Arizona citizen., 1877-08-25
TyndaII Mining District.

DEER LODGE, TINA GO., ARIZONA,
 August II, 1877
 EDITOR CITIZEN: Believing 1t to be the duty of every miner who has the interests of his vicinity at heart to lei the public know what is going on in his district, l send you the following items from the Tyndall mining dis trict:
 Deer Lodge is beautiful little camp situated on a creek flowing south from a peak known as the Bailey and Hop kins peak, and about four miles north of the Aztec district The present population consists of nine healthy miners, with plsnty room for more There are a number of valuable lodes already discovered in the district. Oi the mlnes, the Josephine and Emma are the largest; these have 8 shaft sixty feet deep and ten to fifteen feet wide croppings twenty feet high; eight Ol ten tons of ore on the dump. In the former working on this lode the orc was packed to a distance and Is sup posed to have been worked at the TU macacori church. The shaft will taE the lead 160 feet; there are several ] thousand tons of ore in sight Mex comes the HIdalgo and Tubac mines These are very promising locations the lode being from three to four fee in width, carrying carbonate ore They are owned by Messrs. Brown, Phillips Ammet and Briiton; assessments per ; formed Then comes the Magnolia with work performed, and showing a fine vein of two feet Of chloride ore with four or five tons on the dump owned by Messrs. Roddick, Buck anc Britton. Messrs. Kimberley and Buck own some fine locations here with work done on them. One of these, the Ruby | is a pretty little lode, eighteen or twen ty inches, chloride orc. Another i: called the MerrimaC. On this they are down twelve feet, showing two feet oI copper-s,ained galena. Then come, the Khedivc, down fourteen feet in dark green and yellow ore, containing carbonate and horn silver; three tons on the dump. Next comes the joy Oi its owners, the Letitia, having four or five tons on the dump. The vein is three feet through and no waste ore, carbonate, which would smelt very easily. It is owned by the Khedive company, Roddick, Buck, Britton and Brown. Messrs. Sam Adams and Rod dick have new location, the crop pings of which look well and are ot a coppcg-staincl ore. Mr Adams owns three or four locations but they are not sufficiently prospected to tell how they may cut There are many locations here not yet opened and you cant tell what may be inside The old mines, Cachise and TumacacorI, have been cleaned out and show milling ore of a chloride nature. Messrs. Magee and Davis own fine mine known as the Bonanza-croppiEgs very wide and eight to ten feet high Messrs. Cooler and Jones own one on the same lode with fine croppings The North Star mine. owned by Roddick. Hefli, Brit ton and Mercer, shows some very rich rock, the lode being cut down some len feet
 All We want now Is for some one to come and see what we have got and look for themselves. The latch-string of Deer Lodge always hangs on the outside and the dog is tied up. About twenty mines within two miles square and all could be worked at one mill or at one furnace. The Josephine and 1 Emma are ready for inspeclion-owned ! by Messrs. RoddIck, Jacobs, Buck and ~