Salt River herald., 1878-11-23
MINING MATTERS.
Cheering News from the Mineral
 Districts.

nibal working shaft.
 The Milner & Watson mlne is show ing up better than ever.
 At depth of 112 feet, the Buckeye ledge shows a width of 16 feet Tho ore averages, it is reported, 73 ounces per ton, from wall to wall.
 Several promising gold lodes have been taken of late few miles north west of the Miami mill, They yield ores assaying from S20 to $50 per ton, in fair quantities.
 The Miami Mining company have elected new board of directors. Dr. Sanders has been appointed superin- tendent. It is supposed the mill will start up about the goth.
 A smelling furnace is nearly con- pleted over at the Pioneer mine, on Pinal mountain. The ores in some of the mines in that portion of the belt are thought 10 be suitable tor smelling.
 The owners of the Brilliant lode, six miles norlh of McMillen, have been doing considerable work of late. The incline is in 35 feet, and men who have worked in it say there is good ore in sight, '.nd that the promise for a mine is quite good.
 The Gold Hill district is prospect ing well in gold. Lidolph x Co. have on the dump 50 tons which, it is said, will work from $SO to $1OO per ton. Benbrooke & Co. are down on their claim about twelve feet. The ore is rich, and from present indications It is supposed the mine will prove for. tune to its owners.
 The Tucson Star says: The opinion of the outside world, in the question of surface mining in Arizona, is grad. ually changing, as the mines are get ting developed, and show in some in- stances, not only that they are perma- nent, but also that they get better as depth is obtained. This fact has been demonstrated particularly iu the Washington mine, situated in the Patagonia range in the Harshaw dis trict, in the finest spot in the territory for timber, water, etc. The mine, when discovered, showed on the sur. face a ledge 61 feet wide, solid body of carbonate of lead ore, containing an average of S125 in silver. It was purchased by San Francisco parties, who went to work in earnest and opened three shafts, one about 50 feet and the others 75 and 100 feet deep. all on ore of the same kind, varying very little in appearance, and holding its own average. There is about 25O0 tons of ore now extracted It is un- derstood that a company is about to be organized, which will erect fur naces and commence the reduction of the ores immediately.
 Arrangements have been perfected, machinery and timber purchased to sink shaft one thousand feet deep on the Silver King mine. This shaft is to be perfect working shaft after tho style of those on the great Comstock mines.
 A. J. Mitchell is in from the Tomb stone district. He reports times live ly among the miners and speculators, and buildings are going up at the wells, where there will be large town in few months. The mill ma- chinery, ordered for that locality, is now on its way, which gives encour- agement to the mine owners, who look forward to the time as not far distant when they can put their ore into bull lion and realize on the spot.
 The Prescott Miner says: A letter from Judge Kutz brings the welcome news that rich ore has been struck in the Gray Eagle mine. As the ledge is one of the largest in the district, and the ore from wall to wall has turned from medium grade to that of a rich chloride, we consider it as one of the most important strikes that has been made for long time in the district. The ore in the Orc Bonito is also increasing in quantity as tho miners continue to go down on the ledge. The road from Bradshaw City to the site for the mill on the Bonito ledge is completed, and the machin- cry was passing through and would be landed at its destination on the 10th. We can reasonably expect to see this new mill in full blast before the first day of the coming year 1879. A mill will be put up on the Gray Eagle, one on the Tiger, and with that of c. c. Bean, in the Basin, Bradshaw will have four quartz mills in full ! blast within the next six months, and all within radius of six miles. At last, this extensive mining district Is to receive that attention which Its rich mines entitled it to, and the country will receive a beneficial revenue therefrom.