Arizona silver belt., 1878-09-19

enough by Miami Mill management on 8 previous occasion, by saying, 70, yes; but you know that Mir. Jacobs is not there now. :" Fatal ad- mission ! What had Mr. Jacobs been dOlng around the mill that vas dang erous to the interests of miners, that Dr. Sanders was eOgmaant Of and yet did not expose Was that ad- mission likely to give the nine owner confidence in the Doctor himself as miIl-mang
 Then, ss t0the persons who put iEr- phcit trust in the new superinten- dents managemont-hOw did their mill returns please than The one had previously got unsssOFtsd ore re dGced by Mr. Jacobs, and had an assay of el62 per ton, which was sstisfactory. To save expense in hauling and milling. he assorted the same quality Of ore very cprefGlly. and under Dr. Sanders got only S120 per ton from 1t. His samplss were properly taken; but unfortunately he left the box they were in standing around the mil, and the rest is knswn. Ihe other gentleman, whO is a good assaysr, had his ore very closely assorted. and knew lt to be hlgh grade. He took no samples at the battery, and got sn assay return of $90 per ten. We do not charge Dr. Sanders with any personal wrong doing ia these or other similar cases i; but there was surely wrong done in some uay, and the rePatation of she mill suffers in consequence.
 We have little more to say on the subjess. # she Miami mill is taken away from the district, temporary injury, as we have admitted, will be done Eo our mines by the misreprs- sentations which are sure to spring from the misjudgsd and absurd pro- ceeding but the evil viii be very transient, indeed. There is a proba- bility of considerable capital coming here at an early date our mines are not equalled m Flchneas or extent by those of any other portion of Ariz- sna !; our miners, If too poor at pres ent to extract ore economically, will soon oDtain aid from men shose in- terest 1t is to get a liberal supply of milling ore on baRd and luckily, too, let t be remembered, that our mines existed before this mill came into the district, and may probably survive it, even # is ia not at pressnt sent away. A fully equipped tea stamP nil, capable of Working pal- phurss as well ss chloride ores, be- sides haYlng one or two coneeptra- tors, could get al ths ore needful to run 1t, provided 1t Eas ID good hands, gave a return of eighty per cent, and charged only 9S0 for working ordinary ores. Nish Erewood at s5 per cord, and wages a shade lower than in Nevada, where wood is tNice to three times the price, there would be an iAmense profit on this ratc for roasted ore, by keeping the mill in steady work.
 When here, Hr. Abe Bateman visited the StonewaIl Jackson mine. As Q truthful man, he must admit that he saw ore there sufficient to run large mlH. Another great mine he went to sse was closed against him, because the owners regarded themselves as Miam Mill victims in che matter of ore sampIing. And when he paid dollar an ounce for 8 sample Of our oFes, that proved to be $50 fine in pure silver, be could not avoid coming to the conclusion that richness as well as great size was characteristic of our lodes.
 We shall be glad if the Miami Mill remains where 1t is, and merits and has a better reputation than belongs to 1t new. If the owners will make more by selling than by running it, nothing that we can say is likely to change their programme, and what we have already said has been intended to prove that if the mill did not have ore to run upon, the managers had them selves to blame for the fact.
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