Arizona weekly miner., 1877-03-16
MINES ANn MINING.

Several of our mining experts have been in town during the ia>t few days and we have gathered from them information in regard to mines in some of thc diifcnnt districts.
 The Mesa Leai,' .Ae1a Fyia district i> being worked hv Mc>-re. Poland and Rob- erts, with ila,tvl!l,.. lr>;ii,S. They erected an arSstra and have worked seven tons of ore from the mine wl-'is Nieideb over one hun dred dollars Der to aud now arc ready to commence ihc reelection o! another large lot of ore which ihcN confidently believe will SurpaSS their first experiment. The ''MpSa Lcadr was discovered lY Alr. Poland in Sep tcmbcr last, k three fec wide. has good walls and presents every indication of permancncV. Thus far. this Ininc has paid it> owners >cN- erai hundred dollars u,ps- than cNpeu>c~. Mir. Poland IS one Of our oldest citizens Ind proSpectorS and deserves well of the people in this Scciion.
 Jack Moorc's Tip Top" in Black Canyon. is acknowledged !rE parties, who are familiar with il, to hc cguai su i..e Peek. which k one of the woDsleF~ apa dr.i~ iu- much attention towards fhc Territory. Mr Nonre's lead has average width uf ll"i.iv three fcyt and a>SaV> S70g te the ton. < quantity Uf ore which was worked at Nr-SCnhar.:. ia a gold mill. only averaged Se9I Ter len. which was far from heinz satisfactory ia i.S owner and he has decided to work hi~ RRIi1 and save tine ore uniii such times I~ Black Canyon can boa>, of good silver n3ill "t hcT own.
 McSsTS. fcTwin and t,rpafn arc pro>pcc:iu. their miuc--thc troSN-C CHl.--vh hirh has a pay-Streak of two feet of high-grade ore. These -Cntic0len are rNpCrieurrd miners and pro>pcc;0Ts, and arc more than pleased with fhcir chances of having one Q! lhc best mines iR fine district.
 The Sw!ilin-. discovered hv I. w. SwiI- ling, has au average width of three feet. and can be traced fcrtHree mics. This mnc has been leased tA Mr. Thompson. Who iS taking
 
 lead thoroughly.
 Besides tI.. itas,lS w q iavf mentioned thcrc an. many 5uoro vrrr valuable ones being worked with ilaIieriug TcsR;S. Although Black IaHVou has over oae hundred hardy miners tNfriC.;iur ;hr i,g,.s-flvS metals from the b0WCi> u( ljs,. earth. they haze neither mills. r3>irsl~. ar ;tnY ,tl4rr nodc nf >epar,- ling the pr,ri.sttS metals. Many are dis posed to Tc-lrl ;h.' placer deposits a> some what eNhauSted auj n" longer n l.c depend cd upon. \ greater mistake could hardly bt' made. Ii x. W" !hiuA. prudent and safe fo state that iiir lIuudra,i> of thousands If dollars which have tceu taken from the sur face digging. Will hr duplicated Se soon a> proper facilities can hr procured for the judi ciouS working of "1ir deep hydraulic claims. Aside from this. there is plenty of new ground which will at @onc future time be made highly productive fl worked on large scale and with dUr regard io economy. To do this, claims Ims>t hc consolidated and wa ! tcr supplied iil plenty. In other words. i moderate capital i- all that k required in ! hundreds cf the abandoned gulches of the ! carly days to make ;he!H even more pro- I ductivc than then.
 Arlzona offers very many excellent oppOr- tuniiies for the investment nf raplai iu . mining, milling ant >ucl1ug works. Capi- i. tal to a moderate extent hs, come in. k be- ! ing employed S,i'''',>>fUIiy, and already is ! reproducing ilseli.
 AIcssrs. Ssieitcnhrau and Gates having . purchased thc inc e>t cf Mr. John Curtin ! in the original '- Crook mine have begun 1. extensive work in fully developing the lat ent wealth hidden in that famous lode. ! They have already extracted large quanti- . ties Of exceedingly rich ore. and the vein | has materially increased in size since these late operations. now averaging about twelve ! inches in width
 Work has been resumed on the Spar ling's" lead in IIaSsayampa district, the ! Kent Bros. undertaking to run a tunnel on 1 the mine, in consideration of having been . deeded onc-half interest in iha; property. ] The orc from this lead is sad 10 average about S2j0 per ion and being mine of fair size NC confidently expect to hear a good report from that quarter soon. NIT. Darroche and Capt. snyder have paid wis it to the "CommissaTy lead, with the view of commencing operations on this claim, which approno5 i~ considered by mining experts 10 be oag ot the best in Hassaysm- pa district