Salt River herald., 1878-07-27
MARlCOPA MINES.
Where they are Located. the Amount of Work DOne-Thcir Future Prospects.

HiOhlIlehNliIe, tne prlnclplc nlllllnt
 town of Maricopa county. Thi
 place derives most of its suppor
 from the Stonewall Jackson mine
 which is about one-half mile to tn, southwest. Owing to q very ricf strike having been made in thi.
 mine on the 29th of June, which will attract considerable attention to this locality, we have obtained some interesting notes of that dis trict. The
 sTONEwALL JACKSON MINE.
 Is the property of the McMillenvillc Mining Company, a California in- corporation. The mine was discov- cred by McMilian in March, 1876, and sold to its present owners in August of the following year, for Sl20,090. The Company have spent over S5O,0OO in prospecting their property, and have received nearly $50,00O from ore worked at the mill of Silas Tidwell in McNIil- lenville, and shipped fifteen tons of high grade ore to San Francisco, that was valued at SS,OOO per ton. Up to within the past month, work had been confined to a rich strata, running parallel with and on the south side of the main vein. and from which all their rich ore had been extracted. At depth of l25 feet, Mir. Freemln, Superintendent, gave orders to run a drift from that level to the main ledge, which re- suited in striking the vein in 37 feet. Last Monday the drift had been run into the ledge a distance of IA feet, and stoping commenced, to make room for the workmen, after which the drift will be con tinued to determine the width of their new find. The working shaft on the north side of the main vein is now down deep enough to run a drift to connect with that from the other side. The ore body is esti- mated to be 60 feet wide at this depth. The first two weeks after striking the ledge, they extracted s tons of first-class ore, F tons sec ond-class and 100 tons third-class ore. Five tons of first-class ore, valued at s25,OoO was shipped to San Francisco, July l7th five tons of the second-class ore has been worked at the Tid- wells mill which netted $500 to the ton. The other work done on the mine is tunnel started on the Southwestern portion of the loca- ton and run in on the rich strata, striking the 125-foot shaft at q depth of 5S feet. The air for the mine is forced through a wooden pipe, that runs through this tunnel. A shalt 13O feet deep has been sunk near the mouth of this tunnel, in the bottom of which cross-cut has been made. The northeast ex- tension of the Stonewall Jackson is the
 HANNIBAL.
 This mine is now owned in San Francisco, and Was purchased from its former owners for S1O,OOO. An incline 90 feet deep has been sunk on the ore body. This incline has 30 feet of water in it. The main shaft is down 75 feet with about 20 feet of water. Work has been suspended since striking water, but | will resume as soon as the hoisting and pumping machinery, now en route, shall arrive. Josiah Flour noy, acting Superintendent, ex- poets to strike at a depth of I25 feet, the same rich body of ore lately struck in the Stonewall Jackson. The Company have also q shaft 100 feet deep on the northeast end of the location. Fifty cords of wood have been delivered at the mine and as soon as the machinery arrives, large number of men will be put on and the work of development rapM- ly pushed forward. Ed. L. CunA mings, one of the Board of Direc- tors has taken up his residence at the mine. The office of the compa- ny in San Francisco is at the Pa cifc Bank.
 GENERAL LEE.
 This mine is tle first southwest { extension of the Stonewall Jackson. This company has done some 500