Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-06-30

(From the Tacson Star, Juns 18Th,

In December last the editor of
the Star paid visit to the Aztec
property, passing over some Of the
mines now included In the new
Syndicate, which attracted the at
tention of our party In a great de-
gree, the groupings and general in
dications being of that character to
attract upon the surface. There is
all the evidence necessary for a
practical miner to be convinced of
the large quantities of ore deposited
in the selected section composing
the Syndicate, and its development,
we understand, will be speedy and
thorough.
We are glad to know that the
old pioneers, Mrs. Graham and
Magee, who brought out the Aztec
District, and introduced it so sue
cessfully to eastern capitalists, are
again in the field to aid in further
development of Southern Arizona,
aud knowing the district in which
they are operating, and the energy,
sagacity and foresight of the gem
tlemen managing the Syndicate.
We Ill CohAiu0bb suCCcSo Will dIttDu
them. From Mr.. Magee's notes
and reports Of the mines compos-
ing the Syndicate, we extract the
following:
"The names of the mines com.
posing the Syndicate are: Bush.
ell, Eagle and Forsythe, in the
Tyndall district, and the st. Louis,
La Purissima, Rickard, Knoxville,
Ojero, Velasco and Webster, in the
Aztec district. The Webster, Ve-
lasco and Knoxville mines are cit
uated on the eastern end of the
famous Empress of India lode.
The indications or the crop
pings on this mine are of the same
character as that of the now famous
Montezuma mine, while the Velas.
CO and Knoxville mines are supe-
riOr In many respects. Assays
have been made which show all
the way from $40 to $500 per ton,
of silver. The st. Louis mine lies
about one mile in q southeasterly
direction from Camp Toltec, on the
main eastern spur of the Empress
of india lode, parallel and adjoin-
ing the Velasco mine on the south.
1t shows on the west end a body of
mineral one hundred and fifty feet
in length, and from ten to fifteen
feet in width, while the vein the
whole length of the mine shows
mineral at various points. An
arroyo ends the vein near the west
end Of the mine, in the bottom of
which, embedded in granite and
porphyry, 1T shows width of from
twelve to fourteen feet. 1 consider
this mine very valuable property.
The Ojero, Richard and Purissima
mines all show mineral on their
surface, varying from S25 to $l10
per ton of silver. The Purissima is
situated on the eastern end of the
Jefferson lode. It's ores are galena,
being the only one of the ten that
contains any amount of this metal.
The Bushell mine lies near the
SalerO Hill on the Hamilton lode.
There are some very old crude
workings on this mine. The Jesuit
Fathers who founded the Tumaca.
corr Mission on The Santa Cruz
river worked this mine somewhat
extensively. The ores are copper
blend, copper, silver glance, car.
Donates and some chlorides. The
beautiful green and blue colors at
tracted the attention of the Indians
who were under the guidance of the
church, who soon ascertained its
value. Some four old shafts or ir-
regular shaped holes from eighteen
to twenty-six feet deep are now to
be seen on the mine, while the vein
shows stripping of some three
hundred feet. For six hundred and
eighty feet there is plainly visible
a body Of mineral from thirty
inches to four feet wide. The vein
Is true fssure. The walls-its
castings, and the country rock are
all miner could wish. With a
small outlay this mine could be put
upon o dividend paying basis, as
there il no more promising prop.
erty in Arizona.n