Arizona citizen., 1877-07-21
ARIV DISTRICT.
SUseresting Particulars by Distri cs
 Recorder POtndexLer.
VAN NosTRAND MINING CAMP.

ohiy lne ihahy TeduS's Ol your interest
 ing paper, but also the readers of oth-
 CT instructive papers, might feel more
 or less interested in the mining inter
 ests of this portion of the Territory, I
 have concluded c. furnish them with
 the late results of our mining opera
 tions up to date
 Last year, after Ewing's work in
 connection with the Sea Serpent
 ledge, a young man came into our dis
 srict, ss the Secretary of the Cerro Col
 orado Mining Go, which company, by
 the way, afler Gn attempt to bring in
 mill, dissolved, and soon began opera
 iions on his own account After the
 dissolution of said company. Capt
 Foisard bought and bonded an inter
 est in several mining locations He
 soon began operations by sinking a
 shaft 5x7x20 feet on both the Buena
 Vista and Mogul mines The first is
 silver mine and the other is a gold
 mine. Both prospected we'll from the
 surface down, and am curious 10
 know why work on them was discOn-
 tinued-but Capt Voisard knows!
 Later on in the year, and really be-
 fore anything had been done, came
 another young operator, and. after quietly visiting many mining locations in and outside of our district. he bought one-half of the Ortiga mine, and. in connection with Messrs. Buck & Hol- den, began bonding the several mining locations along the Sea Serpent ledge. Soon after this, NIT. McCatferty pro ceeded to San Francisco, and imme- diately on his arrival there, organized the Ortiga Mining Company to oper ate in Arizonr On the 2d of April, Mir. McCafferty returned to the Ortiga camp and began operations by clean ing out the Ortiga shaft which had been gutted by MeXicans during the Indian raid of January last. On the 7th of April, Tn connection with others, he discovered and located the McCaf I feriy lode. and the first location there on is knowl as the Van Nostrand mine. ! Eight locations have been made on the McCafferty lode, and five have been prospecied from fifteen 10 fifty feet deep. l The lode tends north and south. and the dip Is to the east The ore through ! out the ledge Is heavily charged with 1 chloride, and many fine specimens of pure horn silver have been taken from the Van Nostrand mine. Some rich metal has also been taken from the Relief, Silver Eagle and Bella Andrie. ia mines, but the Van NoStrand has turned out The largest amount of rich ore, and appears to have the deposit of the ledge.
 On or about the 18th of May. two miners working on the Van Nosirand discovered, in connection with Mex ican, an old mine which many pros pectors had searched for IL is situated between the Cerro Colorado mountain | and Las Guijas mountains. and the , ore Is first class Two locations have t been made, each starting from the cen ter oi the shaft Capt Voisard now owns the controlling interest in both. I and he Is also interested in other To- ', cations in and outside Of this district. | This may sound well to some. but there |, are others who are tempted to say i
 Young man, you have spread out | rather toU much II won't win" How n ever, Capt. Noisard is now on his way | to San Francisco with 8 view of incor- t poraiing hiS mines in this district. and. II as We know he property is worthy of well directed exertion we are hoping | that his mission may prove fruitful |
 As the gutting had stripped the Or. i iisa of it's rich pocket ot metal. and. l: after NIT. McCafferty had sunk the shaft |; so depth of twenty-five feet without il, he shut down on il. and put two shifts on the Van Nostrand Tine l, shaft IS 5x7 feet and il has prospeeted very rich from the surface down 1, the | nity-tooi level. He has already ship. Il ped 65O pounds of the ore. as a sample. t1 San Francisco, winch will assay about Sl0O0 per ton. One piece weigh ed l5O pounds and Il was fine. rlch gem.
 While work was discontinued on the oriiga, NIT McCafEeriy never lost con. ndence Tn the mine. He often ssid it " will find that black metal again" Last week, to the surprise of many. he announced The faci that the OrtiCa was herself again. He had quietly go, men io work on the mine, and at a depth of seven feet, the black metal was struck as rich as ever, and il will assay from $500 to sl0,OOO per ion. So much for quiei rerSverance. Y
 " have other operators and other minas and smong these are the two mn, known as the Black Eagle No. 1 and ack Eagle No. ?, owned bv Mes Mitchell ,6 Jopes RlacL Fa- gle No. is a good mine. and it's own. 5 FITS should push ahead. T
 MeSsrs. Buck Hudson X Burt are C also the owners and operators of sever if al ether irstclssSlocations. which they propose 10 turn into big mine
 \ smelling furnace is. needed ip tbe T.