The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-10-19
THE PECK MINE.

We wert shown a map of the Peek mine this morning, drawn by R. I. Hubbard, an experienced miner, who WAS formerly fore in the mines on the famous Comstock lodC in Nevada, showing the amount of work that has been done on the Peek since it, discovery in lS65. hy T.. c Peek anu others
 The main shaft k now down 800 feet while the ledge has other shafts at promi- nent points rCgatin@ ;}S, feet, with tun- ncs at three different levels. cutting the main and other shafts, showing the amount of ore now embodied in the mine within the lines explored. The entire amount of tun- ncls cut will exceed l,2o0 feet. Close cal culationS show thai the Company have cN- pended over S200.000 in merely prospect ing their mine, and also shows that the eN- penditurc in prospecting their property has been a wise one. aS the Company. on the last ot September, found themselves Tn pos session oi oIC as follows: Different bodie, of ore laid open to view and measurement S634, ,500; ore on the dump. S300,000; or a total of S93i. .5o0, all of which k rather un- der the estimate.
 The Company have only, as considered by scientific men, proSpected the surface oi this, one oi tine most wonderful mining properties Nct discovered in America. They commenced poor. but willing to work, ana have measured their way slowly and surely making no false moves or dangerous spccu- lations. They own the Aztlan mill, five miles south of Prescott. where they have been working their ore. having been com pelled to carry. on the backs of mules. the whole amount of ore worked in their mill, and have paidoui in freight alone over S50, 00o They now have a new mill. with ten stamps. which k on the ground a few hun drcd feet from their mine, which k being erected by men who are maSters Of their business. and before the l>t day of Deccm- Der the miners at the Peck will be greeted niih the thrilling snort of the engine and the ihundcr-likc noise of Inc busy stamps as they fall upon the glittcring ores permoated with particles of bright silver, separating them from the base and SaluelcS> Substan- ,t>. and a new era will be inau@Urated at Alexandra. the young town that has >prung ,Ip at the Peek The cost of this mill 3nd other improvements incident to its erection will not fall far short of S,5.ono. Roads have been opened. employment given to ircighter>. wood choppers brick manutac- turcrs. and host of others. The mine has been a great benefit tO Prescott, as II i> owned by Prescott men, and the money coming from .he mine-about Sj0000 per month-has mostly been spent with this people. and with new and increased tacih- lie. for the working of the vast amount of ores now in sight and those buried in the mvStcrious depths bclowthoir deepest shaft, we may look for a yield that will al least treble the present. and thus the benefits which will necessarily result, from the cN- pansion of thcIr business, will be in aqual ratio.
 When the Company had completed their main shaft To a depth of 800 feet they en- countered foul air and were compelled to suspend operations until they tapped il with their tunnel. which was completed somtme since. when work was resumed. and after sinking twelve feet they found themselves in possession oi much larger body of ore than ever heiogr found in the mine and of higher grade, much of which assays over $lO.O0O to the ton. IL will be remembered that Mc>sr>. Fo@us and Walsh. in the interest of N NJ. Lent. made some 5S assays. last summer. aud failed to find ore that assayed even 5000. when the Com pany. previous and after. found plenty of ore that as>aycd Sl20o0, and some that has ! gone aS high as ST, 600.
 One of the mo-i important features of the 1 Peck is the flow of water from the mInc, I which amounts to lS,O00 gallons Der day. ! aud has is fountain head 60 feet above the 1 mill. The Company have ordered 2.O0o l feet of 2-inch piping. ana it k now en route from San Francisco, which will be brought ! into reQuisition in conducting this valuable | supply of water from mine to mill. The i ir,ure of the Peck Company is wealth, and ! they arc certainly worthy of thc glory.