Arizona citizen., 1878-02-08
From Globe DIsGrIet.

very correct statement except that thel Byron and Bixby mines were not pur- chased but bonded by Mir. c. D. An gell. We were acquainted with thei conditions at the time the mine was bonded, but thought better to wait un- til the consumation of the sale, before saying anything about it. We are daily expecting favorable news from San Francisco, when we will make fuller statements editorislly, for the present it will be we'll enough to give the Press correspondence which reads as fol- lows:
 GLOBE CrTY, January 3d, 1878.
 EDITORS PRESS We had a visit re- gently from Messrs. Samuel McMasiersl and l. N. Taylor, of San Francisco, and Mir c. D. Angell, the representa- tive of heavy operators in the oil regions of Pennsylvania, was here at the same time. After looking around for few days, these gentlemen joined together and purchased the Byron and Bixby mines-referred to in my letter printed in your issue of December lst-I about seven miles from this place. The lOdes alluded to are nearly s dozen in number and each shows a strong out crop of high-grade chloride ore. The Isabella, one of the series, was incor- porated, in your city, in November,
 and Is now being opened by an incline
 on one side of the vein. This incorpo-
 ration will be merged in the new com
 pany. which, commanding abundant
 means, will carry on operations in 8
 way to secure large and rapid returns. The old Morrill, & Ketcham mill-site has been purchased and it is believed that In about four months complete quartz mill, with necessary roasting furnaces, can be got ready to go into operation. MT. Thomas McMasters, one of the best silver mill-men on the Pacific Coast, will have charge of the mill. and Mir H. c. Bixby will carry
 on the mining work for the new com pany.
 The mines secured by the purchasers are of great value. Even if the ore Tn sight only goes down twenty feet, not
 10 speak of deep mining, several thou
 sane tons will be obtained at small l cost, and it is quite safe to estimate this ore at from $500 10 S400 per ton, ! just as il comes from the ground, no careful assortment being necessary. On almost any one of the claims, pieces | of ore, coated with horn silver, can be
 picked up, which will give very high assays.
 The new mill will be a custom '" one in this sense. Miners bringing in ore. will have it crushed and sampled
 in the usual way and be paid for il al
 fixed percentages, according to the as- say. In securing low grade ores, the mill-manager will be enabled 10 regu- { late hls weekly yield or bullion by mixing them with the cOmpany's rich ores, and miners owning good claims
 will obtain by their own efforts the
 means to open them.
 NEW DISCOVERY.
 A young Scoichman, of the name of | Watson. who had been two years in the | district without finding any claim of . a
 two ago. He was hunting deer and l got upon a rocky ridge, where he never l would have thought of climbing m the hope of finding mines Following i some pieces of rich float, he came upon two lOdes, now known as the Etna and 1 Silver Era. The former IS a well-de- :. fined vein. about four feet wide, with ore that will yield several hundred dol liars per ton. The latter is less regular than the former, but it has a streak, eight 10 ten inches wide, which assays over 5000 per ton. On the two claims there are several thousand dollars
 worth of ore, which the owners can extract with very little labor. \ new discovery has been made south of the !. Miami mine and a rich streak of chlo
 ride has been uncovered.
 THE GREAT FUTURE OF GLOBE DISTRICT ,I l. more and more impressed upon my mind as my knowledge of its immense mineral belt Is increased. have count
 ed at least ffty-five distinct parallel
 veins. from 300 to 300 feet apart, which have been traced or are rsceable along their strike. for from ten to twenty-five ! miles. Of course these ledges do not [ iall show ore on the surface, but here 2 and there over the entire belt, rich, or at least promising ore bodies and In
 'dications Of such have been found From three 70 six lOdes seem. ID mos -I cases. to come from 8 common source - that is, two or three pitch westerly \ and three opposite and parallel to them , pitch easterly or toward the others. 1T
 such a series there Is usually one lode ? that. in respect to size, walls and quail - ty of ore. looks suDerIOr 10 the others II have been over large part Of east , ern Nevada. and though what l an !, about to say may offend mine owner: ] in that region, 1 yet ssseri, after care T ful and very extensive survey of Globe s district, that it unquestiOnsbly contain: within it's original limits more valus
 ble silver mines than have been iounC In that portion of the great basin re
 ferred 10 or ever Vill be found there. used to think very highly Of th' = great east and do so still, for Il hai , many excellent mines, discovered anC ' undiscovered but l am dealing will : facts that have been forced upon me ? and wby should I refrain from ex
 pressing candid opinion, merely be
 cause iis utterance will offend som' T man, whose pocket, as a Nevada miner i will be touched if Arizona becomes, @ f. It certainly will become in the nea -. future. the great center of attraction U mining capitalists. One disadvantag : this district suffers from now IS the lm
 lmense variety of it's ores and the quee !, looking stuff that at times carries
 high percentage of silver. The riche the ore the more singular 1t looks To i A month at the first, 8 Nevada pros |. hector. no matter how much experienc :, n mn. have had fherP. is incapable q