Arizona citizen., 1877-03-03
Mining Matters.

' ritory is one vast mining camp,) there is a general revival of interest and work in the mining districts adjacent to Tucson. The miner is always alert to the course of events in his line, and as carefully as he notes the drift of his pet ledge, he notes the drift of public interest and attention to his particular section. In numerous instances of late, we have noted that men who have apparently for years been holding and working their clam with no particular effort toward immediate development and market, have unerringly dis covered that their day was approaching and are preparing to catch the breeze. The sails are Tapping in the coming breath of mining life and activity Our San Francisco letters tell of con stantly increasing attention toward Arizona, and prophesying that as soon as the iron is welded to the Colorado, there will be many stranger and pill grim tending toward our mineral shrines.
 South of Tucson there are many new developments and constantly increas- ing interest in mines. Perhaps the most extensive is centered in the new locations adjoining the Yellow Jacket lode. It was noted some time since that a very large ore vein had been found tending northwest from the Jacket lode. We learn from parties lately there that the new lode is very extensive, that it can be easily traced tor a distance of over l5,000 feet and is from 100 10 300 feet in width. On the newly discovered vein there are al ready some 12 different locations, among which we note the following: The Northwest Extension, by Puindex ter; Bill Wilson's Extension; the Sil- yer Star, by Woods, Burns < Rice; the Silver Palace, by Hudson & Bent; the Great Western, by Pat O'Meara; the Tissue Mingo, by Warner Buck; the Bollinger, by E. Jones; the Yumatilla, by T. J. Favorlie; the Kalama, by Dan Mclaughlin; the Wappelow, by J. Brooks; the Stella, by C. D. Rice. In the first of foregoing the claim ex- tends 900 feet; in all the others there are 1900 feetrespectively Mr T. J. Favorite was showing us some specimens from various of these claims. The ore k quartz, both gold and silver bearing His specimens were unexpert selec- tions and can be taken as average sam pies. Some of the specimens of gold ore are fiecked with free gold and If there is any large amount like one of them, the owner is rich man,-if he don't throw his chance away The Yumatilla shows a clearly defined quartz veIn 300 feet wide. An assay of ore from this claim, lately made by W. A Langley of Tucson, shows S475 in silver and S113 IF gold 10 the ton.
 In the opposite or southeast direction from the Yellow Jacket are also a number of valuable locations in vari- ous stages of development. Among these are the Empire, now owned by Warner Buck, and of undoubted value, and the Ostrich and others.
 In the Gija mountains, we note. (on record) a sale of claim on the great Sea Serpent lode. On February 12, Warner Buck sold to John McCafferty for the sum of S1O,OOO, 1000 feet in the California mine on the Sea Serpent, formerly located by MessrS. Hayes & Carr. The claim measures 1900 feet, and NIT. Buck retains thIrd interest
 There is increased activity through cut all the districts south of here, and we note numerous relOcalions of valua- ble but abandoned claims
 In the Trench district everything is shining. Not the least of the shining is done by fine new body of ore late ly struck and now being opened up by Mir. Thomas Gardner in the Trench. The body is very extensive and the ore assays in the vicinity of S4O0. This, and in fact all the Trench ore is mil ling ore. In the smelting furnaces Of the company the ore averages $60, There is a force of 50 men constantly employed and everything is moving along steadily and successfully.
 In the Alta, adjacent to and about a mile and q half from the Trench, the ore presents similar features. The Alta IS a fine property. The ore averages. by smelting, some $10O per ton. This claim was originally located by Messrs. Harshaw, Long aud Pagan. On Feb ruary 19, MT Long sold his third tol James Fea, and Messrs, Harshaw, Fa- gan and Fea, now own and are devel- oping the mine.
 In the Salero district there are threei prominent claims now being worked and number of new and re-locationsI have been made there
 In the San Xavler distrIct, Mr T. C. Rusk has lately made sale of a valua- ble claim on the Green lode. to a' San Francisco company represented here by Hessrs. Drew and Symonds We understand that after very careful
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