Salt River herald., 1878-12-21
SALT RIVER HERALD.
2I. 1878.
MINING NEWS.

mountains. LIT. StrOm ana Lieut.. Bailey are among the lucky ones.
 W. S. Edwards returned on Tues day last from trip to the California and Swisshelm mining districts; re- ports a splendid show of good paying ore, and the districts present great deal of activity among the miners.
 John Swisshelm, Tim Bullard, Hen- " Henson and others are at work on their locations in Whitewater Basin, Chiricahua mountains. The Moun- tain Queen, Whale, Mammoth and Mountain Chief prospects are looking well-their ore assaying from 112 to 430 ounces to the ton.
 Sheriff Shibell, Al. McCann and Abe Franklin, accompanied by Prof. James, returned from a weeks trip in the Tombstone district, on Tuesday last. The professor examined several mines in the district, and is very ia vorably impressed with what he saw. As he represents San Francisco capl- talists, we are pleased to know his re- port will be encouraging.
 Ben. Williams, superintendent of the San Xavier mines, was in town this week. He informs us that the main shaft at the 100-foot level shows in cross-cutting, a width of 30 feet of ore of such a character as will leave handsome margin for working; no waste whatever. He has commenced a working shaft to strike the ore body at about 90 feet.
 D. B. Req is in from the mines and reports everything prosperous at the camp. He is opening another carbonate ledge that proves richer than anything before discovered in the camp. Ledge matter is fl teen feet wide and Prof Ricard's assay gives SS1 in silver per ton, and 90 per cent lead. Several discoveries of inn mense copper lodges have been made recently in the same district, which, besides being rich in copper, carry a good working per cent in silver.
 Sam. Hughes is the owner of the Hope mine, located about twelve miles west of this city, and brought in some rock on Tuesday last from the location, which gave an average assay of $325 silver to the ton. There are fifteen to twenty tons of ore on the dump, and the shaft shows a. Hedge four feet in width of very even qual. ity. The discovery has caused con. siderable excitement among mining men.
 Tombstone Mill Site is now the scene of activity. Houses, shanties and jacals are going up rapidly, and several families me now on the ground. A restaurant has been open ed by Mir. Ike Clanton. The founda ton of the mill site is being blasted and leveled off to receive the struc ture that is now being rapidly shaped up at the timber and saw-mill camI in the Huachuca mountains. A finC road is being graded from the mill III to the mines. The Mormons are pro gressing finely with the ditch an( dam. Everything connected witt this enterprise shows that Corbin & , Co. mean business, and ere long w may expect to see genuine silver brick.
 Several days since Gov. Stafford anC MT. Watson, of Connecticut, starteC from Tucson on trip through th' : different mining districts. At tn, Patagonia they were joined by s Hughes and E \. Taylor, when thel visited various sections of the countr. together, including the Tombston, district. MI-Watson seemed almos astounded at the sights he saw in tn, [ Tombstone, and after a weeks tril the whole party returned to Tucson MT. Watson represents eastern capi
 talists in Southern Arizona, being sen
 here on a tour of inspection. Gov Stafford and Sam. Hughes did every ! thing to show the visitor the minin!
 wealth of our country, and we ar
 glad to learn Mir. Watson is wei
 pleased.
 Messrs. A. B. Hopkins and Sheen . back brothers came in last week iron
 the Sierratas, south of Tucson abou
 thirty five miles; they have been look '' ing after their mining interest ou
 there, where we are pleased to knoy
 they are owners of group of five gol
 mines, all within a radius of one hal
 a mile of each other. The lodges aver
 age from one to two and a halff feet i d width; the average assay is S55 pc f per ton, which is excellent for gold = the lodges are traceable for almost tn
 full length of the claims. These ar
 all old mines and have been eXter sively worked in days gone by; som '- of the shafts are over one hundre feet decn: the gulchcs near by haY