Arizona silver belt., 1878-10-10

mating interest. Like the blossom
 bearing twig of a submerged tree, il
 notonly told something Of the spaae
 of the parent stem. bat Of ,ha vig5
 it possessed at it nyisible roos
 The spur. t had Beai aihorced ron
 tue tiiae of it's discovery 5ral eheJ
 out obliquely from , Yers large lode
 ef yellow spar, which assayed only 2
 feg. delhus to flle ton I follow lg
 the metal downward upon she snaI
 yein, ah ipclipe had beenopeee5 125
 feet lecp on the soutbwesierly 0
 fodt Nalf side of tue inosA4r lode.
 After Afr. Us \ Freeman bscmme
 superlpfeldcla a luilln shalt wss
 started on the n0riAwes er v CAle 0s
 the large vein hear tae saniia sI tue
 hiil, und opposite point abou, leo
 feei farther to the northeast than the
 spur incline. As lhis shsft eas ear.
 ried down 1t peletra.ed the Ade. j pitching toward it. and ti tlt jeb,h
 of J30 feet X closse0t efsl Beet el,. posed the foot-walE At tfe snue ] time a innnel, of cross dslt. w;ss Iim
 soHafd the man lode rum rie sp1r incline apd reaching the ioos-al.l. afssr passing through r fecr of h4l.i syonite At both points the toot- wall was fdand smooth aud solld 'vith an inclination Go lhc northwest Of about 70 degrees i'o secure goqd vealilation h.vel was epepea along lhe foot-eail and noN frg5g fcet t Is exposed and shows fol the en- tire distance a selYage of clay. oc- casioHaly caFyII'g nes ore varying. froin l3 10 30 inches Iu thickness Opposite tue spur se.h uel.iie sse. erosscut has been eSteetieb ihto he lode for 50 feet Witll9at cymng to fhes lsngipg wall
 As so the gfade of inc ore ant sts' extent. 2 few stateiaenls sal suffice taa three feet next the Foafpail0 there are plaeest exten.l'ug iog SIX eI elebt feet at tne aloHg lf. eefe. without any speepil assorlment. the ore viii aFer.ge S3 ,00g pet tot Farihcr into the lclge fora distance of Irom ! to II feet, the ore Is of, good qualitv. though not cqa.i e ilat fonns f3r lhe frsl ,ilree fces le.se 'ied in llIs as Neli as iu lan CT grade ores at other points. ihae are 0ucSct fa.s or punches oi black saiphareis found which assay from Sl0,v00 o to Sl4.000 per ton. SuH further into the great vein the ore is poorer, ana though the mass vii. not pay as Il comes, it contaius considerable good ore. which can be asserted out with adyansage What ,itile ore is ] beng exuacte'i iu opening tue lnine is divided into three classes, the tnsl yielding from S3 3000 to Sl4 ,004 per ton the second from Sz00 to s. UOe and The thrd from S0J TO S20o. OF tue last t mas be sgl5 that, IS nearly as can bc estimaIed by single visit anu by tae ssare ments of rellabie parnes there sa very laIge supply II command
 Belas the level an referring to, q winze Las been carried dewi l9 feet on the clay, following the foet wall The vein continues qnise regu- r l4r and for , fcetdown has rieh ore. l Below ihat pom n getting near te the watea-iihs, tlleoTois ei iew sslie What the iuiue vii be aI the dcpsl of 900 feet t IS hard 10 cstimate buI jadgn,g from present indieauons iC xill far smpass, it least in the g,aie { of its ore, either the Consolidated Virginia or Galfolnia miues One little chamber poihfel ont te me abous lS feet long by 3 feet wIde and 12 feet high, itiled sufficient ore to produce S50 GOO in aon. and there seems to be ] good leal more of the same kind still in sight The ore IS very deceptive shen looked gt ln q carsory way On .he dump near the shlm shaft there s pile of reddish, rather elayey Ooking stuff, which a stranger would .hink contalned very little but when } piece IS broken and every seam iisplaysa thu plate of almos; pure Iilver, the opinion formed at frs mdergoes 9 speedy change. That llrty looking ore, according to the .eliable statement of Mr J L Clark be assistant superintendent, has an .yerage value of s. 0o0 per ton, and le showed me good sized pieces saat
 know would assay twice that figure.
 learn lhat a muddlel mining rite in San Francisco has tried tc .an tor himself temporary notor