Arizona citizen., 1878-01-18
Not Sold Net.

The editor of The YOlO Democrat has been reading some of our articles on the rich mines of Pinal county, and because we speak of worthy mines and companies, that editor is inclined to intimate that we are owned and run in the interest of the Bulls" in gen eral and of the McMillen Bulls " in particular. If THE CITIZEN was the only paper that published glowing ac- counts of the fabulous richness of the mineral lodges in Pinal county, this might serve as a faint circumstan- tial evidence why the editor of the Democrat should feel disposed to In- innate the possibility of an inclination on our part to favor the Bulls" But we have taken pains to copy articles from the leading papers of California, and the east, in which the great wealth of our county is discrlbed in more glowing terms and higher colors than ever appeared in the original matter of THE CITIZEN Our minIs are richer than any the Democrat editor ever saw, but nevertheless we have them. Xvi denceS of the great value of our ores are found at the mines, in the records of assay offices, at the mills, on the way bills of express, stage and freight lines, in banks, offices, and at reduc- ton works in San Francisco, and more than one expert has justly estimated the value of our lodges. An Alta cor respondent writing from inc McMillen Mine, in October last, In describing the rich stratum says:
 This vein lies upon the foot-wall of the mother vein of the country, and so far as developed. shows to be over three hundred feet in length of metal l estimated the amount of silver above the thirty-five foot level and three hun dred feet m length to be oyer two mil lion seven hundred thousand dollars, estimating the veins as averaging two inches in width. All of the deepest workings show the vein to be from four to nine inches in thickness. Two shipments of ore, of three tons each, have already been sent from thIs mine The ore is estimated to be worth from fifteen to twenty thousand dollars per ton. l learn from G. \. Freeman, Sec retary of the Company at the mine, the exact cost of extracting the first three tons taken after the mine was pur- chased. The total was twenty-five hun dred and seventy-five dollars. The three tons were worth at least tOrty-tiv thousand dollars. 1 saw large slabs of solid metal taken from this mIne, which weighed from two hundred and fifty to three hundred pounds each. I had an essay made from the best ore from the Stonewall Jackson mine, which produced per ton thirty-two thousand four hundred and eighty-six dollars and ninety-two cents 1 had sev- eral essays made, which ran from if teen to twentyfour thousand dollars per ton.
 We have been at the McMillen mine, and Tn the mine, have seen the ore, and have specimens of the richest ore body in our office, so that we know whereof we speak, and that the Atlas cores pendent has not over estimated the quality of the McATillen ore.
 The McMillen Company has paid us sixty dollers for advertising two Min ing Patents for them. They owe us five dollars for a subscription which has not been paid from the simple fact that we have not presented our mll. Two or three other mining companies have subscribed for TIE CITIZEN, and to this extent we are owned, run and intimidated by the Bulls"
 The report of the Silver King Min ing Company, at their last meeting showed ihaS there was on hand Decem- Der 20, after paying dividend, $14O0O in cash and 10000 pounds of concen- trati0ns en route from Yuma. The total product of the mine since May last, has been $21O,OOO, with 91,0OOI pounds of concentrations yet to be re- duccd These are valued at about a dollar a pound.
 Pinal county has many very rich mines, and il does not require any menacing from the Bulls to con- pei us to write them up.