Arizona citizen., 1877-05-19
Local Mining Affairs.

At no time within years, if ever, have the people hereaway been so ela ted and interested Tn mining matters The extraordinary development of the Rusk mine by the Pima company; the wonderful reports brought by Co.'s Boyle and Hinton, after thorough in spection of it, from the Aztec district; the highly satisfactory results obtained by Col. Sykes from ore from the San Xavier, and reports generally, all to, gether, have created this great interest People are also surprised 10 find large veins Tn the mountains everywhere ex, amined, and locations arc daily made by men of all occupations. New min ing districts are being formed and in creased development is going forward on all sides. Next week we will pub. fish in full the bylaws of the Aztec and Arivaca districts recently formed
 Letters received early in the week from Col c. P Sykes, brings the gratI. flying aews that the 1000 pounds of ore of all sorts taken by him from the San Xavier mine, yielded at the rate of $6S per ton by actual working process, and the various samples taken, assayed much higher, some running up to sev. eral Hundred dollars. Col. Sykes says he is much pleased with these practi. cal tests, and at once ordered some new work done and other locations made He is a thorough going man and took all possible precautions to avoid being deceived in the value of the San Xavier ore, for he argued that with such quan- titles as he had in sight, if it were rich enough to work at even a small profit, there are millions in it."
 The Pima mining comrany are push ing work on the S0-fOOt cross cut, un- der the direction of NIT. Symonds. Col Fred Drew took to San Francisco on last Wednesday, samples of all the classes of ore from the mine. The bodies of ore now in sight are various ly estimated from 1S,000 10 26,000 tons, which is said will all average over sixty dollars per ton.
 We understand from Professor Da- wis and MT. Magee, that active opera tiOns will soon commence in the Aztec mining district The Aztec mining company has been organized in San Francisco, with the following direc- tors: c. s. Benedict, President; Thom- as NJ. Cunningham, Calvin A. Page, Gov. A. P. K. Stafford and John Haines, with Col. John D. Graham as Secre. tary. From all accounts, this district shows most wonderful OutcrOp of mineral veins. The Aztec, Apache, Elm press of India, AlmOner and other lodeS, have a width of from 40 10 300 feet, and Professor DaVIs has found mineral in most of them the full width. The quiet and reticent manner exhlb- ited by Messrs. Magee and Davis for the past two months, We now partly understand. Being firmly impressed with the fact of Arizona's mineral wealth, We believe that competent, en- ergitic, active and economical manage ment in the working Of her mines, will yet develop untold millions.
 Capt Voisard was in from Arivaca district this week, and says the mines are developing satisfactorily, some of the ore being very rich indeed
 Mir W. H. H. Fellows, came in from the Aztec district this week and brought with him samples of very rich ore from a mine which he has known something of for twelve years, and 10 find and re. locate it, he recently came from Cali fornia. He is somewhat mistaken Tn the character of the ore but not Tn its richness. He is sanguine that the vein is a true one and is bound to prove it by development.