Arizona citizen., 1878-07-12
From Pioneer District.
PICKET PosT, PIONEER DISTRICT,
 PN,I I,nTNrY Innn oS 1878


 days spare time, I concluded 10 visit g few of the mi4es in this district and satisfy myself as 10 the repnr,ed rich strikes in the Eureka and other claims nn what is called the Silver Belle belt. The first mine visited was tine Eureka, which is owned by Messrs. Wheeler and Whitlnw, on examination 1 found the shaft to be eighteen feet deep and eight feet wide, at the bottom of the shaft he vein is thirty inches wide anu will average tweniy-two inches from top tl bottom. From thIs small shaft twenty-seyen and one-half tons cf ore have been extracted Ahich will without a doubt yield $25O per ton Mr. Wheeler informed me that he would drift on the vein for distance of sixteen feet on either siie of the. bottom of ihe shaft, and commence stoping. If the ore in the drift, con tinues 10 be the same as that extracted from the shaft, the total number of tons would he 13513 of lhe value of S33,815, estimated al $250 Der lon. Mr. Wheeler's average assays range from S450 to $525 per ton, so that I feel safe in valuing the ore at S250.
 The mine has been prospec'ed in sev. eral places along the course of the vein and al each and every place found the ore tn be the same character as that extracted fiom the main shafi. from which l am forced to believe that Wheeler is interested in a bo. manga, and will have little or no cc. caSiOn tn rus.le (ss he has for years) in the future. The ore is being packed rn ihe Pinal mill fnr concentration by NIT. Whitl1w, who makes two trips daily from he mIne 10 the mill, carry ing each trip aOoui one ton of ore.
 The nexl mine 1 came to was lhe GnndenOugh, owned by Messrs. Stone. Wolyen and Culver, neither If whom were al home, consequently I did nn, have chance to examine the shaft. hut found several tons of very fine ore m ihe dump. Tine boys say the Good enough Is goodenpugh fir them, they being satisfied why of course the bal ance of us should be. Leaving the G'odennUgh and following tine Queen trail you arrive at the Belcher shaf about the centre of the claim, this shaft has been sunk about thirty feet and the vein stripped on the surface. showing the same to be twelve feet wide, going few hnndred feel north you find another shafl from which several tons of very rich ore were tx tracted, a portion of which was shipped to San Francisco, the remainier being piled up on he dump. The owners of this valuable mine are Messrs. Doran, Wheeler and Graham. Taking
 he trail from the Belcher I piOceed- ed to Queen creek where 1 was for tdnsie enough to meet with Mr NJ A. Baldwin, the g g:nllemanly Super of the Pinal mill and Min ing Company, who invited me io par take of the many good things slowed away in his cupboard. Mir Baldwin Is deserving of credit for the energy he has displayed in erecting the mill and working the mines Union West and Silver Belle, purchased by him for parties in California.
 On arrival al ihe Picket Post my ears were greeted with a laundering long whistle from the '76 mill. The Superintendent of the '76, MT. $. W. Foreman, invited the ladies and gents in the vicinity 10 be present and wii- ness the starting of the mill I did aot notice any ladies in the assem- hlage, but there was quite "hOmr- ly" lot of the boys (myself includeD in attendance, and I assure you we had quite an enjoyable time. enlivened as il was by the sweet strains of the organ and about thirty gallons Of '' Bells" best beer. The mill runs like clock work, and the wish of all IS that Foreman will never run short nf ore to keep ihe battery working.
 In my next I will speak of other good mines in this section, until then