Arizona weekly miner., 1877-01-19
ARIZONA MINES.

The Los Angeles Herald. of Dee. 3lst. in
 its leading article says, under tho caption,
 Mining in Arizona" The arrival in Los Angeles of Col. James NJ. Barney, of Yuma, and MT Mason, has given Us an opportu- niiy for very interesting conversation on Arizona and her prospective mining deycl- opment Col. Barney is understood to have purchased from NIT. Mason half interest in the famous Silver King mine, for the sum of S300,000. He describes that mine to Ills aS very rich, and says that if it proves to h, of permanent character it will surpass the bonanza mines themselves of course its durability can only be aScertained bv time. a. it cannot as yet be Said to have been even prospcctcd, the triiling dcpth-short of l50 tcet-to which it has been pushed. be- ing but a starter. Should the lode hold out m ItS present richness to great depths, it would eclipse all recorded mines in its out come, except such as are described in the fables of the early mining developments of Mexico and Peru. We have heretofore de- scrihed the location of the mine in the Pi- nal mountains
 The owners of the Silver King mine are at present only shipping to San Francisco ores which average Sl 900 per ton. Seventy five or one hundred tons of this rich rock are now en route to San Francisco. via the steamers of the Colorodo River Navigation Company IL costs to hau the orc to the Colorado river from the mine $Gl ton. The steamers transport it to SIn Francisco for Sl0-as they arr glad to get for ballast They carry ore from Ehrcnh,rg for Sl5 per ton. Col. Barney informs u- that mining in all sections of Arizona has received de cidcd impctu, of late. and that prospect. ors are pouring in there in great numbers The Territory shows this activity in every direction, about Tucson, Prescott, and up in the Mohaye country. The greatest anima- ton. however. k observable in the Globe district, where a great numbl' of claims have been taken up, and where the ndica- tionS are certainly very promising.
 The contemplation of the railway to Yuma will shortly stimulate every kind of development, and will make that town very lively place. II will probably benefit it by a large Mexican trade. While the railway company in all likelihood cannot afford to carry ores t0 San Francisco any cheaper than the Colorado Steam Navica- ton Company, there will result d marked benefit to the miner, in the expedition with which their ores can be transported to the reduction works at San Francisco by the railroad. Now. if the trains miss the steamers. tho ore shipments have to wait twenty or thirty day, for the next steamer. Col. Barney has shipped hundred or SO. ton, of Castle Dome ore to san Francisco monthly. The Castle Dome rock l. a lead ore. for h. 500 per ton They work it with the rich Silver King ore to decided advantagc The Castle Dome ore goes about thirty dol lars to the ton in Silver and averages Scv- cnty-fiyc per cent in lead. By combina- toin of the two ores the 'hux" Is readily ob- tained and the greatest possible percentage of profit k thus secured.
 T. k our informants opinion that rcduc ] ton work, will shortly be established in /. this southern country, possibly at Los An i gclcs, but probably al some point in Arizo- ] na. thus dispensing with the expensive car riagc of ores There k abundance of fuel ! for this purpose within easy reach of the !. mines
 Col. Barney continued Nr Pomroy' state mcnis about the Globe and other districts ! relying upon New Mexico for supplies He . ~ays that the loss to California of the trade 1 of those camp, will be repaid mcasunbly ] by the completion of wagon road from the | mines Co Yuma a distance If two hundred . and forty-ivc miles. This road will be fin ! ishrd shortly. In reply toa question as to ! whether Arizona would no, depend largely l. on Los Angeles County for produce of va ! rious kinds. Colonel Barney said that the !. people Of the Territory were amply capable ! of raisiag all the vegetables and cereals that i would bc consumed by them. Of course. ! our wins brandics and semi-tropical fruits 1 will have full swing. and there is no reason ! why our commercial relations with Arizona ! should not be indefinitely expanded
 The deepest mine which has thus far been | ,unk in Arizona is tho VuIturc. and thst is ! only down to depth of three or four hun 1 irel feet. \ development is now going on which will test the vcNcd question as To whether or not thc Territory is as rich 1 as Nevada A Arizona is an important portion of the ''back country of Los Angeles. we trust tho question will be leridcd in the affirmative, and from the com ricNiou of the reports which reach Us from that quarter VIC believe twill Miners arc now rushing there from Colorado. Utah, Nevada, and the result of this experiment
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