good road for wagons; and about twenty-five miles north of the Gila river. It is believed good wagon road can be built so as to connect the Gila and mines in a dis Itance of not to exceed twenty-five miles. The extent of the district known to contain rich veins and de posits, is 2X415 miles. The country | lies on the slope of the Pinal noun tains towards the Gila river. Nearly every gulch in this district has living springs and in one is living brook.
 Wood is scarce at the mines, but in the Gila valley it is very abundant and of good quality it being the mesquite, than which there is no superior wood to make heat. Judged by scientific measurement of the night of the Mar
 icopa mine south of the Gila, made al dozen or more years ago and recorded in Ross Browne's report on the miner al resources of the county, the eleva- ition of these mines must be about 1900, feet above the Gila valley and 1000 above the sea- The country rock isl mainly granite,f but that of the noted King mine is gneiss, and just above the King is a narrow stratum of lime stone. In this limestone are found sea shells and notably that of the mussel. The general course of the veins is northeast and southwest.
 There are many locations whose names and owners, MT Brown does not know and are unknown to Us, hence noI notice of them The following fact he gave us: The King mine, from which the first cliHnks-af- -na,tive silver were taken in the district, has two shafts, respectively twelve and fifty feet deep The best evidence of the developments being rich is that Cal. Boyle telegraph led here early in the week, that one hundred pounds of native silver had just been taken out With such pro- ducts, it is almost superflous to write of prospects,
 The northeast extension of the King has two shafts-respectively six and eight feet deep. The ore from them assays $700 per ton.
 The southwest extension on the King has two shafts, and they yield fine ore
 The Josephine is one mile north of the King, and is regarded one of the very valuable locations in the district All men of scientific attachments who, have examined it, declare they believe it to be true Assure vein. 1t is some what prospected, and what is regarded as average ore assays $2250 per ton One 6-pOund piece from it is white with native silver. The Josephine is traced by its outcroppings and located by various parties a distance of 5000 yards. Five shafts are started on eX- tensions on the vein and all show rich ore. One is down ten feet Of course it must be understood that these dis l coveries are mostly of very recent date, ! hence deep developments are not yet possible, but so far as made, they justi- fly the largest expectations of the claim ants.
 The Fernandez lies just outside the limits of the Josephine claim. It has a 5-foot shaft out of which a pound l nugget of One-half silver was taken, and also others nearly as rich.
 Dr. Wilson w. Jones has d claim about six hundred yards southeast from the King, which is yielding rich ore from shaft about ten feet deep and he is developing it right along.
 The Surprise location is four miles north of the King, and native silver has been taken out of it.
 The Athens is the noted Dorsey dis cOvery of which c. o. Brown purchas- ed one-third, and from which about one hundred pounds of silver was talk en out of hole not over two and one half feet deep, and lots of ore one-halfI silver The largest piece of silver found in it at latest reports, weighs thirty-four pounds. This piece is white with native silver, and it with others has been sent to California for exhibition and sale.
 We will gladly give place to full T ,lo-o,.;o+;n,, of tbo mines II-,,itto,, Inv