The weekly Arizona miner., 1877-07-27
ARIZONA'S MINERALS.

\ correspondent, writing from Florence July 9th, to the San Francisco Post. says:
 '.The mineral wealth of Arizona does not lie in any particular portion of the Terri tory, but k scattered all over it in almost every mountain range, from the SierraS of Nevada and Utah to the Sonora line; but as it is not my intention to now attempt gen eral description of Arizona, will contiue myself to a description of the Pioneer and new Pine Grove tor Randolph districts. near Florence where have spent the last six weeks endcavoTlnr to form correct opinion. >o that l might convey to others an intelligent description of one of the rich est silver mining regions in the world. feel that am not sufficiently posted to do justice to the subject even now. The pio- nccr district lies thirty miles northeast from Florence. on the western slope of the Pinal mountain range, and extends along the
 range toward the Gila fully ten miles. X good stage runs ta the center of the district. and d tri-weckly mail service is already cs- abolished. with poStoihccs at Picket Post, thirty miles from Florence, and at the Sil- yer King. five miles further up the canyon. This district first became famous from tine
 
 was found in very singular manner. af- fording additional proof of the old addage, 1t is better to bc born lucky than rich. '' Two men. McSsrS. Mason and Copeland. were packing ore from Globe City 10 Flor cncc. and in cndcavoring to capture mule which had Strayed a little from Camp, Stum- bled upon this immense silver deposit, To- cated il for themselves and two friends tB. F. Began and ". IT, Longl. and all at once found themselves wealthy men. Three of the original owners have since sold out. and the Silver King mine. although inCor- poratcd with a capital stock of ten millions of dollars, k now owned principally by NIT. R. r. Reagan. of Oakland, and !. NJ. Bar ney. of Yuma. The richness of the Silver King ore k something wonderful and unpar- allcled. Their tirst-ClaSS ore assays from SS,000 to S20,O0o per ton; the second class from Sl,O00 to 5000 per ton. The owners have already shipped to San Francisco about 100 tons of first and second class ore, and sold it there in open market to the high est bidder at prices ranging from Sl 200 to SS,000 per ton. Their third class ore. now amounting to over 1000 tons, lies on the dump at the mine. awaiting the completion 'I lhc HudttA lhtll HOW hclhS erected bN tilC company at Picket Post. al the lower end 1 of the aa2yon. When completed this will be the first quartz mill or reduction works of any kind in the district, The Silver King mine is located in the top of a conical hill, partly detached from the south side of the PiBal mountain. IL seems to be mass almost of solid silver. Shafts have now been sunk about 250 feet. and drifts run to ascertain the course of the ledge or the size pocket they are working in. Extensions have been taken up (and incorporated ad- joining the Silver King on both the north and south, and shafts sunk on each about l2j feet ar that depth finding rich strata of the same ore found in the King. These cx- tensions are owned in San Francisco, A. ]. Holmes being president of the companies.